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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Intellectual Legacy of Herman Dooyeweerd (1894–1977) by Maarten Verkerk, Gerrit Glas, and Suzan Sierksma-Agteres consider the enduring legacy of this renowned philosopher and legal scholar. 🔗 aup.nl/en/book/9789... #Philosophy #IntellectualHistory
Book cover of The Intellectual Legacy of Herman Dooyeweerd (1894–1977): A Hopeful Philosophy for Our Time, edited by Maarten Verkerk, Gerrit Glas, and Suzan Sierksma-Agteres. The cover features a minimalist design with a colorful abstract circular shape in the center and Amsterdam University Press branding.
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Valentin Sandulescu @valisandulescu.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
📚Our monograph on Yiddish culture in Greater Romania (1918-1940) published with @ceu-press.bsky.social (an imprint of @amsterdamupress.bsky.social ) has been reviewed by Benjamin Balint in the latest issue of the Jewish Review of Books! 🗃️ #YiddishCulture #JewishStudies #academicsky #skystorians 📖
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
𝘿𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙮 (Cécile Bosman) shows how marine art—nautical know-how & artistic skill—became a vehicle for patriotism and cultural nationalism. 🔗 ow.ly/ZYob50XRRGL #DutchArt #ArtHistory #Marine
Book cover of Dutch Marine Painting in the Nineteenth Century by Cécile Bosman. The image shows a dramatic seascape painting: a small boat with several figures struggles through high, dark waves in the foreground, while a larger sailing ship appears in the distance under a cloudy, light-filled sky.
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Charlotte Meijer @chrmeijer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📚 The new @womenshistory.bsky.social is out with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social now! 'Women and Ports' focuses on the hidden role of women in harbors, ranging from protestors to entrepeneurs. Had a lot of fun editing this! www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Women and Ports
The role of women in the maritime sector has long been overlooked. Diverting from the image of women passively waiting for men to return, this edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History argues that wo...
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Yearbook of Women’s History @womenshistory.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Our new book, Women and Ports, is out now with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social! Read more about it here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Women and Ports
The role of women in the maritime sector has long been overlooked. Diverting from the image of women passively waiting for men to return, this edition of the Yearbook of Women’s History argues that wo...
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CEU Press @ceu-press.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Hello Bluesky 👋🟦 We’re CEU Press, an independent academic publisher championing democratic thought, academic freedom & a diverse set of voices. We publish books and journals in the humanities & social sciences. Follow to hear about our latest books, open access initiatives & calls for proposals!
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Patricia Stoop @dr-patriciastoop.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Great news!! My special issue on Writing for Third Parties: Commercial Manuscript Production in the Late Middle Ages (Queeste, @amsterdamupress.bsky.social) is now available in open access. Looking much forward to your reactions! www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
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Hein Brookhuis @heinbrookhuis.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
At the beginning of this month, my book 'ASML and Dutch Physics' was officially launched with a panel discussion on the perks and challenges of public-private collaboration in science. The book is now available through the website of @amsterdamupress.bsky.social (see links below)
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
New from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social - Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600 Edited by Luis Ribeiro, David Salomoni, & Henrique Leitão www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... Available for download as #OpenAccess - admin.library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
A book cover, with a detail at the top of a drawing including a ship on a body of water. The bottom half of the book is aquamarine, containing the book title and the publisher's name and logo.
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🏴‍☠️Practices and Narratives of Early Modern Piracy: Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, edited by @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner, the newest book in @amsterdamupress.bsky.social Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 book series is out *22 Sept 2025* Available to preorder: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · 16/09/2025
What is #European? Democracy? Freedom? Many people have one-sided or distorted ideas about this, as professor Dag Nikolaus #Hasse (#History of #Philosophy) shows in a book that is now also available in English @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
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The Video Game Library 📚 @thevideogamelibrary.org · 15/08/2025
CORRECTION!!! This was a duplicate from #62, so changing this entry to... 403. PERSUASIVE GAMING IN CONTEXT 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/persuas... #GameStudies @teresadelahera.bsky.social @jj-58.bsky.social @amsterdamupress.bsky.social #Gaming #Books #Booksky
The book cover of Persuasive Gaming in Context
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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
If you've spent quality time in cyberspace with the Blair Witch or Frank the Bunny, Kim Walden's new book about horror film experiential websites is for you. "A Transmedia Archaeology of Film Promotion Online" @amsterdamupress.bsky.social. Aca-priced, so nudge a librarian. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
The cover of the book "A Transmedia Archaeology of Film Promotion Online: Horror Ballyhoo and Fantastic Nostalgia" with a black background and the outline of a giant bunny (from the film DONNIE DARKO) created by white ASCII text.
