Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers)
@lizlehfeldt.bsky.social
Professor of History; author of Religious Women in Golden Age Spain; historian of #earlymodern nuns; journal co-editor; #highered consultant; runner, gardener, needlepointer, cocktail enthusiast; madrileña at heart
email me: llehfeldt at gmail dot com
email me: llehfeldt at gmail dot com
Happy anniversary to this piece.
Some writing on the intersection of nuns, choice, and historical fiction.
Some writing on the intersection of nuns, choice, and historical fiction.
Enclosed Choices
by Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt | Lauren Groff’s novel, Matrix, (a fiction finalist for the 2021 National Book Awards) is the story of a strong…
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December 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy anniversary to this piece.
Some writing on the intersection of nuns, choice, and historical fiction.
Some writing on the intersection of nuns, choice, and historical fiction.
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New blog post! Explore Maria de Sweert’s overlooked contribution to the Plantin Press and its 17th-century legacy.
Full story👉 medium.com/@museumplant...
#BookHistory #earlymodern #WomensAgency #WomeninHistory #Bluestorians #Skystorians #PlantinPress #History
Full story👉 medium.com/@museumplant...
#BookHistory #earlymodern #WomensAgency #WomeninHistory #Bluestorians #Skystorians #PlantinPress #History
The invisible partner
Unveiling Maria de Sweert’s role in the Plantin Press
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December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New blog post! Explore Maria de Sweert’s overlooked contribution to the Plantin Press and its 17th-century legacy.
Full story👉 medium.com/@museumplant...
#BookHistory #earlymodern #WomensAgency #WomeninHistory #Bluestorians #Skystorians #PlantinPress #History
Full story👉 medium.com/@museumplant...
#BookHistory #earlymodern #WomensAgency #WomeninHistory #Bluestorians #Skystorians #PlantinPress #History
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Job announcement: part time, fixed term contract for a research assistant for a global Renaissance exhibition @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Suitable for advanced doctoral candidates/early career applicants
#earlymodern
#16thcentury
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#earlymodern
#16thcentury
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December 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Job announcement: part time, fixed term contract for a research assistant for a global Renaissance exhibition @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Suitable for advanced doctoral candidates/early career applicants
#earlymodern
#16thcentury
history.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/ra...
#earlymodern
#16thcentury
history.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/ra...
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@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent
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November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus.
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students.
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
#history #envhistory #earlymodern
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If we acknowledge that Ken Burns has essentially produced a traditional consensus view of the American Revolution with marginalized voices added as window dressing, what would it mean to truly reinterpret this moment for the general public. Is a new consensus view even possible or desirable? 🗃️
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If we acknowledge that Ken Burns has essentially produced a traditional consensus view of the American Revolution with marginalized voices added as window dressing, what would it mean to truly reinterpret this moment for the general public. Is a new consensus view even possible or desirable? 🗃️
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Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
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Our first podcast episode with @askhistorians.bsky.social is live! Learn more about our new book here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
From the AskHistorians community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the AskHistorians community
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November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our first podcast episode with @askhistorians.bsky.social is live! Learn more about our new book here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
My brain is happier when I have an active writing project. November is a busy time, but I'm forging ahead!
Drafting an article manuscript on #earlymodern convents & account books. Examining what the nuns work on these can tell us about literacy, numeracy, and the management of convent households.
Drafting an article manuscript on #earlymodern convents & account books. Examining what the nuns work on these can tell us about literacy, numeracy, and the management of convent households.
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My brain is happier when I have an active writing project. November is a busy time, but I'm forging ahead!
Drafting an article manuscript on #earlymodern convents & account books. Examining what the nuns work on these can tell us about literacy, numeracy, and the management of convent households.
Drafting an article manuscript on #earlymodern convents & account books. Examining what the nuns work on these can tell us about literacy, numeracy, and the management of convent households.
