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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue

Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not the best of luck having your main archives close two months into a two-year project for entire eight months, but the wait is finally over...

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Where the moment of serendipity occured a day later, while dragging groceries through York. Match that LLMs.

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Dominique Reill @dominiquereill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I've been emailing like crazy to spread the word about the Central European History Convention (CEHC) July 2027 to those not on social media. Will you help through your networks? Submission deadline Sept. 13; we're fundraising to find subsidies for who needs it. ceh-c.univie.ac.at/news/call-fo...

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Call for 2027

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Amanda Madden @amandamadden.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oooh boy. This is a great opportunity to talk about datasets and what goes into constructing a small one much less a "well structured historical dataset" in some fields. I'm a digital historian of Renaissance and Early Modern Italy and *none* of my material is digitized (1/13)

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ERC PARISH @erc-parish.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

We're recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for our ERC #ERCCoG project PARISH to study #earlymodern parish communities, confraternities and poor relief in the Archdiocese of Vienna & the Viennese Officialate of Passau. Please share with your colleagues! www.abtk.hu/images/allas...

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Justine Firnhaber-Baker @medievalrevolt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

'Vor dem Bauernkrieg' (Before the Peasants' War), a special issue of Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, is now out and open access, with an article by me among other good people. (All in German) elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/book/64167/v...

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Duncker & Humblot - Berlin: Vor dem Bauernkrieg

Ein Forum für die Wissenschaft seit 1798.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

news.com.au

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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Rok Stergar @stergarr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Doctoral researchers in my department just published a CfP for a doctoral and postdoctoral workshop titled "Those Who Serve: Service, Labor, and Social Hierarchies in Historical Perspective."

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CFP-november-2026

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SOCRESTA - Social Relations and the State in Renaissance Germany @socresta.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A short 🧵on the use of violence in feuds among non-nobles in the #earlymodern Prince-bishopric of Würzburg. These feuds largely acted as mundane legal claims - more on this in a future thread - to be enforced through private violence rather than (solely) judicial means. (1/9)

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Just use footnotes. No one likes checking references at a later page.

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Marko Zajc @markozajc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The call for applications for visiting fellows at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana is out. I repeat: The call for applications for visiting fellows at the Institute of Contemporary History is out! Not everyone will get it, but it's worth a try. We're fun. inz.si/en/visiting-...

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Visiting Fellowship

The INZ is pleased to open applications for the fourth edition of its Visiting Fellowship for the academic year 2026/2027. We welcome scholars working on contemporary political, social, or economic hi...

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Looks like I've painted my dad in a previous life #spittingimages 😅

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Frederik Dhondt @herakleitosmd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📢 TREATYLAB (@erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant, @vubrussel.bsky.social) is recruiting 3 fully funded PhD candidates in legal history / #earlymodern history/ #intlaw. Applicants with MA degrees in law or history are welcome. French required. #PhD #AcademicJobs #LegalHistory #ERC

treatylab.blogspot.com

TREATYLAB - The Labyrinth of Treaties, 1712-1763

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Really looking forward to this. Paolo's reassessment of peace-making in #earlymodern Italy makes clear the coercive power of private settlements and how the state actively used them to govern enmities and control the violence.

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Exciting project by a great team deepening our knowledge on the interrelations between violence, space, identity, and power in urban #earlymodern Italy.

earlymodernviolence.org

Mapping Early Modern Violence

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The mighty lime tree next to the small Church of St Bolfenk (Wolfgang) in Hudi Kot, at 942 metres asl on the Pohorje mountain range in Slovenia, is said to have been planted at the end of the Thirty Years’ War. This makes it almost 400 years old. The tree bears witness... (1/2)

A large lime tree, with the leaves just starting to sprout. The tree stands next to a gravel road and two buildings can be seen behind it on either side. The terrain drops at ca. 40° to the left. There is spruce forest in the distance.

The Church of St Bolfenk (Wolfgang) to the left of a gravel road and a large lime tree on the right. The tree is just starting to sprout leaves, the sky is largely clear with a few clouds to the left. There is spruce forest in the distance.

