Rachel Midura
Assistant Professor
- Department of History
416 Major Williams Hall
220 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
220 Stanger St.
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Rachel Midura is an assistant professor of digital history. She brings twenty-first-century understanding of media and social networks to the political and cultural history of the early modern period.
Recent articles featured in collected volumes such as The Renaissance of Letters and Empires of Knowledge: Scientific Networks in the Early Modern World.
She is currently at work on her first book on early modern surveillance, espionage, and the origins of Europe’s postal systems.
Additional projects include conversion tools for early modern distance and currency, and research on state letter interception and travel control.
Media Mentions
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Article ItemA letter sealed for centuries has been read—without even opening it , article
Wall Street Journal, 3/2/2021