Reposted by Agata PaluchLandecker Digital Memory Lab @ldml.bsky.social · 25/08/2026📣 We’re hiring! Join us in helping to ensure the sustainability of Holocaust memory in the digital age. Find out more and apply: www.digitalmemorylab.com/we-are-hirin...digitalmemorylab.comWe Are Hiring! Communications and Events Officer Needed.Communications and Events Officer Ref: 43652 (Fixed Term) Apply for this job Location Brighton, UK Hours Full time, 36.5 hours per week Requests for flexible working options will be considered (s... 024
Reposted by Agata PaluchMartin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik @mbikoeln.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Tomorrow we are looking forward to welcoming Hanna Gentili to give a talk about "Material, Social and Cultural Contexts of Fitheenth-Century Jewish Philosophy"! This will be the second last lecture of this series. We look forward to your participation in person or via Zoom. Everyone is welcome! 012
Reposted by Agata PaluchMartin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik @mbikoeln.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Coming soon at MBI: Magdalena Janosikova (Amsterdam), "Odd Man Out: Jewish Physicians, Medical Writings, and the Limits of Epistemic Communities in Early Modern Europe": 🗓25.06.2026, 16:00-17:30 🏢Philosophikum (103), S76 💻https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/98225597132?pwd=NTan1FwRzMiaWCyrbwTotDEgiPk9eM.1 021
Reposted by Agata PaluchMartin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik @mbikoeln.bsky.social · 16/06/2026This Thursday, we welcome Andreas Lehnertz (Trier), who will speak on "Jewish Craftspeople and Crafty Knowledge in Medieval Ashkenaz" as part of our lecture series: 🗓18.06.2026, 16:00-17:30 🏢Philosophikum (103), room S76 💻https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/98225597132?pwd=NTan1FwRzMiaWCyrbwTotDEgiPk9eM.1 042
Reposted by Agata PaluchMartin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik @mbikoeln.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Das Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik wird 60 Jahre alt! Zu diesem Anlass laden wir herzlich zu einem Festakt am 8. Juni ein. 📅08.06.2026 🕛18:30 Uhr 📌 Aula, Hauptgebäude der Universität zu Köln 131
Reposted by Agata PaluchMartin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik @mbikoeln.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Festvortrag zum 60. Jubiläum des Martin-Buber-Instituts für Judaistik 📅 08.06.2026 🕒 18.30 Uhr 📍Aula, Universität zu Köln Alle Interessierten sind herzlich willkommen. 👇(1/3) 122
Reposted by Agata PaluchMartin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik @mbikoeln.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Thursday, 07.05., at 4pm: Lecture of Dr Ilona Steimann (Muenster), on Ashkenazi books in Italy 👇🏽 uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/9822559713... 021
Reposted by Agata PaluchJan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026CALL FOR PAPERS: Global Connections – Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Modern World (ca. 1500–1800) 🔜 Submission deadline: 15 June 📍 Warsaw | 📅 28–30 Sept Student workshop included :) #EarlyModern #History #BlueSkyStorians More info ⬇️ 12926
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 28/04/2026coming up this Thursday 👇 #jewishstudies #bookhistory 010
Reposted by Agata PaluchUCL Arts and Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Ada Rapoport-Albert was a respected scholar of Jewish history, Hasidism and mysticism and a foundational figure in UCL’s Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Find out more about Ada’s life and work in her Faces of UCL profile. buff.ly/Jua7ICA @uclhjs.bsky.social #UCL200 062
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026And here, the correct version of the poster with a QR code for zoom link: 010
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Yes! uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/9822559713...uni-koeln.zoom.usJoin our Cloud HD Video MeetingZoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications. 010
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Our next speaker, this Thursday afternoon: Pavel Sladek, Charles University of Prague @charlesuni.cuni.cz @mbikoeln.bsky.social 121
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A new lecture series at the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies in Cologne, all welcome 👉🏼 #earlymodern #skystorians #jewishstudies @unicologne.bsky.social @mbikoeln.bsky.social 2124
Reposted by Agata PaluchMirjam Wenzel @mirjamwenzel.bsky.social · 21/03/2026#JobOpportunity für alle, die gerne digitale Prozesse & Projekte gestalten und die digitale Strategie des @jmfrankfurt.bsky.social weiterentwickeln möchten: ich freue mich über Bewerbungen auf die feste Stelle eines/r Leiter:in Digitale Transformation www.juedischesmuseum.de/museum/beitr...juedischesmuseum.deLeiter:in (w/m/d) Digitale TransformationWir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine:n Leiter:in (w/m/d) Digitale Transformation. 099
Reposted by Agata PaluchPeter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Funded PhD position to work with the Averroes edition project in Cologne (fun fact: this is the same city as Köln, which I only belatedly figured out when I moved to Germany, which was very embarassing): averroes.uni-koeln.de/call-for-app...averroes.uni-koeln.deCall for Applications: One three-year PhD student position in Arabic Philosophy and its Hebrew and Latin Reception – Averroes 0279
