Jordan S. Sly
@jordanssly.bsky.social
Historian of Seventeenth Century Europe and the Global Atlantic. My specialisations are the intellectual, religious, and cultural histories of Stuart Britain and the Interregnum with a primary focus on the 1650s.
A very valuable service being done here
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A very valuable service being done here
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Medal, designed by Thomas Rawlins, 1643.
Olive branch and sword crossed : "prepared for both" - peace and war, that is.
Struck in one Charles I's more optimistic moments of the 1640s.
(British Museum)
Olive branch and sword crossed : "prepared for both" - peace and war, that is.
Struck in one Charles I's more optimistic moments of the 1640s.
(British Museum)
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Medal, designed by Thomas Rawlins, 1643.
Olive branch and sword crossed : "prepared for both" - peace and war, that is.
Struck in one Charles I's more optimistic moments of the 1640s.
(British Museum)
Olive branch and sword crossed : "prepared for both" - peace and war, that is.
Struck in one Charles I's more optimistic moments of the 1640s.
(British Museum)
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It's that time of year again for #Dickens #AChristmasCarol & the #Victorians Join me for a virtual lecture on Dec 3 for #SmithsonianAssociates & learn about plum puddings, workhouses, the Queen, and if Dickens really "invented" #Christmas Details at smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Dickens, Christmas, and Victorian Society
Apart from celebrating the holiday, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol highlights the stark contrast between London’s wealthy and impoverished. Taking a cue from the Ghost of Christmas Pas...
smithsonianassociates.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's that time of year again for #Dickens #AChristmasCarol & the #Victorians Join me for a virtual lecture on Dec 3 for #SmithsonianAssociates & learn about plum puddings, workhouses, the Queen, and if Dickens really "invented" #Christmas Details at smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
"M a y b e I don't really wanna know / How your garden grows / 'Cause I just wanna fly"
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"M a y b e I don't really wanna know / How your garden grows / 'Cause I just wanna fly"
I've written a bunch of articles, chapters, presentations, co-edited a book, served as the chair of our university's senate, yet, my most impactful contribution amongst colleagues and friends is almost a decade old and remains this abomination. Happy Thanksgiving week!
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I've written a bunch of articles, chapters, presentations, co-edited a book, served as the chair of our university's senate, yet, my most impactful contribution amongst colleagues and friends is almost a decade old and remains this abomination. Happy Thanksgiving week!
Finally a Tiny Desk consert I actually care about, youtu.be/x_KlY-AegeE?...
Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Finally a Tiny Desk consert I actually care about, youtu.be/x_KlY-AegeE?...
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Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
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apollo-magazine.com/michaelina-w... and a review of the 2018 book stemming from the earlier exhibit (Katlijne Van der Stighelen), www.the-tls.com/arts/visual-...
Michaelina Wautier: portrait of a lady on fire
An exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna confirms the baroque artist’s status as a great painter, writes Luke Uglow
apollo-magazine.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
apollo-magazine.com/michaelina-w... and a review of the 2018 book stemming from the earlier exhibit (Katlijne Van der Stighelen), www.the-tls.com/arts/visual-...
www.bbc.com/sport/footba... 🏴
Scotland vs Denmark LIVE: UEFA World Cup Qualifiers - watch, listen, team news, updates, report, reaction, stats & head-to-head
Watch Sportscene, listen to Sportsound and follow live text commentary, score updates and match report from Scotland vs Denmark in the UEFA World Cup Qualifiers.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
www.bbc.com/sport/footba... 🏴
a presenter is wearing a sport coat and sweatpants. This man fears nothing
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
a presenter is wearing a sport coat and sweatpants. This man fears nothing
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CFP: Ecosystems of the Mind: Resources for Reconstructing Early Modern Intellectual Life || 21–23 May 2026 || Hamburg, DE
Please spread broadly! Feel free to reach out with questions.
Please spread broadly! Feel free to reach out with questions.
September 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
CFP: Ecosystems of the Mind: Resources for Reconstructing Early Modern Intellectual Life || 21–23 May 2026 || Hamburg, DE
Please spread broadly! Feel free to reach out with questions.
Please spread broadly! Feel free to reach out with questions.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
I'm really not anti-AI, but I'm also not totally sold either. I've had very limited success in using for serious research, but I also don't think it is categorically something to dismiss. I have been spending the weekend and this week at the ASIS&T conference where AI has been the organizing idea
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'm really not anti-AI, but I'm also not totally sold either. I've had very limited success in using for serious research, but I also don't think it is categorically something to dismiss. I have been spending the weekend and this week at the ASIS&T conference where AI has been the organizing idea
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Is anyone else having a lot of trouble with MS Word these days? It seems like it is broken -- not loading pages, crashing constantly, weird internal errors. Others having similar issues?
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Is anyone else having a lot of trouble with MS Word these days? It seems like it is broken -- not loading pages, crashing constantly, weird internal errors. Others having similar issues?
Very interesting paper from the Past Meets Futures workshop #ASIS&T "Mapping the Latent Past: Assessing Large Language Models as Digital Tools through Source Criticism" Hutchinson, esp the section evaluating LLMs as historical sources journalofdigitalhistory.org/en/article/J...
Journal of Digital History
The Journal of Digital History (JDH) is an international, academic, peer-reviewed and open-access journal. JDH will set new standards in history publishing based on the principle of multi-layered articles.
journalofdigitalhistory.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Very interesting paper from the Past Meets Futures workshop #ASIS&T "Mapping the Latent Past: Assessing Large Language Models as Digital Tools through Source Criticism" Hutchinson, esp the section evaluating LLMs as historical sources journalofdigitalhistory.org/en/article/J...
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✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for apprentice Early Modern palaeographers
gjhilton.github.io
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
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February 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Absolutely wonderful opening to the season!
November 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Absolutely wonderful opening to the season!