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social is a leading platform for academic debate in the fields of #Religion and #Theology. Keep an eye out for regular special issues on current topics 👀📰 ➡️ www.scienceopen.com/collection/A...
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NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion
<p><em>NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion</em>, formerly known as Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift (NTT), is a leading platform for academic debate in the fields of religion and theo...
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
'The Heat of Change: The Study of Religion and Theology in the Netherlands (1989–2024)' - an article published in the @amsterdamupress.bsky.social NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion on #ScienceOpen: 🔗 www.scienceopen.com/document?vid... 🖇️ #Theology #ReligiousStudies #DutchAcademia
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The Heat of Change: The Study of Religion and Theology in the Netherlands (1989–2024)
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Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde - MdNL @letterkunde.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Voor @amsterdamupress.bsky.social stelden Frans Willem Lantink en Jeroen Koch de bundel 'Nederlandse historici over #Duitsland. Actualiteit en (dis)continuïteit' samen. De Duitse geschiedenis lijkt alleen maar uit breuken te bestaan, maar kent ook doorgaande lijnen: www.mdnl.nl?p=18462
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
New from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social - Discovering Bridget Manningham’s Rivall Friendship: A Seventeenth-Century Manuscript Romance Edited by Jean Brink www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... See the table of contents here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
A book cover; the top half reproduces a picture of a 2-page spread of a 17th-century manuscript. The bottom half contains title, subtitle, volume editor's name, and the publisher's name and logo.
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
There is a new book about the artist from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social – The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782), by Christina Lindeman Read about it at www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721-1782)
The Art of Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721–1782) is the first English-language monograph on this exceptional German artist that critically examines Therbusch’s artworks and career as a history and mytho...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
And what's more, it's published open access by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social , so you can read it now and easily teach with it in the autumn if so minded.
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
AUP and CEUPress will attend the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture Annual Conference, taking place this week at the University of Amsterdam. Drop by our table to browse our latest titles and journals, and chat with us! www.aup.nl/en/events/am...
image of two children looking at mini colloseum rendering, with text 'Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture Annual Conference' on top
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Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies @tvgenderstudies.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! Want to publish your Gender Studies BA/MA thesis as an academic article? - This is your chance. Curious to learn more? Find all details using the link below. ▶️ www.aup-online.com/upload/TvGen... #GenderStudies #TvG #Academia #AUP
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Congratulations to Hillary Nunn on the publication of Recipes on the Move in Early Modern England & British North America Domestic Medicine, Mobility & Manuscript Culture www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... @amsterdamupress.bsky.social, 2025 It appears in "Connected Histories in the Early Modern World."
A book cover that features, in the top half, a manuscript of a 17th-century recipe as the cover image.
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Kathrin Yacavone @kathrinyacavone.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
NEW BOOK SERIES with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social ! #photography #mediastudies #arthistory #digitalcultures #aiimages
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Great to see this new collection Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy: Connecting the Seas, 1550–1800, eds @susannegruss.bsky.social & Marcus Hartner by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social in Maritime Humanities 1400-1800 series Out 18/8/25 & available to pre-order: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... ☠️🏴‍☠️⚓
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
NTT Journal for #Theology and the Study of #Religion by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social has a broad scope and welcomes contributions from religious studies, theology, and a wide range of disciplines within the #Humanities and the #SocialSciences: www.scienceopen.com/collection/A...
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NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion
<p><em>NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion</em>, formerly known as Nederlands Theologisch Tijdschrift (NTT), is a leading platform for academic debate in the fields of religion and theo...
