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Maxime Poulain

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MSCA fellow @ University of Tübingen, unlocking the secrets of medieval aDNA 🏺 🧪

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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📮New article: The Lost Port Landscape of Medieval Bruges Reconstructed in Virtual Reality: From Archaeological Data to Heritage Tourism 📈Presenting results & lessons of 300.000+ VR views on Bruges' maritime landscape. 🆓copies via www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FVTA6... or contact me for a PDF!
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The Lost Port Landscape of Medieval Bruges Reconstructed in Virtual Reality: From Archaeological Data to Heritage Tourism
This paper presents the results of the ‘Lost Ports of the Zwin’ project (Dutch: Verdwenen Zwinhavens). A decade of interdisciplinary scientific research by Ghent University has produced new insight...
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estherwidmann.bsky.social @estherwidmann.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It all started when I discovered the archaeological research of @mpoulain.bsky.social from @unituebingen.bsky.social. And then Jamie Page of @uni-graz.at told me about a woman from Zürich called Repplin, probably a freelance sex worker. www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft...
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Sexarbeit im Mittelalter: Diese Personen aus dem Milieu sollten Sie kennen
Vor etwa 700 Jahren genauso aktuell wie heute: zum Sex gezwungene Minderjährige, brutale Bordellbetreiber, Cross-Dressing – und wie der Kirchenmann Huldrych Zwingli eine junge Frau schwängerte und das...
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Controversial to some, but at least it gets the debate started on how to move forward and make things better. Happy to have been able to contribute with a catalogue piece on the archaeology of medieval sex work! (As part of my MSCA project)
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Led by a collective of sexworkers, it explores the deep and more recent history of the profession and the legal frameworks that have tried to regulate it: from brothels in Nazi concentration camps to the effects of the current Prostitutes Protection Act. A rare perspective from the inside!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
About last night: Opening of the exhibition 🟥 SEX WORK: A Cultural History 🟥 SEX WORK: Eine Kulturgeschichte der Sexarbeit. 📍 Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn - until 25 October 📸 Bundeskunsthalle Bonn More info: www.bundeskunsthalle.de/en/s3xwork
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Ward Schouppe @wardschouppe.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Verwarmde zitkuilen en wegwerppijpjes: sporen van 18e-eeuws legerkamp gevonden op The Loop in Gent
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Verwarmde zitkuilen en wegwerppijpjes: sporen van 18e-eeuws legerkamp gevonden op The Loop in Gent  | VRT NWS Nieuws
Bij opgravingen aan The Loop in Gent, aan Flanders Expo, hebben archeologen sporen gevonden van een soldatenkamp, vermoedelijk uit 1708. "We vinden pijpjes die toen in de mode waren", zegt Johan Hoorn...
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us in Brussels! International Workshop 'The Army of Flanders: Crossroads of Peoples, Crucible of Nations (1567-1706)' warheritage.be/en/news/work...
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Workshop: The Army of Flanders | War Heritage Institute
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🧑‍🎨What trash tells us about a 17th-century Antwerp painter: 🏺Only one painting survives of the ill-known Guilliam de Vries, but objects excavated in his backyard and a probate inventory together give fresh insight. 🎁 Some free copies of our study here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/FYGQP...
Still life of fruit, with the Supper at Emmaus: the only known painting of Guilliam de Vries (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, inv. nr. 2290).
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Boeiende lezingenreeks over middeleeuwse diversiteit in Koksijde van maart tot mei: Van Egyptenaren, Ethiopiërs en Griekse vluchtelingen tot Aalsters bordeel; van single vrouwen tot gezanten van de antichrist Info en inschrijven: www.tenduinen.be/nl/lezingenr...
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Lezingenreeks 2026: 'Kleurrijke vreemde vogels tussen abdijen en kastelen'
In maart-april-mei 2026 De middeleeuwen bestonden uit meer dan monniken in abdijen en ridders in kastelen. Zes boeiende sprekers bewijzen dit in deze lezingenreeks die je niet wil missen! Organisatie:...
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socmedarch.bsky.social @socmedarch.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS! We're delighted to announce details of this year's SMA Annual Conference. Theme is Heritage Science & the call for papers is now open. Full details on the conference & how to submit abstract are available here: medievalarchaeology.co.uk/sma-c… We look forward to hearing from you!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📧 Send your presentation title, abstract up to 200 words and 5 keywords to the following address: 4thmercconference@gmail.com
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🏰Join us in Barcelona!🏰 Final call for the 4th MERC Postgraduate and Early Career Conference in Medieval Archaeology (13-16.04.2026)! #medieval #archaeology 🏺
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Hi Negar, thank you for your interest! You need to have an EAA account to submit an abstract. However, you do not need to pay for membership at the time of submission (you can do so later, after acceptance of your abstract). You can easily create an account here: www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Membersh...
