Melissa Reynolds

Though books may not ship out for a couple of weeks yet, the data behind Reading Practice is *always* available! Instead of printing my Appendices, I built readingpractice.github.io as a *Digital Companion to Reading Practice*, with all my data available to download open access

I’m now over on the 🦋, where it feels like all my friends are showing up to a dinner party after months in the wilderness. Join us, won’t you? Find me there: melkatrey.bsky.social

@HPSWarburgian @BJHSeditor @cb_eriksen @hssonline Congratulations Xinyi!

New posts will go live every Thursday through November 7, so check back weekly for more on IMAGES AS/AND RECIPES.

And @ChengHe1737 looks at a sixteeenth-century Chinese guide to the good life, to examine how images—of inkstones, of fancy new hampers for outdoor dining, and other objects—communicated that it was “crucial to nourish one’s soul through entertainment.” recipes.hypotheses.org/24270

The fall issue of The Recipes Project dropped this week! IMAGES AS/AND RECIPES, guest-edited by Alexandra Macdonald (@AliMicMac), features brilliant work examining the visual side of recipes. recipes.hypotheses.org/autumn-2024

@DrJulieHardwick She did! She’s got a chaired professorship at the University of Houston now. I met her at my interview and I’m bummed we won’t be colleagues!

@melkatrey Did Hanan Hammad leave? (She did her PhD here and I taught her son in our methods course!)

We’re hiring an Assistant Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History! The C in TCU might lead you to believe this isn’t a search for you, but I promise it is. It’s a great dept in a great university with resources & and commitment to research. Apply! jobs.tcu.edu/jobs/assistant…

This is the news I’ve been waiting for!

After receiving first round reader reports

@NewWorldNature1 @UChicagoPress I so appreciate this, Mackenzie! Thanks for coming to Friday’s book celebration. I hope our paths cross soon, perhaps at HSS this year?

Have the chance to learn about @melkatrey's new book with @UChicagoPress : "Reading Practice The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print" press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… I particularly loved the article on prognostication!

SSHM's Roy Porter Essay Competition 2024/5 £500 first prize plus opportunities for publication in SHM, mentoring and to deliver a plenary at the biennial conference! Deadline for entries 1 February 2025 #histmed #histSTM #humanities sshm.org/portfolio/priz…

Wrote a piece on a 1970s recipe book created by a group of teachers (my grandmother amongst them), and the stories of community, class, competition, and care which the recipes tell. A huge thank you to @amandaeherbert and Kelli Kimura for their help and expertise!

This cover is incredible @richardcalis! Can’t wait to read it.

Cooking Up Community: Our Summer edition of the RP is now online! In this quarter, our authors explore community cookbooks in all their forms, from spiral-bound PTA fundraisers to tools for grappling with the legacies of colonialism. #foodhistory recipes.hypotheses.org

@profrhodrilewis Congrats Rhodri!

It’s here! Celebrating with Shakespeare’s favourite late summer drink (or … checks notes … what would have been if he’d been able to try one).

@ProfJennyShaw @SonyaBonczek @UNC_Press Congrats! That is a nice way to start the year!

@KatieNWalker Thanks so much Katie! And huge congrats to you on your book contract. Can’t wait to get my hands on it when it’s out!

@aarontpratt @UChicagoPress @ransomcenter Absolutely—soonest, I think, is the right word.

It’s release day for READING PRACTICE! I’m so proud of this book & so grateful to all who helped along the way to its publication. FWIW, the paperback price is very reasonable—just one of many reasons I’m so glad to have published with @UChicagoPress. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

@ProfJennyShaw @UChicagoPress Thanks Jenny! It was a loooong haul but I’m luckier than most to have landed! Not taking it for granted for a second.