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Sarah-Maria Schober

@smschober.bsky.social
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early modern historian, following civet cats and other species - humans included - through time and space, animal resources, racialization of hair, multispecies history / assistant professor , University of Lucerne

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Teresa Göltl @teresagoeltl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today is publication day! 🎉 I’m happy to share that the collective volume, co-edited with @amaliasl.bsky.social and Raphael Dohardt is now available open access thanks to the support of @dependencybonn.de A huge thank you to everyone who participated! www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Next week! #skystorians
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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are thrilled to announce that 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now inviting submissions for a thematic issue on nonhuman animals and more-than-human worlds, guest-edited by Dr. Mieke Roscher. More info on springs-rcc.org/about/. #CallforSubmissions #envhum #animals #morethanhumans #RCCSprings
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Tess Wingard @tesswingard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
gonna be adding this to my Medieval Animals syllabus next semester 👀
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I commented on this “partnership” already, and this is not good news. Keep commercially acting AI firms out of our cultural heritage.
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Mona Bieling @monabie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please consider applying 👇🏼We'll discuss your work in progress in a friendly and constructive environment, invite an expert discussant to join the conversation, and help you make connections with peers in environmental history #envhist #envhum
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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We are delighted to be hosting another series of the 'Race and the #earlymodern' seminar with @folger.edu. This term we will be hosting three WIP sessions with Dr. Mira Zoubeida 'Assaf, Aman Williams, and Rebecca Adusei, respectively. Full details below! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/upcoming-sem...
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Upcoming Seminars — CEMS KCL Blog
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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We have started losing control of AI. It’s time to shut it down | Garrison Lovely
What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality
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Catherine Davies @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
Mein Buch gibt es nun auch als Taschenbuch! Hier kann man es bestellen: www.hamburger-edition.de/buecher-e-… Außerdem verlose ich ein Exemplar — wer teilnehmen möchte, kann mir hier oder an meine Uni-Adresse eine Nachricht schreiben.
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wemeze @wemeze.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
»Am Sonntag ist Wahl, und ja, ich weiß - die Schnauze ist voll. [...] Aber deshalb umso wichtiger:

Check bitte ganz genau, wo du dein Kreuz machst. „WIR SENKEN DIE STEUERN!“ klingt super. Aber die Frage ist: für wen? Von den AfD-Steuerplänen profitieren vor allem die Reichen - mit einem Jahreseinkommen über 200.000 Euro! Und die Erbschaftsteuer soll ja komplett weg. Also nur geil für Familien mit nem Millionenvermögen.

UND DANN DIE WAFFEN: „keine weiteren Verschärfungen des Waffenrechts“ klingt ja erstmal harmlos. Aber wollen wir wirklich mehr Waffen in unserer Gesellschaft? 
So wie in Amerika, wo Schusswaffen zum Alltag gehören - und selbst Kinder in der Schule lernen, was bei einem Amoklauf zu tun ist…! Dann doch lieber Gitarren statt Knarren, unsere Devise.

„WIR MACHEN DIE GRENZEN DICHT“ heißt übersetzt: mehr Aufwand, mehr Kosten, massive Kontrollen, Wartezeiten, Lkw-Schlangen. Und das betrifft nicht nur die Geflüchteten, sondern auch den Lkw-Fahrer, den Pendler, den Handwerker. Die Familie, die mal eben nach Polen fährt. Den Betrieb, der seine Ware über die Grenze bekommt. Totales Chaos und wirtschaftlicher Overkill.

