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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD

@fepoulsen.bsky.social
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Danish/French 🇪🇺 intellectual historian 🇺🇦 🔗https://frankejbypoulsen.net 🎓PhD History, European University Institute 🎓MSc Politics, University of Copenhagen 🎓LLM, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Certificate in Project Management I have recently completed a course (in Danish) on Project Management from Zealand Business College, Denmark. This short-term education for the job market gave me many tools for leading a research project and a team of researchers successfully. Objectives/Goals:·…
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Certificate in Project Management
I have recently completed a course (in Danish) on Project Management from Zealand Business College, Denmark. This short-term education for the job market gave me many tools for leading a research project and a team of researchers successfully. Objectives/Goals:· The participant can fulfil the role of project manager through team development driven by motivation and engagement, handling conflicts and communication internally within the project and in relation to the project's other stakeholders.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Here goes my and many others’ youth as well. This was the place to buy cheaper second hand books as a student, and to sell them after graduation. Many fond memories walking through the floors.
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CPESR @cpesr.fr · 20/04/2026
[ #VeilleESR ] Au CNRS, une coupe budgétaire inédite fragilise un peu plus la recherche : « On va dans le mur » Via social.sciences.re/@justinmponcet/1…
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Au CNRS, une coupe budgétaire inédite fragilise un peu plus la recherche : « On va dans le mur »
Le PDG du Centre national de recherche scientifique, Antoine Petit, a annoncé, le 24 mars, une baisse supplémentaire de 20 millions d’euros sur le budget 2026 de l’institution. Les chercheurs et les directeurs d’unité s’alarment.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Ironically, there’s what appears to be an 18th- century map of the Americas with the “Gulf of Mexico” written on it… Make America 18th century again! #MAECA 😅
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
English translation of a French essay by a former professor in the USA on the current attack on knowledge. Ironic to ban a book praising authoritarianism, but I get that they don’t want smart philosopher-kings to rule, only one burger-king. booksandideas.net/Plato-Banned...
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Plato Banned, American Democracy Threatened
Not only in Texas, where a professor was ordered to remove Plato from his syllabus, but throughout the United States, ideological dictatorship has begun. It amounts to nothing less than an attack on u...
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Epistemic contextualism in action!
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
There’s a reason for that. And that’s the original name for this French invention.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“Tech” is, as the article writes, not AI. AI is a term used to describe a field of study, not an independent entity with agency. Tech is an industry creating products based on this field of study such as machine-learning LLMs that people can use via chat. These are, for short, AI-tools, not AI.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I used to joke that we are in academia for power and money--fame and sex are just by-products. But it's not funny if it's true. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why are so many academics in the Epstein files? It’s not just about money | Christopher Marquis
In a university ecosystem that breeds hunger for status, Epstein made scholars feel like celebrities
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
@economist.com has analysed 1.4m Epstein emails post-conviction and groupped and ranked them by the industry in which correspondents worked: #1 finance (19%); #2 academia (17%); then politics; then media/entertainment. Does that say something about the state of #academia? youtube.com/shorts/Bsv2S...
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Who had the most contact with Jeffrey Epstein?
YouTube video by The Economist
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Seal of Excellence My application for a MSCA-Postdoctoral Fellowship with Lund University received the score of 95,80%. There was a record number of applications, so my project could not be funded. However, it did get a Seal of Excellence.
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Seal of Excellence
My application for a MSCA-Postdoctoral Fellowship with Lund University received the score of 95,80%. There was a record number of applications, so my project could not be funded. However, it did get a Seal of Excellence.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
A most chilling weekend read The #USA #2026NDS #National #Defense #Strategy www.linkedin.com/posts/franke...
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The 2026 National Defense Strategy is a chilling read. Not just because the opening memorandum, signed by the now Secretary for the Departement of "War", starts with these lines: "Prev...
The 2026 National Defense Strategy is a chilling read. Not just because the opening memorandum, signed by the now Secretary for the Departement of "War", starts with these lines: "Previous administra...
