Madeline McMahon

Historian, bibliophile, early modernist. Assistant Prof @UT_HistDept

( PhD, @CamHistory MPhil.

[UT Austin Research @UTexasResearch]

We are thrilled to announce that three @UTAustin scholars have been selected as the 2024 recipients of the University Research Excellence Awards:

• Research Excellence Career Award – Sumit Guha, professor, @UT_HistDept, @LiberalArtsUT

• Creative Endeavor Award – @DrLisaBThompson, professor, @BlackStudiesUT, @LiberalArtsUT

• Research Paper Excellence Award – @vagheesh, assistant professor, @texas_IB, @TexasScience

Learn more about the 2024 recipients and their commitment to push the boundaries of knowledge and enrich communities in Texas and beyond: https://t.co/eMdxNoid7S.

[The Warburg Institute @Warburg_News]

@haworthtompkins For the first time, the Warburg Institute has a public gallery, offering a vibrant space to showcase our world-renowned collections.

Join us for 'Memory & Migration: The Warburg Institute 1926–2024'—opening this October!

Info: https://t.co/2tmctt4O5N #ArtAndCulture

[Tracie Matysik @traciematysik]

UT Austin is looking to hire a tenured associate or full professor in British Empire. Spread the word. Here's the ad: https://t.co/T2d2MCucQv

[Madeline McMahon @madmcmahon]

@melkatrey @UChicagoPress Hurray! Can't wait to read it :)

[Melissa Reynolds @melkatrey]

It’s here! It’s here! Reading Practice is out in the world!

All credit to @UChicagoPress, who did a brilliant job turning my words into this gorgeous thing.

[claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle]

OUT IN THIS WEEK'S @TheTLS—

IDENTIFYING JOHN MILTON’S COPY OF HOLINSHED’S CHRONICLES by me, @aarontpratt, & @jes1003

https://t.co/AvJzVekD7R

cc @PhxLibrary

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[UCL Press @UCLpress]

🌍 Uncover the global influences shaping country estates in the early modern period with Global Goods and the Country House. It's a FREE download that offers a rich exploration of the past. Don't miss out! #openaccess https://t.co/u1WpmqVnoy

[Harvard University Press @Harvard_Press]

Anthony Grafton stopped by the HUP booth at #AHA24 to check out his new book, Magus. @AHAhistorians

ICYMI: here's a great revew of the book from @adamgopnik in the @NewYorker:

https://t.co/zBqV0GiZGq

[Stefano Villani @stefanovil]

Yesterday's #AHA24 Presidential Address. Edward Muir presented four case studies on two early modern Tuscan and Friulian families, as well as on Arcangela Tarabotti and Ferrante Pallavicino, to discuss what it means for historians to establish a conversation with the dead

[Stefano Villani @stefanovil]

Join us at #AHA24 on Friday, 1/5, at 3:30 PM for a panel on Paolo #Sarpi and early modern politics, religion, and controversies with Stefania Tutino, Stefano Villani, Hanna Marcus, @madmcmahon, and Paula Findlen
#twitterstorians

[CEMS Limerick @EMSLimerick]

The annual Bolton-King lecture will be delivered by Barbara McCormack @RIAdawson at the @HuntMuseum on Nov 15th, 1pm.

[London Review of Books @LRB]

We’re pleased to announce the LRB @RansomCenter Fellowship for 2024/5.

A 1-3 month funded opportunity to consult the Harry Ransom Center’s archive of LRB editorial files and year-by-year correspondence.

Applications by 15 January.

Details here: https://t.co/TJaHG4u7kw

[Luis De la Peña @LuisDeLaPeJ]

HOY. OGGI. TODAY 👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼

[Madeline McMahon @madmcmahon]

@devintoshea Didn’t realize until you posted this that Engelbreit is from St. Louis—now some of the backdrop of my STL childhood makes more sense.

[Madeline McMahon @madmcmahon]

@Fred_E_Smith This is so exciting! I'm sad not to be able to visit it in person, but looking forward to perusing the online materials.

[Ross Moncrieff @RossMoncrieff]

Excited to be hosting a new seminar on early modern global intellectual history this term alongside the wonderful @hannah_d_lee and @JacobFordham_
Do come along if you are interested in global, intellectual, or early modern history...or even if you are just a fan of free drinks!

[Stefan Bauer @BauerStefan]

We are delighted to announce our smashing 2023-24 Seminar programme for IHR Italy 1200-1700! https://t.co/0xdhGXGmFb Please SHARE

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

As the days shorten. This evokes so well the quality of artificial light in the period with its ever-present shadow and darkness. Banquet at Night by Wolfgang Heimbach, 1640. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien) The gathering was in the Knights’ Hall of Vienna’s Hofburg Palace.

[Madeline McMahon @madmcmahon]

New exhibit @Braidense on learning Greek in Italy, "Alpha Beta", thru 9 December: https://t.co/n6Q1FSECjH