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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"I shall not write you very particular for fear of it being taken" — fitting words, since we can only read this letter today because it WAS taken. Explore everyday life during America’s independence struggle through our workshop on Prize Papers. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-...

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Yes, we are recording the talks

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

History inspires game development. This Thursday, John Beiner and I will share how the Prize Papers Project and the German Maritime Museum are helping Capstan Games bring maritime history to life in the game "Ahoy". Join our international workshop online! Link below. #earlymodern #maritimehistory

John Beiner and me standing in front of the main entrance of The National Archives, UK / First slide of our presentation, with a screenshot from the game in the background.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join us 8–9 October for "The Prize Papers of the American War of Independence" at The National Archives, UK, and online. Explore newly catalogued documents from captured ships that reveal wartime lives and a global conflict. Register: www.eventbrite.de/e/the-prize-... #Rev250 #earlymodern #history

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The Prize Papers of the American War of Independence (Online)

An International Workshop on the UK Prize Papers and the American War of Independence: Wartime Lives, Capture, and Transnational Exchange

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And they keynote starts in the afternoon!

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Good news is: we will record the sessions

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The Prize Papers of the American War of Independence (Online)

An International Workshop on the UK Prize Papers and the American War of Independence: Wartime Lives, Capture, and Transnational Exchange

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today I’m presenting my poster, “The Convicts’ Letters,” at the Digital History Conference in Salzburg: a planned digital edition and storytelling platform on forced migration aboard HMS Calcutta (1803), based on newly discovered letters. Thanks to @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de for the support.

Me standing in front of the poster. Poster with many texts and pictures – in blue/white, waves in the back.

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Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Und als Reiselektüre hab ich neben Colson Whitehead noch dieses schöne Interview mit @lhaasis.bsky.social in der @gamestar.de.web.brid.gy

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mehr Reichweite als mein Buch in jedem Fall hahaha

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great HistoRAG workshop in Mainz – perfect timing to improve my own letter-analysis RAG project. Thanks to Noah Kim-Baumann, Aurel Daugs, Johanna Mauermann & Thorsten Wübbena for the inspiring, hands-on exchange on source sovereignty and historical method with LLMs. #history #AI #RAG

Group picture in the room, screen behind us, table in front of us, with computers on the table and water bottles (yeah, we should have removed them before the picture!), from left to right: Noah Kim-Baumann, Aurel Daugs, Johanna Mauermann, me and Prof. Thorsten Wübbena

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Briefe aus Gefangenschaft, Workshop, Freitag, 25.9.2026 / 10 bis 17 Uhr / Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstraße 4/5, 28195 Bremen / Alle Info zur Veranstaltung: www.dsm.museum/kalender/bri...

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Briefe aus Gefangenschaft verbinden Menschen mit der Außenwelt und zeugen gleichzeitig von Gewalt, Überwachung, manchmal auch von Hoffnung. Interdisziplinärer Workshop am 25.09. im Haus der Wissenschaft Bremen zu Schriftzeugnissen vom 19. Jh. bis heute. Unterstützt von der @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de

Briefe aus Gefangenschaft – Veranstaltungshinweis, weiße Schrift auf blauem Hintergrund mit Titel der Veranstaltung, Ort und Datum.

Briefe aus Gefangenschaft – Kurztext zu Veranstaltung, weiße Schrift auf blauem Hintergrund.

Briefe aus Gefangenschaft – Teilnehmende, weiße Schrift auf blauem Hintergrund.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

You are very right ☺️ Looking forward to backing the game!

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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@jakedyble.bsky.social's new card game, Fortuna, is launching on Kickstarter soon! I've played this game *many* times over the years – I can vouch that medieval/early modern, maritime and commercial historians (and others!) will have *lots* of fun with it. Sign up to be notified when it launches! 🗃️

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Coming soon: Fortuna

A light strategic card game set in the glittering world of maritime commerce. Trade. Bluff. Run Risks. Retire in Style! Launching 2027.

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The Prize Papers Project @prizepapers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

An International Workshop on the UK Prize Papers and the American War of Independence: Wartime Lives, Capture, and Transnational Exchange - for more information and the sign up links follow www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ich weiß nicht, ob Menschen, die zu jung für 9/11 sind, sich irgendwie vorstellen können wie tief die Zäsur ist. Wie rasend sich die Welt danach verändert hat. Die Welt davor ist komplett verloren.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In Lisbon for the 8th International Conference on Public History, joining the roundtable “Integrating Holocaust Game-Making into the Classroom.” How can games support critical remembrance education for young people? Thanks to Clarissa Ceglio and to @daadworldwide.bsky.social

Conference Poster, with all important info (also mentioned in the text), black and white. The image shows a historic prison.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There was once a commercial in Germany by Mercedes playing with this thought, it was forbidden, but you can still find it on YouTube

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Find the whole programme here – it's massive: in2past.org/wp-content/u...

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists

Contents

Introduction - vii

Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition - xi

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien - 1

Notes - 607

Index - 637

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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Charlotte Wainwright restoring and saving old/ancient books. www.wainwrightbookbinding.com

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uopmaritime @uopmaritime.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Book your ticket for an exciting & interdisciplinary conference exploring marginalised maritime histories from 1500-present @ National Maritime Museum, 11-12 November 2026. Organised by the Royal Museums Greenwich & University of Portsmouth's @uopmaritime.bsky.social www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...

