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Jakub Ochocinski

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Early Modern Poland–Lithuania history of science/thebook/reading/writing astrology/writing–almanacs/annotation practices @eui-history.bsky.social linktr.ee/jakub.ochocinski

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our conference starts in less than a week! 📢 Global Connections: Central and Eastern Europe in the #EarlyModern World (c. 1500–1800) 📅 28–30 Sept 2026 📍 University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 Opening lecture: Prof. Tomasz Grusiecki, "The Last Aurochs" – Mon 5pm. All welcome!
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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Out! 📙 Constructions of femininity in the Spanish Enlightenment, the English expanded version of my book published in 1998 in Spanish, translated and edited by Betsy Lewis, with new presentations and historiographic essay. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... @eui-history.bsky.social
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Excited to share that from September I will be visiting the @iwm.at as Junior Jerzy Giedroyć fellow!
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The "Visualization of the Heavens" database has launched to the public 🌌 The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j #HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum
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“Visualization of the Heavens” Database Launches to the Public | MPIWG
“Visualization of the Heavens” database becomes accessible to the public
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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Calling all history of astronomy nerds, the latest open-access book from the Alfonsine Tables project is now available, featuring late medieval tables from Central Europe - Jan of Głogów, Albert of Brudzewo, Johannes Schöner, & many more: 🌞🌒🪐 www.brepols.net/products/IS-... #HistSTM @brepols.net
Book cover image for Alena Hadravová and Petr Hadrava's book, "Tabule resolute: The Central European Type of Alfonsine Tables" (2026)
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Dr Xinyi Wen @drxinyiwen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Please join our experimental workshop @warburginstitute.bsky.social on the global history of science this Thursday: Beyond Strategic Essentialism: Reimagining Global Knowledge through Asian Universalities 🕑 4 Jun 2026 14:00-17:00 British Summer Time  📍London & Online 🗃️ #C19th #History #HistSci
Beyond Strategic Essentialism: Reimagining Global Knowledge through Asian Universalities

