Reposted by Miriam FranchinaMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026MPIDR@ALAP2026 Last day of the conference. Last MPIDR presentation. Don't miss! Friday 29 August | 🕑 8:30 am📍 Educon A309 🗣️ Liliana P. Calderón-Bernal | Measuring the Overlap with Ancestors Throughout the Life Course of the Swedish Cohorts 1751—2000 #ALAP2026 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/ALAP2026 041
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 22/07/2026#Kunstgeschichte -Comm. Kann jmd diesen emaillierten #Glasbecher mitm Wappen des Kronprinzen Jacques-Victor Henry einordnen? (1826 aus #Haiti nach 🇮🇹 mitgebracht.) Vermutung: #Ranftbecher aus dem Umfeld Gottlob S. Mohn & Anton Kothgasser. Jeder Hinweis wäre hilfreich. Danke! #Glaskunst #Biedermeier 000
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaStiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz @kulturspk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Am 7.6. steht die Museumsinsel Berlin im Zeichen der Demokratie. Gemeinsam mit @bertelsmannst.bsky.social, der Hertie-Stiftung, der Stiftung Berliner Mauer, dem Schwulen Museum und weiteren Partnern sprechen wir über Freiheit, Weltoffenheit und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt. Programm: www.mi200.de 072
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 03/06/2026#CfP for #skystorians "Negotiating African Christian Pasts in #Renaissance Europe: Transcontinental #KnowledgeProduction, Representation, and Power" 🗓️ 10–11 June 2027 📌 Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz (🇩🇪) ➡️ Deadline: 31 July 2026 ⬅️ tinyurl.com/4rc3cafjtinyurl.comCfP: „Negotiating African Christian Pasts in Renaissance Europe: Transcontinental Knowledge Production, Representation, and Power“ - Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG)This conference, organised by the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz, focuses on how knowledge about African Christianities was transmitted and circulated within the intellectual landscape... 030
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 13/05/2026🗓️Wed. 20 May, from 2pm 📍@humboldtuni.bsky.social Centre for British Studies, Berlin (or online) I'll be discussing my last paper (when I still wore the historian's hat) ➡️ Free e-prints: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DYGZK... ⬅️tandfonline.com 000
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaStiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz @kulturspk.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Neben Museumsinsel, Kulturforum und den Museen Dahlem hat Berlin nun einen vierten Kultur-Hotspot: Die #MuseumsMeileMitte - Hamburger Bahnhof, Naturkundemuseum, Futurium und Medizinhistorisches Museum haben sich vernetzt. Erste Aktion: Das Nachbarschaftsfest am 13. Juni mit freiem Eintrittsmb.museumMuseumsMeileMitte: Gemeinsame Initative von Futurium, Hamburger Bahnhof, Medizinhistorischem Museum und Museum für NaturkundeGemeinsam mit internationalen Unternehmen vor Ort vernetzt sich der Stadtteil zu den Themen Wissen, Kunst, Zukunft. 02110
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaHumandifferenzierung @sortingpeople.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Wie hat die spanische Monarchie Menschen nach Religion und Ethnizität unterschieden, um Einwanderung in ihre amerikanischen Kolonien zu kontrollieren? Thomas Weller untersucht, welche Rolle ethnische und religiöse Zuschreibungen für diese Menschen spielten, (1/2) 152
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Per piccoli italo-crucchi, italofoni, italofili alla ricerca di superpoteri : appuntamento venerdí 8 maggio alle 16:00 con #Supersdentata Fumetti, disegni, parole con Margherita Riccardi 000
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 29/04/2026#ItalianResearch in 🇩🇪 has strong figures: - 10,000+ students - 355 professors - 4,500+ scientists & is now gearing up to build even stronger networks. Stay tuned to see what’s next. Made in Italy, made it (quasi) in Germany? #GiornatadellaRicercaItaliananelMondo tinyurl.com/35mpsuzctinyurl.comScienziati italiani e tedeschi in Ambasciata per la Giornata della Ricerca italiana nel mondo (23.04.2026)Con gli Stati generali della Ricerca italiana in Germania e un’iniziativa dedicata alle tecnologie quantistiche l’Ambasciata italiana celebra la IX edizione della Giornata della Ricerca italiana nel M... 020
