Reposted by Florian WieserNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A Roman glass model of a #boat, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components of water clocks and sundials, as...🧵1/2 🏺 24602166
Reposted by Florian Wieserwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Saturday night Juke joint, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1939 by US photographer Marion Post Wolcott #WomensArt 3989191
Reposted by Florian WieserKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Protect African Studies @ Edinburgh docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comProtect African Studies @ Edinburgh 11315
Reposted by Florian WieserAndrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026#BookHistory 0217
Reposted by Florian WieserRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers. 1052352687
Reposted by Florian WieserAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Superb exposition from William Pettigrew of how slave trading (let alone the whole plantation complex that depended on it) was “enmeshed in the processes that produced the nation we know today”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/comm...theguardian.comFreedom-loving Britain was at the heart of the 18th century slave trade – and this register proves it | William PettigrewRegister of British Slave Traders reveals how deeply the trafficking of Africans was embedded in the country’s politics, economy, institutions and culture 28238
Reposted by Florian WieserLe Quotidien de la Généalogie @quotidien-genealogie.fr · 14/09/2026Les Archives Nationales indexent les procès-verbaux des greffiers des bâtiments de Parisquotidien-genealogie.frLes Archives Nationales indexent les procès-verbaux des greffiers des bâtiments de ParisLes Archives nationales viennent de lancer un nouveau chantier d'indexation sur leur plateforme collaborative Girophares : celui des procès-verbaux 064
Reposted by Florian WieserJohn McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Coconut-Shell Cup for Chocolate [Coco chocolatero] Mexico, 17th-18th century. Though few of these chocolate cups survive given the fragility of the material, many feature in colonial Mexican household inventories. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 0207
Reposted by Florian WieserAnnalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with. 361220456
Reposted by Florian WieserHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 10/09/2026When asked in the Q&A about arts and humanities he says he personally values them (seems very genuine) but that he is the Science Minister, and it’s for the DCMS Minister to make the case for those. He’s perhaps not yet clocked he is responsible for all R&D. Would Wissenschaft Minister work better? 89140
Reposted by Florian WieserLukas Koster @lukask.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is cool. For my PhD on repurposing of urban convents/monasteries in Holland during the Reformation, I was searching for info on Germany and then I stumbled upon the Database of Monasteries in the Holy Roman Empire (adw-goe.de/en/germania-...).adw-goe.deDatabase of Monasteries: Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (NAWG)Darstellung der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen und ihrer Langzeitprojekte im Akademienprogramm sowie Zugang zur digitalen Bibliothek der geisteswissenschaftlichen Forschungsvorhaben. 2163
Reposted by Florian WieserEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past. 5599463394
Reposted by Florian WieserPT Klein @ptklein.com · 08/09/2026Resistance to so-called artificial intelligence is, in part, precisely this: a forceful claim to the true value of one’s labor. The dream of AI is guiltless slavery: a world in which real wages race to the bottom against threats of unemployment while a select class pockets excess profits. 511029
Reposted by Florian WieserCatherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 08/09/2026AfD’s huge gains in Saxony-Anhalt are the latest in a series of far-right electoral gains across Europe, while mainstream parties are struggling. 2027 brings major elections in 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸🇵🇱 Europe is heading towards a political stress test. How does this matter for the EU’s ability to act? 🧵 1/10 16539
Reposted by Florian WieserHeike Klüver @heikekluever.bsky.social · 18/11/2025📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer” I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies ➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election) tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2sueddeutsche.deDemokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im GegenteilEine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen. 319989
Florian Wieser @florianwieser95.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Absolutely horrified at the way the election in #Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) has turned out. At over 80% voter turn-out, people have chosen the far-right, anti-EU, anti-constitution, anti-queer, racist, ableist, pro-Russian AfD at 44.5%. I genuinely thought we as Germans were better than this. 0112
