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Rombert Stapel

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Medieval Historian & Geohumanities at @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social (KNAW Humanities Cluster). Author ‘Medieval Authorship & Cultural Exchange’ + 'Utrecht Chronicle' ed./transl. (Routledge 2021 & 2024). '(Re)counting the Uncounted' (NWO). HisGIS.nl

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A digital interactive map of the early 19th-century Netherlands. #skystorians
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yesterday, we celebrated the successful launch of the brand new HisGIS.nl website (also in English!). In HisGIS, we unlock the cadastre of 1832, by georeferencing 17K maps and digitising 3M parcels and their owners. @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social @knawhuc.bsky.social iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/hisg...
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
HisGIS.nl is live! De afgelopen jaren hebben we ontzettend hard gewerkt om dit mogelijk te maken en ik ben echt blij met het resultaat. HisGIS was als digitaal geesteswetenschappelijk project altijd al uniek in de wereld, maar met deze nieuwe interactieve website zijn we echt klaar voor de toekomst.
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Some publication news 👇 🎉
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
How @camunicampop.bsky.social researchers are turning static snapshots of Victorian Britain into dynamic life histories. The team are linking over 200 million census records, revealing how people moved, worked and lived in ways never before possible. 🔎 Read on 👉 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/tracing...
How researchers are linking over 200 million census records to transform historical research
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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
📢 CfP for #CHR2027 is out! Submissions on all aspects of computational humanities research welcome; all details available here: 2027.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/ And yes, CHR2027 will take place a little later than usual. So you *could* start later… but we suggest starting now!
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Cédric Chambru @cedricchambru.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🚨 We're hiring a PhD student to work with us @cergic.bsky.social @ensdelyon.bsky.social from September 2026 onward. Three years contract, fully funded! www.cergic-lyon.fr/joinus ⚠️ Deadline for application: May 4! #econ_ra #econhist
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Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is worth reading
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Op zaterdagmiddag 18 april 2026 organiseert de Contactgroep Signum op de @vuamsterdam.bsky.social een symposium "Stille steunpilaren" rond het thema lekenbroeders en -zusters in het middeleeuwse kloosterleven. Sprekers: Tom Gaens, Noel Geirnaert, Hans Mol en Jos Pierik Meer info en inschrijving:
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Arie van Steensel @arievansteensel.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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Cédric Chambru @cedricchambru.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Apply for the ESSHC 2027 and come to visit us in Lyon!
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Quite the attention for the Teutonic Order’s former headquarters of the Alden Biesen bailiwick in Belgium, near Maastricht today, as the castle is the backdrop for an EU summit…
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Gawain's Mum @gawainsmum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The 2025 issue of the Ordines Militares journal is out! Free-to-read online or download the pdf. This issue contains seven research articles in English, and eleven book reviews in English, German and Polish: apcz.umk.pl/OM/issue/vie...
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Vol. 30 (2025) | Ordines Militares Colloquia Torunensia Historica. Yearbook for the Study of the Military Orders
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Very good news to see so many new additions to the NWO-funded replication studies! I hope it will be as insightful for the applicants as it was for me. I think every researcher should replicate someone else’s study once in their life.
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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We zijn begonnen! Lekker druk al
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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Om te kijken of een onderzoeksresultaat echt klopt, moet je de studie nog een keer doen. Maar is dit inderdaad zo eenvoudig? Op deze vraag gaat onderzoeker Rombert Stapel in samen met collega-onderzoekers tijdens een avond over replicatieonderzoek. 📍SPUI25 🔗 www.spui25.nl/programma/wa...
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Hoe betrouwbaar is wetenschap?
Om te kijken of een onderzoeksresultaat echt klopt, moet je de studie nog een keer doen, lees je vaak. Maar is dit inderdaad zo eenvoudig? Deze avond bespreken wij wat goede en betrouwbare wetenschap is, en welke rol replicatie hierin speelt.
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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Calling the #LinkedPasts, @pelagios.bsky.social, #prosopography and @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social crowds: Please join us for a workshop on SNAP:DRGN secondary recommendations for #Wikidata next week (intro Monday, working session Thursday) Info and booking: linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...
