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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 23h

Just returning from an inspiring conference on decorated papers in Hamburg! Learned so much and a really wonderful experience viewing the Abschatz album with experts and decorated paper makers who brought their own unique perspectives.

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Week 2 of Ottoman Hungary course: Defterology. Reviewing the incredible work on Ottoman registers and new directions in digital humanities. 😍

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy (Academic) New Year to all who celebrate! I am looking forward to teaching my favorite course this fall: Ottoman Hungary! Week 1: Historiography!

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New semester under way here at Central European University in Vienna! I am looking forward to teaching my favorite classes: *Ottoman Hungary* and *Archives and Palaeography in Central European History*

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I am back from maternity leave and pleased to share that two publications appeared while I was "out"... “Mapping Connected Central Europe: Colour and Cartography in the Margins of Early Modern Atlases” in European History Quarterly and “Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy,” in the Austrian History Yearbook.

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Mapping Connected Central Europe: Colour and Cartography in the Margins of Early Modern Atlases - Robyn Dora Radway, 2026

Early modern atlases left the printer's workshop as a series of uncoloured projections surrounded by a textual apparatus. Translucent washes of blue, green...

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Austrian History Yearbook (AHY) @ahy-history.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The forthcoming #AHY 57 features a dynamic forum on Habsburg-Ottoman diplomacy. Read articles by @yasiryilmaz.bsky.social, Zsuzsanna Cziráki, Arno Strohmeyer, Nilab Saeedi, Michael Vogelsberger and an introduction by @robyndoraradway.bsky.social online now! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge Core

Habsburg-Ottoman Diplomacy

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Book review in The Polish Review 71.1: 📕 @vaclavzheng.bsky.social ( @jhuartssciences.bsky.social ) discusses "Transcultural Things and the Spectre of Orientalism in Early Modern Poland-Lithuania" by Tomasz Grusiecki ( @manchesterup.bsky.social ) scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/arti...

Cover of The Polish Review, Volume 71, Number 1, 2026
Photo of Jadwiga Maurer at her home in Lawrence, Kansas, in the 1990s, on burgundy background

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Phil Dorroll @phildorroll.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Two book recs on the history of this kind of American theology as it relates to Islam

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I'll be (7 months pregnant and) giving a local/global history talk on 2026 March 9 at 18:00: „Die Geografie der Kunst in Renaissance Güstrow: Der Goldschmied Matz Unger und seine mit Muskatnuss gefüllten Knöpfe“ Volkshochschule Landkreis Rostock, John-Brinckman-Str. 4, 18273 Güstrow 😍

Epitaph of Matz Unger and his wife Anna, attributed to Cornelius Krommeny and Hans Metzger, 1580, oil on wood, 73 x 58 cm, Parish Church St. Marien (Pfarrkirche) of Güstrow

Contrafevnck der Fvestlichen stadt Gvstrow (detail of Warhaftige Abcontrafactur der hochloblichen und weit- berumten alten See- und Hensestadt Rostock Heuptstadt im Lande zu Meckelnburgk), Vicke Schorler, 1578–1586, watercolor on paper, 60 x 1860 cm, Stadtarchiv Rostock

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Department of Historical Studies at CEU @historicalstudies.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The Gerd Bucerius Scholarship, funded by ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS in partnership with CEU, supports outstanding MA students in Historical Studies. The scholarship includes: 1️⃣ 100% tuition waiver 2️⃣ monthly stipend 3️⃣ one-time research allowance of € 1.000 www.linkedin.com/posts/zeit-s...

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Apply now for Bucerius History Scholarship at the Central European University in Vienna Are you passionate about history, interested in pursuing a Master’s degree, and speak fluent English? Then… |...

