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Helmer Helmers

@helmer.bsky.social
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Senior researcher in Early Modern Dutch History and Culture at @KNAWHuC. History of media and international relations in early modern Europe.

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FEEST! @emlcjournal.bsky.social bestaat tien jaar en dat verdient taart! Als ook een panelgesprek over de toekomst van onderzoek naar de vroegmoderne Nederlanden, en een museumbezoek met flitspresentaties door auteurs van ons jubileumnummer. Gratis registratie: www.eventbrite.com/e/tienjarig-...
invite for the 10 year anniversary of the Early Modern Low Countries journal at the Hof van Busleyden (in Mechelen) on 4 December between 13:00 and 17:00
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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
6-year fully funded research and teaching assistant job at University of Ghent in the fields of English literature/cultural theory, history/translation history, linguistics, language acquisition, communication. Own projects are welcome! Details: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-As...
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Assistant English
Assistant English
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Friends, if you've ever worked in the Dutch National Archives, consider signing this petition. Its administrators want to completely shut down its public educational programs and turn it into a repository of exclusively government records. #skystorians 🗃️
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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For the last nine months it's been my pleasure & privilege to be the editor of Renaissance Studies, and I think we're well overdue a romp through some fantastic articles we've published this year. See below for some of the finest new research in the interdisciplinary study of the Renaissance! 👇
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Spent my day in the archive with 17th c. family books. Many lists. Here's one by Maria van den Corput (1603-1671) of all her and her husbands' godchildren - they included both her nephew John de Witt (1625) and his son Johan (1662)! @inekehuysman.bsky.social
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Nadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/PhD-Posi... Apply by 15 Oct 2026
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PhD Position Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD Position Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Assistant Professor – Modern European Intellectual History - Department of History Terrific opportunity at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Deadline: October 15 #academicjobs #skystorians aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05550?app...
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Assistant Professor – Modern European Intellectual History - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Jade Jesty @jadejesty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am delighted that my article has been published by The Seventeenth Century, @tandfresearch.bsky.social! ⚔️ It explores the reputation of Prince Maurice of the Palatinate, a highly active military commander in the British Civil Wars! #skystorians #earlymodern www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Prince Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, in the British Civil Wars
This article explores the representations of Prince Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, in the history of the British Civil Wars. Tracing the development of his fearsome reputation as the wars p...
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Stephanie Porras @periodeye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Extremely excited to announce an article co-authored by myself and Aaron Hyman on the visual and material cultures of Dutch piracy in the early modern Caribbean is now out in Renaissance quarterly @rsaorg.bsky.social , and open access! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Recasting the Silver Fleet, or The Propaganda of Piracy in the Dutch Caribbean | Renaissance Quarterly: Vol 79, No 3
In 1628, the Dutch West India Company captured a Spanish silver fleet off the shore of Cuba. A broadside by Claes Jansz Visscher (1587–1652) celebrated the event, illustrating the battle and providing...
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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Update: all issues of the Book Historical journal De Gulden Passer = The Golden Compass from 1923 up until 2015 are now available in Open Access on DBNL: www.dbnl.org/titels/tijds.... Later years will follow as the wall moves (and scanning infrastructure permits).
Cover for De Gulden Passer, Journal for Book History (2015/1).
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Goed nieuws: het archief van het tijdschrift De Zeventiende Eeuw (voorloper van @emlcjournal.bsky.social) staat sinds kort online bij @openjournalsnl.bsky.social. Zie hier: platform.openjournals.nl/de-zeventien.... Het gaat om de jaargangen 2011-2016, die nog niet op DBNL stonden.
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De Zeventiende Eeuw: Cultuur in de Nederlanden in interdisciplinair perspectief
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Ellie Collins @elleccollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Yesterday we published Mary Ann Lund’s new edition in the Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne - a project known far and wide for its editorial rigour and immaculate presentation, under the general editorship of @mcculloughp.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Chair of Art History at Oxford advert is now live, and the important bit is this: "We welcome applications from candidates with expertise in any area of the History of Art". You've got till October 19 to apply or tell somebody else to. A wonderful job, go for it. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Job Details
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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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Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers) @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There's still time! The deadline is October 1. #earlymodern
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Judith Pollmann @judithpollmann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Het is zover. Op de Historicidagen @leidenhumanities.bsky.social ga ik vandaag in gesprek met @maikadekeyzer.bsky.social, Hans Piena, @annepetterson.bsky.social, Hans Mol, en @arjannobel.bsky.social over de toekomst van de plattelandsgeschiedenis.
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Voor wie naar de Historicidagen komt: we hebben wat te bepraten! 👇👇
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Henk Looijesteijn @henklooijesteijn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Docenten! Waarschuwt uw glansrijke scribenten! 😉
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Suze Zijlstra @suzezij.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Promotieplaatsen! Het Scheepvaartmuseum zoekt twee Promovendi Collecties voor het onderzoeksproject 'Het aanzicht van de maritieme cultuur, 1600-1950': www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/over-ons/wer...