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
youtu.be/sex5fVhkalk Video introducing in French a new textbook on legal humanism
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Découvrir l’humanisme juridique (XVe-XVIIe siècles)
YouTube video by École nationale des chartes - PSL
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Joumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 14/01/2026
Excellent.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Is there still doubt that USA Russia China have carved the world into spheres of influence and that the EU now faces a double territorial threat from Russia (obvious) and the USA (Greenland)?
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HI Student Conference on the Medieval North @histudentcon.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#Medievalsky Want to present your work in Reykjavík where the sagas take place? There is still time to submit! #CFP @mediumaevum.bsky.social @jaema.bsky.social We hope to read tour submissions soon! Deadline is December 8th!
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Why does it say on the graph that inside “Europe and Central Asia” the most popular destination is “the USA 17%” followed by the UK and Germany? 🤔
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Academics are already overworked and asked to perform specialised work of various sorts on top of teaching and research. So, get them proper training tailored to their specific needs and buy them a subscription to the proper AI-tools. Same for students. Or hire me! I’m an unemployed historian.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
To be fair, I don’t want to blame anyone in particular, except the institutions that ask their employees to adopt the use of AI-tools and incorporate them in their work (here teaching and research), but do not offer any training and let them on their own to learn how to use them outside work hours.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
My guess is a daily positive self-affirmation: “We’re safe from AI”… the same way some deny climate change as an overhyped hoax. It feels safer to say “I looked outside and it was cold and rainy, ergo global warming is overhyped, we’re safe, let’s continue as before”.
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a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire and saying i 'm fine this is fine everything is fine
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
6. So, why are people still publishing these kinds of “I asked AI…” posts that are only embarrassingly broadcasting their ignorance of AI and lack of the most fundamental skills in 2025 that is prompting?
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two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` hello , computer ? '' .
ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` hello , computer ? '' .
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
5. Why are the prompts used for this deep piece of scholarly enquiry not shared? Or were they? “Copilot then suggested”, “I asked Copilot to prepare a publication “…? Again, it’s undermining any credibility by showing ignorance of basic proper use of an LLM through prompting.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
4. Of all the options, the choice is set on Copilot… Interesting choice. Why this one? Because it’s the only one that comes paid by the institution one works for as part of Office? Why on earth would one of the top universities in the world choose ChatGPT for its employees and students instead?
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
3. Only one AI-tool was used. So, how does that imply a general conclusion for all the other available options? This shows a lack of basic understanding of LLMs and how they vary depending on the training they received.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
2. It’s best to shorten with “AI-tools” rather than “AI”. And like any tool, you have to build skills to use it properly, by understanding what it can do through rigorous, repeated and focused practice. It’s already undermining credibility to talk improperly about “AI”.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
1. AI stands for artificial intelligence, which doesn’t mean an actual entity artificially constructed that has intelligence. It is a field of study. You may as well brandish a pencil and shout “I asked Fine Arts to draw the Vitruvian man and all I got was this lousy stick figure in a circle”.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I seriously wonder why people who are serious scholars keep posting this kind of “I asked AI…” followed by “and all I got was this lousy result” to draw the inevitable conclusion: “AI is overhyped”, “so let’s continue as before”.
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@rhammersley99.bsky.social @rhammersley99.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The notion of an ailing body politic feels sadly relevant today. My November blogpost reflects on a workshop held in September that explored how the notion of the body politic was deployed by republican writers in the C17 and C18. www.rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2025/10/28/republican-bodies
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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
After months of back-and-forth drafting, & over 10,000 words of dialogue, I am delighted that this discussion article co-authored with Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) is now published @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Many thanks to the editor @tomaashby.bsky.social and to the reviewer Laura André Lombard! It’s truly heartwarming to see years of work get noticed and read. Now, more than ever before, we live in dangerous times in great need of cosmopolitan republicanism.
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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Catch up on our lecture from today, all about medievial uni students from @amwillemsen.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ0D...
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Back in college: Daily life of students at European universities, 1200-1600 by Dr A. Willemsen FSA
YouTube video by SocAntiquaries
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Excellent analysis of the state of 🇬🇧 HE. Same crisis in other countries. I think there is a need to regain public support and start engaging more and better in public debates, while embracing the changing role of HE. Question is how… Any suggestion welcome
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Most likely candidate to become one of the most cited historical sources by future historians studying the comments section.
