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Director of the New Netherland Institute, Albany, New York, archives rat, #VastNewNetherland

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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Call for proposals for a workshop, my people! Slavery and transimperial trade next March at William & Mary. Please spread it far and wide: I want to read your many great proposals!
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2027 Workshop Call for Proposals - Atlantic Exchanges Workshop
Atlantic Exchanges 2027 Slavery and the Commercial Machinery of Empires The Atlantic Exchanges Workshop invites proposals for its second edition, […]
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Getting ready for bulb planting season! Got some tulips, crocuses, mini irises, and hyacinths on the way. (Also a new, completely life changing action hoe.).
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If only I could go back in time. Truly a fantastic opportunity.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The schedule and registration for the New Netherland Institute's Annual Conference on November 7-8, 2026 are now live! Check out the panels here: newnetherlandinstitute.org/education/ne.... I know I say it every year, but this is going to be a great one!
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Do not miss this article!
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The schedule for the 2026-2027 NNI's Scholars Seminar is live at newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/nni... Our first meeting will be Wednesday, 9/16; Giovanna Montenegro (Binghamton) will present "Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Contributions to European Naturalists’ New World Ecology."
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NNI Scholar's Seminar
NNI Scholars’ Seminar The New Netherland Institute hosts a Zoom seminar where academics, public historians, and graduate students meet to discuss a piece of chapter-...
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Ramona Negrón @ramonanegron.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
*VACANCIES* Two very cool PhDs positions at @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social on the Transimperial History of Women’s Work (1600-1900) within Natália da Silva Perez's project. 👇 www.eur.nl/en/working-a...
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PhD Candidate on the Transimperial History of Women’s Work (1600-1900)
Join the NWO Vidi project “That’s Women’s Work!” on the trans-imperial history of gendered labour: apply for one of two funded PhD positions
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In case Dutch people are now awake...
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Is something going on at the Nationaal Archief? Or is it my computer? I can't find a way to open the scans from the OWIC (1.05.01.01) archive - I just get the option to request them in the studie zaal or ask for them to be digitized. @jcvl.bsky.social?
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Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers) @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Giving this cfp a boost: please consider submitting something. Our Forum feature is a great home for shorter pieces. #earlymodern
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As is my annual tradition in August, I am emailing Dutch people to ask them things and finding out that they are all on vacation and cursing American work culture.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
One more time...
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Thought I owned a cat, but I guess I got whatever this is
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you don't know about the "worst aquarium ever," (especially if you're a maritime historian) this is well worth the read: www.boston.com/news/local-n...
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‘Worst Aquarium Ever’
The New Bedford Whaling Museum turned a bad Google review into “marketing gold.”
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I have one last slot for the 2026-2027 NNI Scholars Seminar - it's in October. Any historians, art historians, literature folks, etc., have anything Dutch Atlantic that they want feedback on?
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I had a delightful time reading the Duyckinck papers under the watchful eyes of the Half Moon Window at New York Historical. And a very summer letter from Johanna Duyckinck to her sister begging her to get to New York faster for a visit!
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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
must seize self-promotion chance but, that aside, this includes excellent work inter alia from @carrington-farmer.bsky.social susanne lachenicht anne-claire foucquez @eheijmans.bsky.social and the late Trevor Burnard w/Agnes Delahaye #earlymodern #empire
cover of Elodie Peyrol et al (eds) _Agents of European Overseas Empires_ available in paper for 50% off till 9 July
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
From Alice Kenney's “Neglected Heritage: Hudson River Valley Dutch Material Culture,” in the Winterthur Portfolio (1985). She died the same year the article came out, but I feel that I can almost hear her sighing or maybe screaming into the void.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Archivists, how do you store your papers at home? I'm looking for some of archives box or folder that I could use to store my kids artwork, etc.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Anyone interested?
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
NNI got a big used book donation (New Netherland, Revolutionary War). If you're in the United States, and want any (used so may have underlining/highlighting), message me; we'll mail it to you. Asking for a $5 donation to NNI to cover shipping. (Sorry non-US folks, can't afford shipping to you.)
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
So important. All the libraries and archives I know turn away material because of lack of ability to catalog or lack of storage space.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If only I had realized you could ask your parents for a peacock...(and her father was a minster in the Dutch Reformed Church, too!) Gerardus Duyckinck I, Wilhelmina Ritzema (ca. 1743–1813), From the Collection of the New York Historical.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you know a Masters student who would like to go on to the PhD and knows Dutch, there's a Phd position open in Alisa van de Haar's exciting "Leveraging Language, Proclaiming Power: Linguistic Politics in Early Colonial North America" project at Leiden: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-P...