Reposted by Florian WieserAnimal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · 08/09/2024For #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay: Bernard Willem Wierink (Dutch, 1856-1939) Gieren ( #Vultures ), 1919 platecut print, 40.2 h × 21.5 cm w Rijksmuseum RP-P-1924-380: www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #birdsinart 1351133
Reposted by Florian WieserCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 15/11/2024gotta bring this classic over here 263631784
Reposted by Florian WieserGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/09/2026Let me say as loudly as I can to all the Europeans on here who have been rightly appalled watching the Trump regime’s third-country removals: Your government has been watching, too, and they like what they see. 82478864
Reposted by Florian WieserManon C Williams @manoncwilliams.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Please circulate! Calling all PhDs and ECRs working on themes related to health, welfare, and community in the early modern maritime world: submit abstracts by 30 September to join this one-day workshop at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on 14 January 2027. www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...rmg.co.ukCall for Papers: Health, Welfare, and Mutual Support in Maritime Communities, 1550 – 1850A one-day workshop/symposium on 14 January 2027 at the National Maritime Museum, focusing on the disciplinary crossroads between medical, social, and maritime history 03241
Reposted by Florian WieserAMEND - eArly Modern European NeuroDivergence @amendproject.bsky.social · 26/06/2026AMEND's PI Laura has written a great new article published on The Conversation, ‘What Early Modern Literature Can Teach Us About Neurodivergence’🤩 Read it here!: theconversation.com/what-early-m...theconversation.comWhat early modern literature can teach us about neurodivergenceLong before autism or ADHD were diagnoses, people were navigating lives outside social norms. 01410
Reposted by Florian WieserJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/08/2026BREAKING: Liam Tadeo was just deported by ICE. 69492345070
Reposted by Florian WieserThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly. 73183122649
Reposted by Florian WieserJoseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 10/07/2026One night, after trying to write about this troubled world, after crossing out pages and pages of what I'd written, I fell asleep, dreamt of being visited by the great poet Rumi, and woke with this poem. 819249
Reposted by Florian WieserSarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Conference: Global Histories of Hair, c. 1500-2026 in Lucerne, Switzerland, 8-10 October 2026. There will be a hybrid possibilty to attend, please register. #skystorians #earlymodern 04231
Florian Wieser @florianwieser95.bsky.social · 24/08/2026For those curious, I've got a new book review out in IJMH. Read my thoughts on Justin Roberts' FRAGILE EMPIRE, an excellent addition to debates around the history of slavery, English colonialism, tropical disease, and more. Thanks to @wadehistory.bsky.social for editing this. doi.org/10.1177/0843...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 031
Reposted by Florian WieserNatalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Even X the Everything App had to correct this revisionist drivel. Successful decade-long vilification of East European migrants led to Brexit. Which cost UK roughly 8% of GDP, or £180 billion. And derailed higher education and small businesses. Xenophobia has gotten worse since ✌️ 348542
Florian Wieser @florianwieser95.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Bizarre claims from obvious ethnonationalists there. I lived in the UK during the first half of the 2020s, and you could feel the anti-Polish and generally anti-European sentiment even then. 040
Reposted by Florian WieserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026' evidence has come to light [e.g. Malik Al Nasir's book] that Sandbach, Tinne and Company – a corporation closely linked to the merchants who got the biggest taxpayer-funded compensation payouts – continued to traffic enslaved Africans illegally after abolition to Guyana, in South America.' 1/3theguardian.comBritish corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolitionLetter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says 12214
Reposted by Florian WieserArizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies @acmrs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We're thrilled to be supporting Across Two Seas, a symposium put together by Denva Gallant at Rice University. This lineup is incredible, and there is travel funding for folks in the @folger.edu Institute consortium! Don't sleep on this one: acrosstwoseas.com #RaceB4Raceacrosstwoseas.comAcross Two SeasA Symposium at Rice University 0119
Reposted by Florian WieserAnna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 20/08/2026If anyone needs an early modernist for lecturing, consultation, copy editing, or freelance work. I have a lot of experience and would appreciate any work sent my way for the next academic year! #EarlyModern Things are looking a little grim! 16160
Reposted by Florian WieserHolly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It’s a different kind of censorship— But still hides race. Distorts the history and the ability to analyze— 051