Wut ist noch kein Wahlprogramm! Und ein Protestkreuz kein Feuerlöscher. Also wenn dir jemand erzählt: 
„Mit der AfD wird alles besser“, frag ihn besser mal: 
„Für wen??“Wer Deutschland WIRKLICH liebt, 
wählt schwarz rot gold, gelb oder grün oder lila, 
aber definitiv NICHT blau.«

Udo Lindenberg
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Martina Winkler @martinawinkle14.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
@luisaneubauer.bsky.social , großartig.
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Harry Croft @harrycroft.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Wow, isn't this the best lineup you've ever seen?! Don't be jealous! The programme for our workshop, "Hideous, Invasive, Forgotten: Theorising Uncharismatic Species in Environmental History", is now live! Get in touch if you'd like to take part, I'll be very happy to share participation details
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I think what I find really depressing about AI in higher education is how so many people didn't even wait for the evidence/research before we decided on telling students "how to use AI responsibly" which often includes things like checking grammar, and obviously, we shouldn't have been

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Did you know that even prompting an LLM to edit your grammar might alter the semantic meaning of your text and remove your human voice? If you're in Bergen on Friday September 4 you can hear Isadora White and Marwa Abdulhai present their recent paper on this. They took human-written short essays, asked LLMs to revise them and found significant changes well beyond just copyediting. This is a large-scale computational study, but the image shared here shows two examples of how this happens.

We'll also have talks by John Gallagher, whose newsletter on AI and writing I read religiously, and by Rashid Mustafin, a PhD student at NHH, and Pedro Jacobetty. And before these public talks the AI STORIES team gets to spend two days in a workshop with these and other brilliant people - I'm so excited! 