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 10/04/2026How did #Courtiers shape the #PublicSphere in #18thCentury #France? Explore the free #database by @papaerc.bsky.social on the interdependencies & collaborations among aristocrats, authorities, authors, printers. Feedback: @benoit-carre.bsky.social @1simondagenais.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2w3ybxpdtinyurl.comPamphlets and PatronsHow courtiers shaped the public sphere in Ancien Régime FranceEnter a concise description of the Heurist database / website here, which will be used eg. in lists of websites and in search engine discovery. Remember to indicate the institution and/or project, target audience and nature of the content. 0101
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 22/03/2026📚 #CallForContributions for an hashtag#EditedVolume: "Lost in their Words: Rewriting the Political Lexicon of the #FarRight" 🖋️12 chapters, each 4,000 - 5,000 words 🗓️ Deadline: 3 May #PoliticalTheory #Concepts #DiscourseAnalysis #Ideology #altright #skystorians tribes.hypotheses.org/4957tribes.hypotheses.orgCall for Contributions: “Lost in Their Words. Rewriting the Political Lexicon of the Far-Right”Over the past three decades, Far-right actors have profoundly reshaped their political language turning familiar words like freedom, democracy, or solidarity into tools of redefinition and legitimatio... 020
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 09/03/2026CfP for #skystorians: "So Far Apart, So Close. #Italy, the #Mediterranean and #Africa from the #14thC to the #20thC"; Rome 19-21 Oct 2026. #earlymodern & #modern history Deadline: 15 June tinyurl.com/5338f7zxtinyurl.comCall for Participation: CALL FOR PAPERS | VIVE - Vittoriano e Palazzo Veneziafor the international research conference: 032
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Wie ein Angsthase bin ich durch #Redewendungen über Angst und den Aberglauben drumherum im Deutschen und Italienischen gehüpft. #italienisch #deutsch #italienischlernen 120
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 09/02/2026#BlackHistoryMonth anche in 🇮🇹. #Afrodiscendente è 1dei termini possibili x una ricchezza culturale dal continente africano alle Americhe. Grazie a @nlwillson.bsky.social, entro fine2026 anche BG rifletterà su questa parte del ns presente e futuro, ma anche del ns passato. tinyurl.com/mphd6typtinyurl.comIl Black History Month in Italia: gli eventi di febbraio 2025 tra musei e istituzioni culturaliIn occasione del Black History Month, diverse città e istituzioni culturali in Italia organizzano nel mese di febbraio rassegne e appuntamenti volti a diffondere la produzione culturale nera e la cono... 032
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaKULTweet @kultweet.bsky.social · 26/01/2026📣 The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) seeks to appoint a Publications Manager (m/f/d), 19.5 hours per week | #Berlin 📅 February 28, 2026 👉 www.kultweet.de/jobs/MPIWG_P... #Job #humanities #socialsciences #history #regionalstudies #Wissenschaft @mpiwg.bsky.social 031
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Conference "Deprovincializing German Racism: Exploring and Teaching #LatinAmerican & Global Entanglements, 1500-Present" 🗓️ 25-17 Feb. 📍 @iaiberlin.bsky.social (@kulturspk.bsky.social) Organizers: @unitrier.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social #EarlyModern #LatAm tinyurl.com/3h7uhp6atinyurl.comDeprovincializing German Racism: Exploring and Teaching Latin American & Global Entanglements, 1500-Present 031
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 13/01/2026🗓️ 6 Mar, 2-6pm CET @papaerc.bsky.social's grand finale. Find out how this @erc.europa.eu project has shaped perceptions of the #FrenchRevolution — & how its networking has sparked new ideas for future research. #skystorians For online participation: @1simondagenais.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3bf9mpkwtinyurl.comWorkshop: Court Society, Public Sphere and Political Life before the French Revolution. Results of the ERC Project Pamphlets and Patrons – Pamphlets and Patrons 010