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Adrian Bott @cavalorn.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

do I really have the energy for another round of 'why the Easter elements you think are pagan aren't, and why a load of Easter elements most people haven't even heard of probably are'

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Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network @earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️ The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May. Please circulate widely!

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📢 CFA - 3 Postdoctoral Researchers in Early Modern History (35 months) within the project ‘Travellers’ interactions in early modern Italy’ at the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento. Deadline: 8 May 2026. jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Jobs... Please circulate widely!

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Jobs | Humanities and Social Sciences Hub - Trento | FBK is looking for three Postdoctoral Researchers in the field of Early Modern History

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🇸🇮 Veronika Kos na primeru novoveškega Lenarta pokaže, da so ženske kljub patriarhalnim normam svojo ter družinsko čast in interese neredko uspešno branile tako z verbalnim kot fizičnim nasiljem - poziv k premisleku našega razumevanja predmodernih spolnih vlog. #earlymodern #womenshistory

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Žensko nasilje in medosebne sovražnosti v zapisnikih trškega sveta Lenart (1640–1740) | Kronika

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The German History Society is proud to release the call for papers for our 2026 Annual Conference, held this year at the University of Stirling! The deadline for papers is the 14 April 2026. For more information check our website here: www.germanhistorysociety.org/conference/

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 24/02/2026

Signboard for a Schoolmaster from 1516 by Ambrosius Holbein. I think the child on the right is a girl. The sign talks about teaching boys and girls German reading & writing and promises money back when unsuccessful. sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMP/eMuseumP...

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Hilary Davidson @fourredshoes.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.

academia.edu

Academia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers

Academia.edu is the platform to share, find, and explore 50 Million research papers. Join us to accelerate your research needs & academic interests.

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Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This podcast provides further statistical evidence and explains why, contrary to what we’re all told, elite violence reached its peak in England in the period, 1660-1720. #earlymodern #skystorians

open.spotify.com

Duels, violence and conflict

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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/

features.york.ac.uk

York History Department - Academic Jobs

Uncover the past to define the future. We are seeking research-led historians to join our world-class, collaborative community. Discover career-defining opportunities within one of the UK’s most disti...

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Review 2 arriveth: ergofabulous.org/luther/

Image of Luther and his text insulting Latomus as dumber than a block of wood.

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

You can follow my Marie Skłodowska-Curie project SOCRESTA on plebeian feuds in #earlymodern Germany at @socresta.bsky.social (and help my metrics for reporting :))

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SOCRESTA - Social Relations and the State in Renaissance Germany @socresta.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Plebeian feuding in the #earlymodern Prince-bishopric of Würzburg was a male affair. Of the over 150 pardons for declaring or conducting a feud from the 1520s-70s, only one was issued to a woman, while three men were also pardoned for issuing defiances over claims of their kinswomen. (1/11) 🧵

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 03/02/2026

I love this 1662 drawing in a legal document involving a dispute over a ditch. So detailed! And look, a well full of clean water and a stream nearby. The 3 story building still exists. www.archive.nrw.de/landesarchiv...

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Letting an AI-generated image through in a print publication needs to be treated as seriously as inadvertent publication of a libellous or pornographic image - it should have grave reputational consequences for the publication

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Oleg Benesch @olegb.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I was very fortunate to have the chance to speak at @sainsbury-institute.org in Norwich last week, and the recording is now online. I really appreciate the invitation, and all of the great questions and comments following the talk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDGo...

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Third Thursday Lecture - Samurai, Knights, and Nationalisms: The Middle Ages in Modern Japan

YouTube video by Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures

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Oleg Benesch @olegb.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

From 3 February 2026, the special exhibition "Samurai" will be at the British Museum. I've had a lot of fun working on this together with the brilliant Rosina Buckland. If you happen to be in London, and feel that you need more samurai in your life, do drop by! www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

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Samurai

This major exhibition reveals the real story of the samurai, from medieval battlefields to modern blockbusters.