Here is the full program: https://lnkd.in/eeGUywhj
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TobiasMöhlen @tobiasmoehlen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
„Ist er tot“? Fragte meine innere Stimme als ich das Zimmer betrat. Wir waren vor ein paar Sekunden in die Wohnung gekommen. Alle waren in großer Sorge, hatten den Notruf gewählt. Mit Vati stimmte etwas nicht. Als ich das Schlafzimmer betrete liegt Vati auf dem Bauch, quer auf dem Kingsizebett >>
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Conference: Global Histories of Hair, c. 1500-2026 in Lucerne, Switzerland, 8-10 October 2026. There will be a hybrid possibilty to attend, please register. #skystorians #earlymodern
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
No bother at all! Eagerly following the thread now 😉
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ah so sorry… but out of my range… and a bit too early for wigs, too. Even though, curious what the question was.
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Doktoratsstelle Frühe Neuzeit! Bewerbt Euch mit eigenem Projekt im schönen Bern. Hier geht’s zur Ausschreibung: jobs.unibe.ch/offene-stell.... Fragen sehr gerne einfach fragen!
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Doktorand:in Frühe Neuzeit - Universität Bern
Universität Bern sucht Doktorand:in Frühe Neuzeit
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Lavinia Gambini @lavinia-gambini.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨CFP: SRS, London, 30 June-3 July 2027 #EarlyModern friends, I am once again asking for your abstracts! @jenmcfarland.bsky.social and I are delighted to be organising a panel on 'The Indian Mediterranean' for the 2027 SRS (@srsrensoc.bsky.social) Conference at the @warburginstitute.bsky.social! 👇
Call for Papers for the Biennial Conference of the Society for Renaissance Studies which will be held in London from 30 June to 3 July 2027. Abstracts from researchers of all career stages (including independent scholars and graudate students) are invited for a panel on 'The Indian Mediterranean'. The panel explores both the presence of people from India in the early modern Mediterranean (1400-1700) as well as the use of the descriptor 'Indian' or 'from the Indies' when describing migrant, displaced, and captive people. If you are interested in applying, please send us a 200-word abstract, a provisional title, and a 100-word bio by 10 September 2026. We are hoping to get back to you with a final decision on 15 September 2026. If you'd like to receive an accessible, B&W, Word-verison of this document, please feel free to DM me.
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Woooow! Congratulations Jan!!! 🥳
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Ramona Negrón @ramonanegron.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Excited to see my forthcoming book (PhD dissertation) on @routledgebooks.bsky.social: Silver, Spices, and the Slave Trade. The Coymans Family and Dutch Entrepreneurship in the Spanish Americas (1580-1700). It will be published in December 2026. www.routledge.com/Silver-Spice...
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Silver, Spices, and the Slave Trade: The Coymans Family and Dutch Entrepreneurship in the Spanish Americas (1580-1700)
Silver, Spices, and the Slave Trade: The Coymans Family and Dutch Entrepreneurship in the Spanish Americas (1580-1700) explains how Amsterdam entrepreneurs, specifically the Coymans family, built prof...
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Isabelle Schürch @isabelleschuerch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Historiker*innen aufgehorcht: CfA 📢 💜 Es gibt kaum leidig Transepochaleres als Femizid: Die Tötung von Frauen, weil sie Frauen sind. Wir von @revue-traverse.bsky.social sind auf der Suche nach Beiträgen.
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Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hullo #earlymodern istas. If you happen to use my work (books and articles, anything) in your teaching, now would be a good time to tell me which ones, and in which courses (and unis).
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
🚨Just a week to go until the deadline! 🚨 We've received some really exciting proposals already. If you work on the intersection of #earlymodern crime and religion and have something to offer you really don't want to miss these #RenSA27 panels! 🗃️
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Simone Gingrich @simonegingrich.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The next European environmental history conference @eseh.bsky.social will be in Salzburg, Sept. 2027! Focusing on inter- and transdisciplinarity, it explicitly invites contributions from neighbouring fields 👉 eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #envhist @zug-wien.bsky.social @bokusec.bsky.social
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CfP: 14th Biennial European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference – European Society for Environmental History
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Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚨 JOB KLAXON #skystorians #envhist #envhums Cover for some of my teaching next year - 0.5 FTE at University of Liverpool. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE899/l...
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Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
Apply now for the Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
From early modern Switzerland, Carla Roth with both a chapter on rumour and gossip: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Ben Bloodworth @benbloodworth.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
bsky.app/profile/jannaphia.bsky.soc… This ‘Spot the AI’ academic quiz is excellent and has a lot useful pointers on how to decern real human made images from the mega slop 💫🧑‍🎨💫
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Lisa Haushofer @haushoferl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🚨Job! 🚨 Open-rank, tenure-track position in pre-1800 history of medicine at Johns Hopkins #histmed #histstm apply.interfolio.com/182469?fbcli...
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Dagomar Degroot @dagomardegroot.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Want to write a peer-reviewed, Oxford Intersections article on the #EnvHist of disasters? Check out our call for papers! Oxford Intersections offers a quick, respected, high-impact publishing format - perfect for new research in environmental history. academic.oup.com/oxford-inter...
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taz @taz.de · 30/06/2026
Autor Marc-Uwe Kling („Die Känguru-Chroniken“) hilft Menschen beim Abschied von Big Tech. Er findet: Hoffnung liegt im Machen – und im Lachen.
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Marc-Uwe Kling über Digitalkonzerne: „Zum Glück gibt es überall Alternativen“
Autor Marc-Uwe Kling („Die Känguru-Chroniken“) hilft Menschen beim Abschied von Big Tech. Er findet: Hoffnung liegt im Machen – und im Lachen.
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Vanessa Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