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New open access (free to download) monograph published in New Historical Perspectives series. #Skystorians
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New open access (free to download) monograph published in New Historical Perspectives series. #Skystorians
I want to include some bottom up perspective on women's political power in #earlymodern Europe. I have some sources, but am looking for some visual representations of women's action, involvement in political uprisings, etc. Can you help me?
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I want to include some bottom up perspective on women's political power in #earlymodern Europe. I have some sources, but am looking for some visual representations of women's action, involvement in political uprisings, etc. Can you help me?
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If you're in Portland for the Sixteenth Century Conference this week, @cripolles.bsky.social and I have organized three panels on Reassessing the Material Culture of the Manila Galleons on Saturday. Come say hi! #earlymodern #renaissance #materialculture vmx.m-anage.com/us/scsc2025/...
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you're in Portland for the Sixteenth Century Conference this week, @cripolles.bsky.social and I have organized three panels on Reassessing the Material Culture of the Manila Galleons on Saturday. Come say hi! #earlymodern #renaissance #materialculture vmx.m-anage.com/us/scsc2025/...
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👻All Hallow's Eve will soon be upon us! 👻
But what are the spirits associated with this night, and what should you do if one appears before you?
Read my post on #EarlyModern ghost beliefs to find out 🎃 🗃️
manyheadedmonster.com/2016/10/24/d...
But what are the spirits associated with this night, and what should you do if one appears before you?
Read my post on #EarlyModern ghost beliefs to find out 🎃 🗃️
manyheadedmonster.com/2016/10/24/d...
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
👻All Hallow's Eve will soon be upon us! 👻
But what are the spirits associated with this night, and what should you do if one appears before you?
Read my post on #EarlyModern ghost beliefs to find out 🎃 🗃️
manyheadedmonster.com/2016/10/24/d...
But what are the spirits associated with this night, and what should you do if one appears before you?
Read my post on #EarlyModern ghost beliefs to find out 🎃 🗃️
manyheadedmonster.com/2016/10/24/d...
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Winner of best mustache and super smartie Ken Appold joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his new book: #Luther and the Peasants: #Religion, Ritual and the #Revoltof1525 @oxunipress.bsky.social #Reformation #earlymodern #skystorians
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October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Winner of best mustache and super smartie Ken Appold joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his new book: #Luther and the Peasants: #Religion, Ritual and the #Revoltof1525 @oxunipress.bsky.social #Reformation #earlymodern #skystorians
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newbooksnetwork.com/luther-and-t...
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Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton):
#medievalsky #earlymodern
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#medievalsky #earlymodern
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Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton) | MEMOs
British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton)
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October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Assistant Professor of British Medieval and Early Modern Literature (Univ. of Scranton):
#medievalsky #earlymodern
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#medievalsky #earlymodern
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Did you know that classics students at @wwu.edu put out a weekly newsletter in Latin? You can read it online or subscribe to receive it in your inbox Friday 🤓
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
Nuntii Latini
Nuntii Latini Vasintonienses. The week's news in Latin, brought to you by the students of Western Washington University.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Did you know that classics students at @wwu.edu put out a weekly newsletter in Latin? You can read it online or subscribe to receive it in your inbox Friday 🤓
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
Friday writing session: wrapping up conference paper on #earlymodern Spanish convent households in transit. An astonishing number of nuns moved across Spain, founding and reforming convents, being shuffled to others as need arose, etc. How did they preserve a sense of household?
#nuntastic #travel
#nuntastic #travel
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Friday writing session: wrapping up conference paper on #earlymodern Spanish convent households in transit. An astonishing number of nuns moved across Spain, founding and reforming convents, being shuffled to others as need arose, etc. How did they preserve a sense of household?
#nuntastic #travel
#nuntastic #travel
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My favorite prof, mentor, & committee member Martha Howell wrote a new book & I'm psyched it's out:
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL
Making Merchants
Cambridge Core - Social and Population History - Making Merchants
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October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My favorite prof, mentor, & committee member Martha Howell wrote a new book & I'm psyched it's out:
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL
"Making Merchants. The Cultural Construction of a Merchant Class in Early Modern Germany."
