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Roz R, PhD

@rozsro.bsky.social
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Historian of premodern South Asia, European empires, and material culture

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026
Fall Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons theonion.com/fall-canceled-after-3-…
Fall Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Biden checks his watch at a ceremony and Fox does nonstop segments on it for weeks. But Trump falls asleep repeatedly at the 9/11 ceremony and they won’t even show it. But national broadcast news networks won’t show it either because that would be impolite.
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Department of History at @princeton.edu invites applications from scholars who specialize in the history of Britain and its empire for a tenure-track job in #earlymodern or #modern #british #history apply.interfolio.com/190698
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Could any of my followers send me a gift link to read this article? Thanks
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Ipsita Chatterjea (she/her) @ichatterjea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
South Asian Diaspora Distress Flag Mangoes are being recalled! MANGOES are being RECALLED!
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Could any of my followers send me a gift link to read this article? Thanks
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 29/08/2026
Novelist Laura Elizabeth Woollett on the extreme lows of premenstrual dysphoric disorder, which affects 1 in 20 women and can cause suicidal ideation
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The agony of PMDD — the condition that made me plot my own death
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Behold this nice painting of a Sufi saint and his spectacles Ali Riza, Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II Venerates a Sufi Saint, Bijapur, ca 1620-30.
A Deccani painting showing a Sufi Saint reclining while holding a scroll, spectacles, and surrounded by other texts. Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II presents the saint with a goblet and flask. An attendant stands behind the saint. Close-up of saint holding spectacles in right hand and a scroll in the left hand
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
So thrilled to have submitted my dissertation to my committee this morning! It has been a long journey and I am looking forward to being as relaxed as possible.
Object Lessons from the Coromandel Coast: Global Material Culture and Contested Authority in British and French India, 1670-1757
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Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) @feegiconference.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
CHECK IT OUT - The HKU history department is excited to be launching a search for a new open rank position in early modern global Iberian empires. See the HKU listing here: jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53696...
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HKU Careers
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) offers an intellectually-stimulating and culturally-rich academic environment, with attractive remuneration packages.
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A teenager in North Carolina has been arrested for assault with a "deadly weapon" after taking abortion medication. @kylietcheung.bsky.social has been doing such an incredible job with these pieces on post-Dobbs criminalization
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North Carolina Teen Arrested for Using Abortion Pills As “Deadly Weapon”
The 18-year-old faces criminal charges for trying to self-manage an abortion
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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
First it was the writing center, now Dudley House. This was the place where people like married veterans & other students who had reasons to live off campus found community at Harvard. I refuse to believe this was extremely costly. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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Harvard to Shutter Dudley Community After More Than 90 Years | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard College will shutter the Dudley Community, ending an institution founded more than 90 years ago to provide advising and a social home for generations of undergraduates living outside the House...
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Duygu Yıldırım @duyguyildirim.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So happy to finally share the news that my book, “A History of Uncertainty: Science between the Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe,” will be out in Spring 2027 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. I still can't believe it's now beyond my hands and on its way to meeting its readers.
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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Smith College Museum of Art is hiring an Associate Registrar. #MuseumSky
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Collections Registrar
If you have any questions about the position or our application process, reach out to us at recruiting-u@smith.edu. Department Museum of Art Job Description Job Summary As a member of the Collections ...
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
who needs a writing center when u can use AI and just DOGE staff. lest we forget also closing the basements ie womens center, LGBTQ office, multicultural office etc. but i guess they stood up to trump for…federal money
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I wrote this for Chicago magazine about the U.S. government's plans to close the National Archives branch in Chicago:
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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is what authoritarianism looks like. Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
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Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum (Gift Article)
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Important research write-up on desis in Lisbon
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The Price of a 'European Dream' For South Asian Working-Class Migrants in Portugal
In Lisbon's Martim Moniz, South Asian migrants describe an expensive, precarious migration system where debt, responsibilities and uncertain labour shape the search for a better life.
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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wow, just noticed the latest American Historical Review, "Revolutionary Objects" - 76 object biographies The first I read: Ved Baruah and Yong-an Zhang on Hyder Ali’s Sword (in which they cite @bencarp.bsky.social) Looks like a rich collection, great contributors, excellent for teaching!
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Dr Laura Fernández-González @laurafg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sweat, blood and tears! I am delighted to announce our forthcoming book: Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822, which I've co-edited with António Camões Gouveia (Nova University-Lisbon) and Federico Palomo (Complutense University-Madrid). www.routledge.com/Public-Ritua...