Reposted by Agata PaluchDr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Please help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...academictransfer.comPhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLELeiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y... 2140163
Reposted by Agata PaluchElizabeth Biggs @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit? They look so cool! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...beta.ideas.lego.comTwo Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® IdeasThe development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was… 22814369
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Thrilled to be 'most read'! the whole volume is fantastic: 👇 030
Reposted by Agata PaluchWojciech Tworek @wtworek.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The Polish Exile www.mqup.ca/Books/T/The-...mqup.caThe Polish ExileHasidism, a vibrant Jewish mystical movement, emerged in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century. Among its branches, Chabad took root and flourished in tsarist Russia, radiating its distinct intelle... 022
Reposted by Agata Paluchochjs.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026We are pleased to announce our Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop, which will take place from 22 June-3 July 2026! Applications are due by noon (UK time) on February 20th. For course and application details, see the following page: www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app... #oxford #Summer2026 #Manuscripts 032
Reposted by Agata PaluchH-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 11/02/2026New job: Full Professorship in Modern History - History of Democracy and Dictatorship in the 20th Century (W3) (f/m/d) University of Cologne jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69794 001
Reposted by Agata PaluchVanessa R Barcelos @vanessabcs.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Reposting, now with link for registration www.pennpress.org/events/revit... and alt-text 😉 133
Reposted by Agata PaluchKarl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 15/01/2026New paid doctoral position with the Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus project in Munich, for students researching Arabic or Latin texts related to Ptolemy's astronomical or astrological material; dissertation can be in English or German, apply by March 31st. ptolemaeus.badw.de/start #HistSTM #MedievalSky 01916
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 06/01/2026A new issue of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 38 (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...) has just been published, with many excellent contributions on "Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History"—and my humble article: doi.org/10.3828/poli... Many thanks to the editors!doi.orgThe Rise and Fall of the Jewish Penis: Recipes and Kabbalistic Masculinity in the Early Modern Ashkenazi World | Polin: Studies in Polish JewryKabbalistic recipes to prevent unwanted seminal emissions emerged at the intersection of religious, social, ethical, bibliographical, and epistemic discourses in the early modern Ashkenazi world. This chapter focuses on recipes for the prevention of ... 170
Reposted by Agata PaluchFrançoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 13/12/2025As part of the upcoming celebrations to mark 40 years of publishing 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', @livunipress.bsky.social publishes a selection of articles from the past decades - free to read for 12 months. Have a look! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.orgPolin: Studies in Polish Jewry at 40 – Editor-Selected Articles from the Archive | H-NetDear colleagues,In 2026, Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry marks its 40th anniversary. To celebrate, the editors have curated a selection of articles—spanning early modern political life, nineteenth-cent... 051
Reposted by Agata PaluchSissel Undheim @unsissel.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Please share! Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen. The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE. #AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noPostdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814) | University of BergenJob title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2026 22527
Reposted by Agata PaluchHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...cityam.comThe British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity 341090631
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 15/11/2025📆 Closing date: 2 January 2026 Apply via: professorships.uni-koeln.de 000
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 14/11/2025#skystorians: permanent position (professorship with tenure track to W3) in early modern global history has just been advertised at the University of Cologne, please share widely! berufungen.uni-koeln.de/tender/showP...berufungen.uni-koeln.de 001
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Now also on youtube! 👇 youtu.be/fcOeEtpmXVw?...youtu.beEuropean Magic and its Traditions - Jewish MagicYouTube video by WarburgInstitute 041
