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Luc Wodzicki

@lucowitz.bsky.social
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📜 Historian of the Early Modern Mediterranean, Europe and Italy 🌍 | Exploring Thoughts, Things, & Landscapes 🏞️ | Post-Doc@ Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, Italy🔍 | Antifascist

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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wissenschaftler*innen in Deutschland brennen aus 👩‍🎓🚨 Der Grund: Kettenbefristungen. Nun liegt ein neuer Gesetzentwurf vor. Doch der greift zu kurz. ➡️ Jetzt WeAct-Petition von Gewerkschaften und Wissenschaftsverbänden unterzeichnen weact.campact.de/petitions/st...
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Wissenschaft: Dauerbefristung abschaffen!
Wissenschaftler*innen in Deutschland brennen aus 👩‍🎓🚨 Der Grund: Kettenbefristungen. Nun liegt ein neuer Gesetzentwurf vor. Doch der greift zu kurz. ➡️ Jetzt WeAct-Petition von Gewerkschaften und Wis...
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New article on @NEMoS_blog: 🌹🪶💥 “Rosewater, Nightingale, and Gunpowder” highlights cutting-edge research from three international conferences on sensory history in the Islamic world, challenging old assumptions & opening new horizons in early modern studies. nemos.hypotheses.org/3293
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“Rosewater, Nightingale, and Gunpowder”
This blog entry provides a brief overview of the main questions and themes addressed at three conferences co-organized by the authors between 2024 and 2025 in their capacity as postdoctoral researcher...
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This is how your email finds me: 💯 👇
Alt text: A LinkedIn post by Polly Pallister-Wilkins criticizing the recognition of Mark Carney's points on liberal international order. The post highlights the dismissal of similar points when made by marginalized groups and comments on imperialism and capitalism.
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Thanks to Jonah Berger at EUI for writing this review of our section in Bonn! It was great to bring together people from our Arbeitsgemeinschaft on historical landscape research and as always a pleasure to work with @lucowitz.bsky.social and Solveig Vanniez-Salvesen.
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HT 2025: Micropolitics of Landscape. Power and Control in the Invisible Spaces (1750-1950s)
Landscapes are often considered – subconsciously in most cases – as passive, vast, and empty spaces. Consequently, discussions about dynamics of power within landscapes tend to match the immensity of ...
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Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Kein Publikum, kein Problem? Am Mittwoch soll es endgültig besiegelt werden: Der Forschungsausschuss schließt die Türen. Union und SPD verteidigen den Schritt mit Verweis auf Arbeitsfähigkeit und Ordnung. Die Grünen sprechen von mangelnder Transparenz. Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/11...
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I just came across The Pink Scar (2025), which — both in its title and its argument — strongly recalls The Badge of Injury, a work by my friend @sebboo.bsky.social /Sébastien Tremblay that appeared two years earlier. It’s an important and fascinating topic that truly deserves attention.
Cover of the book The Pink Scar by Thomas R. Dunn. Its centrepiece is a pink triangle surrounded by smaller pink triangles.
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Der Addendum finde ich peinlich aber I'll take what I can take! Danke an die Kolleginnen die für den anderen Antrag sich engagieren haben Im Namen aller cis-männlichen Historiker entschuldige ich mich für die Absurdität, dass man sich im Jahr 2025 über solche "TrAdITionS" immernoch streiten muss
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Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft @historikertag.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Jeden Tag bis zum Historikertag eine Fachsektion! Heute: Micropolitics of Landscape. Power and Control in the Invisible Spaces (1750–1950s) mit: @lucowitz.bsky.social , @sebboo.bsky.social , Solveig Vanniez-Salvesen (Sektionsleitung)
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Was wir glaubten, worum es bei Wissenschaft als Beruf als #IchBinHanna gehe: Forschung. Lehre. Worum es wirklich geht: Immer wieder nach je anderen Kriterien die eigenen Unterlagen neu zusammenstellen & formatieren, um Anforderungen von Bewerbungs-, Antrags- & Evaluationsverfahren zu genügen.