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I love going through my old notes from the archives - "very legible Italian!", "wtf is this?!", and "come back to this later"... who knew it would take 15 years to "come back to" this particular document... too bad I forgot to write down why #skyhistorians

1564 November 14 - Michael Czernovich from Buda to Maximilian II
(Italian orig.) he arrived today in Buda, Edoardo was here, the letters included one from Fabrizio Salvareso and one from the Emperor's dragoman. HHStA, Turcica, Karton 19, Konv. 2 (1564 XI-s.d.), fol. 160-161.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

In Invisible Hands, Margaret S. Graves explores the remarkable history of forged and fabricated Islamic ceramics, their makers, and their unique role in colonial trade. Available 10 February. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Art #IslamicArt #History

Invisible Hands: Fabrication, Forgery, and the Art of Islamic Ceramics by Margaret S. Graves. The remarkable history of forged and fabricated Islamic ceramics, their makers, and their unique role in colonial trade.

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Department of Historical Studies at CEU @historicalstudies.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

#phdposition The Cultural Vanguard of Workers’ Movements: A Social History of East Central European Avant-Garde between the Two Wars historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...

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PhD Position: The Cultural Vanguard of Workers’ Movements: A Social History of East Central European Avant-Garde between the Two Wars | Department of Historical Studies

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

This is just a friendly reminder that applications for PhD spots in our programs are still open! 5 in Late Antique, Medieval, and Early Modern and 5 in Historical Studies. Get an American degree while studing in the heart of Europe. Deadline February 4!

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 07/11/2025

ICYMI yesterday afternoon a fantastic new digital resource pulling together data on the Roman road network has just launched. Explore at:

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Quick visit to the Staatliches Museum Schwerin to look at the representation of some goldsmiths works in portraits of Ulrich.

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Department of Historical Studies at CEU @historicalstudies.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

CEU is holding its very first Digital Humanities Festival on December 4. This event will provide an excellent opportunity to bring Digital Humanities closer to the CEU community and vice versa, while also providing a networking opportunity. Register by Nov. 7! historicalstudies.ceu.edu/dh-fest-2025

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DH Fest 2025 | Department of Historical Studies

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A favorite author of mine and fellow Hungarian just won the nobel prize in literature. László Krasznahorkai! Gratula! His Melancholy of Resistance helped me understand my mother and the world she left behind. Well deserved!

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Having a marvelous and inspiring workshop on Melchior Lorch in Copenhagen. Being able to handle drawings, prints, and manuscripts while you talk about open problems and questions with a group of experts is magical.

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

On Friday I will be speaking at the Deutsches Historisches Museum about my research on alba amicorum and early modern Germanness in Constantinople. www.dhm.de/programm/tag...

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Varieties of Germany. Andere Perspektiven - Deutsches Historisches Museum

7. Symposium in der Reihe „Historische Urteilskraft”, 26. September 2025, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

This is highly useful if you work with #earlymodern books of all kinds: a compiled and explained set of contemporary abbreviations. From apothecaries' weights to signs for half moon moments in almanacs. Boost, #bookhistory and #skystorians looking for abbreviations of the past. 🗃️

The "Falttafel" of 1782 is part of a book titled "Sammlung verschiedener nützlicher Lesübungen..." (VD18 12041491-001), and can be found here between pp. 151 and 152: https://www.bavarikon.de/object/bav:UBA-HSB-00000BAV80014690

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I am giving a lecture tomorrow (July 17) in Münster at 18:15 and it will be on Zoom too! If you are interested here is the link! A bit on the book, and pointing towards the new project!

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Margarete Tiessen @mxtiessen.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

This book is (finally) completed and coming out very soon! 🥰🥰 A very special project indeed, and I am so grateful to the wonderful contributors, to Charlotte and Anita, to our editor Graham Nelson and - not least - to Jo Whaley whose scholarship and teaching brought us all together 🥳🙌🍾

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Another day, another museum visit. Another discussion of magnificent objects

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Painted on stone (and how cool is that?) so that stony sky swirls naturally over triumph of Cupid. Clever work by Hans von Aachen, whose day is today.

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Today I am taking my students to my favorite museum: Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer #KHM. Wearable sculptures recalling the physical presence of absent owners, performing masculinity in commissions that were part of a premodern flex culture. But more importantly, just stunning craftsmanship! #armsandarmor

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

CfP: The Archival Impulse: Knowledge Production, Record Keeping, and Imperial Governance (15th-19th Centuries) Vienna - March, 19-20 2026. www.oeaw.ac.at/sice/events/...

