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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Our PI Ere Nokkala now giving the first keynote lecture, “The political economy of improvement in Northern Europe” at the 4th Nordic conference on 18th century studies at Åbo Akademi University

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Full house for our first panel on “Visions of Reform” with our postdocs @roydipiazza.bsky.social and Laura Tarkka, along with Margret Gunnarsdottir and Tim Berntsson chaired by Sophie Holm.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We’re looking forward to our ERC team being well represented at the 4th Nordic conference of eighteenth-century studies starting Thursday at Åbo Akademi University with our PI giving a keynote lecture & 2 of our postdocs Laura Tarkka & @roydipiazza.bsky.social giving talks on the first day!

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Prof. Lawrence Principe (Johns Hopkins University) now giving a plenary lecture on current trends in the history of science, and the evolution of research on alchemy within it.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Our PI Ere Nokkala on decentring and historicizing science; our postdoc @roydipiazza.bsky.social on August Nordenskiöld’s alchemical work & Lauri Ockenström on magical images as scientia in medieval/EM Europe.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Our PI Ere Nokkala and physicist Markus Ahlskog now opening our History of Science workshop around Lawrence Principe

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Join us next week on 11 August 2026 at 17:00 room H105 on the JYU campus for an event with Prof. Lawrence Principe (@Johns Hopkins University) one of the world’s leading historians of alchemy along with talks from researchers in physics, our PI Ere Nokkala & postdoc @roydipiazza.bsky.social

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ere Nokkala now delivering closing remarks, followed by a meeting of our international DEPE research network, a presentation from Anna-Mari Vesterinen from Helsinki University Press, then off for our closing buffet 🥂 Thanks to all our speakers!

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Last panel of the day with Danila Raskov (Uppsala/JYU fellow) now presenting on the ‘noblest commodity’: copper, money and governance in early modern Sweden, followed by Ella Viteniemi (Tampere) on early modern Finnish forestry & marshlands, chaired by Patrick Winton (Örebro)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

James Dobreff (Stockholm) now closing our first panel post lunch with a talk on his on Daniel Rolander´s Diarium Surinamicum, with descriptions and proposals of how to profit of the termite Termes Arbicola and the wasp Vespa Arborea.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

First panel of the second day of our 2026 workshop, with Juliane Engelhardt (Copenhagen) on cameralism, prosperity and social mobility & Vincent Roy-Di Piazza (@roydipiazza.bsky.social | JYU) on Swedish colonial expansion and the culture of improvement, chaired by Desislava Dimitrova (Munich)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Last panel of the day with papers from Laura Tarkka (JYU) on J.F. Kryger’s speech ‘the influence of laws and customs on civil trade’ (1767) & Hans Erich Bödeker (Göttingen) on Linnaeus’ disciple Johann Beckmann on natural history and improvement; chaired by Marten Seppel (Tartu)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Second panel with papers from Måns Jansson (Uppsala) on state governance & industrial improvement in C18 Sweden & Joonas Tammela (JYU) on benefit, welfare and estate interests in the Swedish Riksdag, chaired by Jonas Nordin

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

First panel featuring talks from Keith Tribe (@uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social) on early American trade and Jani Marjanen (@janimarjanen.bsky.social | Helsinki) on patriotism & economic improvement in C18 Europe, chaired by Adriana Luna-Fabritius (Helsinki)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our PI @EreNokkala now opening our annual summer ERC 2-day workshop « Growth, wealth and welfare in early modern Sweden and beyond »

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Prof Jonas Nordin (Lund University) now launching his new open access monograph « Monarchy in the Age of Liberty » (Lund University Press in collab. with Manchester University Press, 2026) in our 9th DEPE seminar lecture in the history of political & economic thought.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Join us next month at JYU for our annual 2-day ERC workshop (04-05 June, room H306) titled "Growth, Wealth, & Welfare in early modern Sweden & beyond". We’ll hear 12 papers covering materials from our planned edited volume👇 shorturl.at/Qj4D9

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Join us next month on Wednesday 03 June at 16:15, room H306 to hear Prof. Jonas Nordin (@lundsuniversitet.bsky.social) give our 9th DEPE seminar lecture, based on his recent book « Monarchy in the Age of Liberty: royal power & public life in C18 Sweden » (@manchesterup.bluesky.social)👇

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

We recently submitted & received approval for our first ERC scientific report from the scientific officer! This is a nice milestone for ERC projects & provided us with a welcome opportunity to reflect on our achievements so far 1/2

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Our JYU visiting fellow Jonas Gerlings presenting a joint paper at the « In and out of the canon of intellectual history » in Helsinki with Kaarlo Havu (Helsinki) on Machiavelli and Kant’s project for perpetual peace, introduced by Richard Serjeantson (Cambridge)

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Had a great time yesterday presenting my paper; got some encouraging feedback. Now attending the 2nd keynote by Banu Turnaoğlu Açan (Istanbul/Cambridge) on rethinking the canon, global intellectual history & boundaries of political thought.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Prof. Lars Magnusson (Uppsala) now speaking on our last ERC seminar session of 2025, presenting in his new history of economic thought in Sweden, a book that distillates 40 years of Lars’ research insights on the topic.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Join us next week on Thursday 04 Dec. at JYU, room D1009, 14:15x for our last DEPE seminar session of the year! Prof. Lars Magnusson (Uppsala) will be presenting his book « A History of economic thought in Sweden » (Routledge, 2025) 👇 www.jyu.fi/en/events/la...