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Os habéis topado alguna vez con el término “otermano” como grafía de “atamán” (cosaco)? No le encuentro ningún otro sentido en esta línea, pero quizá ojos más listos que los míos sí. También leo “Can” y pienso en “Khan”, en relación con el levantamiento de Pugachёv (1773–75). Gracias! #skystorians 220
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Good to see the corrections and additions to this article, including the contribution of independent researcher Dawnanna Kreeger. Bit of a missed opportunity though to also elaborate on the original researcher, Cathey O'Neill. 3239
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaHaus der Wannsee-Konferenz @wannseekonferenz.bsky.social · 27/10/20252/2 Uns fehlt ein Bild! "...ruft die Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz deshalb alle Berliner*innen auf, zu Hause in ihren Fotoalben und Fotosammlungen zu schauen." www.ghwk.de/de/blog/samm...ghwk.deUns fehlt ein Bild: Sammelaufruf Deportationen Berlin | Gedenk- und Bildungsstätte Haus der Wannsee-KonferenzDie Gedenkstätte dokumentiert die Wannsee-Konferenz und setzt sich mit Ausstellungen, Bildungsangeboten und einer Bibliothek mit dem Holocaust auseinander. 115158
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Per chi si trovasse a #Roma, una giornata di studi da non perdere. "Scambi materiali e immateriali fra #Mediterraneo allargato e #Africa in #EtàModerna" (parte del progetto Così lontani, così vicini: Italia, Mediterraneo e Africa 22 Ott., 9.30 - 18.30 Palazzo Venezia tinyurl.com/59zempaz 040
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaGad Heuman @gadheuman.bsky.social · 25/09/2025The September issue of Slavery & Abolition is a Special Issue: Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling & Esteban Salas www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsla20/c...tandfonline.comSlavery & AbolitionSpecial Issue: Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present. Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling, and Esteban Salas. Volume 46, Issue 3 of Slavery & Abolition 193
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Long shot: any1 ever come across a #Laight family in #NewYork in the 1820s, with ties to #Haiti? Tiny info I have: father=Henry, daughter=Maria. She's not a native writer of French, requests orange jams (!) from Modeste Pigeon in Port-au-P., is v. religious. Thanks #skystorians 's hivemind! 014
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Gens de #Paris: une amie cherche une chambre en #colocation ou un micro-appartement. Idéalement pas loin de la Sorbonne — pourquoi ne pas rêver ? — mais il suffit que ce soit bien connecté. Merci de me contacter si vous avez des pistes! #LocationParis, #ChambreParis, #ParisHousing, #LogementParis 000
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 31/07/2025A toast to you and your project — virtually, with this glass! Looking forward to plotting things together, and enjoying polenta with a Caribbean twist. 131
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaKULTweet @kultweet.bsky.social · 30/07/2025📣#Praktika des DHI Rom (Externes Angebot | Anzeige) 📅 Frist: 14. September 2025 ➡️ application.dhi-roma.it?fbclid=IwZXh... 011
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaDr. Bethany Qualls @bethanyqualls.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Thanks to @drbibliomane.bsky.social we've got a skyfeed driven #c18th feed now since blueskyfeeds host is sadly shutting down. Please go and like the 2.0 version here and let me know if you run into any issues along the way! bsky.app/profile/did:... #18c #c18 24020
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 11/07/2025How did the staggering pensions secretly paid to nobles—& their exposure—contribute to bringing down the #Bastille & the 🇫🇷 Crown? @benoit-carre.bsky.social takes #skystorians on a journey through neglected archives to reconstruct the fiscal system at the dawn of the #FrenchRevolution. 150
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Check out this double conference: #Colonial Objects: "Material Culture of #Italian Colonialism" Deadline: 5 Sep. Venues: @bhmpi.bsky.social, Rome & Italian Academy, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, NYC #skystorians 030