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Linked Pasts 11 programme – Linked Pasts Symposium
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Arie van Steensel @arievansteensel.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Nog enkele plaatsen beschikbaar! Inmiddels is de bundel verschenen: brill.com/display/titl....
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences @rdjhss.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Open Journals published an interview with Christiaan van Bochove, editor-in-chief of our journal about the transition to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social. Find out how RDJ made the move, why open science truly matters, and what this means for data‑sharing across the social sciences and humanities.
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Research Data Journal continues open access mission at Openjournals | OpenJournals
(Original interview in Dutch)Openjournals has gained another journal. The Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences (RDJ) has officially
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Deze week kwam het pijnlijke nieuws dat de gemeente Moerdijk het oude dorp Moerdijk wil gaan opheffen. Een bittere pil voor de bewoners. Moerdijk, hieronder in de situatie van 1832, kent een bijzondere geschiedenis.
Kaart van het dorp Moerdijk in 1832, met de moderne luchtfoto als onderlaag.
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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
De digitale infrastructuur HisGIS heeft als doel het digitaliseren van perceelregisters.   Tijdens de studiemiddag vertellen medewerkers van het Humanities Cluster over de voortgang en bespreken landbouwhistorici hun gebruik van HisGIS bij hun onderzoek.   🔗 iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/hi...
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This is some really, really great news! We’ve had a long year transitioning to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social but we are finally up and running again. As a past author and now editorial board member I can highly recommend submitting your data paper with @rdjhss.bsky.social!
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences @rdjhss.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
👉 Go to researchdatajournal.org to check out our new website and to submit your paper!
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences @rdjhss.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🔔 Newsflash! 📅 As of today Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences has transferred to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, a platform specifically for diamond open access publishing.
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Linked Pasts 11 programme (December 1–5 and some 8–12) linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...
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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Dit jaar zijn we 90 geworden! Op 4 oktober openen we de deuren voor iedereen die het IISG (beter) wil leren kennen. Voor zowel kinderen als volwassenen is er van alles te doen. Lees meer over de open dag op onze site: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/op...
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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I've never really used LinkedIn, as it was always a very privacy-averse place, but they'll now also be hoovering up your personal data to train GenAI models (as per their new T&Cs). The fact that this is opt-out rather than opt-in speaks volumes.
A paragraph from the new T&C from Linkedin: 

'Generative AI Model Training: We are now including these regions in the locations where we use and share member data and content to train generative AI models that create content.

Starting on November 3, 2025, we’ll start to use some data from members in these regions to train these content-generating AI models that enhance your experience and better connect our members to opportunities. Our GenAI features can help hirers find and reach you more easily, and assist members in creating content such as profile updates, messages, and posts. This may include data like details from your profile, and public content you post on LinkedIn; it does not include your private messages.'
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Historisch Nieuwsblad @historischnwsbl.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
'Een schok', zo omschrijft terrorisme-expert @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social het besluit van de Tweede Kamer om Antifa als terroristische organisatie aan te merken. 'Het is een knuppel om tegenstanders monddood te maken.' www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/antifa/
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Beatrice de Graaf: Antifa-besluit Tweede Kamer is ‘een knuppel om tegenstanders monddood te maken’
‘Een schok’, zo omschrijft historicus Beatrice de Graaf het besluit van de Tweede Kamer om de Antifa-beweging als terroristische organisatie aan te merken.
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
As of today available in paperback 🎉🎉: our edition and translation of the Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order with @routledgehistory.bsky.social. Printed version is highly recommended as it offers edition and translation on facing pages, which was not feasible in the ebook.
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The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order: A History of the Crusades in the Holy Land, Prussia and Livonia (Edition and Translation)
The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order (‘Croniken van der Duytscher Oirden’) is a late-fifteenth-century Middle Dutch text that strongly influenced early modern historiography in north-eastern Eu...