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
📢 Call for Contributions – EAA Session #71 We warmly invite you to submit an abstract and join us in Athens to discuss medieval cemeteries. Feel free to share this call with colleagues who might be interested. 📩 Questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out! #EAA2026 🏺🧪🧬🦴
Call for Contributions - EAA session #71
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
proficiat!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Mooie weergave van het debat! 👍
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
For more context and the parasite find 🐛, see my earlier thread: bsky.app/profile/mpou... #Archaeology #Science
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Some of the star finds: 🏺 Sublimation vessels, used in the production of the red pigment vermillion 🧪A glass alembic, used for distilling medicinal waters such as alcohol 🪡 Silk dyed with kermes 👃 Near-Eastern perfume sprinklers
Ceramic sublimation vessles for the production of vermillion. Drawings and photographs © Raakvlak. Fragments of an alembic. 1. Collecting channel; 2. Spout; 3. Receiver. Drawings by Lieselotte Desnerck, photographs © Raakvlak.Detail of the red-dyed silk fabric. Photograph by Marijn Stolk.Perfume sprinklers in Islamic-style glass. Drawings by Lieselotte Desnerck, photographs © Raakvlak.
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Thanks for sharing!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Thanks for sharing!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Medieval Bruges: come for the art, stay for the parasites. 🏰 Our new study of a 15th-century apothecary and Spanish traders uncovers a city brimming with global goods: silks, spices, perfume sprinklers, olives, rice… and yes, an African parasite. 📖 Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/0076...
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At the Apothecary: Life in an International District in 15th-Century Bruges
IN 1996, A CESSPIT was uncovered in the backyard of Bruges’ Spanish nation house. The interdisciplinary study of this old rescue excavation sheds new light on life in the city’s international distr...
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Jan Trachet @jtrachet.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Tijdens 'Mapathon 1571' brachten 50 vrijwilligers een 16e-eeuwse kaart van het Brugse Vrije digitaal tot leven in het Brugse Stadsarchief. Twee dagen collectieve cartografie, nieuwsgierigheid en erfgoedpassie! Check nu alvast de video, de blog & online ontsluiting volgen dra! vimeo.com/1096892444
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Mapathon1571_Aftermovie
Mapathon 1571: verbindt het Brugse Vrije met vandaag Op 14 en 15 maart 2025 werd de leeszaal van het Brugse Stadsarchief omgevormd tot een bruisende werkplek voor…
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Daar kan voor gezorgd worden, al is schaap voor het middeleeuwse Meetjesland toepasselijker
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Eentje voor @cdtro.bsky.social en @lvtornhaut.bsky.social ;)
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
✨ Verken het eeuwenoude Meetjesland! 🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️ Wandel of fiets door deze Woeste Hoogten: www.rlml.be/projecten/wo... 🏡 Beleef het verleden in de Huysmanshoeve (Eeklo) via een geanimeerde maquette & reconstructietekeningen 🎧 Duik nu al in het verhaal met onze podcast: open.spotify.com/show/7tCYIAU...
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Yay, our research is featuring on @sciencex.bsky.social 😍
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
A Medieval Brothel, a Baby’s Grave, and a New Perspective on Motherhood - research led by @mpoulain.bsky.social‬ www.medievalists.net/2025/05/medi... #medieval
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A Medieval Brothel, a Baby’s Grave, and a New Perspective on Motherhood - Medievalists.net
New research sheds light on an overlooked aspect of medieval life: the possibility of care and maternal affection within the walls of a 14th-century brothel.
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Ja, dat ken ik! Ik heb me voor dit artikel echter vooral gebaseerd op het werk van Guy Dupont en Jelle Haemers over baden en bordelen in Vlaanderen. Uitermate boeiend inderdaad, heel blij dat ik op deze site kon werken!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Ik hou je op de hoogte!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Dat laatste is - toegegeven - misschien wat verwarrend weergeven in het artikel!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Voor dit specifieke gebouw zijn er historische bronnen die bevestigen dat dit badhuis ook als bordeel in dienst was (zie artikel; zeker niet voor ieder badhuis het geval). Over syfilis: dit onderzoek staat los van het bordeel. De skeletpopulatie die hiervoor wordt bestudeerd dateert uit de 16e eeuw.
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🏺 New research just published! 🧪 A rare case from a 14th-century brothel in Aalst reveals an infant that was likely breastfed and buried with care — challenging long-held assumptions about medieval sex workers and infanticide. 👉 Read it here in Open Access: rdcu.be/eh4Lj
Medieval brothel scene (cut from: Master of Anthony of Burgundy, Brothel scene, ca. 1470 – Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ms. Dep. Breslau 2, vol. 2, fol. 244)
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Perhaps of interest @medievalists.bsky.social @archaeologymag.bsky.social @sstarckx.bsky.social @wardschouppe.bsky.social?