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
'Recipes on the Move in Early Modern England and British North America' - a 🆕 book published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen: www.scienceopen.com/book?vid=3e2...
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Recipes on the Move in Early Modern England and British North America
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d8460188e60">Using feminist and ecocritical approaches alongside recent historical work on early moder...
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ScienceOpen @scienceopen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A leading European press with an international outlook - Across the #Humanities and #SocialSciences, @amsterdamupress.bsky.social publish academic monographs, edited collections, handbooks, reference works, textbooks, journals and conference proceedings: www.scienceopen.com/collection/A...
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Amsterdam University Press Books
<p>A leading European press with an international outlook.</p><p>Across the humanities and social sciences, Amsterdam University Press (AUP) publish academic monographs, edited collections, handbooks,...
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Arjen Dijkstra @afbdijkstra.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
With @sgessner.bsky.social and Nikolaj Bijleveld I publish an edited volume with contributions of many others on Devotees of Science around 1800. It's published with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social and is available (Open Access!) in June (proofs handed in on Monday) www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Jana Byars @janalena.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Had a great time talking to Emily Colbert Cairns and Nieves Romero-Diaz on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about #EarlyModern Maternities in the #Iberian Atlantic #skystorians #earlymodernist #gender #IberianHistory @amsterdamupress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/early-modern...
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LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Aaron Benanav’s (@abenanav.bsky.social) review of Precarious Workers: History of Debates, Political Mobilizations, and Labor Reforms in Italy by Eloisa Betti (published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1215/1547...
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Greg de Cuir's 'Yugoslav Black Wave' is out now! The Yugoslav Black Wave remains the last major postwar European new wave yet to receive sustained critical attention — a gap this book seeks to address. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #yugoslavcinema #yugoslavhistory #cinemahistory #newwave
book cover of Greg de Cuir's 'Yugoslav Black Wave' -- all in black and white
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Rae Gillibrand @raegillibrand.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
'Disability & Sanctity in the Middle Ages' is now published with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social. For folks interested in visual impairment, I've contributed a chapter exploring visual impairments and sanctity in medieval imagery. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #disabilityhistory #histmed #newpublication
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VUB Contextual Research in Law (CORE) @vubcore.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
BOOK REVIEW: Frederik DHONDT, "Ineke Huysman en Roosje Peeters eds., Johan de Witt en het Rampjaar. Een bloemlezing uit zijn correspondentie" (Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis CXXXVIII (2025), nr. 1 (May), 83-84) @amsterdamupress.bsky.social 📖 vubcore.blogspot.com/2025/05/book...
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BOOK REVIEW: Frederik DHONDT, "Ineke Huysman en Roosje Peeters eds., Johan de Witt en het Rampjaar. Een bloemlezing uit zijn correspondentie (Uitgeverij Catullus; Soest, 2022) 272 p., ill., €24,99 ISB...
(image source: AUP ) First paragraph: Deze heel verzorgde derde bundel over de correspondentie van Johan de Witt brengt 26 ‘schatten uit h...
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
New Release! 'Ceramic Perspectives on Connectivity in the Ancient Mediterranean', edited by Jill Hilditch and Martina Revello Lami, reimagines how we understand ancient interactions through the lens of ceramics🏺🌍 aup.nl/en/book/9789... #AncientMediterranean #Archaeology
book cover of Ceramic Perspectives on Connectivity in the Ancient Mediterranean with black and white sketch of ceramic bowls
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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Come by the Arc and AUP booth! $50 hardbacks and $20 paperbacks! @amsterdamupress.bsky.social #kzoo2025
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Reinder Storm @reinderstorm.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
#Uitnodiging voor de presentatie van een #boek over de #librije van #Enkhuizen ... aanmelden kan nog tot 12 mei. Zie: stichting-librije-westerkerk-enkhuizen.email-provider.eu/web/jtorpw9u... @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The 2025 Louis Peter Grijp lecture will be given by Renée Vulto, author of 'Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period' this week! 🗓️Friday 9 May ⏲️15:00 🗺️Kromme Nieuwe Gracht 20, Utrecht University liederenbank.nl
book cover of 'Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period'
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Out now in #OpenAccess🏙️🔓 Edited volume 'Gentrification and the Media: Building and Propagating Discourses on Exclusive Urban Change' explores how media shape our understanding of #urbantransformation. Download the #ebook here 👉https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048557196/gentrification-and-the-media
book cover of  'Gentrification and the Media: Building and Propagating Discourses on Exclusive Urban Change'  with photo of protest on
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Meertens Instituut @meertens-knaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📅 Op 9 mei 2025 wordt de Louis Peter Grijp-lezing uitgesproken door Renée Vulto! Ze bespreekt de functie van liederen in het politieke debat in Nederland (1780-1815). Wees welkom! 🕒 15:00 - 17:25 📍 Universiteit Utrecht, Grote Zaal Meer info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/sfA1Lzq
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Vicki Blud @vickiblud.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Wishing I could be in Utrecht next week! Renée Vulto will give the Louis Peter Grijp lecture on 9 May and launch her book, Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period @amsterdamupress.bsky.social
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Where would our worker's rights be without the trade union movement? What is democracy without the right to protest? This 1st May, International Worker's Day (otherwise known as May Day), browse #OpenAccess titles on worker's rights, trade unions and protest movements. www.aup.nl/en/promotion...
