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Nora Baker

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Postdoc at the Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Henrique Laitenberger @toenlaiten.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Nolan's Odyssey is a masterpiece. No wonder that Musk hates it: offering such an original adaptation requires approaching Homer's work with a sense of respect and thoughtfulness that he has always been incapable of. Go watch it!
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Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/
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Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. In this article, Mario explains what drowning really looks like and how to recognize it when its happening.
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Delighted to share the link to my first monograph! Thank you @oxunienl.bsky.social #c18 #huguenots
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Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment @oxunienl.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
New to the series | 'Huguenot memory, 1689-1757: Narratives of imprisonment, enslavement and exile' by Nora Baker. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/Baker-OSE #c18 #academicsky📖 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk @norabake.bsky.social
Promotional image for Huguenot Memory, 1689–1757: Narratives of Imprisonment, Enslavement and Exile by Nora Baker. The background shows a black-and-white historical illustration depicting women holding swords, with one figure clutching a saintly figure. A blue banner across the center reads promotional text: 'Asserts that, as a genre, the post-Revocation memoir is integral to our understanding of early Enlightenment interiority.' Logos for Liverpool University Press, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, and the Voltaire Foundation appear along the bottom.
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Darkness Into Light Belgium @dilbelgium.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A huge thank you to the Comité des elèves of the European school in Uccle who organised a bakesale in aid of DIL Belgium and @chs.helpline. They raised an amazing €200 for the campaign! If you haven't already registered to walk with us on May 9, you can do so via this link inkd.in/eE3dptJg
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Darkness Into Light Belgium @dilbelgium.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
🎉 Join us for the official launch of the 2026 Darkness Into Light Belgium campaign! 🌅✨ Register here: bit.ly/DILLaunch2026
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
☞ ☞ ☞ the index finger is a pointing gesture to be found in manuscript and print traditions. It was used to draw the reader's attention to a certain part of a text or image. This slow-moving thread highlight a few of them:
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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊
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Call for Papers: The Valois (1328–1589): Governing France between Medieval and Modern
French History is an international forum for major new articles covering all aspects of the histories of France and the Francophone world, from the early M
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
#CFP #Education #18thcentury #XVIIIe #Exoticism
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Il y a encore du temps pour remettre une proposition pour notre volume collectif 'L’Éducation et l’Autre pendant le long XVIIIe siècle (1693–1811)'. On acceptera des propositions de contribution en anglais ou en français, jusqu'au 15 décembre. Plus de détails: bit.ly/4ol1vXE
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Regards croisés sur l’enfance, l’altérité et les pratiques éducatives dans les récits de voyage pendant le long XVIIIe s.
L’Éducation et l’Autre pendant le long XVIIIe siècle (1693–1811) : Regards croisés sur l’enfance, l’altérité et les pratiques éducatives dans les récits de voyage Les sociétés européennes sont marquée...
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
There's still time to apply to contribute a chapter to our edited volume 'L’Éducation et l’Autre pendant le long XVIIIe siècle (1693–1811)'. The deadline for submitting abstracts (c.500 characters) is December 15th. We will accept submissions in both French and English! More info: bit.ly/4ol1vXE
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Regards croisés sur l’enfance, l’altérité et les pratiques éducatives dans les récits de voyage pendant le long XVIIIe s.
L’Éducation et l’Autre pendant le long XVIIIe siècle (1693–1811) : Regards croisés sur l’enfance, l’altérité et les pratiques éducatives dans les récits de voyage Les sociétés européennes sont marquée...
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 09/05/2025
🇪🇺 75 Years of the Schuman Declaration 🇪🇺 On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman put forward a bold idea: unite Europe by pooling coal and steel production to make war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’
Photo of Robert Schuman, standing in the centre, was taken on 20 June 1950, at the opening of the intergovernmental negotiations for the implementation of the Schuman Plan. It is generally used to illustrate the declaration of 9 May 1950 as no photographer was present at the original press conference. Photo of Robert Schuman.
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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 09/05/2025
🇪🇺 Happy #EuropeDay! Watch as EU ambassadors come together to give everyone their best wishes for Europe Day. ⬇️
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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University: chng.it/Hmtvvdtptg
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Save MLANG at Cardiff University!
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UHIHistory.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 REMRA is hosting its 1st interdisciplinary conference on Northern Narratives! To register your interest, please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 Feb 2025. For info, see below ⬇️ or visit bit.ly/4arhSwx @uhiarchaeology.bsky.social @thinkuhi.bsky.social
Old, drawn map of Europe and the logo of REMRA (Renaissance and Early Modern Research Alliance - University of Highlands and Islands), with a stylised image of a ship with sails. Text reads: Call for Papers. Northern Narratives: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Early Modern Period in the North Atlantic and BalticREMRA is excited to host its first multidisciplinary conference from 11 to 13 June 2025 to discuss its exciting research with academic colleagues in the field. We therefore invite papers in the following categories:

