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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Throwback to last week’s archives in London, going through primary & secondary sources for my book project on Swedenborg’s political and economic thought. Third picture is from G. Trobridge’s ‘Life and Teaching’, 4th edition.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Come working at JYU 🇫🇮 ! 43 months (!) salaried postdoc position in history of philosophy/political thought in Dr. Alexandra Chadwick’s new project ‘Pride and Politics in Early Modern Thought’ Expertise on French texts 1600–c. 1762 required, apply by 19 October: ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdo...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Philosophy / History of Political Thought

[The Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy](https://www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/yfi) is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher in History of Philosophy / History of Political Thought starting 1 ...

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How wonderful it was to be back in Oxford last week; catching up with old friends and colleagues, checking some archives.. and finally got to visit the new Schwartzman centre

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

And that’s a wrap! Closing remarks from Dr Ella Vitaniemi (Tampere) of the exec committee of the Finnish society for eighteenth century studies. Then off to lunch & travels

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Last keynote of the 4th Nordic conference for 18th century studies with Prof. Sabrina Ebbersmayer (Copenhagen) on Nordic women philosophers in early modern Europe and their reception, introduced by Dr Lotta Nylund.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Double opera panel with strong talks from Profs. Marie-Christine Skuncke (Uppsala) Charlotta Wolff (Turku), Martin Wålhberg (NTNU/Trondheim) & Johanna Ilmakunnas (Åbo Akad.)

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

2nd keynote lecture (på svenska) at the Nordic conference for C18 studies in Turku with Alfred Sjödin on geografi och poetiskt världskapande från Dajlstierna till Oxenstierna

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It was a pleasure to see so many people for our opening panel! Gave a broad strokes overview of Swedenborg’s political economy; other talks showcases improvement perspectives in Sweden, Lapland and Iceland; good Q&A & pleasant conversations at lunch

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Going old school today with fully handwritten paper to the Nordic conference of 18th century studies in Åbo/Turku 🇫🇮 I haven’t done this in a while; love the slow pace of it. Paper will be in the 1rst panel of the day, “Visions of Reform” chaired by Sophie Holm. Come say hi!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two new books of Swedenborgian scholarship arrived in the mail today. Had not seen a 900-page book in a while..! Very German.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Getting ready for the fourth nordic conference of eighteenth century studies in Turku later this week 🇫🇮 ☕️ excited to test+discuss some work-in-progress arguments

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Full house yesterday for our history of science workshop at JYU, thanks to everyone who came! Great discussion led by Larry Principe around evolving trends in the history of science; I also discussed August Nordenskiöld and the place of alchemy in Sweden’s culture of improvement

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Event’s page is now up! I’ll be giving a short talk on “Finnish alchemical gold in 18th century Sweden”. Link to the programme and full line up👇https://www.jyu.fi/en/events/history-of-science-in-dialogue-research-presentations-and-discussion-with-lawrence-m-principe

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Looking forward to be part of this next week! Do not miss this golden opportunity to hear about chrysopoeia ;)

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Yesterday I gave the inaugural William Bruce Lecture at @barnardcollege.bsky.social , @columbiauniversity.bsky.social on Swedenborg’s views on slavery & their abolitionist legacy. Responses given by Carl Wennerlind, Barnard’s vice-provost for research, & moderated by Dell J. Rose. Such a pleasure!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Had a great time in Boston 🇺🇸 presenting on Babson College’s beautiful campus for the Swedenborg Convention 2026; saw the city & drove all up to Dartmouth to see colleagues. Now heading to New York City!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Prof. Elizabeth Lunbeck (Harvard) now presenting her latest research in Helsinki on the history of psychiatry from Freud to ChatGPT, chaired by Stefan Nygård

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Had a great time this morning presenting my ongoing work on the discourse of improvement in early modern Swedish colonialism at the 2nd day of our annual @depe-erc.bsky.social workshop. Grateful for the encouragements and the insightful feedback!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Wonderful first day with 6 strong papers and great discussions.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Great turnout yesterday in Jyväskylä for the launch of Jonas Nordin’s new open access book « Monarchy in the Age of Liberty » (Lund University Press 2026) . Now attending the first panel of our ERC workshop « Growth, wealth and welfare in early modern Sweden & beyond »

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Excited to give the inaugural William Bruce Lecture in NYC at @barnard-college.bsky.social at 4pm on 01 July 2026! I'll be speaking on Swedenborg and slavery. This public lecture is in-person & free with Q&A & drinks. Register by 26 June to access the premises👇 www.brucelectures.org/lectures/the...

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The William Bruce Lecture 2026 — The William Bruce Lectures

The inaugural William Bruce Lecture 2026, titled “Swedenborg on slavery”, will be given by Dr. Vincent Roy-Di Piazza (PhD Oxford) with responses from Prof. Carl Wennerlind and moderated by Dell Rose, ...

