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Athanasius of the West 13 Jan

January 1 12 Jan

Seminar in Palaeography and Manuscript Studies, 2021 7 Jan

Saturday 11 January 1667/68 11 Jan

Slavery Advertisements Published January 14, 1771 14 Jan

Monday 30 December 1667 30 Dec

January 15 15 Jan

Tuesday 31 December 1667 31 Dec

Wright, “How European Viruses Toppled the Aztec & Inca Empires” in the TLS, Jan... 4 Jan

Interview: Ruma Chopra on “Almost Home: Maroons between Slavery and Freedom in... 20 Jan

Name Etymologies 20 Jan

Aide au financement de colloques et journées sur le XVIIe siècle 15 Jan

Westminster Coroners Inquests 1760-1799, Part 10 Jan

Bonnie Prince Charlie's 300th birthday 31 Dec

Exhibition | Beethoven Moves

Installation view of the exhibition Beethoven Moves, with John Baldessari’s Beethoven’s Trumpet (with Ear) Opus #132, 2007, resin, fiberglass,...

Enfilade • 27 Dec 2020

Lustral Illumination

 Today is the feast of the Holy Baptism of the Lord.He was bornand was baptizedthat by His PassionHe might cleanse the water.-- Ignatius of Antioch,...

Siris • 10 Jan 2021

Tracking Ebenezer Dumaresque

When Dr. Nathaniel Martyn “absconded” in 1770, leaving his wife and two children with her family, he left behind another child as well.Three...

Boston 1775 • 11 Jan 2021

Metropolitan Museum Journal

The 2020 issue of the Metropolitan Museum Journal is now available at The University of Chicago Press website and The Met Store. PDF’s are available...

Enfilade • 6 Jan 2021

Research Lunch | Rebecca Tropp on the Picturesque and Country Houses

This talk was slated for last March; it’s been rescheduled as an online event, sponsored by the Mellon Centre: Rebecca Tropp, Accommodating the Picturesque:...

Enfilade • 9 Jan 2021

The NSW Criminal Use Bill

 The NSW Criminal Use Bill.This bill, if passed without amendments made, will see the simple tasks taken by Law Abiding Firearm Owners of maintaining...

A Woodsrunner's Diary • 15 Jan 2021

Documentation on Leather Leggings.

Leather Leggings Documentation Pre 1770. NOTE: Wash-leather was an 18th century term for brain tanned leather. https://www.academia.edu/11291281/Fur_and_Leather_Garments_in_18th_and_19th_century_New_England...

A Woodsrunner's Diary • 31 Dec 2020

All at Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolution

All At Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolutionary War by John Dillon. (Warwick, England: Helion & Company Limited,...

Journal of the American Revolution • 20 Jan 2021

Instant History: Archiving Political Slogans and Symbols

Historians and museum curators are already hard at work preserving the history of the Storming of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on 6 January 2021. ...

Brian Sandberg: Historical Perspectives • 10 Jan 2021

Allocation formation recherche archéologie et patrimoine Ministère de la culture

Ouverture des candidatures pour l’obtention d’allocation de formation et de recherche en archéologie, patrimoine bâti, patrimoine...

Le blog de l'APAHAU • 22 Jan 2021

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