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 28/06/2025🎓The Chair of #EarlyModern History at the University of Trier is hiring a doctoral researcher!🎓 NB: German is nice to have, but not required! - Starting October 2025 for 3 years - Deadline: July 7, 2025 #PHD www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/or...uni-trier.de 01918
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaProf. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 13/06/2025#skystorians 🗃️#c18th 063
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaCollège de France @college-de-france.fr · 04/06/2025#Histoire #Haïti 🇭🇹 "Haïti, 1825 : de l’indépendance à la #dette" 📌 Colloque organisé par le Pr Antoine Lilti, titulaire de la chaire Histoire des Lumières, XVIIIe-XXIe siècle. ⏰ 12 → 14 juin 2025 👉 www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co... 075
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 21/05/2025CfP #earlycareer "Reforming #Religion, #Morality & Society in #Afro-#Eurasia: Intellectual & Cultural Traditions in Motion in the Global #18thCentury" (by @isecs-sieds.bsky.social ) @unitrier.bsky.social, 17- 19 June, 2026 Deadline: July 1st, 2025 tinyurl.com/fjax5xm2 #skystorians #areastudies 🗃️tinyurl.comReforming Religion, Morality and Society in Afro-Eurasia: Intellectual and Cultural Traditions in Motion in the Global Eighteenth CenturyThis Early Career Seminar of the International Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS) aims to explore the history of intellectual and cultural connections in Eurasia and parts of Africa and to ... 041
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Interested in developing a postdoc project in #EarlyModern global religious #history & applying for a #MSCA? A colleague at the Uni of Teramo (🇮🇹) is looking for candidates & offers supervision + support with the application process. Feel free to get in touch #skystorians 056
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 10/05/2025King Henry of #Haiti might say "told u so". He advocated for #Afrodescendants to access the priesthood. While the Holy See ignored his pleas, he had clergy: of mixed descent from #LatAm, & European critical of the Church's silence on #slavery. #CreolePope 140
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Come visit us! While Berlin takes days off for a long weekend, we in Brandenburg make science fun&accessible. Over 40 institutions have organised activities, below ours. Info: potsdamertagderwissenschaften.depotsdamertagderwissenschaften.dePotsdamer Tag der Wissenschaften 2025 | StartseitePotsdamer Tag der Wissenschaften, 10. Mai 2025 020
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 28/04/2025This year, the government had another subtle way of trying to silence Liberation Day. Despite the widespread obsession with the funeral of a foreign head of state, many took to the streets to honor freedom and democracy, and remember the Partigiani's fight. #25Aprile taz.de/Tag-der-Befr...taz.deTag der Befreiung in Italien: Bella ciao!Mit Staatstrauer wollte die rechte Regierungschefin Meloni Feiern zum Tag der Befreiung unterdrücken. Doch die Antifaschisten triumphierten. 010
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Vor Ort in Berlin oder im Online-Streaming: ein ganztägiges Forum zur 𝐀𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 #𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐬. Programm, Infos und Anmeldung : 👉 calendar.boell.de/de/event/con... #Skystorians #Kolonialgeschichte #Erinnerung @boell.decalendar.boell.deConnecting the Dots Zur Aufarbeitung der deutschen KolonialgeschichteDie Aufarbeitung des deutschen Kolonialismus hat dank unzähliger und oft hartnäckiger zivilgesellschaftlicher Initiativen und Advocacy zunehmend öffentliches und politisches Interesse erhalten. Wissen... 032
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Fellow #historians forever hunting for a #Postdoc: Want to try for a position within the @maxplanck.de ? There are several institutes (not only in 🇩🇪 ) that indulge lovers of dusty manuscripts, jammed microfiche readers & poorly digitized gazettes. (Deadline: May 13) tinyurl.com/5xtph3sctinyurl.comMax Planck Postdoc ProgramLaunching in April 2025, the Max Planck Postdoc Program features structured application calls and a comprehensive support system for researchers. 041