4 Jun 2026 14:00-17:00 British Summer Time 
Warburg Institute, London and Online

Registration link: https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/reimagining-global-knowledge-through-asian-universalities-2026
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Once a month some people ... attend Casebooks Therapy. Join us Weds 29 Apr, 3pm CEST to read #astrology #histmed #earlymodern #manuscripts. DM @laurenkassell.bsky.social for the link. @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social @jakubochocinski.bsky.social @camdiglib.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
For a thing (#asecs) I have just reread Olga Tokarczuk's behemoth novel The Books of Jacob. The whole is brilliant, but my favourite bit remains the early ch introducing the #18thc poetess Elżbieta Drużbacka, & titled "of bloodstained silks," where the narrator imagines a "university for women."
Title page: "The Books of Jacob, or, A Fantastic Journey Across 7 Borders, 5 Languages, and 3 Major Religions, Not counting the minor sects; told by the dead, supplemented by the author, drawing from a range of books, and aided by imagination, the which being the greatest natural gift of any person that the wise ight have it for a record, that my compatriots reflection, layperson gain some understanding, and melancholy souls obtain some slight enjoyment." The graphic--sun beam or moon beam across a dark sky, which has a fringe as though it were a prayer shawl--might suggest enlightenment.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Excellent news that Vital Byl has brought out a full-length book about witch trials in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - up to now my chapter in the Bloomsbury Cultural History of Magic was one of the few texts on this subject in English: 🇱🇹🧙‍♀️ link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Neil Younger @neilayounger.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
26 March 1583: John Dee (seen here in a later, less accurate but more fun image) is having a very busy time. As we've seen, he's been consulted by the government about whether England should follow Catholic Europe by changing the calendar, and has advised that it should; his ... 1/ #earlymodern
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What happened in the consulting room of an astrologer physician in rural England 400 years ago? Find out at CASEBOOKS THERAPY, Wed 25 Mar DM @laurenkassell.bsky.social for details @hagenilda.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @jakubochocinski.bsky.social #histmed #astrology @eui-history.bsky.social
casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk
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Wojciech Kordyzon @wkordyzon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Job alert! This is a reminder that I'm looking for a team member to work on a book history project 📚 that explores the networks 🕸️ of Protestant book agents in Poland-Lithuania and Prussia! Details: konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl/api/document... (EN version at p. 7). Send an application by 9.03!
konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Casebooks Therapy — where experts and enthusiasts gather to discuss hard to read, often tragic, sometimes life-affirming medical records that aren't even #medieval — will take place on Weds, 25 Feb, 3pm Florence time. Always online, never dull. DM or email @laurenkassell.bsky.social for the link.
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
This Wednesday (28 Jan) we are back again reading Forman and Napier. Dm if you’d like to join! @laurenkassell.bsky.social @hpscasebooks.bsky.social #skystorians #casebooks
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Online this Wednesday, 3-4pm Florence time @laurenkassell.bsky.social @hpscasebooks.bsky.social #skystorians #casebooks
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Casebooks Project @hpscasebooks.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Join us tomorrow (29 October) for #casebookstherapy!! @jakubochocinski.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social @laurenkassell.bsky.social #histmed #astrology #histsci #earlymodern
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Our first session is this Wednesday @laurenkassell.bsky.social
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Last week in Istanbul with @ulastuna.bsky.social and @luiscamposribeiro.bsky.social after our panel at Scientiae2025 “Prognostication, fortune, and risk: How people navigated material fortunes through almanacs and astrological consulations in the e.m world.” Thank you both and Scientiae organisers!
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Will be going to this!
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Casebooks Therapy is back! Here’s our schedule for 2025-2026. As usual, everyone is welcome to bring cases to read from the digital edition casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk or to simply come along and enjoy! Our first session is next month, 29 October. For the zoom link, please dm or email me
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Tomorrow (21 May 15:00-16:00 Florence time) is our final session of casebooks therapy for this academic year. If you’d like to join dm me for the zoom link! #skystorians #casebooks #astronomy #astrology @laurenkassell.bsky.social
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Sergio Orozco-Echeverri @sergiooe.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Amazing workshop on #earlymodern #almanacs It was great to meet old and new friends in this amazing place #Fribourg
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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Happening later this week -- Kepler, Kircher, Grynaeus, Bruno, and more: 😃 👇 #earlymodern #histsci
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Happy to see my review of @luiscamposribeiro.bsky.social’s book, Jesuit Astrology, to be out in the JHA today. Congratulations again, Luís! #skystorians #astronomy #astrology
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Sergio Orozco-Echeverri @sergiooe.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
How did #almanacs provide orientation for a "New World"? I'll be talking about Spanish-American almanacs in this fantastic workshop in Fribourg, Switzerland organised by Vitus Huber. If you are interested in #earlymodern uses of #time take a look at the programme #histsci
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Ada Arendt @adaarendt.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Heading to Fribourg🇨🇭in mid-May for a phenomenal seminar on time and writing in early modern almanacs, organised by Vitus Huber. Another chance to revisit my PhD dissertation (2018), where I first developed and introduced archaeology of care as an interpretative method.
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Emotion in Early Modern Science? Join us for a 2-day conference at the Warburg Institute exploring how Kepler, Kircher, and Boyle used pathos, praise & wonder in their scientific writing. 📅 15–16 May 🎟️ Free (in person or online)
warburg.sas.ac.uk
Emotional Persuasion in Early Modern Science: Vernacular and Neo-Latin Perspectives
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Very much looking forward to this symposium next month organised by Vitus Huber! Writing-calendar galore ✍️
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Lauren Kassell @laurenkassell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The next #casebooks therapy is this Wednesday 19 March - we’ll be reading the casebooks of #simonforman and #richardnapier. Thanks to @jakubochocinski.bsky.social for organising. dm or email him @eui-history.bsky.social @laurenkassell.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Our next #casebooks therapy is this Wednesday!
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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Some news! I am writing a book about everyday bewitchment using, among other records, Napier's casebooks, which I spent four years transcribing. I want to move away from sensationalist narratives. I am super glad to have met Fabienne who is amazing. I've had a can of Red Bull to celebrate.
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Eliska Bujokova @eliskabujokova.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
📣Thrilled to be joining Bluesky conversations with my most recent publication on Scottish midwifery! Many thanks to @sshmedicine.bsky.social and @sgsah.bsky.social!! doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
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‘None Regardless of Reputation Will Be Received’: Midwifery and Commercial Bodywork in Urban Scotland c. 1780–c. 18401
Summary. This article presents two case studies of Scottish midwives, Mrs Laidlaw from Edinburgh and Mrs Alexander from Aberdeen who used newspaper adverti
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Rob Ralley @robralley.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#otd 1627 Napier records a visit by 'on[e] Mr Eastworth a yorkesheerman' who 'should have broght me Mres Kays letter for the taking of physick against melanch[oly] but forgot it & the token of gold in it & left it behind him in yorke sheere'. He 'will send it if he can'.
Manuscript image of the quoted text (CASE63427 in the online edition).
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Jakub Ochocinski @jakubochocinski.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
The next #casebooks therapy is this Wednesday 19 March - we’ll be reading the casebooks of #simonforman and #richardnapier dm or email me for the zoom link @eui-history.bsky.social @laurenkassell.bsky.social @robralley.bsky.social @hagenilda.bsky.social
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