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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📚Meer weten? Lees direct mijn artikel gratis online 👉https://doi.org/10.5117/JNB2026.005.LEUV.

Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🗣️Afgelopen zaterdag gaf ik een lezing over mijn artikel in Bibliotheek Deventer, tijdens de presentatie van het themanummer, waarin het is verschenen.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📚Lees vooral ook de andere mooie bijdragen aan het themanummer 👉https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/13810065/33/1.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📚Mijn bijdrage verscheen in het nieuwe themanummer 'Duurzaamheid en hergebruik' van 𝘕𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘦𝘬𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘴 (33.1), geredigeerd door Rozanne Versendaal, Andrea van Leerdam en Natalia I. Petrovskaia voor Amsterdam University Press.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

♻️Mijn artikel gaat over verschrikkelijke reuzen, duistere spelonken en schitterende hemelgewelven, die van niets minder dan gerecycled papier en perkament gemaakt waren.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📚Vers van de pers! Ik schreef een nieuw #artikel in open access over het #hergebruik van #papier en #perkament tijdens feesten in 16de- en 17de-eeuws Frankrijk en de Nederlanden 👉https://doi.org/10.5117/JNB2026.005.LEUV.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Op 26/9 geef ik in Bibliotheek Deventer een lezing voor de Jaarvergadering van de NBV. ‘Een stad van papier. Hergebruik in vroegmoderne praalwagens en tijdelijke architectuur’. 📅 Aanmelden kan nog tot 20/9 via info@boekgeschiedenis.nl. Meer informatie over de Jaarvergadering: lnkd.in/eb-ZmiWZ.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I visited 'Shadows of the Atlantic Ocean' at Het Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam. Students of my course 'Creativity in the Early Modern City' will visit this beautiful permanent exhibition to learn about cultural exchange, colonialism, resistance, oral history and curating colonial objects.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I had been invited to give a #keynote lecture at the University of #Copenhagen (@ucph.bsky.social) for the fantastic 'Carousels and Other Colonial Spectacles' #conference. How did early modern public #spectacles bring the colonies into #French and #Netherlandish court and urban life?

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(5/5) The early seventeenth-century Tupinambá leatherworks on display at the museum were used in early modern Europe for court #ballets and #banquets, showing how Indigenous dress was culturally appropriated for theatrical #spectacle.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(4/5) At the Nationalmuseet curator Mille Gabriel showed us the world-famous Albert #Eckhout paintings from early seventeenth-century Dutch Brazil, the earliest known depictions of the Indigenous peoples of Brazil.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(3/5) We then studied the late 17thc #carousel painting series of King Christian V of Denmark at Rosenborg Slot ahead of its restoration, featuring many more such racialised heads.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(2/5) We also visited the royal stables of Christiansborg Slot to inspect early modern equipment for mock #tournaments, including a - of course highly problematic - papier-mâché head of an Ottoman figure.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Job alert! British Library seeks a Curator for their Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts DL 12 July tinyurl.com/25fs9kun #medievalMSS

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Back at our ArtLab @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social with art history students. Working from a late 16th #French recipe, they recreated #sugar sculptures of #apples🍎. We even mixed some high-quality #saffron into the sugar, as was common at prestigious #courts: they leave behind bright yellow spots!👇

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Week 2 of recreating an early modern #sugar🍡sculpture in our ArtLab! My art history students used a 16th-c. #French recipe, casting real fruits🍎🍐🍇in clay molds and pouring in🫗cane sugar. These edible artworks once adorned court #banquets🍴 across Europe and Asia, blending confectionery and sculpture.

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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Did you know that, in early modern Asia, gems often travelled the same routes as spices? A new essay by @eclaaire.bsky.social explores how the gem trade shaped global power, science, and commerce. 💎✨ Go give it a read in the @iias.bsky.social periodical, "The Newsletter": bit.ly/GemsEssay #Scarce

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Trading Gems and Knowing the Earth in Early Modern Eurasia | IIAS

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

At Utrecht University, we don’t just study early modern #art — we recreate it too! 🎨🍇🍎🍐 In my Festival and Ritual Arts course, students are making #sugar #sculptures from a 16th-century French #recipe, exploring materiality, ephemerality, imitation, and colonial histories through hands-on practice.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Great, looking forward to it :) :) Always have to schedule a call, or have a coffee.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This is so exciting, Sara, many congratulations indeed! Hope all is well, long time no see :)