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Our PI Ere Nokkala now giving his talk on « police science and cameral sciences: the Swedish case » at the ‘Early Modern Police Science and Cameral Sciences: theory and practice’ conference at the faculty of law of @helsinki.fi

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Members of our team are attending workshop « Early modern police science and cameral sciences: theory and practice » at the University of Helsinki’s faculty of law. Fredrik Thomasson (Uppsala) now opening the 2nd day with « policing sex in Sweden St Barthelemy: a libertine colony? »

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our JYU fellow Jonas Gerlings (Halle) giving his paper this afternoon on Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht and Rousseau

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Next week on Friday 14.11 2025 at 12:00, in H320, our project researcher Joonas Tammela will defend (in Finnish) his PhD on political sermons of clergymen in late 18th century Sweden👇https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/14112025-fm-joonas-tammela-faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences-finnish-history

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Join us in person next month for the 7th session of our DEPE seminar series in the history of political & economic thought! Dr Jonas Gerlings (Halle/JYU fellow) will give a lecture on H. G. Nordenflycht, gender, improvement & political thought in the Swedish Age of Liberty 👇

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our 2nd and final panel today on «rethinking Improvement» at the Finnish conference for history research 2025, featuring our postdocs @roydipiazza.bsky.social and Laura Tarkka, our senior researcher Keith Tribe, chaired by Ere Nokkala and with Margaret Hunt as commentator.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our team has 2 panels today on «rethinking Improvement» as part of the Finnish conference for history research 2025 in Jyväskylä. Our first panel features our PI Ere Nokkala, our postdoc Joonas Tammela & JYU fellow Jonas Gerlings (Halle) with Keith Tribe as chair & Margaret Hunt as commentator

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Now launching our new OA publication « Philosoph, Kameralist, Publizist », an anthology of essays on Johann H.G. von Giusti, edited by our PI Ere Nokkala & Gideon Stiening. 4 contributors to the volume are also present today & responses are provided by our postdoc Laura Tarkka.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Join us in person tomorrow in Jyväskylä (15:15-17:45, room H105) for our book launch event of « Johann H. G. von Giusti (1717-71): Philosoph, Kameralist, Publizist » with a distinguished panel of 8 speakers from Munich, Halle, Uppsala, Helsinki & JKL👇 www.jyu.fi/en/events/bo...

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

And that’s a wrap! See you next week for our book launch on von Giusti in Jyväskylä with the whole project’s team, followed by the National Finnish conference for history research (HITU)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Closing remarks from Carl Wennerlind & Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, concluding the ‘Northern Lights: science, empire & political economy in the Nordic Enlightenment’ conference at Barnard, Columbia University

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Last panel of the conference (fully hybrid), chaired by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, with a joint paper from Linda Andersson Burnett & Hanna Hodacs (Uppsala) and papers from Hjalmar Fors (Karolinska) and Måns Jansson (Uppsala)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Carl Wennerlind opens the conference’s 2nd day at Barnard, Columbia University, with talks from our PI Ere Nokkala (JYU), Nathalie Le Bouteillec (Amiens), and Sara Ekström (Stockholm)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Last panel of the day on Nordic commodities, chaired by Carl Wennerlind, , with papers from Håkon Evju @hakonevju.bsky.social (Oslo), Magdalena Naum (Lund) and Markus Hansen (Lund)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Third panel on Sweden and productivity, chaired by Steve Pincus (Chicago), with Anders Ögren (Uppsala), Fredrik Albritton Jonsson @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social (Chicago) and Carl Wennerlind (Barnard/Columbia)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Second panel on Swedish colonialism chaired by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson (Chicago) with our postdoc @roydipiazza.bsky.social Fredrik Thomasson (Uppsala) and Leos Müller (Stockholm)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Carl Wennerlind kickstarting the Science, Empire, Political Economy in the Nordic Enlightenment at Barnard College, Columbia University, with talks from Pernille Røge (Pittsburgh), Jón K. Einarsson (Chicago) & Anna Knutsson (Uppsala)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Pre conference talk here at Barnard College, Columbia University from Steve Pincus (Chicago) on ‘India, America & the global political economy of empire’ from his upcoming monograph; up next, reception & dinner at the NY Swedish consulate 🍸

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Next week our PI Ere Nokkala and postdoc @roydipiazza.bsky.social will be taking part in the 3-day international conference on ‘Science, Empire & Political economy in the Nordic Enlightenment’ at @barnardcollege.bsky.social on 09-11 Oct. in collaboration with the Swedish Consulate in New York.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

New open access article in The Historical Journal from our postdoc @roydipiazza.bsky.social on the links between 18th century Swedish racial science, slavery, and the medical cadaver trade👇

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Happy to share my new blog post on C18 French-Swedish relations for the Oxford Centre for Intellectual History blog @oxfordcih.bsky.social. French-Swedish diplomacy treated cultural alignment as a powerful vehicle for political change in Sweden👇 intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...

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Enlightening the king: French-Swedish relations in the letters of Gustaf Philip Creutz with Gustav III

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Our PI Ere Nokkala now closing our workshop, followed by a plenary meeting of our international research network ‘Decentring political economy’. Thank you to everyone who came! We had a great turnout, along with very stimulating papers and discussions.

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Our 4th panel on Improvement & the Diet, featuring Sophie Holm (Helsinki), Sara Ekström (Stockholm) & our postdoc Joonas Tammela, chaired by Marie-Christine Skuncke (Uppsala)

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

And we’re on for the 2nd day of our Gustav Vasa seminar 2025 on Improvement in early modern Sweden! We’re opening our 3rd panel with Patrick Winton (Örebro), our postdoc Vincent Roy-Di Piazza, & Desislava Dimitrova (Munich), chaired by Göran Rydén (Uppsala).

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Our PI EreNokkala now closing our first day, with a paper on the science of improvement in the university chairs of Uppsala and Turku.

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