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Public Rituals in the Portuguese Empire, 1498–1822
Public Rituals charts the study of public rituals in the Portuguese Empire between 1498 and 1822 approximately, with a view to introducing both new and seasoned readers to the contexts, sources, probl...
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Any chance anyone can recommend a #PMDD specialist in the DC area, I would be grateful
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Society for Iberian Global Art @siga.spainculture.us · 14/07/2026
📣 CFP | RSA 2027 🗺️Early Modern Maps and Their Materialities 📍Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting in Philadelphia 🗓️March 11–13, 2027 🗓️ Deadline: July 15, 2026 (1/4)
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A local journalist posted about local cases of the diarrhea thing. I realized…our public restroom shortage is about to be a crisis. People are not paid enough to maintain the few bathrooms that exist!! My god.
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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Dutch Colonial Betel Box tortoiseshell, silver c. 18th century Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) #handmade #dutchcolonial #betelbox #tortoiseshell #silver #box #batavia #dutcheastindies #indonesia #antique #18thcentury #chinoiserie #doubleheadedeagle #keyplate #hospitality #indigenous #custom
This fine Dutch colonial betel or sirih box from Batavia, in the Dutch East Indies (Jakarta and Indonesia today), comprises sides of fine honey-coloured tortoiseshell and silver mounts. The silver corner mounts are in the form of stylised clouds suggesting Chinese influence. The key-plate is of silver in the form of a stylised double-headed eagle.
The box sits on four solid-cast silver feet. Key rivets are hidden by prominent silver domed bolt covers: two on the front, four on the hinged cover, and two on the rear. Handles cut from silver sheet are attached to each side.
Prominent silver hinge flanges are attached to the inside of the box, and attach the lid or cover to the base.
The Javanese habit of chewing betel was adopted by the local Dutch and exquisite boxes to hold the nut, the betel leaf and the other accompaniments were commissioned by the Dutch. The Dutch realised early on how important betel was to the indigenous people and how it was an essential part of hospitality including with the indigenous rulers. They quickly incorporated betel use with their dealings with local elites. Paintings that show the wives of Dutchmen at the time often show betel boxes prominently displayed. One such seventeenth century painting by J.J. Coeman which today hangs in the Rijksmuseum shows Batavia's Cornelia van Nieuwenroode with her husband Pieter Coll and two of their nine daughters, one of who is shown holding a jewelled betel box (Gelman Taylor, 2009, p. 42).
The fashion for luxurious betel accoutrements and other finery saw the governor-general in Batavia Jacob Mossel issue a decree in 1754 stating that only the wives and widows of the governor-general, the director-general, members of the Council of the Indies and president of the Justice Council were permitted to use gold or silver betel boxes adorned with precious stones, (Zandvlieyt, 2002, p. 206).
The silver is without maker's or assay marks.
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So alarming for the Triangle (NC), where we are also in the middle of our worst drought on record :(
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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The entire fuckin point of the national mall is loitering
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Association for Asian Studies @asianstudies.org · 25/06/2026
Yunxin Li knows that premodern Asia can feel "elusive" to students today. Teaching through material culture can help them access the past, as Li outlines in this article from the Spring 2026 issue of Education About Asia.
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Teaching Premodern Asian History through Material Culture
To students who grow up outside of Asia and do not speak Asian languages, Asian history may seem distant and intangible. Premodern Asian history may seem even more elusive and disconnected to world history. Based on my experience teaching undergraduate Asian history courses, this article discusses the opportunities that material culture provides for instructors teaching premodern Asian history at the undergraduate or secondary school levels. It introduces five ways in which material culture informs teaching about premodern Asia: Using archaeological findings as historical evidence;...
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Phil Yabut @philliefan99.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
They're dumping slimy, green peroxide water from the Reflecting Pool back into the Potomac. #dc @popville.bsky.social
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REINSTALL SIGNS, EXHIBITS IT REMOVED FROM NATIONAL PARKS DISCUSSING TOPICS LIKE SLAVERY, CLIMATE CHANGE
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Incredible headline: No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game
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No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game
Sorry, Knicks fans: No Madison Square Garden watch party tonight. You won’t even be able to walk close. The NYPD and U.S. Secret Service announced another spate of street closures and security measure...
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Jack Rakove @jrakove.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I just received the terribly distressing news that Gordon Wood was hit by a car and killed yesterday. We were together with other Founding era scholars at the 2nd Judicial Circuit conference last week at Lake George, and he was as usual in fine fettle and as always enjoyable to talk to.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🦒 🦓 UPDATE: The Nashville Zoo petition to block an DC BLOX data center next door has crossed 113,000 signatures. DC BLOX: 877.590.1684 CEO: Jeff Uphues cc: @MetroNashville www.change.org/p/nashville-...
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Jeremy Simmons @caeliambulator.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Got word from the team @princetonupress.bsky.social that advanced copies of my book are arriving at the press (they sent me this photo of it in the wild)! So excited to be able to hold it in my hands!
A hardback copy of "Sea of Treasures: A Cultural History of Indian Ocean Trade" by Jeremy A. Simmons standing upright on a stone bench in the lovely green courtyard of Princeton University Press.
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Even better:
google search reading: how many w's are in google
AI overview: there are 2 "w"s in the word "Google".
The letter appears twice in the company's full web address: "ww"w.google.com.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
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Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
👀 @erikagaffney.bsky.social is launching a new book series: this time it's BRILL* 🥁 'Early Modern Visual and Material Cultures', with Allison Levy as the series editor rensoc.org.uk/announcement... #EarlyModern #Skystorians
New book series: Early Modern Visual and Material Cultures

