Casey Schmitt

Awww! That's really nice of you to say - I'm glad it wasn't too painful for them! ☺️

Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Warwick | MEMOs University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Explore our job opportunities focused on the Medieval and Early Modern periods (thread 🧵):

1. Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Warwick
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Congratulations!!! I can't wait to read it!

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All the while, libraries are full of these wonderful things that let you skip right to the recipe.

And true to form, there's a typo in this - writing is messy and the mess is the point.

(But it should say that writing is not a means *to* a product).

If you have questions about captivity and colonialism in the 17th-century Caribbean at 8am EST on Monday, I'll be chatting about it with @prizepapers.bsky.social! 🗃️

There are days when I have such a backlog of emails to respond to that I have to set aside a couple of hours for "correspondence" like it's 1887.

There's one thing that I wish AI promoters could understand: writing is not a means a product.

I write to learn something, to experience something, and to come to know more about myself in the process. It doesn't matter what I produce - what matters is how I got there. 🗃️

Thank you, this looks really interesting!

Thank you!!

This Is Not How Democracies Go to War. It’s How Dictators Do. Donald Trump has said almost nothing to justify going to war against Iran. The real reason may be something he dare not speak of.

Call your MOC's 202-224-3121. Congress is set to vote on the War Powers Resolution this week. Our overwhelming opposition to war must be strongly demonstrated. Israel supporters are pressuring Dem's to vote no. A massive outpouring of calls and emails is required.
newrepublic.com/article/2071...

Oh, thank you!

A huge congratulations!!! I am really excited to read the whole thing! 🎉

Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran Refusal to allow use of bases in Rota and Morón follows Pedro Sánchez’s condemnation of US-Israeli action

Spain denies US permission to use jointly operated bases to attack Iran | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Thank you - this looks fascinating!

Hey historians, what are your favorite readings on political economy? Bonus points for anything that also related to cross-cultural trade, war, and violence.

Thanks!🗃️

Men studying a dragon

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

PENGUIN & CLASSICS AN ENTIRE FRAT SETS SAIL TO STEAL THE WORLD'S FANCIEST COAT

Jason is, admittedly, very on brand.

Historians’ Amicus Brief in Trump v. Barbara Two historians and professors of legal history represented by Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP have filed a brief supporting a challenge to President Trump’s executive order purporting to end birthright citi...

« The historians’ brief — authored by Professor Martha S. Jones and Professor Kate Masur — centers on the pre–Civil War advocacy of free Black Americans for a broad and inclusive principle of birthright citizenship. » www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Ginny Reinburg's essay changes how we think about--and teach--Menocchio's story (and more). She shows that the conflict originated in, and was shaped by, clerical sexual abuse, institutional protections for abusers, and a broad struggle to resist. #earlymodern @vreinburg.bsky.social

Amanda Herbert and Kevin Dawson debut a new HLQ article category called Early/Modern Connections: original #earlymodern research in service of the public good. The article and cover feature art by Ebony Iman Dallas. Open access: muse.jhu.edu/article/983132

Black Atlantic Worlds — Harvard University Press Landscapes are key to the Black Atlantic. The history of how Africans and their descendants populated and transformed nations, regions, and ecosystems has always been attentive to the multiple meaning...

It’s officially pub day for this incredible work! Thank you to Oscar de la Torre for making this possible!!
And thank you to CUNY DSI for research consults and permission to use your images in my work!!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978088...

We need universities to stop putting the burden of preventing students from cheating using AI tools on the professor. It's not working.

Ceding critical thought to AI is not inevitable, it's a choice.

Call for Contributors!

Writing the Industrial Revolution brings together short illustrated essays on industrial change and its cultural consequences in Britain, circa 1770–1830.

We'd love to hear from other researchers who'd like to contribute an essay. Please see ⤵️

www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6341

Yes! I also try to email folks whose work I am reading and enjoying - it really helps to not feel like we're just screaming into the void.

Join us Monday, 23rd February at 1 PM for Lunch Talks: Kings of Privateering, where we’ll explore how Spanish privateers in the 18th-century Caribbean were vital instruments of imperial power—driving war, trade, smuggling, and the trade with enslaved people with remarkable agency.

I meant to include the TOC! Please see below.

Early sixteenth-century paleography is not messing around! Here are some of the more entertaining scribbles that have made reading this legajo an absolute slog! 🗃️

So far, my process for starting the second book project has just involved requesting hundreds of books from ILL and ignoring the increasingly aggressive emails about those books being overdue.

That's normal, right? 🗃️