Dr Misha Ewen

If you’re shopping in the UK (or anywhere else that isn’t America) you can now enjoy 30% off The Virginia Venture: American Colonization & English Society, 1580-1660 🙌🏽 Which makes it the price of around 5 🍺, 10 ☕️, 3 🍕 or 20 🥑

@CuratorPolly Ooh thanks Polly!

@mishaewen Ellie Chetwind?

@tonsmit So yes, the publicly funded bit of my research (the PhD) is available for free, the book, which builds on & expands the thesis, & which was not publicly funded, is not.

@mishaewen I was only reacting to the text on Tseg. I read the abstract and found the subject interesting. I've read al lot about this period. I never said I read the book. I would like to, but the price is a hurdle. My point is that academic historical research should be affordable.

In England, colonization was not exclusively an affair of the male educated elite. @mishaewen argues for the inclusion of individuals across the whole social spectrum to fully understand colonizing enterprises. Read @JorisvandenTol s review in TSEG tseg.nl/article/view/1…

@tonsmit In the UK if a PhD is publicly funded (as mine was) you can get the PhD for free, but unfortunately unless you get a grant (to develop the thesis) which allows for open access publishing then we have to follow the costs set by the publishers - some, like Penn, are non-profits.

@tonsmit Your tweet is certainly “interesting” in that you’re assuming to know things about my research background & argument without knowing me or even having read the book.

@_tseg @mishaewen @JorisvandenTol @IISG_Amsterdam @PennPress Interesting. But absolutely nobody ever said that colonization was exclusively an affair of the male educated elite. Research funded by public means should be available for free or at a low price. Not S$ 49,95 for 224 pages (Ebook same, crazy). The Virginia Venture Misha Ewen

@RebeccaMenmuir @TheEcoAlchemyst Thanks! And I’d add books/articles by @lauren_working @rachelwinchers

@TheEcoAlchemyst Both sound brilliant, thanks so much - in fact the particular topic is Virginia so that seems extremely relevant!

A question for Early Modernists: are there any records of what Londoners or English people thought of expansion/colonisation in the 16th/17th cs? Contemporary reactions, responses? Not sure where to look!

@lauren_working @OIEAHC @susannah_lw It is very scented isn’t it? Perfect for our panel theme!

In #Poitiers for the @OIEAHC conference w/ @mishaewen & @susannah_lw and can this city be any more charming? The air is fragrant with incense and honeysuckle and there are medieval and Renaissance buildings at every turn.

@Eurostar @EurostarUK More than an inconvenience, it poses a health risk to your staff & passengers.

@mishaewen @EurostarUK Hello, we're sorry to hear this. We will pass on the feedback to our relevant team. We apologise for any incovenience caused

If you’re on the other side of the Atlantic (or a night owl over here), you can join this lecture on Thursday evening - part of a series exploring the history & legacies of the Newton Enslaved Burial Ground in Barbados @BarbadosMuseum

The Barbados Museum, in collaboration with the Department of History and Philosophy of the University of the West Indies, proudly presents the 2024 Lecture Series themed: 'Newton Uncovered: Exploring the 21st Century Legacy of the Enslaved Burial Ground at Newton.'

@HistoryHannahB @ChampsCampUK My grandad was a boxer in the late 60s - I think probably training at the same gym because think that was where all the Black Caribbean young boxers went? So great you’re doing this research.

totally dreamy day exploring Ham House with @MsKerryApps and @mishaewen, talking 17th century women and global objects. Came for the paintings & cabinets but left with a new obsession with the brocaded reclining nap chairs.

@annasiancole Add bad hayfever to menstrual pain & the summer exam season throughout school & university could really be torturous!

My daughter using her period tracker to work out which of her A level exams she's gonna be in pain for. Never seen a single mention of this factor in any discussion of exams anywhere

@JuliaLaite I wonder if Alison Games’s work on massacre & the Amboyna Massacre specifically would be helpful? Been a while since I read it though!

@ProfJennyShaw @UNC_Press @DGershenowitz @SonyaBonczek Very excited for this! Congrats!

Thank you @lauren_working for this review! It really means a lot when someone engages so closely with your work & has such thoughtful reflections too @enghistrev

SO excited to be joining the @JohnsonAlcock family & working with @ce_seymour 📚 🥂

Join us for a book Panel on "Colonization, Consent, and Community" w/@UrvashiChakrav & Penelope Geng this Friday! cla.umn.edu/premodern/news…

This Friday 3/15 at 12 p.m. CT, @PremodernAtUMN will host a virtual book panel featuring Penn Press authors @UrvashiChakrav (FICTIONS OF CONSENT) and @mishaewen (THE VIRGINIA VENTURE)! Register now to reserve your spot: ow.ly/mUog50QRrr5