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Kleiner Reminder, dass der Koalitionsvertrag der Bundesregierung Reform des #WissZeitVG bis Mitte 2026 verspricht! Da muss also sehr bald was passieren. Durch das BVerfG-Urteil zum #BerlHG gewinnt das Ganze an zusätzlicher Dringlichkeit. Wissenschaft als Beruf in D braucht Perspektiven! #IchBinHanna
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Die CDU ist eine Verbotspartei, die ideologisch alles, womit sie nicht einverstanden ist, als Ideologie darstellt. Klientelpolitik. Stammtischpolitik. Guter Zeitpunkt, um einen Blogbeitrag erneut zu veröffentlichen, den ich mit @smittermeier.bsky.social verfasst habe. @g-d-gegenwart.bsky.social
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Gegen ein Gender­verbot – für gute akade­mi­sche Praxis
Die Diskussion ums „Gendern“ ist ohne Frage zentraler Brennpunkt eines andauernden „Kulturkampfes“, nicht nur an deutschen Universitäten. Jedoch gehört geschlechterinklusive Sprache zur guten akademis...
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
👂👁 Tasting urine? Hearing disease? We at the Network of Early Modern Senses are excited to share Birgit Näther’s new article on multi-sensory diagnostics in pre-modern medicine — from uroscopy to the ‘seeing ear’ of the stethoscope. 👉 nemos.hypotheses.org/2773 #HistoryOfMedicine #SensoryHistory
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The ‘seeing ear’: multi-sensory diagnostics in pre-modern medicine
Birgit Näther examines how historical medical diagnostics relied on multisensory methods—seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing—while medical terminology and instruments like uroscopy and the stethoscope ...
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
👂👁 Tasting urine? Hearing disease? We at the Network of Early Modern Senses are excited to share Birgit Näther’s new article on multi-sensory diagnostics in pre-modern medicine — from uroscopy to the ‘seeing ear’ of the stethoscope. 👉 nemos.hypotheses.org/2773 #HistoryOfMedicine #SensoryHistory
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The ‘seeing ear’: multi-sensory diagnostics in pre-modern medicine
Birgit Näther examines how historical medical diagnostics relied on multisensory methods—seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing—while medical terminology and instruments like uroscopy and the stethoscope ...
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Dito, @sebboo.bsky.social <3
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I used to watch Terra X every sunday as a kid, so it was a real pleasure to join an episode of this ZDF documentary series as an expert. A fascinating dive into the hidden histories of Venice—on very (very) popular ground. Watch my sixty seconds in three bits here: www.zdf.de/play/dokus/t...
Screenshot von Terra X History; ein Mann im Jacket sitzt vor einer Ziegelwand. Unten wird sein Name "Dr. Luc Wodzicki" sowie "Historiker" eingeblendet.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
My brilliant friend and colleague @sebboo.bsky.social Sébastien Tremblay presented his book A Badge of Injury on the New Books Network — sharp analysis, compellingly told, highly recommended! Go and listen, then go and read! 🎧📚 ➡️ newbooksnetwork.com/a-badge-of-i...
The cover of Sébastien Tremblay, A Badge of Injury.
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Random männlicher Geschichtsprofessor auf die Frage, ob Geschlechtergeschichte auf dem Lehrplan stehen wird:
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This summer, our Research Colloquium in Early Modern Gender and Cultural History (FU Berlin) dives into Ottoman ornament in Maltese prisons, ruins as textual landscapes, and emotions in the Baltic Crusades. Want to join the mailing list? Email me: l.wodzicki(at)fu-berlin.de 📨 #Skystorians #earlymod
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taz @taz.de · 28/02/2025
Tausende gingen auf die Straße, als Lübcke getötet wurde. Merz warf Linken nun trotzdem Nichtstun vor. Eine taz-Recherche zeigt: Er unternahm wohl selber nichts.
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CDU-Chef instrumentalisiert rechten Mord: Wo war Friedrich Merz als Walter Lübcke ermordet wurde?
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
[History OA] Wednesday—time to spotlight emerging scholars! Elena Russo (@OxfordUniversity) explores how Dall’Ongaro's L’Origine della Bora constructs regional identity through sensory experiences of the Adriatic landscape: nemos.hypotheses.org/2618. #History #Adriatic #SensoryStudies #nemos
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Dall’Ongaro’s “L’Origine della Bora”
In this finding, Elena Russo argues that in this retelling of a popular legend, Dall’Ongaro blends the sensory experience of the Adriatic space with local legends to deepen the connection between the ...
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Guardian Headline: I knew one say I'd have to watch powerful men burn the world down - I just didn't expect them to be such losers (by Rebecca Shaw). With an image of Mark Zuckerberg.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
The link was broken, here's your open access article: oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/cr...
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
[History Open Access] The concept of Modernity in Global Intellectual History: Daniel Kolland traces its contested, global trajectories to reveal its fluid, political, and transnational uses, challenging simplistic narratives—a rec. in Cromohs’ "Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings."
