Lewis Wade 🗃️
@wadehistory.bsky.social
Incoming Humboldt fellow at Bamberg | Historian of early modern French global commerce - political/economic/social/maritime history 🇫🇷🌍🏳️🌈 | Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France out now - download for free http://t.ly/NMc17
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Lewis Wade 🗃️
@wadehistory.bsky.social
· Nov 10
To (re)introduce myself, I'm an historian of global French commerce under Louis XIV. My works below are all free to download!
Book on commerce, risk and absolutism: t.ly/NMc17
Female agency in Atlantic colonialism: t.ly/VNM4-
Power and sovereignty under Louis XIV: t.ly/v2vfH
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
Book on commerce, risk and absolutism: t.ly/NMc17
Female agency in Atlantic colonialism: t.ly/VNM4-
Power and sovereignty under Louis XIV: t.ly/v2vfH
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
Look at all the sovereignty 😍
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Look at all the sovereignty 😍
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A Reminder that the Economic History Review now has its own Bluesky account!
Be sure to follow: @echistsocreview.bsky.social
For updates on the latest articles available on Early View, with research on all aspects of economic and social history from around the world and from all periods.
Be sure to follow: @echistsocreview.bsky.social
For updates on the latest articles available on Early View, with research on all aspects of economic and social history from around the world and from all periods.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A Reminder that the Economic History Review now has its own Bluesky account!
Be sure to follow: @echistsocreview.bsky.social
For updates on the latest articles available on Early View, with research on all aspects of economic and social history from around the world and from all periods.
Be sure to follow: @echistsocreview.bsky.social
For updates on the latest articles available on Early View, with research on all aspects of economic and social history from around the world and from all periods.
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❓How did the Ottoman state organize unfree labor - among others: captives, enslaved people, and convicts - to power its early modern navy?
I explore this question in my “Between Two Spaces: Enslavement and Labor in the Early Modern Ottoman Navy.” 1/2
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OpenAccess
I explore this question in my “Between Two Spaces: Enslavement and Labor in the Early Modern Ottoman Navy.” 1/2
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OpenAccess
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
❓How did the Ottoman state organize unfree labor - among others: captives, enslaved people, and convicts - to power its early modern navy?
I explore this question in my “Between Two Spaces: Enslavement and Labor in the Early Modern Ottoman Navy.” 1/2
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OpenAccess
I explore this question in my “Between Two Spaces: Enslavement and Labor in the Early Modern Ottoman Navy.” 1/2
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OpenAccess
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🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Programs - School of Advanced Study
universityoflondon.smapply.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
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#skystorians – a colleague is asking for recommendations for reading on the British industrial crisis of the 1970s and early 80s – any recommendations?
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#skystorians – a colleague is asking for recommendations for reading on the British industrial crisis of the 1970s and early 80s – any recommendations?
#skystorians – a colleague is asking for recommendations for reading on the British industrial crisis of the 1970s and early 80s – any recommendations?
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#skystorians – a colleague is asking for recommendations for reading on the British industrial crisis of the 1970s and early 80s – any recommendations?
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📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
routledge.com/Material-Cul...
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Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
Plastic Planet | Venus Bivar
Stalled negotiations and accelerating accumulation in the global petrochemicals industry
www.phenomenalworld.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happy to have written about plastic for @thepolycrisis.bsky.social. Thanks to @70sbachchan.bsky.social for sourcing the excellent graphics. And thanks to @rebecca-altman.bsky.social and @anjakrieger.bsky.social for being my go-to's on all-things plastic.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/pla...
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Following from my last post, I thought I should share the subject of the talks that have made me animated! I would also like to thank @swwdtp.bsky.social for all their support during my last couple of presentations!
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Following from my last post, I thought I should share the subject of the talks that have made me animated! I would also like to thank @swwdtp.bsky.social for all their support during my last couple of presentations!
Reposted by Lewis Wade 🗃️
"Postdoc in the job market"
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Postdoc in the job market"
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Final few hours in beautiful Montreal for #NACBS 2025. It has been a wonderful opportunity to catch up with so many @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social authors and meet new scholars. To any delegates still here, I’m giving away ALL display copies by 1pm today!
November 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Final few hours in beautiful Montreal for #NACBS 2025. It has been a wonderful opportunity to catch up with so many @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social authors and meet new scholars. To any delegates still here, I’m giving away ALL display copies by 1pm today!
Reposted by Lewis Wade 🗃️
Hiking in the Middle Rhine Valley
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hiking in the Middle Rhine Valley
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Li Qingzhao (1084-1151), trans. Wendy Chen
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Li Qingzhao (1084-1151), trans. Wendy Chen
Hiking in the Middle Rhine Valley
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hiking in the Middle Rhine Valley
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Reposted by Lewis Wade 🗃️
Our PhD studentship applications are open for 2026 entry and I'm keen to hear from outstanding candidates in history of early modern conflict and/or creative histories.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Our PhD studentship applications are open for 2026 entry and I'm keen to hear from outstanding candidates in history of early modern conflict and/or creative histories.
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Unboxing my author copies to finally hold the finished book in my hands. What a feeling! I started this research during my MA in 2016, and 1 PhD and 2 research fellowships later it’s finally here. Coming soon to a research library near you! ✨
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Unboxing my author copies to finally hold the finished book in my hands. What a feeling! I started this research during my MA in 2016, and 1 PhD and 2 research fellowships later it’s finally here. Coming soon to a research library near you! ✨
Reposted by Lewis Wade 🗃️
Nautical types! How big would an 18-20 ton ship have been in the late 16th century? It was to carry 16 cannons so I imagine big-ish?
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Nautical types! How big would an 18-20 ton ship have been in the late 16th century? It was to carry 16 cannons so I imagine big-ish?
Music to my ears
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Music to my ears
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This is admittedly rather out of date now, but in this blogpost I discuss the wonderful experience I had presenting my research to the Association of Business Historians in 2023 for the Coleman Prize session. Thanks to the EHS for its support, and all recent PhDs should give the Prize a look!
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is admittedly rather out of date now, but in this blogpost I discuss the wonderful experience I had presenting my research to the Association of Business Historians in 2023 for the Coleman Prize session. Thanks to the EHS for its support, and all recent PhDs should give the Prize a look!
Reposted by Lewis Wade 🗃️
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
Reposted by Lewis Wade 🗃️
Now on the Long Run: 'The price of privilege: understanding absolutism and Atlantic commerce under the Sun King of France'
Lewis Wade (Leiden) presents their research which won the 2023 Association of Business Historians Coleman Prize & was based upon an EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students grant
Lewis Wade (Leiden) presents their research which won the 2023 Association of Business Historians Coleman Prize & was based upon an EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students grant
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Now on the Long Run: 'The price of privilege: understanding absolutism and Atlantic commerce under the Sun King of France'
Lewis Wade (Leiden) presents their research which won the 2023 Association of Business Historians Coleman Prize & was based upon an EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students grant
Lewis Wade (Leiden) presents their research which won the 2023 Association of Business Historians Coleman Prize & was based upon an EHS Research Fund for Graduate Students grant
Reposted by Lewis Wade 🗃️
Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).