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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The IMF database of historical Kwacha-US dollar exchange rates is randomly rebased in July 1972 so it looks like the Kwacha fell by 1000% against the dollar overnight. Why would they do this??

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Professor KPA 🗃️😷 @kpanyc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Has anyone written about carbon monoxide poisoning from a historical perspective? How people understood what was happening, how common it was, how people avoided it? #skystorians 🗃️

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Simone Schleper 🟥 @moneschleper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hello #sts #histsci folks. I am looking for an accessible reading, undergraduate level, that talks about science, trust and authority, maybe the scientific persona, in the post truth, climate crisis, trump2 era. Oreskes 2019 is great, but a bit long… suggestions?

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You have 29 more days to submit an application for the short-term Nottebohm Fellowships for #Bookhistory research in Antwerp! Come do research in the collections of the Plantin-Moretus Museum and/or Hendrik Conscience Library! consciencebibliotheek.be/en/fellowshi...

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Nottebohm Fellowship for Book Historical Research | Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience

Every year, the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and the Museum Plantin-Moretus offer a short-term Nottebohm fellowship to two researchers, with the gracious support of the Thierry and Frédéric Not...

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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

📣Calling the lovely historians of Bluesky📢 Would anyone be super-generous and share with me an AHRC standard grant application that's been successful since the application format changed (four years ago, maybe)? I will owe you a cuppa and some cake. #Help #Skystorian #Skystorians 🗃️

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Colorful Neon Thank You Sign

Alt: Pink, blue, red, yellow neon sign saying thank you pulses in the centre, reflects on the floor, and the same colours appear in strips alongside the walls, as if the thank you is moving past them.

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Any recommendations from #earlymodern scholars here for poetry (or literature more broadly) that reflects on seasonal change or rhythms?

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Mattia Corso @mcorso7.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A long shot: is anyone currently doing research at the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú in Lima? I'm trying to track down two seventeenth-century single-sheet printed broadsides. I'd be very grateful to connect. Thanks! #earlymodern

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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Dear hivemind, can anyone with access to Dutch Pamphlets Online get me a copy of this one? Knuttel 6475. Copie translaet uyt het Portogĳs, waerin verhaelt wort de Vrede dewelcke ghemaeckt is tusschen de onderdanen vanden koningh van Hispanien... (1649) www.degruyterbrill.com/database/dup...

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

One last chance to visit! Museum Plantin-Moretus closes temporarily from Monday, 3 August while we prepare a renewed permanent exhibition. Reopening on 5 December 2026. We hope to see you then! ✨ #earlymodern #rarebooks #bookhistory 📜💙📚

Bird’s eye perspective of the great hall with wooden staircases and a tile floor with a star pattern in the middle. Copyright: LUCID

Exterior view of the museum of brick walls with one covered in creeper. Copyright: LUCID

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Started the day with an interview with Lithuanian radio. As so often when I am interviewed by non-English speaking media, the interviewer was a highly competent woman. Is there any research on the gender-distribution of English-as-a-second-language, particularly among academics and journalists?

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Timo Houtekamer @timohoutekamer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Together with Chiara Lacroix and Monika Baár, we are editing a special issue on disability memory, and we welcome proposals for contributions! Deadline: 31 August. For more information, see: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...

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Disability Memory

The aim of this Special Issue is to bring the histories and memories of disability into the mainstream of European history. We invite contributions that challenge established narratives by foregroundi...

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Sarah Wieten @sarahwieten.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My English History isn't always what it could be- did any authors of "An Agreement of the People" (thought to be Walwyn and Wildman perhaps among others) at the Putney Debates advocate for giving women the vote as well? Can you share to help me find the right historians on here?

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Nina Lamal @ninalamal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In November is het zover! Dan verschijnt het boek dat ik samen met Marianne Eekhout, @arjannobel.bsky.social, Godfried Nijs heb samengesteld. 80 thema's verbonden aan 80 plaatsen vol nieuwe verhalen over de Opstand in de Nederlanden wbooks.com/winkel/gesch...

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Atlas van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog

Ontdek de Tachtigjarige Oorlog in tachtig thema’s, met lokale verhalen, kaarten en beelden over Opstand, geloof, strijd en dagelijks leven.

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I'm Not a paleograper, but these seem ... weird?

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Has anyone written a good summary article on the museum funding crisis in the UK? I should know this...

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Stef Ketels @stefketels.vrk.social · 23/07/2026

Ik vind dat de VRT dit soort boetes in dagen winst moet uitdrukken. De netto winst van Alphabet in 2025 was 132.17 miljard dollar. ECB exchange rate €1 = $1.1408: * Winst: 115.86 miljard euro * Dagelijkse winst: 317.4 miljoen euro * Een boete van 2,8 dagen winst.

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Christophe Schellekens @christopheschfir.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Fellow historians! I am considering to attend 'Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire' for the first time, since its central theme this year -merchants- is very much up my alley. I am curious about experiences from colleagues outside of the French system who have attended the conference...