Reposted by Agata PaluchH-Material Culture @h-materialculture.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Fellowship Announcement: Scholarship program of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: 2026 Annual Theme: Small Forms – Between Materiality, Mediality and Genre #MaterialCulture networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.orgScholarship program of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: annual theme 2026 "Small Forms" | H-NetThe Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is home to exceptional historical special collections of manuscripts, printed works, maps, musical materials, and other collection objects, both in terms of scope and qu... 001
Reposted by Agata PaluchmedievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies at Hamburg University. Deadline: 19 June 2025. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17504mjsnow.hypotheses.orgJunior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish StudiesHamburg University searches a candidate for a Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies. Deadline: 19 June 2025. OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as foll... 036
Reposted by Agata PaluchEli Rubin @elirubin.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity (@stanfordpress.bsky.social, 2025), receives a generous and critical review from my friend and colleague @wtworek.bsky.social ingeveb.org/articles/rev...ingeveb.orgRethinking Chabad Historiography: A Review Essay on Eli Rubin's Kabbalah and the Rupture of Modernity | In gevebWhile not the first, Rubin’s book is among the very few that aim to address the history of the Chabad movement as a whole, placing its major figures in dialogue 286
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025An exciting (and permanent) opportunity for specialists in (modern) Jewish Studies to work with a great team in Erfurt: www.uni-erfurt.de/universitaet...uni-erfurt.de33/2025 W2-Professur für Religionswissenschaft mit einem Schwerpunkt auf transnationale Verflechtungen mit Career-Track zu W3 (w/m/d) 011
Reposted by Agata PaluchJüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 21/05/2025#HybridEvent | Workshop at the CSMC Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture on Spatio-temporal Profiles of Multigraphic Written Artefacts | www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de/register/wor... 🗓️ From May 22, 2025 to May 24, 2025csmc.uni-hamburg.deRegister for a CSMC workshop 032
Reposted by Agata PaluchJüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 06/05/2025#CfA | W2-Professur für das Fachgebiet Jüdischer Film und audiovisuelle Erinnerung an der Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... Bewerbungsfrist: 25. Mai 2025 012
Reposted by Agata PaluchProf. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Assistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires- University of Cambridge - Department of History of Art #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND932/a...jobs.ac.ukAssistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires at University of CambridgeDiscover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Islamic Art (ca. 1500-ca. 1700) of the Safavid and/or Mughal Empires at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply... 01111
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Tomorrow (May 20), a conversation on Islamic magic traditions in European intellectual history, with Charles Burnett (Warburg), Matthew Melvin-Koushki (U. South Carolina), and Michael Noble (Exeter) warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/europ...warburg.sas.ac.ukEuropean Magic and its Traditions - Islamic Magic 040
Reposted by Agata PaluchJüdische Studien @juedstudien.bsky.social · 29/04/2025#CfP: IV International Conference on Jews in Galicia. Histories, Topographies, and Texts in Kraków on October 20-21, 2025 | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/en/news/iv-i... Deadline for proposals: June 15, 2025 065
Reposted by Agata PaluchAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/04/2025"Kennedy’s disgust with and devaluation of autistic people fits neatly into a eugenic logic that views health as virtue, and sees illness, or difference, as a kind of moral lapse which should be subject to punishment or censure."publicnotice.coRFK Jr. is wrong about autismHis lies endanger neurodivergent people — and everyone else. 1245193885137
Reposted by Agata PaluchSleeping Well in the Early Modern World @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Registration for our 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World' conference 9th-10th June, John Rylands Institute, Manchester is now open. Registration is free! Tickets and more info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bodies-and...eventbrite.co.ukBodies and Environments in the Early Modern World (non-speakers)University of Manchester 9th-10th June 2025. 086
Agata Paluch @agpal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Tomorrow (April 9), a conversation on Jewish magic in European intellectual history, with Moshe Idel (Jerusalem) and Saverio Campanini (Bologna): warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/jewis...warburg.sas.ac.ukEuropean Magic and its Traditions - Jewish Magic - RESCHEDULED 193
Reposted by Agata PaluchFrançoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 06/03/20253 scholarships for the MA Jewish Studies at UCL, each worth £ 4,000: - Hyman Hurwitz Scholarship in Jewish Languages - Ada Rapoport-Albert Scholarship in Jewish Religious Life - The Hebrew and Jewish Studies Scholarship in Jewish History and Politics www.ucl.ac.uk/hebrew-jewis...ucl.ac.ukStudy 12721
Reposted by Agata PaluchTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Decent people thank Ukraine. 220142822215