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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

“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.

Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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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

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

The ‘seeing ear’: multi-sensory diagnostics in pre-modern medicine

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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

We’re delighted Elena chose to publish on NEMoS - Network of Early Modern Senses! If you’d like to share a short source 'Finding' or longer 'Article' (post-MA), get in touch: l.wodzicki@fu-berlin.de (both come with review + DOI). Explore: nemos.hypotheses.org. #SensoryHistory #skystorians

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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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Highly recommended when you're interested in modernity as an emic category across diverse contexts; Kolland reveals its semantic indeterminacy and performative nature in both Western and non-Western intellectual circles.

The link was broken, here's your open access article: oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/cr...

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This article was part of the special section "Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings", ed. Luc Wodzicki in Cromohs - Cyber Review of Modern Historiography. All articles are open access and you can find them here: oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/cr...

Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

[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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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

No. 26 (2023): Cromohs | Cromohs - Cyber Review of Modern Historiography

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

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

We’re delighted Pamina chose to publish on NEMoS - Network of Early Modern Senses! If you’d like to share a short Finding (advanced students) or longer Article (post-MA), get in touch: l.wodzicki@fu-berlin.de (both come with review + DOI). Explore: nemos.hypotheses.org. #SensoryHistory #skystorians

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Luc Wodzicki @lucowitz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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

Absolutely, I agree—it’s very stylish :) - This paper (✨⚓) appears frequently in Rome in the 1720s. I couldn’t trace its exact origin, but similar watermarks are common in the Veneto, so I suppose it might have come from there.

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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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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'Things' is such a much better term than the epistemically overloaded 'objects'; more on this (hopefully) in a workshop next year :)

Dingwissen. Sinneshistorische Wahrnehmungsprozesse in transkulturellen Räumen des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit (13.-19. Jahrhundert)

The group is funded by the Dahlem Humanities Center (@ freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) and co-hosted by Prof. Daniela Hacke and me. Learn more about our members and activities: www.fu-berlin.de/sites/dhc/na...

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We believe sensory history offers fresh perspectives on thing- and object-based epistemologies, past and present—a vital endeavor amid current debates on the colonial legacies of museums and collections. #SensoryHistory #DecolonizingMuseums #HumboldtForum #skystorians #bskyhistory

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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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This is great, thank you, I would be grateful of you could add me as well (among others, I work on Italian-Ottoman relations, history of Tuscany, Italian Landscapes, and history of the Accademia Etrusca di Cortona).

This special section of the Cyber Review of Modern Historiography reunites former members of the Graduate School #globalintellectualhistory. They explore the challenges of analytical concepts in #transcultural (negotiation) spaces. Relevant for #OttomanHistory #GlobalHistory #QueerHistory and more

[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

View of Analytical Concepts for Transcultural Settings | Cromohs - Cyber Review of Modern Historiography

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Absolutely! The Lindenau-Museum combines the experience of 'viewing' with opportunities to engage in arts and crafts under professional guidance—starting at a very young age. Grounding it in a practical material dimension makes the exhibition (and history) tangible and accessible for everyone. (1/2)

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Dear Guillaume, thank you so much for this wonderful list. As I work on the history of the Mediterranean, I would be delighted to be included in this. Many thanks, and I look forward to interesting exchanges :)!

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Tom, the work you do for connecting the field of history is simply invaluable :). Thank you so much!

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