Early Modern Warfare in the North Atlantic/ Baltic
Early Modern Culture/ Archaeology in the North Atlantic  
Early Modern Public History 
Early Modern Communities and Identities

Keynote speakers include Dr Lucy Dean (UHI), Professor Mark Elliot (UHI) and Dr Simon Burton (University of Edinburgh), Professor Mark Gardiner (University of Lincoln) and Professor Steve Murdoch (Swedish Defence University, Visiting Professor UHI).
The conference will be hosted online via MS Teams. Papers from postgraduate researchers and ECRs are particularly welcome. 

Please contact the conference team (remra@uhi.ac.uk) by 21 February 2025 to register your interest. If you would like to give a paper, please send a provisional title and short abstract (c.200 words).  We are looking forward to hearing from you! 
 
The conference team: 
Mark Elliott (Highland Theological College, UHI), Jen Harland Archaeology Institute, UHI),Andrew Lind (Institute for Northern Studies, UHI), Kathrin Zickermann (Centre for History, UHI)

In the bottom right-hand corner there is the logo of UHI.
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Catriona Seth @catrionaseth.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🚨APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN FOR UNIQ 2025🚨 If you're a UK state school student with good grades, apply to be part of UNIQ Come & study with us: you can take languages you are being taught at schools or pick up new ones What are you waiting for? Applications close on 23/1 uniq.ox.ac.uk/apply2025/%E...
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Holly Fletcher @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
CFP for the 'Sleeping Well' @sleepingwelluom.bsky.social end-of-project conference, 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Taking place 9-10 June 2025 at JRRI, Manchester. Details on our website here: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel... Deadline 3 Feb. Please share widely!
Seventeenth-century painting of landscape with figures in foreground. Text reads Call for Papers: Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World. 9-10 June 2025. John Rylands Research Institute, Manchester.
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The Late Late Show @latelateshow.rte.ie · 06/12/2024
#LateLateToyShow
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 16/02/2024
Exciting update on the ‘Societal Sidelines’ conference — @GYasuhira and I are pleased to confirm that our keynote speaker will be Prof. Tomoji Odori, of Musashi University! (1/3)
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Our call for papers is now live! Please apply to present at this conference, which I am co-organizing with Dr. Genji Yasuhira of Kyoto University. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Societal Sidelines: Exclusion and Resilience in the Early Modern World -- Symposium at the Universit...
Call for PapersSocietal Sidelines: Exclusion and Resilience in the Early Modern WorldInternational Symposium at the University of Tokyo, JapanJuly 13-14 2024 Paper proposals are now being accepted f...
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
Updated link: www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/oxford-polyg...
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Nora Baker @norabake.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Blanche Gamond was a 🇫🇷 Protestant refugee who wrote about her experience of imprisonment. You can read my piece on the Zurich version of her manuscript in the Michaelmas 2023 edition of the Oxford Polyglot: bit.ly/Blanche-Gamond
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