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

506 years ago, on the 22nd of May 1520, the massacre at the festival of Tóxcatl took place. During the festival, Spanish captain Pedro de Alvarado turned on the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, killing performers, spectators and nobles. #otd #history 🗃️

Painting depicting the Massacre in the Great Temple

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Our university library @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has organized a mini expo on 'Isr*el's' violent destruction of Palestinian universities. We ought to support our Palestinian colleagues now more than ever against 'Isr*el's' violent colonial occupation🇵🇸

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Jan de Laat @jandl.eurosky.social · 18/05/2026

Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne (ca. 1589-1662) Zeilwagen op het strand van Scheveningen (Bron: Costume-history.livejournal.com)

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Stevin was #Flemish, by the way, born in Bruges, my bad! Nice example of Flemish-Dutch exchange.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Indeed! It was a real crowd puller as well; how cool would it have been to see all these princes and princesses racing along the beach

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

#Sail #wagon of the 17th-century Dutch engineer Simon #Stevin. He used it to take Europe’s ruling elites — from Maurice of Nassau to Elizabeth of Bohemia — racing along the #beach at #Scheveningen near The Hague. This is a reconstructed model by Muzee Scheveningen, displayed just outside the museum.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The unassuming tomb👇of Menasseh Ben Israel (1604-57), Amsterdam's #rabbi and master #diplomat, in the 17th-century Jewish Portuguese #cemetery of Beth Haim in Ouderkerk a/d #Amstel. Ben Israel treated Maria de' Medici to a #Passover meal🫓in 1638 and petitioned to re-admit Jews to #England in 1655.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

An 18th-century dancing #robot🤖! In a Parisian brothel, sex workers and their clients enjoy the #performance of an #automaton of a dancing girl💃 (Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels, 'La Charmante catin', L 75 LR/1084 Recto, @museelouvre.bsky.social).

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Just managed to catch the “Metamorphoses” exhibition @rijksmuseum.bsky.social before it closed. This Flemish-French #millefleurs #tapestry was my personal highlight: two exquisitely woven #Narcissuses, lost in each other’s reflection — and in the riotous floral abundance of the #palace #garden.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Students designed their own festive #arts and #architecture for an early modern #ommegang from the Low Countries. This helped them gain insight into the organisation of the event: what artists and artisans to commission? What materials to use? Towards what effect? Look at some of these beauties👇

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Flicking through the city records of early 17th-century #Antwerp! For 1631–32, I found payments to the Jesuits, who created a spinning theater for an #ommegang 🎭; to craftsmen for the 'arranging of [#parade] wagons'; and to civic militias who removed #drunk passersby along the routes of entries🍺.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Yesterday I was with students at the rijksmuseum.bsky.social in Amsterdam to study early modern ritual arts: from a marble reconstruction of a funeral #procession and a silver ceremonial #chain to ceremonial #glasses and a banquet #automaton from Augsburg that could serve #wine to guests.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Spending time at @haagsarchief.bsky.social today to read 18th-century #newspapers🗞️! The '𝘴 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘨𝘴𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵👇recorded all of the ballets💃 and banquets🍴staged at William V's court, and the valuable #art objects - and even living animals, such as a #sloth🦥! - that were exchanged there.

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

First course of the new period! On fleeting #arts and #architecture: from #papier-mâché to #sugar in the early modern period. I organised for students a showcase of #festival books and objects, many of which aimed to record these #ephemeral artefacts for posterity - including sugar #banquets🧁

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Bram De Ridder @bramderidder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

🌿🌾 You like gardens? You like history? And games? Then rejoice, because LOBELIUS is here! Thanks to official partners, Museum Plantin-Moretus and the Meise Botanical Garden, the players can skim through the 1581 Kruydtboeck by Matthias de l´Obel. Can you make the most beautiful early modern garden?

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Dr Bram van Leuveren (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺/𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮) @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Starting in October, the #Louvre will begin a 4-year #restoration of the 24 paintings Rubens created (1622–1625) for his beloved patron, Maria de #Medici — from her birth in Florence to her grand arrival in Marseille. The Richelieu wing will be transformed into one big restoration atelier!

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