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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
So excited to share my new article in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social: "Colonial World-Making and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape of Good Hope" (Open access) academic.oup.com/past/advance...
first page of the article
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Meertens Instituut @meertens-knaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🗣 Werk, waark of wirk? Het Meertens Instituut zoekt een Historisch Taalkundige (24-30,4 uur) voor onderzoek naar Nederlandse taalverandering met digitale corpora en computationele methodes. Solliciteer nu! 🔗 vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda... #vacature #taalkunde
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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Geld verdienen met je scriptie over een historisch onderwerp? Dat kan! De winnaar van de Volkskrant-IISG scriptieprijs krijgt 1500 euro én een interview in de Volkskrant. 🗓️ De deadline voor het inleveren van de scripties is 19 september. Meer info: iisg.amsterdam/nl/Scriptiep...
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15/07/2025
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Heard at (very interesting session at) #IMC2025: “Flanders as an overlooked territory in historiography”. Funny to hear from a late medieval perspective 😉
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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Very happy to announce this major boost for the Netherlands University Presses #NUPs network. The aim of this @opensciencenl.bsky.social funding is to strengthen collaboration and coordination, and promote inclusive (e.g. diamond) #openaccess models. 👉 www.openscience.nl/en/news/gran...
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Grant for strengthening collaboration between Dutch university open access publishers | Open Science NL
The Steering Board of Open Science NL has decided to award a €300,000 grant to the network of institutional open access publishers in the Netherlands, known as the Netherlands University Presses (NUPs...
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Oh, that’s nice: I see a paperback (much more affordable!) version of our edition and translation of the Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order (aka Jüngere Hochmeisterchronik) is now available for preorder with @routledgehistory.bsky.social. #MedievalSky @saridjo.bsky.social
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The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order: A History of the Crusades in the Holy Land, Prussia and Livonia (Edition and Translation)
The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order (‘Croniken van der Duytscher Oirden’) is a late-fifteenth-century Middle Dutch text that strongly influenced early modern historiography in north-eastern Eu...
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
For @imc-leeds.bsky.social, I created two maps that highlight the explosion of census-taking in the Low Countries before vs. after the mid-15th century. This development follows Burgundian hearth count reforms but is also present in areas outside Burgundian rule. #MedievalSky
Map of the Low Countries with the frequency at which localities were included in censuses, from 1350 to 1449.Map of the Low Countries with the frequency at which localities were included in censuses, from 1450 to 1549.
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Conference season is starting: this Monday I'll be presenting at @imc-leeds.bsky.social and at the end of the month at #wehc2025 in Lund. At the IMC I will focus on the relationship between census taking and territorialisation in the late medieval Low Countries. #medievalsky #imc2025
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Anita Graser 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪 @underdarkgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2025
We've done it 🥳 Finally, there's a canonical paper on the #QGIS project, its history, workings, and challenges: www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic… Thanks to @timlinux and @mbernasocchi for joining me in trying to tell the QGIS story 💚 #OSGeo #GISChat #GIScience
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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Hoi! Mijn naam is Timon de Groot, historicus bij het Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (@iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social). Deze week beheer ik dit account en deel ik over thema's die me als historicus bezighouden. Voornamelijk over de geschiedenis van werk en energie in de 20e eeuw. 🧵
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Anne Petterson @annepetterson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Lijkt het je leuk om ook een keer te posten op @historicivertellen.bsky.social? Ik ben op zoek naar mensen die vanaf september een week willen vertellen over hun historisch onderzoek. (1/3) Repost = ❤️
Uit een post van Andrea Reyes: Een klein boekje over spirituele oefeningen: "Ramillete de diuinas flores escogidas en el delicioso Iardin de la Yglesia para recreo de el cristiano lector" van Bernardo de SierraSietske Fransen kijkt naar vloeistof in een heel dun glazen buisje, door een replica Leeuwenhoekmicroscoop. Ik moet de microscoop heel dicht tegen mijn oog houden om überhaupt iets te kunnen. Uit een post van Jeanine Dekker: item over Zeeuws Meisje in boek Goed Zeeuws Goed BontUit een post van Mariëlle Hageman: een klein briefje met een versje, gelegen op een blauw omslag van inventarisnummer 9 uit het archief van Jan Boon en de Maatschappij ter Bevordering van Nijverheid. Op het briefje de tekst: 
Tot welsijn van de burgerij 
Van dese plaas juijst niet voor mij 
Maar k heb er ook mijn voordeel van 
Zoo wens ik dat dees oude man 
Die nu van daag is heer traktant 
Nog lange blijve in dit lant 
En zo de heer een eijnde geeft 
Dat gij dan in den hemel leeft 
oud 80 Jaar 
12 November 1802 
W. Middelveld
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
For the presentation of my colleague Ulbe Bosma's biography of Franz Junghuhn ('Leven op een vulkaan'), I used the @latest.allmaps.org editor to create a georeferenced IIIF version of Junghuhn's famous 1855 map of Java and its volcanoes (79 x 308 cm). Do have a look!