Reposted by Florian WieserYaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5 3924841148
Reposted by Florian WieserKate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026To hell with LLMs. It is fundamentally breaking the uni staff - student relationship, based on mutual trust & respect. Students, I want to be your instructor, your mentor, & a friendly presence. I don’t want to be locked in a perpetual arms-race where you try to cheat and I try to catch you 😞 415732
Reposted by Florian WieserEconomic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026ehs.org.uk/award/resear...ehs.org.ukResearch Fund for Graduate Students - Economic History SocietyThe Economic History Society will consider applications for grants – normally of up to £1,000 – to assist postgraduate students (Master’s Degree and PhD) in United Kingdom colleges and universities wi... 034
Reposted by Florian WieserDavid Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Until very recently, the word “woke” conveyed something beautiful: political awakening in the context of the African-American liberation struggle. The way it has been forcibly stripped from that context and transformed into a ubiquitous term of derision is shockingly cruel & inherently anti-black 1/ 5667221
Reposted by Florian WieserDarcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I get a lot of people asking for sources about the Lipan Apache in Texas and our history; the Texas State Historical Society just published a thorough, peer-reviewed article on the subject! www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...tshaonline.orgHistory and Legacy of the Lipan Apache Tribe in Texas and MexicoExplore the rich history, cultural heritage, and continuous presence of the Lipan Apache tribe across Texas, northern Mexico, and the Southern Great Plains. Learn about their origins, alliances, resis... 319878
Reposted by Florian WieserLeigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Maybe when we learn about a new movie from the exact same feed where we learn about a new global atrocity, we are gradually training ourselves to treat movies like global atrocities and treat global atrocities like movies 322867
Reposted by Florian WieserOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763122016
Reposted by Florian WieserMartin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So updating our 'guide' for history students, predominately for undergrads and have added: F. James, ‘The Wild Essay, Or, the Essayist Responds to the University Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Learning, Teaching and Assessment’, New Writing (2026): 1–6, doi.org/10.1080/1479...doi.orgThe Wild Essay, Or, the Essayist responds to the University Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Learning, Teaching and AssessmentThis is a guide to the essay in the age of AI, when we need it more than ever. How should we encourage our students to read when co-pilot is on hand to read for them? Beset on all sides by summary ... 3154
Reposted by Florian WieserLewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I think a lot of Europeans will agree this has been a summer of extraordinary intensity. It fills me with dread to think this could just be the first of many like it 2133
Reposted by Florian WieserLewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026So… I just found out that a YouTube channel that’s publishing AI-generated antisemitic "history" videos “cites” an article of mine (one that doesn’t even mention Jewish people) alongside several others as a way of trying to intellectualise their antisemitism, and I’m feeling rather sick. Ooooof 352
Reposted by Florian WieserWole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 07/08/2026Eugenia has already said here everything I was going to say about this. One thing I will add is that the lasting thing I gained following this project was a deep hatred for AI slop and LLMs as anyone who has heard me speak on ths subject since knows. I saw how the sausage was made and rejected it. 14697257
Reposted by Florian WieserShahan Ali Memon @shahanmemon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026#Academia has an empathy problem. #LongRant We train people to be rigorous thinkers, and productive researchers (or at least claim to). But we do far less to train ourselves to listen, uplift others, and be good members of an intellectual community. We should actively practice empathy too. 🧵 67722
Reposted by Florian WieserJohn McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Costume design by Daniel Rabel for the Entry of Music in the Ballet des Fées de la Forest de Saint Germain, performed by the Ballet de Cour of Louis XIII, 1625 (V&A, London) 53613
Reposted by Florian WieserJohn McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This little bird was embroidered in Peru sometime between 100CE and 600CE. (V&A, London) 0538
Reposted by Florian WieserDaniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026In the 1560s, the volcanic tropical island located in the South Atlantic Ocean, Saint Helena (left on the image), was in big trouble, when a sea monster with an experimental hairdo and twice as big as the island (right on the image), met spontaneously in the wide open sea. #skystorians 821843