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Amanda Madden @amandamadden.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Recently I took a break from research, course prep, and *gestures around* to have a lovely conversation about my recently published book with Miranda Melcher at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social You can now listen here! megaphone.link/NBNK8414335727

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Amanda G. Madden, "Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy" (Cornell UP, 2025) by New Books in Italian Studies

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Amanda Madden @amandamadden.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The Center for Humanities Research at GMU is hosting a hybrid book talk for my monograph Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy this upcoming Friday from noon-12:30. Register at this link: chr.gmu.edu/events/17595

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CHR Book Launch, "Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy" by Amanda Madden

Friday, November 21, 2025 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EST

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Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The decline of violence UK since the 1990s is unheralded social progress. More evidence that overall rates of violence have little to do either with policing or inequality. #skystorians

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SOCRESTA - Social Relations and the State in Renaissance Germany @socresta.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The Würzburg data provides the thus far richest proof that plebeian feuds (Fehden) and their mediation by the state continued well after the practice was banned in the Holy Roman Empire in 1495, as is demonstrated by princely remissions (Landshuldung) or ‘pardons’ for feuding. (1/3)

Graph showing the number of remissions (pardons) for feuding in the Prince-bishopric of Wurzburg in the 1500s.

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

My Marie Skłodowska-Curie project SOCRESTA has its own Bluesky account and now even a few posts @socresta.bsky.social

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

CFP: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns Confirmed keynote speaker: @jddavies66.bsky.social Deadline: 20 December 2025 Conference: 22 May 2026, European University Institute, Florence all info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/gender... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns
European University Institute, Florence, May 22, 2026 - May 22, 2026
Deadline for submission/application: December 20, 2025

Call for Papers

Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni

Keynote Speaker: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick)

Violence puts the gender roles in a society firmly on records. Although we can never fully grasp the motives behind past acts of violence, through them we can gauge what was tolerated or sanctioned in any given society. Historical violence can suggest which meaning early modern people had of assault and abuse, whether physical, verbal or psychological. This brings us to the fundamental methodological question of how modern categories can capture past social realities. In this regard, the aim of the workshop is to offer a more precise picture of gender violence, with a quantitative study on survivors, their witnesses, and the negotiating process.

This gathering aims to promote a discussion on how to defy certain stereotypes around gender-based violence by investigating how women and men in the past viewed and talked about their roles within the abusive act. While some treated the violence suffered as an intimate matter, charged with shame and danger and therefore difficult to articulate, others saw it as a matter to be publicly outed and put into words.

This workshop invites proposals for short papers (4,000-5,000 words) on any aspect of gender and violence in early modernity. Papers that investigate the possibility to offer significant input for the study of what we would regard as psychological/physical trauma; dynamics of power; for understanding responses to assault; to investigate the status and forms of victims and perpetrators. The past can share its feelings as violent acts are always initially expressed through language and shaped by specific social and cultural norms.

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Luca Bertolani Azeredo @luca1994.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

We are happy to present the conference which will take place in Naples, 6 and 7 March 2026, on "Violence and Empire" Here is attached the CFP including a list of themes we are interested into Deadline for proposals November 16, authors will be notified by January 9

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Another book I'm very much looking forward to this year. Congrats, Amanda! #earlymodern #vendetta

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Join us for this semester's seminars on #earlymodern history, hosted by the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento! With Louise Bonvalet, Robert Kendrick, Antonio Chemotti, Umberto Cecchinato, Laura Righi, @amandamadden.bsky.social, and @massimorospocher.bsky.social #skystorians

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Austrian History Yearbook (AHY) @ahy-history.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The 56th edition of the Austrian History Yearbook has officially been published! For now you can read its 10 research articles and 58 book reviews online while we eagerly anticipate the journal's physical publication. #History #AcademicSky #Austria #Vienna #Europe www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Žiga Oman @omandrziga.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Ranting on elite violence in early modern Styria at this fine conference on violence in Warsaw in September. Really looking forward to it!

historia.uw.edu.pl

Histories of Violence in Central and Eastern Europe. A Comparative Perspective. – Faculty of History

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