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Allmaps Viewer
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Rop Gonggrijp @rop.gonggri.jp · 15/04/2025
Timothy Snyder is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. (Google his talks.) He recently left his position at Yale for Toronto for political reasons. Today he published "State Terror - A brief guide for Americans"
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State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Looks good!
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Samuël Kruizinga @samuelkruizinga.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Happy to announce two vacacies at the @uvahumanities.bsky.social for a postdoctoral researcher (3 yrs) and a PhD (4 years) in our ERC Synergy project BLOCKADE, which explores the two global blockades of the First and Second World Wars and their aftermaths. See www.blockades.eu for more info.
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BLOCKADE – Blockade in the Era of the Two World Wars
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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Offre d’emploi – Postdoctorat en Histoire, projet : « ‘De main de maître’. Vers une transcription automatique des archives de l’historien Henri Pirenne et leur analyse ‘génétique’ et intellectuelle » rmblf.be/2025/04/09/o...
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Offre d’emploi – Postdoctorat en Histoire, projet : « ‘De main de maître’. Vers une transcription automatique des archives de l’historien Henri Pirenne et leur analyse ‘génétique’ et intellectuelle »
Conditions de travail • Bourse de postdoctorat en mobilité internationale (Fellowship de type Post Doc)• Domaine : Histoire (médiévale ou contemporaine)• Durée : 9 mois – octobre 2025 à juin 2026• …
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The Teutonic Order Research Centre at @uni-wuerzburg.de offers a 5-year part-time position (40%) to work, a.o., on its Teutonic Order Portal. A particular area of interest is the medieval and early modern bailiwicks in the west of the HRR (including Utrecht). Deadline 30 April 2025.
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Stellenausschreibung an der Forschungsstelle Deutscher Orden | Forschung Deutscher Orden
Die Forschungsstelle Deutscher Orden sucht ab sofort Unterstützung im Wissenschaftlichen Dienst:
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Gawain's Mum @gawainsmum.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The proceedings of the 8th 'Military Orders' conference are out -- originally organised by @nicmorton.bsky.social , edited by @emanuelbuttigieg.bsky.social and Clara Almagro Vidal. Details here: www.routledge.com/The-Military...
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The Military Orders Volume VIII: In a Wider World
The genesis of this volume lies in the online conference held by Nottingham Trent University in 2022. This was the eighth in the series of military orders conferences organised since 1992. The confere...
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Dave Sayers @davesayers.eurosky.social · 29/03/2025
If you want to prevent use of AI in student assignments, try this method of mine. It works really nicely. In the process, it also gives students transparent tools to prove they did their own work (to me and to future employers). www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/simpl...
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A simple hack to ChatGPT-proof assignments using Google Drive
What if there was a way to maintain the essay in all its three constituent parts – reading, thinking, writing – in the age of ChatGPT? Dave Sayers thinks he has an answer
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New Medieval Books: The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order www.medievalists.net/2024/03/new-... #MedievalBooks
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New Medieval Books: The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order - Medievalists.net
A chronicle written in the second half of the 15th century, which details the history of the Teutonic Knights, a military order that fought in the Near East and Baltic regions. The account came at a…
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