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Vacature - Promovendi Collecties | Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum laat zien hoe water werelden verbindt. Het staat bekend als spraakmakend en toonaangevend museum met een van de meest bijzondere maritieme collecties ter wereld. Dagelijks ontvan...
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 PhD in Political Science or an equivalent 🏫 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ⌛ Wednesday 30 September 🔗 buff.ly/d1RNtei #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
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Full-time, tenured position in Comparative Politics - Facultad de Historia, Geografía y Ciencia Política
The Institute of Political Science (ICP) at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile invites applications for a full-time tenured position in Comparative Politics, at the rank of Associate…
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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Inmiddels is volledig duidelijk dat extreemrechtse groeperingen in Europa gecoördineerd meededen aan een Russische destabilisatiecampagne iver Ceuta. De berichten waarmee Brekelmans actief en enthousiast zijn steentje bijdroeg aan deze desinformatie van een statelijk actor staan nog steeds online.
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Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds
Counter-disinformation group says social media channels connected to Pravda network helped amplify message
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wonderful new article by River Baars and Sophie Rose (both @soasuni.bsky.social) on Dutch judicial violence against homosexuality. They argue that the regime enforced by the VOC in the 17th and 18th c. boomeranged to the Republic with the gay persecutions of 1730. academic.oup.com/jsh/advance-...
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The VOC’s “Dirty Work”: sodomy prosecutions and the Dutch East India Company’s sexual–moral order from the Indies to the Dutch Republic, 1600–1730
Abstract. This article examines sodomy prosecutions by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows t
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Wonderful new article by River Baars and Sophie Rose (both @soasuni.bsky.social) on Dutch judicial violence against homosexuality. They argue that the regime enforced by the VOC in the 17th and 18th c. boomeranged to the Republic with the gay persecutions of 1730. academic.oup.com/jsh/advance-...
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The VOC’s “Dirty Work”: sodomy prosecutions and the Dutch East India Company’s sexual–moral order from the Indies to the Dutch Republic, 1600–1730
Abstract. This article examines sodomy prosecutions by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows t
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The Moroccan government confirmed that the Ceuta migration wave was organized and amplified through social media. A similar campaign is currently being run on TikTok, where people from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq are being encouraged to migrate through Belarus to EU via the Baltic states. 1/2
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Lotte Jensen @lottejensen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Call for papers Werkgroep de Moderne Tijd: Planten in de vensterbank! De domesticatie van natuur, 1780-1940. Abstracts insturen voor 25 september: Meer info: www.mdnl.nl?p=20217
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Call for papers Jaarcongres De Moderne Tijd 2027 – MdNL | Maatschappij der Nederlandse letterkunde
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
#CfA 📢 Postdoctoral fellowships, Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts (2027–2030) 📆2027-2030 | 🏫 Princeton University (USA) ⏰ Application deadline: 4 August 2026 🔗 sf.princeton.edu/about-us/new... #Postdoc #AcademicJobs #Humanities #SocialSciences
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2026 Call for Applications
The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities and social sciences, invites applications for the 2027-2030 fellowship competition. Appli...
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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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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Professorship! The European University Institute (my PhD alma mater) in Florence, Italy, is seeking a new Chair in Intellectual History, 1500–Present. Deadline: 10 September www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
An cloistered courtyard with a tree centre and a tower to the right
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Perkamentus antiquarius @perkamentus-books.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
@letterkunde.bsky.social @allardpierson.bsky.social @kb.nl @rijksmuseum.bsky.social @amsterdammuseum.bsky.social En soms, heel soms, worden er museale vondsten gedaan op boekenmarkten! ☺️ Lees: perkamentus.blogspot.com/2026/07/de-d...
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De Dordtse boekenmarkt en wat ik daar vond...
Ruim vijftien jaar geleden, op zondag 3 juli 2011 bezocht ik voor het eerst en voor het laatst de boekenmarkt in Dordrecht ... Tijd om weer ...
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Tresoar @tresoar.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
𝗘𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗼𝘅: 𝗺𝗮𝗮𝗸 𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗳 𝗻𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗸 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 📥 Doorzoek de archieven van Tresoar in een nieuwe zoekomgeving en vraag vanaf nu archiefstukken digitaal aan door gebruik te maken van onze #scanservice 📜 Sjoch hjir foar mear ynfo ➡️ www.tresoar.nl/nieuws/eeuwe...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Nat Hansen @nathansen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Umeå University is advertising two assistant professor positions in the humanities: www.umu.se/en/work-with... I was a postdoc at Umeå and it's a great place to work! @ethannowak.bsky.social would back me up on this.
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Two positions as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🚨 NEWS: The European Commission finds addictive design of Instagram & Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act "Meta did not adequately assess the risks of its addictive design on the physical and mental wellbeing of users, including minors and vulnerable adults" ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Commission preliminarily finds the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook in breach of the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act for the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook.
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James Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Good news, but the fact that this is only happening now, nearly three years after the cyber attack shows 1) what a huge job BL staff have had rebuilding services, 2) that the BL is underfunded, and 3) the impact this has had on academic research, especially in the humanities.