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André Krischer @andrekrischer.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Full Professorship (W 3) for Modern History with a focus on gender history and historical culture (Univ. Freiburg) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Today is my favorite teaching day of the semester in The Politics of Representation: Art and its Histories @historicalstudies.bsky.social : critical race art history, critical cataloging, and intersectional approaches. Fortunate to have a wealth of fantastic new scholarship to work from!

Excerpt of Cecile Fromont's brilliant article

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Call for papers is still active for the workshop in Innsbruck: #EurAsian Materials in Central European Collections in Innsbruck June 5 and 6, 2025. if you are a few days late I am happy to still have a look and see if we can make it work ☺️ archivespublishing.com/2025/01/30/c...

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CFP: EurAsian Materials in Central European Collections

EurAsian Materials in Central European Collections (Innsbruck, 5 and 6 June 2025). Traditional categories essential to cataloguing and describing objects (such as date, maker, and geogra…

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Yael Rice @yaelrice.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

So this is really cool: a stamp impression from the library of the Ilkhanid vizier Rashid al-Din (d. 1318). It reads “pious endowment [waqf] of the Rashidiyya library,” & it may have been inspired by Chinese prints/stamps. Stamped waqf notices are totally unheard of for this time!

Detail from an Arabic-language manuscript showing a waqf stamp impression from the library of Rashid al-Din

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

It is always a pleasure to open an author copy, though I never read beyond the first sentence for fear of catching the inevitable mistake... 😏

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterday’s “executive order.” Recommend Martha Jones’s book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.

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Austrian History Yearbook (AHY) @ahy-history.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

In preparation for the online publication of new AHY articles to be featured in our upcoming 2025 edition, revisit #AHY2024 Explore gendered perspectives on dynastic politics, new approaches to pre-modern violence, and innovative work on food and migration crises! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Latest issue | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge Core

Austrian History Yearbook

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Christian Callisen @ctcallisen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Södertörn University in Stockholm has advertised four PhD positions in historical studies with the Baltic and East European Graduate School, and four more in critical and cultural theory. Applications close 13 February 2025 #AcademicSky #PhD #jobs #skystorians

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Välkommen att söka anställning vid Södertörns högskola! Hos oss blandas ämnen, perspektiv, människor och erfarenheter. Här finns de nyfikna och de ifrågasättande. De som söker oväntade kombinationer, ...

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Delightful new review out about my monograph, #PortraitsofEmpires in the Journal of Early Modern History. brill.com/view/journal...

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Do you have students looking for a funded MA or PhD in historical studies? Encourage them to apply to CEU! Deadline for applications is 2025 February 4! historicalstudies.ceu.edu/admissions

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Admissions | Department of Historical Studies

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Do you have any students in Museum Studies? We have scholarships available for our great 2-year MA!

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Department of Historical Studies at CEU @historicalstudies.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Considering applying for a one-year MA? Here are our tips: Find a thesis project you're passionate about, check our faculty list for a supervisor, and write a great research proposal (and check very carefully the spelling and grammar!). Sample proposals here: historicalstudies.ceu.edu/node/22

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MA in Historical Studies (One Year) | Department of Historical Studies

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Wonderful summer school on offer here in Vienna:

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Robyn Dora Radway @robyndoraradway.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

This semester I had the privilege to teach my favorite course: Ottoman Hungary. Last night we celebrated the end of the semester and I am so thankful to be surrounded by such a great group of adventurous students. Köszi! Danke! Teşekkürler!

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Sasha Handley @sashahandley.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Please share the CFP for our conference: 'Bodies and Environments in the Early Modern World'. Our keynotes are Marcy Norton @marcynorton.bsky.social (Pennsylvania) & Sara Miglietti (Warburg Institute). Join us 9-10 June at JRRIL, Manchester. Further details at: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sleeping-wel...

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