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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

CFP: Economic and Social History www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1636… Berlin, 21.10.2026-17.02.2027, Research Colloquium Social and Economic History, Humboldt University Berlin, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.08.2026 Social and Economic History

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

📢 Job vacancy - Chair in Intellectual History We welcome applications from scholars working across a broad range of fields, including: 💠 History of political theory, political economy 💠 Knowledge systems and IT 💠 Postcolonial and intersectional thought 💠 Humanist, post-human, and planetary history

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The UNHCR archives in Geneva are at risk; reading room already closed - and there's a much broader 'humanitarian archive emergency' ongoing with aid budget cuts. www.aretenews.com/unhcr-refuge...

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As aid funds shrink, archivists warn of risks to the humanitarian record

UNHCR's archives are a test case for humanitarians struggling to preserve institutional memory in an era of retrenchment.

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Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Hullo #earlymodern istas. If you happen to use my work (books and articles, anything) in your teaching, now would be a good time to tell me which ones, and in which courses (and unis).

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Professor Whittle is one of four colleagues in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Exeter elected to Fellowship of the British Academy this year. 🗃️ ALL FOUR of these outstanding scholars were placed at risk of redundancy last month. Here's their statement:

A written statement from from University of Exeter scholars just elected to the British Academy Fellowship 2026. There are photos of each scholar at the side of the text.

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Vincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

So now it is official: the only country during this #worldcup that was able to score a goal against #spain #belgium One for the history books!

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Martin van Gelderen @erasmianmartin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Job alert --and a really fine one too! Chair in Intellectual History at one of Europe's finest academic institutions, the European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social in Florence, so in Machiavelli's town! Have a look: www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

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Vincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Marktbevraging! Is er enige interesse in een serie podcasts over het leven en welzijn van keizer Karel V. Uiteraard dient mijn boek als basis :)

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Nicholas Scott Baker @renhistorian.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

CFP deadline today for some great sponsored sessions at @rsaorg.bsky.social 2027 in Philly: The Sack of Rome at 500 www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... The "Last Florentine Republic" at 500 www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe... Global Cities in the Early Modern World www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

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Renaissance Society of America

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court reverses U.S. vs Belgium.

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

In other news, Geoff Hurst’s crossbar goal from the 1966 World Cup has been retrospectively dis allowed by FIFA.

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James Benge @jamesbenge.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

A scandalous decision, FIFA placing its thumb on the scales of the tournament without even feeling compelled to offer a fig leaf of justification. Borderline red cards happen all the time and plenty of teams with more at stake than the USMNT have to just deal with it.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/07/2026

Absolutely this. Right-wing capitalism wants to reinforce the idea that the only meaningful 'returns' on education or intellectual endeavor are economic. They've successfully restricted the meaning of 'return' to mean $, salary, ignoring or dismissing the non-economic returns of thinking.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How do you write a book with 24 scholars about a figure you cannot turn into a hero? Giorgio Riello from @eui-history.bsky.social on a new volume that uses one merchant's account as a guide to the early modern world. #EUIResearch loom.ly/Hbg1uaU

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Anne Petterson @annepetterson.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Ik zoek nog iemand gespecialiseerd in oudheid of middeleeuwse geschiedenis die het leuk zou vinden om in de week van 21 september op @historicivertellen.bsky.social te posten. Stuur me even een berichtje hier of op de mail als dat je leuk lijkt!

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Canada facing South Africa as the opening knock out match means that whilst Scotland won’t be competing, the spirit of Scottish settler colonialism will burn brightly in the last 32. Particularly through the history of involvement in gold and coal mining in both countries.

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Elise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

And the entire supplement is currently free to access!

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Kasper Nollet @kaspernollet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Voor een verhaal in @apache.be zoek ik naar scholieren die meedoen aan het toelatingsexamen arts, dierenarts of tandarts (of scholieren die door omstandigheden niet meer konden meedoen). Ken je iemand? Stuur me!

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 25/06/2026

Petition against redundancies at Exeter. Humanities and Social Sciences staff are hardest hit, with 25% of posts in subjects including History, English, Modern Languages and Politics slated to be cut.

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Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's so warm in the archive right now that we've chosen a new Muad'Dib.

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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

An attack on Humanities and social sciences despite Exeter reporting a recent surplus www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

If in any way feasible, please upload your datasets to Zenodo.

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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband

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Mickaël Wilmart @mickaelwilmart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Carlo Ginzburg est mort, annonce la presse italienne. Immense historien, il a su construire une oeuvre originale entre micro-histoire et anthropologie historique qui a considérablement renouvelé la discipline. www.repubblica.it/cultura/2026...

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Carlo Ginzburg è morto, addio al grande storico italiano

Aveva 87 anni. Era famoso in tutto il mondo per le sue ricerche sulla stregoneria e le credenze popolari

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Will Clement @historywill.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Anyone who has produced their own index for a book: any advice that you wish you knew before you started? Please share widely! #skystorians

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today is the tenth anniversary of Jo Cox's murder by a white supremacist on her way to a surgery in Birstall in her constituency whose ethnic diversity she praised in her maiden speech to the Commons. Her murderer shouted "Britain first" as he shot and stabbed her to death.

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Christophe Schellekens @christopheschfir.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Last Friday I spent for the first time a couple of hours in @warburginstitute.bsky.social ´s library. Wonderful to experience the 'law of the good neighbour'. It was a great reminder of the importance of in person library visits and browsing the stacks.

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