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Luke O’Sullivan
@lukeosullivan.bsky.social
Writing about freedom, uncertainty, and precarity in early modern France.
https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/content/dr-luke-osullivan
A few years ago, I found this manuscript which changed the course of my research. Delighted my article on early modern precarity and how 'précaire' went from being an obscure bit of jargon to a contentious buzzword has now been published in Renaissance Quarterly.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
May 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
2025
OUT: microplastics and forever chemicals

IN: Galenic medicine
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Also recently put up this portrait of hector brought back from Mexico by a friend 🐈‍⬛
January 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Psyching myself up for the start of term
January 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
November 12, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Que sera sera
October 9, 2024 at 9:38 AM
I’ve spent the summer writing about precarity and violence, often contra Butler. But keep thinking of this in light of talk of ‘her right’ etc etc
October 2, 2024 at 8:13 PM
No, no, and no!
September 25, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Went to Scotland.
September 23, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Me, Lucy, and Lucy’s Infected Thumb going on our holidays
August 30, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Actually… Decided to Google and see what he actually looks like. And he does kinda look like he could have been a wrestler???
August 29, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Emmanuel Carrere looks way more like a pro wrestler than I would have expected…
August 29, 2024 at 7:00 AM
Having said that, here's some complaints about precarity (sort of...) at the Université de Paris, 1616
August 14, 2024 at 8:44 PM
1) I wrote a book! This will be out soon. More details here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing...
Incredibly grateful to everyone at Edinburgh Uni Pressand series editors @eparpillee.bsky.social @manymanyplies.bsky.social Lorna Hutson and Joe Moshenska
August 14, 2024 at 2:06 PM
October 4, 2023 at 12:16 PM
Just started reading @vincentbevins.bsky.social new book (published today!) and loving it.
October 4, 2023 at 10:26 AM
Summer’s over
September 28, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Hector’s summer.
September 27, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Found a fish kettle
September 26, 2023 at 6:09 PM
That Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the white cube was good.
September 26, 2023 at 11:39 AM
trying to make my feed just like twitter without being too much like twitter
September 25, 2023 at 9:55 AM
Hello from me and Hector
September 24, 2023 at 8:23 PM