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Helen Goodman @helengoodman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
And if that's not enough for you, then later the same day, 2) 'Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health' roundtable on 2 new books: Tillmann Taape's 'Crafting Medicine' & Jack Hartnell's 'Wound Man' (free, online CHSTM #histmed working group, also meeting 10 Oct & 14 Nov): www.chstm.org/group/object...
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Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
#BookHistory
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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Mobilising knowledge as a political tool Read the interview with our #PhD researcher Müberra Kapusuz on the political role of expertise in #17thcentury Ottoman politics, in relation with today’s debates on expertise and authority 👇 📰 #Fridayreads #Expertise
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025. Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...
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Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland
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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
This looks great!
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
📣The next CIRICE conference in Naples June 11-13, 2026. The main topic is "Transition Cities," focusing on using digital humanities for the knowledge and conservation of urban heritage. 🔗 www.iconografiacittaeuropea.unina.it/cms/sessioni/ #urbanheritage #digitalhumanities #naples #cirice
CIRCE logo: early modern engraving of a Renaissance city behind walls in a valley with a castle on top of a hill in the background.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Tagungsbericht (H-Soz-Kult): INTELLEX  H-Soz-Kult: „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“. Organisiert von Frank Ejby Poulsen (Universität Bayreuth, Centre of International Excellence „Alexander von Humboldt“) fand die internationale…
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Tagungsbericht (H-Soz-Kult): INTELLEX
 H-Soz-Kult: „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“. Organisiert von Frank Ejby Poulsen (Universität Bayreuth, Centre of International Excellence „Alexander von Humboldt“) fand die internationale Tagung „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“ hybrid am 12.–13. Juni 2025 im Institut für Fränkische Landesgeschichte…
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Editing revised chapters for the forthcoming 2nd edition of our guide to #EarlyModern 🗃️ sources today👌 The revised volume will also include 3 new chapters: Part 1 'Sources': - Digitised Sources Part 2 'Histories': - Race - The Body, Mind & Emotions.
Front cover of a book called 'Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources', part of the Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources series. edited by Laura Sangha and Jonathan Willis. The cover image is a painting of early modern objects - a pile of books and papers, a flask and glass, bread roll, lute and globe.
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
But this tech raises big questions: 1. How do we ensure ethical AI in historical research? 2. How does our role as historians change when tasks are automated? Grateful for our panel's discussion, and extending it: What do you think? #Askhistorians (4/4)
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Next up: Using HTR & LLMs on his personal letters to directly connect his political thought to his reading. We're bridging the gap between the library and the mind. 🤖📜 (3/4) #AIinHumanities #EarlyModern
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Key finding: He shelved military fortification books with architecture, viewing them as one practical toolkit. 🛠️ We also mapped his print network: Paris was his source for math books, Venice for military texts. (2/4) #HistoryOfKnowledge #BookHistory
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Presented at #NHM2025 in Reykjavík! 🇮🇸 My talk explored using digital tools to map the mind of a 17th-c. prince through his library. The findings challenge how we view early modern knowledge. 👇 (1/4) #AcademicSky #HistorianSky #DigitalHumanities
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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Fühlen Sie sich an einem Ort eher als Fremder, weil andere Sie so sehen? In meinem neuen Blogbeitrag erkunde ich die Idee der 'Heimat im Kopf'. #Heimat #Kosmopolitismus #Identität
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Heimat bedeutet für mich …
Ich habe mein Junior Fellowship am University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence 'Alexander von Humboldt' nun abgeschlossen. Angegliedert war ich dem Institut für Fränkische Landesgeschichte der Universitäten Bayreuth und Bamberg. Ich werde „mein Schloss“, den Arbeitsplatz des Instituts im beeindruckenden Schloss Thurnau, und die tolle Atmosphäre, die von den dort arbeitenden Menschen geschaffen wurde, sehr vermissen. In dieser Zeit habe ich viel über…
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