student protester gesticulating infront of crowd during Paris May 1968 protestsbook cover with black and white photograph of protestorbook cover of cyclists and buses on a roadbook cover of a graphic image of female hands weaving a circuit board
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Congratulations to Leendert van der Miesen on the publication of his new book "Marin Mersenne and the Study of Harmony: From Sound to Music"! www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... It is the 7th volume to be published in the @amsterdamupress.bsky.social book series Scientiae Studies, www.aup.nl/en/series/sc...
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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Now available to pre-order from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social: Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600, editors Luis Ribeiro, David Salomoni & Henrique Leitão www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... Publication date: 30/7/2025 #maritimehistory
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Henk van Rinsum’s 'Utrecht University and Colonial Knowledge' traces the university’s deep entanglement with Dutch colonialism since its founding in 1636 and how this influenced scientific advancement and involvement in #slavery Download via #OpenAccess www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
 'Utrecht University and Colonial Knowledge' book cover with historic colonial map
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Leendert van der Miesen's 'Marin Mersenne and the Study of Harmony' delves into the central role of music among the #earlymodern sciences For Mersenne, music was invaluable to understand the inaudible harmonies present in the world & universe at large🎼🐚 www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #earlymodsky
book cover of 'Marin Mersenne and the Study of Harmony' with early modern sketch of musicians
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schneiderfa.bsky.social @schneiderfa.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My new book is out @amsterdamupress.bsky.social. It's a #textbook that teaches students in #EastAsianStudies about media and #politicalcommunication analysis. And: it's #openaccess! Get it for free here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789.... #China #Japan #Korea
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Studying Political Communication and Media in East Asia
Communication is at the heart of politics, and certainly in East Asia, where vibrant media systems and cultural industries connect with political processes that range from the democratic to autocratic...
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Patrick Schellen @patrickschellen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Started the very interesting and original 'Songs of Liberation in the Netherlands' from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social hope to have a review on @tracesofwar.bsky.social in May. It certainly looks really nice with lots of illustrations. #histbookchat 📚💙
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auboutdureve.bsky.social @auboutdureve.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I'm thrilled to keep sharing the open-access edition of my book💜
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Amsterdam University Press @amsterdamupress.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
'Audiovisual Thinking and the Essay Film' explores how essay films use intermedial forms and audiovisual techniques, tracing this from cinematic modernity to the present through the works of #Godard, #Akerman & #Varda Available #OpenAccess 👉 www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #cinematichistory #filmsky
abstract image of a woman's face on the cover of 'Audiovisual Thinking and the Essay Film'
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Oana Sorescu-Iudean @oana-sorsk-id.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Really looking forward to seeing this volume published next month with @CEU Press (now @amsterdamupress.bsky.social ), containing the first of an unexpectedly lengthy series of studies on 18th century #plague in #Transylvania. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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Towns between Empires
Towns between Empires contains contributions regarding urban administration and governance in the historical regions that are now in Romania, and that fall under the early modern concept of good gover...
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