My book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is now available on the Linda Hall Library's YouTube channel. Come take a tour through monsters and monster-making, from earth to outer space! 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #politics www.youtube.com/watch?v=81KT...

Humans: A Monstrous History

English version: Niels Klim's journey under the ground by Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). #satire #scifi #Enlightenment #18th #18thC gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2...

Tree /human hybrid. Book illustration from Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754), author of the satirical fantasy Niels Klim's Underground Travels (1741) #satire #scifi #Enlightenment #18th #18thC

Today! Free book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, hosted by the Linda Hall Library: 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST) Register to get the Zoom link. 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #renaissance #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #politics

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Thrilled that HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is one of @brdemuth.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy's best books of 2025 in @historytoday.com@bsky.brid.gy! 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #politics 1/

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Free book talk on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, hosted by the Linda Hall Library: Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST) Register at link below. 1/ 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...

#Museum30 The Fenimore's collections page is down right now, so I've borrowed a mid #18thc powder horn from the Met. Many F&I War powder horns are carved with names, imagery, and other info; this one has a map of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers. 🗃️ www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Happy Halloween! Here's a thread of some of my monstery essays, and a link to register for my next book talk, hosted by the Linda Hall Library: Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST) 1/ 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...

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Delighted that HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY was featured in @neilmackay.bsky.social's Long Read column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social! It was a pleasure to chat with Neil. 1/2 #monsters #politics #sociology #psychology #folklore 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH

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Kind of expensive, so if you are interested in reading What Has Been (1801), a feminist Minerva Press novel edited by Elizabeth Neiman and I about a woman who attempts to survive as a writer, have your library order it. #c18th #c18 #18c #18thc #Romanticism #Gothic #FeministSky #Minervapress

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A #monsters #pitchme for a December special issue of @contingent-mag.bsky.social! I wonder whether someone who has read or is planning to read HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY might wish to pitch them a review.... 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC

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Authors - perhaps a tiny amount of justice is to be had, and hopefully more in the future. 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC

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ICYMI: Book talks from @histfest.bsky.social at @britishlibrary.bsky.social are on the British Library's YouTube channel! Here's the link to my conversation with @k8lister.bsky.social about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY. 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #politics #HAMH

HistFest: Humans: A Monstrous ...

Excellent paper by Paris Weber to conclude a fabulous #NASSR2025 on Thomas Gray's representation of nature as integral to the perception of time's flow and human memory in his #EtonOde and #Elegy, drawing a connection from Burnet to Hardy.

#18thC #Romanticism #ThomasGrayArchive #poetry

Excellent paper by Paris Weber to conclude a fabulous #NASSR2025 on Thomas Gray's representation of nature as integral to the perception of time's flow and human memory in his #EtonOde and #Elegy, drawing a connection from Burnet to Hardy. #18thC #Romanticism #ThomasGrayArchive #poetry

Today marks the 254th anniversary of the death of Thomas Gray—poet, letter-writer, scholar, polymath. Explore Gray's life and works: www.thomasgray.org #ThomasGrayArchive www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers... #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive #c18th #poetry #dh #18thC #onthisday #otd

Today marks the 254th anniversary of the death of Thomas Gray—poet, letter-writer, scholar, polymath.

Explore Gray's life and works: https://www.thomasgray.org/
#ThomasGrayArchive

https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00039.shtml
#EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive

#c18th #poetry #dh #18thC #onthisday #otd #digitalhumanities

Footwear Friday: A pair of paste-studded buckles from the late #18thc. Removeable buckles like these could be moved from one pair of shoes to another as needed, or simply replaced when a new fashion came in. A very versatile accessory! www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... 🗃️🪡

#TodayInMyKitchen Whey Whig - an #18thC thirst-quencher, especially for farmhands and land workers.

Made by steeping fresh herbs & aromatics in whey for a few days.

Tastes green and tangy. #Refreshing

HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is a @bookculture.com staff pick! 1/n The book is a history of humanity from antiquity to the present told through ideas about monsters and monster-making. 💙📚 🧪 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH www.bookculture.com/book/9780520...