A screenshot of the first page of Daniel Kolland's 'Global Performances of a Belated Concept: Revisiting Modernity Through Concept History'
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I have immense respect for Ally Louks, who faced an anti-humanities and misogynistic backlash for her PhD thesis. You can read her reflections here:
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Causing a stink: reflections on my viral PhD
Not all academics want their work to reach a public audience, but I do.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
[History Open Access] Biography in Global History: Seyfeddin T. Gasztowtt linked Polish independence & the Muslim world. Paulina Dominik shows how mobile actors shaped global moments—a must-read in Cromohs’ "Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings." oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/cr...
The title page of the article "Just 'a strange Polish Muslim'?" by Paulina Dominik.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
[History OA] Tuesday afternoon—time to spotlight emerging scholars! Pamina Herrmann, MA student (@FUBerlin), explores a sensory approach to "Il Libro del Sarto: Clothing & Textiles in the Italian Renaissance." Read more: nemos.hypotheses.org/1596. #History #Renaissance #SensoryStudies #skystorians
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Gian Giacomo del Conte’s “Il Libro del Sarto”
Pamina Herrmann discusses Gian Giacomo del Conte's 16th century ‘Libro del Sarto’ as a source for the sensory history of clothing and textiles.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
[History OA] Tuesday afternoon—time to spotlight emerging scholars! Pamina Herrmann, MA student (@FUBerlin), explores a sensory approach to "Il Libro del Sarto: Clothing & Textiles in the Italian Renaissance." Read more: nemos.hypotheses.org/1596. #History #Renaissance #SensoryStudies #skystorians
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Gian Giacomo del Conte’s “Il Libro del Sarto”
Pamina Herrmann discusses Gian Giacomo del Conte's 16th century ‘Libro del Sarto’ as a source for the sensory history of clothing and textiles.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Saturday afternoon. I haven’t read any research in 48 hours, but no one seems to suspect a thing...
A judging cat. Greyish, shocked, beautiful.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Great session with students today, working hands-on with things/artifacts/material sources. A strong reminder of how important the tactile side of history is (and how much I love it)—something we should perhaps emphasize more, even in traditional history programs. #history #earlymodern #skystorians
Ein Wasserzeichen aus Anker und Stern auf einem 300 Jahre alten Blatt Papier. Von hinten beleuchtet.Ein 300 Jahre altes Blatt Papier mit Wasserschaden.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Thoughtprovoking meeting of 'Dingwissen' network at the Humboldt Forum today: Dep. Dir. Alexis von Poser led us to reflect on authenticity, originality, models – and whether a Samoan mat, traditionally placed on the floor, should be allowed to be displayed hanging. #sensoryhistory #skystorians
Screenshot from an Instagram Post bei Forschungscampus Dahlem, showing a picture of people standing in front of A Samoan Mat, ca. 2,5x2,5 m, finely woven, hanging behind glass display.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A cherished collaboration: "Dingwissen" network explores how sensory engagement with things shaped knowledge in the premodern period. We are a small group of experts from museums and research institutions meeting regularly for discussions. Today @Humboldt Forum. #ObjectEpistemologies #SensoryHistory
Entwurf des Hybrid Space Labs: Das Humboldt Forum mit bewachsener Fassade. © Visualisierung Hybrid Space Lab
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
[History Open Access] A pleasure to ed. a section for CROMOHS 'Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings', feat. fantastic contributions (e. g. @sebboo.bsky.social). I’ll share them over the next days, starting with the co-authored intro w Sebastian Conrad: doi.org/10.36253/cro... #skystorians
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View of Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings | Cromohs - Cyber Review of Modern Historiography
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
While the Berlin Polizeipräsidentin is being quoted everywhere fanning the flames, I would like to leave this here: Canada's travel advice for the whole of Germany (and it's not new). Just saying.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
[Non-History] "In vielen Lebenslagen, hilft ehrliches ... " [Quelle: Defekte #Toilette am #Brennerpass] #raststättenpoetik #montag #widerdemleistungsdruck
Ein provisorisches Schild an einer WC-Kabine auf dem steht "Guasto, ci scusiamo per il disagio" und auf Deutsch "Versagen. Wir entschuldigen uns fur die Unannehmlichkeiten".
