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I was pleased to review Kate Lowe's book on global objects from the Portuguese Empire in this week's Times Literary Supplement

"Lias: Journal of Early Modern Intellectual Culture and its Sources" is currently for looking submissions of articles and special issues. For details see below. Feel free to contact me with proposals.

This week, Thursday, 15 February, 5:30pm, London time (12:30pm New York/18:30 Brussels), Elizabeth McCahill (University of Massachusetts Boston) will speak on "The res publica Christiana at the court of Leo X". In person and online via Zoom. https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/italy-1200-1700

On Thu 2 November, 5:30pm London time, DAVID LINES will speak via Zoom & in person on “How useful are statutes for the study of university history? The case of medieval and early modern Bologna”. To register please visit https://history.ac.uk/events/how-useful-are-statutes-study-university-history-case-medieval-and-early-modern-bologna

To register for the IHR Italy 1200-1700 Seminar on 19 October (on Zoom), with Bill Connell speaking on "Republicanism and religious reform: Donato Giannotti’s History of the Church", click HERE: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/italy-1200-1700

@JeffreyJDean Thank you Jeffrey!

I'm honoured to be elected as a member of the Academy of Europe https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/stefan-bauer-elected-to-academia-europaea

NEW It's wonderful too see the first paperback copies of my book 'The Invention of Papal History'. Hot off the press and now available here! https://shorturl.at/cKS78

I was pleased to review Peter Burke's sweeping new book "Ignorance: A Global History" for History Today. More here:
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/its-bliss

Honoured to be a member of the inaugural 'Renaissance Quarterly' Advisory Board (2024-2026) https://www.rsa.org/blogpost/2060074/485380/February-2023

Here's a review of a recent book I had the pleasure to contribute to: "A Jesuit cardinal in Roman high society". https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2023/02/16/review-ivry-pallavicino-delbeke-244738

I was pleased to see Noel Malcolm's review of my co-edited volume "A Renaissance Reclaimed" in the Times Literary Supplement

@StephenMoore Yes I'll be curious to see if he comments on this 🙂

My new acquisitions :-)

History from below

Here's my contribution to #receptiogate. I am nearly a 100% sure that I have been at their stated address, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, a few years ago to attend a chocolate-making workshop. It was a lot of fun. No manuscripts involved though.

Exciting news - all welcome! John Christopoulos (British Columbia) will join us in person to speak on "Abortion in Early Modern Italy". IHR, Italy seminar, London, 15 Dec. 5:30pm. BOOK now also to participate via Zoom! https://history.ac.uk/events/abortion-early-modern-italy

If you are joining RSA Virtual, you are invited to our panel on "FRAUDS, CHARLATANS AND IMPOSTORS" today at 5:30pm London time/12:30pm EST. -- Starring the wonderful Miriam Eliav-Feldon, Sam Kennerley and Jorge Flores! https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/22virtual/meetingapp.cgi/Session/6196
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