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Coffee, @thetls.bsky.social Hegeliana and some eighteenth century diplomatic correspondence this morning in Helsinki

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Had a great time last week concluding the Religious embodiment & conversion practices in EM Europe & beyond at @ucph.bsky.social as final talk. Quite a packed programme with 24 papers other 2 days! Congrats to J. Engelhardt & @threadofariane.bsky.social for organizing | (📷 by Ariel Hessayon)

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Dr Lennart Gard (Free University Berlin) discussing representations of Böhme’s large forehead and their possible meanings, using Lyndal Roper’s 2010 AHR analysis of Luther’s chin and stout portraits as representations of the latter’s break of monastic vows.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Prof. Emily Michelson (St Andrews) now opening the second & final of the religious embodiment and conversion practices in early modern Europe & beyond, with a keynote on conversion and the body in a multi faith reformation.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Prof. Joanna Kodzik (Université Paris Saclay / Versailles) closing the day on conversion of the Inuit in Moravian indigenous life stories & the arctic life stories database

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Ariel Hessayon (Goldsmiths, London) on mutable religious identities in early modern England: Judaizing Christians, crypto-Jews and Jewish apostates

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Kickstarting the religious embodiment & conversion practices conference in Copenhagen with a Keynote from Prof. Rebekka Voß (Goethe University, Frankfurt) on “Conversion and Translation in the Pietist Mission to the Jews”

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Welcome from Prof. Juliane Engelhardt, opening the religious embodiment & conversion practices conference at Copenhagen University

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Some library / archival research writing today on C18 Swedish political materials at Helsinki Uni @helsinki.fi before heading to Copenhagen next week for the Religious embodiment & conversion in EM Europe conference organized by Juliane Engelhardt and @threadofariane.bsky.social

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Prof. Karine Durin @univ-nantes.fr , presenting her research at the Helsinki centre for intellectual history on the early modern scientific knowledge and political reform projects

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Stella Ghervas @stellaghervas.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🌟 Heads up! The review for the Weber Postdoc in European History at #UCLA starts in one week—there’s still time to apply!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Love teaching on JYU’s snowy campus

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Back to teaching this week at JYU, with introductory sessions to the history of science and global intellectual history. We got the maximum amount of registrations for our new introductory course in Intellectual History — great to see so much enthusiasm for the discipline here!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

And that’s a wrap for the In and Out of the canon in int. history conference in Helsinki! Final words from the organizers after a last panel this afternoon on publishing in intellectual history led by Martin Burke (New York)

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Now attending the last keynote of the intellectual history conference by Richard Sertjeanson (Trinity College, Cambridge) on Universities and the State, with a case study based on unpublished sources from 16th century Oxford scholar John Case.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Had a great time yesterday presenting my paper; got some encouraging feedback. Now attending the 2nd keynote by Banu Turnaoğlu Açan (Istanbul/Cambridge) on rethinking the canon, global intellectual history & boundaries of political thought.

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

First keynote of the intellectual history conference in Helsinki, with Prof Alicia Montoya (Radboud University) on « the common reader »: libraries, canon making, and the book trade in the eighteenth century

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Excited to attend the In and out of the canon of intellectual history conference for the next three days at the University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi I’ll be giving a talk this afternoon on my research on Sami soldiers in the Swedish imperial army. For now, off to the first keynote!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Delighted to have been elected a full fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org. The RHS carries vital work in supporting the historical profession, and I am honoured for the chance to contribute to its mission. Congrats to all the new fellows and members!👇 royalhistsoc.org/society-elec...

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Society elects 234 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS

At its latest meeting on 21 November 2025, the RHS Council elected 58 Fellows, 30 Associate Fellows, 51 Members and 95 Postgraduate Members, a total of 234 people newly associated with the Society, fr...

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Looking forward to this ! Closing 2025 with a bang

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DEPE-ERC project @depe-erc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our JYU fellow Jonas Gerlings (Halle) giving his paper this afternoon on Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht and Rousseau

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Now wrapping the NHSC10 🇳🇴 conference, with final remarks from board chair Annette Lykknes and the general assembly meeting of the newly founded Norwegian association for the history of science / Norsk Vitenskapshistorisk Forening. See you in Oslo in 2027!

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Vincent Roy-Di Piazza @roydipiazza.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Last panel of the day, with Andreas Jüttemann on leprosy in the Baltic, Jenny Sure on yellow fever in early C19 Germany, Shan Jiang & Ulrike Spring on C. P. Thunberg & bloodletting, and Thomas Brandt on ship modelling knowledge in C20 Norway.

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