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaInternazionale @internazionale.it · 17/03/2025La vita impossibile ad Haiti. Negli Stati Uniti torna il morbillo. Ascolta la nuova puntata del Mondo con Lucia Capuzzi, Elena Boille e Alessio Marchionna.internazionale.itIl MondoIl podcast quotidiano di Internazionale. Tutte le mattine alle 6. 30 con Claudio Rossi Marcelli e Giulia Zoli. Scegli una prospettiva più ampia sul mondo. L’abbonamento a Internazionale costa 75 euro ... 043
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 15/03/20252 #postdocs for #skystorians of #earlymodern. 8 months each, @unitrier.bsky.social with @papaerc.bsky.social . Deadline: Apr. 1 020
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 09/03/2025#AfroCuban #Aponte (executed in 1812 for an #antislavery rebellion) used Catholic-inspired arguments: 1)in connection with Catholic abolitionism in #Cuba 2)drawing inspiration from Christian #Ethiopia & 3) contemporary #Haiti as examples of Black sovereignty. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comVisions of an Ancient Ethiopian Church and the Africanization of Catholic History in José Antonio Aponte’s Afro-Cuban CodexIn 1812, the trial of the insurgents involved in an antislavery rebellion in Cuba centred on a book of images found in the home of its author and alleged leader, José Antonio Aponte. As a unique an... 030
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 04/03/2025King Henry of #Haiti requested that the #HolySee recognize a 🇭🇹 Church & #BlackClergy. He challenged #slavery = spreading of faith. These (failed) negotiations:1)undermined #Eurocentric notions of #civilization; 2)bolstered claims to #African roots; 3)inspired #Afrodescendants tinyurl.com/yx2f5mrstinyurl.com‘New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith’: Visions of an Abolitionist Black Catholic Church in Early Haiti (1808-1825)This article reconstructs King Henry I and President Jean-Pierre Boyer’s appeals to the Holy See during Haiti’s early independence (1808-1825) to establish the significance of a Catholic national i... 020
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Oct.1796: enslaved Africans took over the #BocaNigua plantation ( #SantoDomingo). The revolt was crushed in48h. Jesús Ruiz links this episode to transcaribbean&transimperial #Afrocatholic #royalism =ideals & practices of enslaved resilience o in the #AgeOfRevolutions tinyurl.com/4y3a4f8xtinyurl.comFreedom, Faith & Sovereignty: The 1796 Boca Nigua Revolt as an Afro-Catholic Royalist RebellionUsing a microhistorical approach to offer a novel interpretation, this article situates the 1796 Boca Nigua Revolt in Spanish Santo Domingo as an Afro-Catholic anti-slavery and freedom movement. Bu... 040
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Was French #abolitionism secular, unlike its well-known (and self-proclaimed unique) British counterpart? @papaerc.bsky.social (Damien Tricoire) & Jeremy Popkin (Un. of Kentucky) connect the French #Enlightenment to a longer history of Catholic-informed #Atlantic #antislavery 1/3 162
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 26/02/2025How were criticisms of #slavery by missionaries received by the multinodal Roman curia? At every passage through bureaucracy, these sporadic but profound denunciations were reduced to ineffective guidelines. They also reveal #BlackAgency in shaping, appropriating, & interpreting them 1/3 130
Reposted by Miriam FranchinaDanielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Fellowship Opportunity! Dartmouth College seeks a Mellon Teaching Fellowship in Religion whose research addresses questions in African American Religious Traditions. Degree may be from African American Studies, History, or other related disciplines. www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...h-net.orgH-Net Job Guide 073
Miriam Franchina @barlafuess.bsky.social · 22/02/2025It's out! I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹" Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive tinyurl.com/3w68jkaxtinyurl.comSlavery & AbolitionForum: Catholicism and Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the Atlantic World. Guest Editors: Damien Tricoire and Miriam Franchina. Volume 46, Issue 1 of Slavery & Abolition 14315