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Conference - Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present

A two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring marginalised histories in maritime contexts from c.1500 to the present day

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

“I am conscious I have deserv’d all I suffer.” What did remorse, hope and survival mean aboard HMS Calcutta in 1803? Join me at the Migration & Mobility Seminar & @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social, Senate House London/online, 6 Oct, on convict letters & Britain’s transportation system #earlymodern #history

Blue waves, dark sky, light from above. No one paints waves like him. Painting: Ivan Aivazovsky, “Among the Waves”, 1898, Feodosia National Art Gallery of I. K. Aivazovsky.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The paper is part of seminar with a fantastic program on migration, mobility, lived experience, and the ways in which individuals made sense of movement, displacement, and belonging across different historical contexts and periods. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Programme listing all speakers, in yellow/green.

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Dr Gul Sen @guel-sen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"Sentenced to the Galleys: Manpower as a Challenge for the Ottoman Navy" in: Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 33/2. Online publication date: July 31, 2026. 👉https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/303/article/996937/pdf #maritimehistory #navy #galley #rowers

The first page of the article "Sentenced to the Galleys: Manpower as a Challenge for the Ottoman Navy"

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm just delighted to see that this book is now published! Games and Sports in Renaissance Italy The Art of Play by Kelli Wood 260 Pages 113 Color Illustrations www.routledge.com/Games-and-Sp... This book offers a cultural, visual, and material history of games in Renaissance Italy.

The front cover of a book, with text in the bottom half and a detail from Caravaggio's "The Cardsharps" in the top half.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Erinnern mit Games. Fortbildung zum Einsatz von Remembrance Games in Geschichtsunterricht und politischer Bildung. Game Days Osnabrück, 28.08. 12:30-16:00 @lagjugendundfilm.bsky.social #blueLZ #games #erinnerung #geradejetzt @akgwds.bsky.social Anmeldung: www.lag-jugend-und-film.de/projekte/gam...

Ankündigungstext Fortbildung: Erinnern mit Games – bei den Game Days Osnabrück 28.08. – im Hintergrund: Jugendliche spielt "Erinnern. Die Kinder vom Bullenhuser Damm" auf dem Tablett – dort zu sehen Zeitungsausschnitt. Farben in dezentem Gelb gehalten.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton... -Gifted millions of free books to kids -Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits -Helped fund medical research, including the COVID vaccine -Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters -Quietly funded high school band programs We lost an incredible person.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

an important and useful life rule: Never trust anything your brain tells you after 10pm.

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Richard Cole @richardcole.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I grew up playing games like Age of Empires. The Festival is our way of giving back, an exploration of what happens when you bring together game designers, heritage professionals, academic researchers and players to imagine better historical games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eof...

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Festival of History and Heritage in Games

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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 15/08/2026

Ich halte Siegmund ebenfalls für den gefährlichsten Mann Deutschlands. Er bringt genau das in die rechtsextreme AfD, das ihr Weidel & Höcke nie geben konnten: Ein freundliches Antlitz, Spritzigkeit und Charme, Humor und TikTok-Skills. So könnte er Neonazis wie Tillschneider an die Macht bringen.

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LAG Jugend & Film Niedersachsen @lagjugendundfilm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Am 28.8. findet der „Game Days Fortbildungstag“ in #osnabrück statt: Pädagog*innen erhalten eine Einführung in die Welt der digitalen Spiele & können medienpraktische Ansätze erproben (u.A. mit @lhaasis.bsky.social zum Thema Erinnerungskultur). Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos, um Anmeldung wird gebeten!

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Game Days Osnabrück 2026

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Happy #internationalCatDay! To celebrate, gonna highlight the episode of Untitled History Podcast I did a while back on the complete history of ship's cats. Includes bonus discussion of ship's elephants...

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Episode 2: The History of Cats on Ships

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Today I discovered that a letter attributed to a man was actually written by Ann Bathurst, the 17th-century visionary woman I’m researching. 🤩 Archival work might be slow and painstaking but it’s totally thrilling to be going in search of lost voices from the past and finding them! 📚

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Bijan Moini @bijanmoini.de · 01/08/2026

Die Behauptung, der deutsche Sozialstaat ziehe Migrant*innen an, ist nicht nur Humbug, sondern auch eine perverse Geringschätzung der hiesigen Verhältnisse. Menschen möchten nach Deutschland, weil hier Frieden und Freiheit herrschen, weil es Arbeit gibt und gute Schulen. Nicht für Almosen.

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Carolin Emcke @emcke.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Auf gehts nach #Hamburg zum #CSD - das ist das, was sich jetzt richtig anfühlt. Zusammenkommen, auf der Straße, protestieren, sich umarmen, spüren, zuhören, reden, trauern und tanzen

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Piraten: Mythos und Wahrheit. Wie viel Geschichte steckt in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag? Danke für die Einladung in den Gamestar Talk an Lea Herfurtner @gamestar.bsky.social – mit David von #his2go und Andrej @geschichtsfenster.bsky.social #piraten @akgwds.bsky.social youtu.be/PJ6GhUmc6Ys?...

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Warum AC Black Flag die Geschichte verdreht | mit @Geschichtsfenster

YouTube video by GameStar Talk

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Welcome to my new followers! Before I was put at risk of redundancy last month I was working on a chapter on 16th-18th-century finger rings. 💍 My sample is around 10,000 rings mentioned in 30,000 English wills from 1540-1790. 1/

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