My article about wapiti and red deer in 20th cent New Zealand is out with @animalhistory.bsky.social ! 🦌🚁🏔️ It’s a wild story about colonial animals + technology, trophies + pests, the venison + velvet industry, and hybridity doi.org/10.1525/ah.2... #envhist #animalhist #histech
A man in a red jumpsuit stands behind a very large and sedated red deer stag with large antlers. A small helicopter is grounded behind them in the distance. Taken in New Zealand in 1976.
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Monika Dommann @modomodo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Bitte teilen!
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Lavinia Gambini @lavinia-gambini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Very much looking forward to be co-organising this panel for the upcoming RSA Conference in Philadelphia. #EarlyModern Material culture scholars, don't forget to apply by 20 July! 👇
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Calling all PhDs and ECRs who work on the history of material and visual culture of science - the Nuncius Essay Prize for 2026 is open for submissions until 31 August. Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do... #histSTM
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WOZ @woz.ch · 01/06/2026
Der Schweizerischen Nationalfonds #SNF spart bei der Publikationsförderung – und drückt den Verlagen dazu noch eine Schikane auf. Von Silvia Süess
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Wissenschaft: Als nutzlos abgestempelt
Der Druck auf die Geisteswissenschaften steigt. Gegen die neusten Sparmassnahmen wehrt sich eine Petition.
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
After a mammal is a juvenile, they are an adult. But what are they after they are an adult? In seven species of mammal, including humans, life has a third act for females. We are underreacting to menopause.
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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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Mario Damen @mariodamen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
En nog een vacature voor een promotieplaats bij collega @maartjegelder.bsky.social aan @uvahumanities.bsky.social maar deze gaat over gender en protest in de 16de eeuwse Noordelijke #Nederlanden werkenbij.uva.nl/vacatures/pr... #medievalsky #twitterstorians #earlymodernsky
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Vacature — Promovendus Protest en gender in de Noordelijke Nederlanden
<p>Binnen het project <em>Women and Popular Protest in the Low Countries</em> zoeken we twee promovendi die de opstandige traditie en politieke acties van vrouwen in de laatmiddeleeuwse en vroegmodern...
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Sarah Handley-Cousins @sarahbelle721.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Had a really interesting conversation with other folks who teach our writing requirement at UB and all of us noted this shift in how students are talking about AI. Not to say we don’t see them still sometimes using it, but something really interesting is afoot. This video is cool validation!
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Hi Lily! Planning on hybrid - but would be lovely to see you again in beautiful Lucerne!
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
One more week! Send us hairy histories 🙏💚! #skystorians #earlymodern
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Caroline Rusterholz @carorusterholz.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Notre département d'histoire contemporaine à l’université de Fribourg recrute un professeur.e open rank à 80%. Nous sommes un département dynamique avec de nombreux projets de recherche et une belle collaboration entre la partie francophone et germanophone! www.infoclio.ch/fr/node/192084
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Professur «open rank» für Zeitgeschichte (19. bis 21. Jh.)
Die Philosophische Fakultät der Universität Freiburg (Schweiz) schreibt zur Neubesetzung aus:Professur «open rank» für Zeitgeschichte (19. bis 21. Jh.) (80-75%)
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Tricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"
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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
A reminder that the 'Race in the Early Modern Seminar' is hosting PGR lightning talks on 8th June. If you'd like to present, please submit a bio and paper abstract by 1st May. Full details below! @folger.edu @kingsartshums.bsky.social kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
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CfP: PGR Lightning Talks - 8th June — CEMS KCL Blog
The Race and the Early Modern seminar invites Postgraduate Research Students to present 10-minute lightning talks on their research. The seminar will take place virtually on June 8th 2026 . To apply...
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Maximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Kluger Beitrag von meinem Ex-Kollegen Dirk Stederoth von der Uni Kassel über KI: Er fokussiert sich dabei auf das zerstörte Verhältnis zwischen Lehrenden und Studierenden. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
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KI im Philosophiestudium – Erprompte Dich selbst!
Künstliche Intelligenz und ihre Rolle als Totengräber des (Philosophie-)Studiums
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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS: Global Connections – Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Modern World (ca. 1500–1800) 🔜 Submission deadline: 15 June 📍 Warsaw | 📅 28–30 Sept Student workshop included :) #EarlyModern #History #BlueSkyStorians More info ⬇️
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Dream positions: 3 (!!) PhD placements at the Prize Papers with emphasis on finding students with the following language skills: French, Spanish, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. (Of course, I emphasize the Dutch language!) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
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Exploring the Prize Papers, a global early modern archive
Using language skills, examine previously unknown records from the Prize Papers collection and produce descriptions to support digitisation.
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Annika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"When Badin died, he left behind diaries, a vast book collection, private letters and an autobiography offering a window into his life in 18th- and 19th-century Stockholm." New Black Europe exhibition at the Swedish National Museum #earlymodern 🗃️
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Historikerinnennetzwerk Schweiz | Réseau suisse des historiennes @historikerinnen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Alles spriesst und blüht – Zeit für unsere Frühlings-Apéro-Reihe 🌷 Ob Alltagssorgen, fachliche Fragen oder wissenschaftspolitische Debatten – an unseren #Netzwerkapéros hat alles Platz. Im Mittelpunkt stehen der Erfahrungsaustausch und das gesellige Miteinander. Sehen wir uns am Dienstag in Bern?
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