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🏺 New research just published! 🧪 A rare case from a 14th-century brothel in Aalst reveals an infant that was likely breastfed and buried with care — challenging long-held assumptions about medieval sex workers and infanticide. 👉 Read it here in Open Access: rdcu.be/eh4Lj
Medieval brothel scene (cut from: Master of Anthony of Burgundy, Brothel scene, ca. 1470 – Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Ms. Dep. Breslau 2, vol. 2, fol. 244)
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
No problem, article was very clearly shown 😉 thanks again!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thanks @microbetv.bsky.social for covering our research on an African parasite in medieval Bruges! 🧪🏺🐛 From 55:36 onwards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ze...
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TWiP 256: Amazing antimalarial drug resistance
YouTube video by MicrobeTV
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Hi Lizet, thank you! Tübingen gives me the opportunity to learn and perform the aDNA analysis, as they have all the expertise and necessary lab equipment.
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Umziehen – to move. A new chapter begins! 🎉 Yesterday, I started as a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Tübingen, researching medieval sex work in Flanders through aDNA analysis. Excited for the next two years—come find me at the castle! 🏰
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Goodbye ugly green floor and lovely colleagues at Ghent University 🥲 getting ready for my #MSCA at @unituebingen.bsky.social ! 🥳
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Al gehoord van Monnikerede of Hoeke? Het zijn nochtans wereldsteden, of eerder, dat waren ze. Lees alles over hun op- en ondergang en die van de andere Zwinsteden in onze bijdrage voor de 'Wereldsteden van de Lage Landen', vanaf vandaag in de boekhandel! 📚 met @jtrachet.bsky.social en Wim De Clercq
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
👋 Belgian archaeologist here, moving to Germany soon!
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Te bestellen via: exsitu.be 📫
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Ex situ
Tijdschrift voor Vlaamse archeologie
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Lees nu Ex Situ, het tijdschrift voor Vlaamse archeologie, met onder andere onze bijdrage over een Afrikaanse parasiet te Brugge, alsook onderzoek van @jtrachet.bsky.social naar de betrouwbaarheid van de 16de-eeuwse Pourbus-kaart 🏺🪱🗺🧪
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
... and the ceramics of a Portuguese merchant family near Antwerp (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....). Let me know via mail or PM if you'd like a copy!
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A Portuguese lifestyle in the Flemish countryside: ceramics of the Ximenez family (1595-c. 1700)
SUMMARY: In 1595, the Portuguese merchant banker Duarte Ximenez bought the Blauwhof, a castle-like estate in the Flemish countryside. An assemblage of pottery, recovered from the moat adjacent to t...
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Thank you! Various parts of this paper are still in publication. Concerning Iberian stuff, I have already published on a 12th-century Almohad lustreware jug found in Flanders (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....), Mediterranean imports at a castle site (biblio.ugent.be/publication/...) ...
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Travelogue of an Almohad Sherd: from Twelfth-Century al-Andalus to Fourteenth-Century Flanders
Excavations in Sint-Lievens-Houtem (Flanders, Belgium), an important medieval pilgrimage village, uncovered a fourteenth-century refuse pit. This feature contained a fragment of a rare Andalusī mou...
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Jan Trachet @jtrachet.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📣 Call for Papers 📣 On #IKUWA8, the International Congress for Underwater #Archaeology (Ostend, October 13-17), we organise the session 'Turn the Tide – Methods to unmud intertidal cultural heritage' 📎 Find our session here: www.vliz.be/ikuwa8/en/se... 📩 And submit your abstract before March 15
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Session F - Intertidal Archaeology
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
3 year PostDoc Tuebingen (+Sam Brown) #ZooMS in Southern Africa Project. Deadline March 15th 2025
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Three-year position for a researcher in Archaeo- and Palaeoproteomics (m/f/d, E 13 TV-L, 39,5 h/week)
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Société d'Anthropologie de Paris (SAP) @sapanthropologie.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
M. Poulain et al. "Born in a brothel: New perspectives on childcare with medieval sex workers" #JournéesdelaSAP
M. Poulain au pupitre devant sa présentation
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ArcheOs UGent @archeosugent.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Maxime Poulain and @idegroote.bsky.social from @archeougent.bsky.social presenting their research at Les journées de la Societe d’antropologie de Paris @museedelhomme.fr
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Maxime Poulain @mpoulain.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Join us next week if you're in or around the Basque Country! #archaeology 🏺
Invitation for my talk at the University of the Basque Country on the archaeology of Spanish-Flemish exchange.
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