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Perkamentus antiquarius @perkamentus-books.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@helmer.bsky.social Volgens mij heb ik een originele Nicolaes van Geelkercken (1585-1656) gevonden.😎 Koperen plaatje met gravure nr. 22 uit Cupido's Lusthof (Amsterdam, 1613). Morgen meer over deze opzienbarende vondst op de Dordtse boekenmarkt op mijn weblog perkamentus.blogspot.com. Stay tuned! 😀
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
My heart goes out to S22
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Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The University of Guelph (near Toronto) welcomes applications for a Fulbright Fellowship in Digital Humanities 2027-2028. US$25K for 4 months, aimed at academics with tenure or tenure track position. Application deadline Sept 15 2026. www.fulbright.ca/programs/ame...
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Research Chairs - All Disciplines
Award 271429-CA Research Chairs - General and interdisciplinary COMPETITION OPEN Awards to be taken up in the  2027-2028 Academic Year...
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
50% off with @manchesterup.bsky.social!!! Go on, get yourself a little treat. Our series of Studies in #earlymodern Europe history is basically one big treasure chest of shiny gems. #SkyStorians manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/studi...
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Studies in Early Modern European History - Manchester University Press
This series aims to promote challenging and innovative research in all areas of early modern European history. For over twenty years it has published monographs and edited volumes that make an origina...
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
CBC has been making a documentary on the rise of Oligarchy. The first three episodes are now online: app.magellan.ai/listen_links... The last episode will, I have been told by the producer, most likely follow in September.
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The Billionaire Age Pt 1 | How did we get here?
Listen to Ideas
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Gaétan Heymes @gaetanheymes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Il est donc très risqué d'affirmer à ce stade que la semaine du 6 au 12 juillet sera plus chaude, ou même aussi chaude que celle que nous venons de vivre. Elle sera surtout extrêmement sèche, et c'est cela qui devrait nous inquiéter encore plus, car la nature meurt en silence. 2/2
Anomalie de précipitations pour la semaine du 6 au 12 juillet. 
Signal très sec généralisé
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Gaétan Heymes @gaetanheymes.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Signal très chaud pour la semaine du 6 au 12 juillet (carte de gauche). Même ordre de grandeur que pour la prévision il y a deux semaines (à droite) pour la semaine qui s'achève. Elle s'est avérée être la plus chaude jamais observée sur le pays, avec une anomalie de +9°C en moyenne sur le pays.
Anomalie médiane de température en plage de couleurs et écart interdécile normalisé. Prévision du 27 juin, pour la semaine du 6 au 12 juillet.
En France, anomalie prévue entre +1 et +3°C sur la Méditerranée, +3 à +6°C sur la majeure partie du pays, entre +6 et +10°C sur le centre-ouest.
L'écart interdécile normalisé indique que les incertitudes sont plus fortes sur une petite moitié nord du pays.Anomalie médiane de température en plage de couleurs et écart interdécile normalisé.
Prévision du 13 juin, pour la semaine du 22 au 28 juin.
En France, anomalie prévue entre +1 et +3°C de la Bretagne aux Ardennes, +3 à +6°C ailleurs, mais avec un fort écart interdécile normalisé qui traduisait une forte incertitude..
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#CfP 📢 Seminar: “Connections. Mobility and Community in the Early Modern World”, Radical Pietism in Northern Europe 📆 21-23 October 2026 | 🏫 University of Copenhagen ⏰ Deadline: 1 July 2026 🔗 saxoinstitute.ku.dk/research/his... #EarlyModern
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Joris Oddens @jorisoddens.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Schilderij ontdekt van vergadering in 1608, de 'geboorte van Nederland'
Het verbeeldt het moment waarop de Staten-Generaal het nieuws krijgen dat een Spaanse delegatie bereid is in hun midden te verschijnen.
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Joris Oddens @jorisoddens.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Historische sensatie! In 2023 stuitte ik op een volstrekt onbekend schilderij. Het bleek te gaan om een voorstelling van de Staten-Generaal en een verbeelding van het ontstaan van Nederland als soevereine staat. Lees nu het volledige verhaal in Early Modern Low Countries. doi.org/10.51750/eml...
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Joris discovered an amazing painting and wrote a magnificent analysis of it, too, for @emlcjournal.bsky.social: emlc-journal.org/article/view...
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View of Representing Dutch Sovereignty
Early Modern Low Countries
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Helmer Helmers @helmer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ken jij deze al @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social? Check it out.
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Watching the inestimable @helmer.bsky.social at work: Dutch public diplomacy in the Holy Roman Empire. #earlymodern
Photo of speaker giving a talk, with power point slides and attentive public
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Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's almost time!!! We have less than a week before our Book History Conference. Lots of great panels are planned! If you'd like to join online please contact the organizers, Chloe Akers-Brewers or James Fox. Learn more about the conference program here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference
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Francois Soyer @fsoyer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Another woman, this time from 1542, with strong feelings about the Inquisition. Denounced in Lisbon for having said: "f*ck the Inquisition, f*ck those in charge of it and f*ck those who brought it [to Portugal] " (respondeu: merda pera a inquisicao e pera quem a manda e pera quem a tras).
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