Deadline: 20 May 2027

Visit website → https://brill.com/page/forthcoming_vmc

General Editor: Allison Levy, Brown University
Brill acquisitions editor: Erika Gaffney

Casting a critical eye on images and objects from the early modern period, authors of monographs and edited volumes published in this series advance new interrogations marked by rigorous research and compelling narratives. Contributions offer multidisciplinary perspectives on a broad range of topics from a variety of methodologies, deepening appreciation of the complexities of visual and material cultures across early modern worlds.

Authors are cordially invited to submit book proposals and/or full manuscripts.

For more information, visit: https://brill.com/page/forthcoming_vmc
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Jen @cassiciacum.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Tenure at University of Texas is effectively dead. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/20/u...
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UT System regents to vote on rule guiding academic program cuts
College students and professors are protesting with mock funerals across Texas, saying universities are dying from political interference. School officials say they’re responding to shifting needs.
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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
26 years of contraceptive pills on a dress. At the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I, for one, look forward to my research being plagiarized by AI before I even defend my dissertation
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
FIFA painted over a beloved Wyland mural of whales, one of just 100 in the world, to advertise for the World Cup. Apparently without talking to anyone before doing so. www.espn.com/soccer/story...
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Outcry as World Cup art replaces beloved Dallas whale mural
As Dallas pulls out the stops for the World Cup this summer, one makeover is causing an uproar: the sudden disappearance of a beloved, giant mural downtown of swimming whales.
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.
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Roz R, PhD @rozsro.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The baby wren in my bag of potting soil flew the nest yesterday 🥰🥰🥰😭😭😭 they grow up so fast!!
a baby bird in its nest, with its beak wide open, hoping for some fooda baby wren perched on a basket
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
THIS TERM's PROGRAMME! Join us for 2 exciting events with Mélanie Lamotte, @lrhodges.bsky.social, @juliehardwick.bsky.social, and @roperlou.bsky.social Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social Everybody welcome, in person or online--register for the zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern
programme Europe and the world: 
18 May: By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire with Mélanie Lamotte (Duke), as well as Lenny Hodges (Durham) and Julie Hardwick (Univerdsity of Texas at Austin).
1 June: The Guinea Trade and English Imperial Formation, 1624-1664 with Lou Roper
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"The proliferation of references to fake articles threatens to undermine the legitimacy of institutional research across the board" -- by Miles Klee www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... open access link: archive.ph/qt59c 1/🧵
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AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
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Dr Laura Fernández-González @laurafg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Mañana, how exciting! #earlymodern #history #goa #architecture
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Journal of Early Modern History @earlymodhistory.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Our special issue #30.1-2, "Reflections on the Global Early Modern," is now available online! It opens with an introduction by Zoltán Biedermann, Giancarlo Casale, and Molly Warsh, "How Early? How Modern? Reflections on the Global Early Modern (Part 1)." brill.com/view/journal...
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Laura Ansley @lmansley.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Federal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment of the Humanities Funding In Historic Case - AHA
Statements From American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 7, 2026 - This afternoon US District J...
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