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Eduardo Fernández @apocalypsisnova.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Fellowships and Grants
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
[History of Tuscany] One of my pet projects is a #landscape history of #Tuscany, focusing on its working population. The region’s iconic scenery owes to the so-called mezzadria (sharecropping). (1/3)
This image depicts a stunning Tuscan landscape, characterized by rolling hills that stretch into the horizon under a dramatic sky. The interplay of light and shadow on the hills creates a dynamic visual effect, with vibrant green fields interspersed with darker patches of woodland. A small Podere (a typical Tuscan farmhouse) is visible in the foreground, nestled among cultivated land, likely vineyards and olive groves. The Podere appears to be surrounded by agricultural terraces, reflecting the traditional mezzadria system where diverse crops were cultivated in harmony with the land. The warm, golden light breaking through the clouds adds depth and highlights the beauty of this iconic rural scenery.
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Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Reminder, dass die D-Day-Nummer kein Ausreißer ist, sondern die Regel. 2022 etwa wollte Christian #Lindner Shoah-Überlebenden die Renten kürzen. Der Mann hat einfach kein Verantwortungsbewusstsein - nicht individuell, nicht für die deutsche Gesellschaft. www.zeit.de/2022/45/zahl...
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Zahlungen an Holocaust-Überlebende: Die Schuldbremse
Über die Zahlungen für Holocaust-Überlebende wird meist ohne große Aufregung verhandelt. Doch dieses Mal versuchte Bundesfinanzminister Lindner, sogar hier zu sparen.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
With new followers from history joining, I’d like to promote our blog Network of Early Modern Senses 👉 nemos.hypotheses.org. It is young, but already features some fascinating articles. Interested in publishing your own work on sensory history (review + DOI!)? Reach out: l.wodzicki@fu-berlin.de!
A screenshot from the frontpage of the blog nemos.hypotheses.org
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
[History] I love working with my dear friend and colleague @sebboo.bsky.social! We explore how forms of movement shape landscapes and cultural meanings in the project Landschaften des Wandelns (#LaWa): shorturl.at/6IMYE I’ll regularly share our research insights—stay tuned for more on landscapes! 🌿
A grey day in Tuscany; a group of Vespas drives into the direction of the camera. Left and right of the street are a femce, and trees. The chianti hills can be seen in the background.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
History Rec! Senses and landscapes are one of my favorite research interests, and I’m thrilled that @double-a-larsen.bsky.social has written this fantastic article on vision (the sense!) and the witches’ sabbath for nemos, the blog portal on #sensoryhistory I co-edit. Highly recommended reading!
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I’ve hit 2000 followers—thanks—but: your capacity to see posts is finite, and so is mine to read yours. Follow (and invite me to follow) if you’re into early modern intell. history, landscapes, the Mediterranean, senses, and antifascist politics. Let’s focus on meaningful interactions, not numbers.
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I’m switching to Bluesky! Here, I’ll share insights on my work, views, and our blog project on sensory history (nemos.hypotheses.org). Looking forward to academic exchange and connecting with anyone interested in transcultural, intellectual, Mediterranean, landscape, and sensory history.
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Network of Early Modern Senses
NEMoS is a network for exploring sensory history in the early modern period. We understand studying the history of the senses as analyzing how historical contexts shape the interpretation of sensory e...
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 14/02/2024
Having a project meeting with @lucowitz.bsky.social has its perks, for example when he tells how he bought you the only copy of a hiking magazine from the 19th century during his vacation on Rügen. 🤗 Nerdy friends are the best!
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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
Early modernist for one afternoon? Thank you @lucowitz.bsky.social for inviting me as an external guest to your FU-Oxford workshop on spatial history and sensory landscapes. Learned more about QGIS and the goth kid in me really enjoyed talking witches and sabbath sites 🖤
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
"Writing about history is like dancing about architecture," or so they say. I'm happy to contribute a chapter about an Ottoman handkerchief on Piaz. San Marco to F. Lembo Fazio's and V. Tomassetti's volume on the relationship between Emotions and Architecture in the forging of Mediterranean cities.
The cover of the book, it shows the Colosseum in18th century Rome. https://www.routledge.com/Emotions-and-Architecture-Forging-Mediterranean-Cities-Between-the-Middle/Fazio-Tomassetti/p/book/9781032412467
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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
[Workshop] Join us on Sept 8, 2023, for "The Mediterranean Senses" workshop🌊. Organized by Prof. Daniela Hacke & me, this event gathers international experts in art, intellectual, and knowledge history. Register: l.wodzicki@fu-berlin.de #earlymodern #history #mediterranean #historyofthesenses
Information for the workshop "The Mediterranean Senses. Sensual Knowledge and Perceptive Culture in the Early Modern Mediterranean". For more information and the program please mail to l.wodzicki@fu-berlin.de
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