Undoubtedly of interest to many #SkyStorians on the #Medievalsky & #EarlyModern 🗃️ feeds.
l1nq.com/6gxOL
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We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
#teaching #pedagogy folks: in a course that I've inherited there is a required group project. Looking for resources to help guide students in fundamentals of group work.
Group work is often something that they don't enjoy, but I'm also sure there are ways to make it manageable/constructive. Ideas?
Group work is often something that they don't enjoy, but I'm also sure there are ways to make it manageable/constructive. Ideas?
October 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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PROGRAMME! Excited to be welcoming Alexander Marr, Dirk van Miert, and @ebenbow.bsky.social this term -- and David Hopkin, Jeroen Puttevils, Feike Dietz, Sam Geens, Valika Smeulders, and Gloria Moorman in Spring.
All welcome @ihr.bsky.social or zoom! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
All welcome @ihr.bsky.social or zoom! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
PROGRAMME! Excited to be welcoming Alexander Marr, Dirk van Miert, and @ebenbow.bsky.social this term -- and David Hopkin, Jeroen Puttevils, Feike Dietz, Sam Geens, Valika Smeulders, and Gloria Moorman in Spring.
All welcome @ihr.bsky.social or zoom! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
All welcome @ihr.bsky.social or zoom! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
Getting back to some writing. Still at work on traveling #earlymodern nuns and what these monastic households in transit looked like.
I have often argued for the absence of enclosure in early modern convents, but reclusion is an important anchor in these mobile households.
I have often argued for the absence of enclosure in early modern convents, but reclusion is an important anchor in these mobile households.
Sunday morning writing session.
More often than not, even once they arrived in the town/city where they were making a new foundation, these #earlymodern reforming nuns ended up in temporary lodging, thus prolonging the challenge of preserving stability and monastic discipline.
More often than not, even once they arrived in the town/city where they were making a new foundation, these #earlymodern reforming nuns ended up in temporary lodging, thus prolonging the challenge of preserving stability and monastic discipline.
Another Friday, more writing.
Working on identifying the key elements of these #earlymodern #nuntastic traveling households. What do the nuns do to preserve some measure of stability and monastic discipline in challenging and unusual circumstances?
Working on identifying the key elements of these #earlymodern #nuntastic traveling households. What do the nuns do to preserve some measure of stability and monastic discipline in challenging and unusual circumstances?
October 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Getting back to some writing. Still at work on traveling #earlymodern nuns and what these monastic households in transit looked like.
I have often argued for the absence of enclosure in early modern convents, but reclusion is an important anchor in these mobile households.
I have often argued for the absence of enclosure in early modern convents, but reclusion is an important anchor in these mobile households.
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I recently finished reading Mayu Fujikawa’s new exceptional book for an upcoming review. She expertly analyzes a wide variety of visual and material sources to reconstruct and decode the diverse representations of Japanese embassies in premodern Europe.
October 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I recently finished reading Mayu Fujikawa’s new exceptional book for an upcoming review. She expertly analyzes a wide variety of visual and material sources to reconstruct and decode the diverse representations of Japanese embassies in premodern Europe.
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Call for Papers📣: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns. Join us in Florence. We look forward to hosting you in May 2026😎☀️ @eui-history.bsky.social #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern
October 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Call for Papers📣: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns. Join us in Florence. We look forward to hosting you in May 2026😎☀️ @eui-history.bsky.social #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern
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The Museum of the Order of St John is hosting a launch event for my book on 22 October. I'll be talking about the paintings of Mattia Preti, dress, textiles and life in Malta in the seventeenth century.
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
October 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Museum of the Order of St John is hosting a launch event for my book on 22 October. I'll be talking about the paintings of Mattia Preti, dress, textiles and life in Malta in the seventeenth century.
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...