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PhD Position on early colonial North America
PhD Position on early colonial North America
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I'm looking for an expert in 17th century *Swedish* to read a document (only a half page) and confirm that it is, in fact, Swedish. Are any of you that person?
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Does anyone here have a personal website that uses Wordpress? And if so, do you find it easy to run?
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Molly Warsh @mwarsh.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hey global early modernists, the Forum on Early-modern Empires and Global Interactions has joined Bluesky! This lively community of scholars comes together for biennial conferences & awards book & article prizes. Follow @feegiconference.bsky.social & check out feegi.org/index.html. #earlymodern
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FEEGI
The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks.
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Bart Wallet @bartwallet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
*Job alert* Wij zoeken een gedreven postdoc onderzoeker voor een biografie van de Amsterdams-Joodse notaris Arnold van den Bergh (1886-1950). Houd je van gedegen archiefonderzoek en goed schrijven? Solliciteer! werkenbij.uva.nl/vacatures/po...
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Vacature — Postdoc Onderzoeker Biografie Joodse notaris Arnold van den Bergh
<p>Ben jij een enthousiast en gedreven onderzoeker met een passie voor moderne Joodse geschiedenis? Houd je ervan de archieven in te duiken om op basis daarvan een mooi biografisch portret te schrijve...
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uopmaritime @uopmaritime.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS: Maritime histories from the margins, 1500-present, 11-12 November 2026. Share your proposals for an interdisciplinary conference co-convened by the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, University of Portsmouth, and the Royal Museums Greenwich www.rmg.co.uk/call-papers-...
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Call for Papers | Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present
An interdisciplinary conference co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, University of Portsmouth
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Great opportunity!
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Dream positions: 3 (!!) PhD placements at the Prize Papers with emphasis on finding students with the following language skills: French, Spanish, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. (Of course, I emphasize the Dutch language!) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
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Exploring the Prize Papers, a global early modern archive
Using language skills, examine previously unknown records from the Prize Papers collection and produce descriptions to support digitisation.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
That Alanis karaoke scene!
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My birthday came early this year! I was gifted a full, 15 volume set of Brodhead's Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. (Squeal of excitement)
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I need a new laser pointer...anyone got any recs?
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A great place to work with fantastic people.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New Favorite tote, from Fort Orange General Store in Albany: fort-orange-general-store.square.site/product/nys-...
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Just a week left to get your proposals in for NNI's November Conference "New Netherland and the World"! CFP here: www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/eve.... Dutch folks, we do have travel funding to get you to Albany if you need it.
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New Netherland and the World, 2026 Annual Conference :: New Netherland Institute
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Ramona Negrón @ramonanegron.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Are you a PhD student working on slavery and/or emancipation? There is only one week left to submit your abstract to participate in the PhD/Graduate Seminar on 22 October 2026 at KITLV, Leiden. Deadline for abstracts (1 page): 30 March 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl 👇
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Studia Rosenthaliana is a treasure.
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
It is lovely that the Art Gallery of Ontario can now name the Black woman in the gorgeous #18thc portrait they acquired 6 yrs ago & also date the painting. It's from 1775. She is Eleonora Susette, enslaved by the Dutch governor of Guyana, accompanying his widow on her return to the Netherlands.
Young black woman in turquoise silk gown, with lace sleeves, lace cap, and fichu, double strands of pearls around her neck and her wrists. She is holding a white flower. in one hand, and a ribbon in the other. A tropical looking tree is behind her. She looks right at the viewer with an assessing look.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Interested in owning one of the most recent volumes in the New Netherland Document Translation series? When you donate $25, you can choose either Charles Gehring, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 or Janny Venema, Correspondence, 1659-1660. For more info, crm.newnetherlandinstitute.org/civicrm/cont...
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NNI Book Promotion 2026 – New Netherland Institute
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Absolutely loved @morganmccullough.bsky.social's "Periodical Habits": Native American Women, Movement, and Menstruation in the Eighteenth-Century Southeast in the Journal of Women's History. So much attention to the fine-grained bodily details of women's experiences.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
adding to the reading list.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Join us for this month's NNI Scholars' Seminar on March 11 at noon! Paul Feller-Simmons (Univ. of Oklahoma) will be discussing his paper "Cantors in New York and the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Sephardic Atlantic." Drop me a line if you'd like the link and paper!
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The only possible reason for me to take a new photo is so that in ten years the photo isn't twenty years old.
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Can't wait to read!
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I like the Pitt so much that I've decided to go watch ER (watched random episodes here and there before, especially in later seasons)
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Dutch Atlanticists, the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, PA, is offering a two-week reading course on German handwriting (June 1 – 12, 2026) Participants will learn to read German manuscripts dating from the 17th through the mid-20th centuries. More info: www.moravianchurcharchives.org/events/#tabs-3
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Events & Programs « Moravian Archives
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