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Sanne Muurling

@smuurling.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Social History @ Radboud Uni | History of gender, social inequalities, crime, death & disease | Editor TSEG & HISFAM | 📚🎮 🗺 🐈

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Arunima Datta (PhD, FRHistS) @migrationhistorian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Self promotion alert! My new article is out now. 🤗 If you can’t access through your institutions let me know I have a limited number of free access links for your reading pleasure 🤗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Imperial surveillance of marital distress: the Tute divorce case and the British Raj
Through a close study of Richard and Helen Tute’s divorce experiences (1897–1913), this paper captures the historical nuances of imperial family histories through the lens of marital breakdowns. Sp...
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Neerlandistiek @neerlandistiek.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Nicoline van der Sijs met een zeer verontrustend bericht over het geruisloos verdwijnen van een databank waar alles bij elkaar tientallen jaren aan is gewerkt. neerlandistiek.nl/2026/03/een-...
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Een fantoomdatabank
Of de verspilling van wetenschapsgeld en vrijwilligersinzet
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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The call for papers for the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) is out! This biyearly conference, hosting around 1500 participants, brings together scholars who explain historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences. More information: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Weary Death / Tired, Pavel Karlovich Wenig, 1915 #TheVictorianBookoftheDead #AlfredHitchcockDay
A skeletal death, in a black, hooded robe, sits, hand under chin, scythe on the ground, surrounded by flocks of ravens. The painting "Tired or The Weary Death", Pavel Karlovich, Wenig
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Huygens Instituut @huygensknaw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
'Ze had geschreeuwd, zich verzet, nee, ho en stop geroepen.' Promovendus Marlies Couch vertelt over haar driemaal bekroonde afstudeerscriptie over seksueel geweld, saamhorigheid tussen vrouwen onderling en de rol van vroedvrouwen in de rechtspraak in de vroegmoderne tijd 🔗 tinyurl.com/3mnccyn2
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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Lecture alert 🔔 Forms of homosexual subjecthood were already present before the mass gay persecutions in the Dutch Republic in 1730. This is evident from the dozens of sodomy trials on ships, trading posts and in colonial settlements of the Dutch East India Company. (🧵1/3)
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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🚨 Workshop “Putting mortality on the map – spatial methods to study the urban mortality transition”, Univ. of Copenhagen, 20–21 Aug 2026. For researchers using or planning spatial approaches in historical mortality. Apply by 1 Feb 2026: madsp@ruc.dk & sanne.muurling@ru.nl
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Lieke Smits @elckerlieke.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"We hebben decanen, rectoren en collegevoorzitters nodig die zeggen: ‘[...] We hebben eerdere bezuinigingen niet kunnen opvangen door harder te werken, ook niet door onderwijsinnovaties, en we gaan al helemaal niks oplossen met AI.’" www.mareonline.nl/opinie/ga-di...
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‘Ga staken! En geef toe dat ons onderwijs achteruitholt’, betoogt natuurkundeprof Tjerk Oosterkamp
Hoe pijnlijk ook: we moeten toegeven dat universiteiten in tien jaar tijd flink zijn verslechterd, vindt Tjerk Oosterkamp. Harder werken helpt niet meer. En juist daarom moeten studenten en docenten d...
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Camille Woodpencil @crayondebois.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Looking forward Miguel Rodrigues’s presentation! Tomorrow at the @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
TOOOOOOOOOOM!!! @tombhamilton.bsky.social! Oh this is brilliant, humongous congratulations. The Natalie Zemon Davis Prize from the @16csociety.bsky.social! 🤩 #NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)
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Hamilton_Book award - Durham University
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
#YayArchives
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Dr. Felicia Fricke @feliciafricke.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Stability and survival: Creole widowhood in St. Eustatius, 1780s-1820s
This article articulates the mortality gap between non-Caribbean (foreign) men and Caribbean (Creole) women on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centurie...
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Tim Riswick @timriswick.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We are looking for a new Chair in Economic, Social and Demographic History! If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Full Professor: Social and Economic History at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
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International Institute of Social History @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...
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Leo Lucassen @leol.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Medio volgend jaar word ik 67. De advertentie voor een nieuwe directeur @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social staat vanaf vandaag online. Zegt het voort! vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...
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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Spot on. Ik verbaasd me ook altijd weer over managers (of collega's) die de privileges van het werken aan de universiteit alleen maar benadrukken alsof we nog in de jaren 70 zitten.
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ongerijmd @ongerijmd.com · 07/09/2025
Hier zeggen ze trouwens niet Dolle Mina maar Dolle Nimma and I think that’s beautiful. #nijmegen
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 08/10/2024
The scariest and most powerful incantation known on the internet ;)
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Sheilagh Ogilvie @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Looking forward talking about “Controlling Contagion” at the Radboud Conference next week, and learning more answers to its key question: “How Did We Lift the Burden?” www.ru.nl/en/about-us/... @oxford-esh.bsky.social @timriswick.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
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Keynote “Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from Plague to Covid” | Radboud University
In this keynote lecture, prof. Sheilagh Ogilvie will explain how societies have historically managed epidemics through various social institutions.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
"we've eliminated the memory of these diseases." The most powerful argument for making sure #histmed is an element of all curricula!
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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Great to see the video of David Turner's recent talk, 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social now available online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... It was a great evening.
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Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
British History in the Long 18th Century Semianr
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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
New book out later this year! Courtship, marriage, divorce, Scotland! All the best topics!
Front cover of Working class courtship, marriage and divorce in Scotland, 1955-1939.
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Henk Looijesteijn @henklooijesteijn.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
A-HA! The plot thickens! Zijne Majesteit heeft Trump hagelslag voorgezet, natuurlijk om hem subtiel te beïnvloeden. Hagelslaggate! Make Holland Great Again! #Hagelslagwins
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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
📣New blog! How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society? @stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜 Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
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From Coroners’ Rolls to the Classroom: Engaging Students with the Medieval Murder Map
Dr Stephanie Brown, University of Hull s.brown6@hull.ac.uk @stephemmabrown.bsky.social How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society? In lots of ways, actually. The…
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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Fascinating article by the amazing Samantha Sint Nicolaas and colleagues about migrant crime and discrimination in the courts of early modern Holland: academic.oup.com/jsh/article-...
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Migrants, Violence, and Discrimination in Early Modern Holland
Abstract. This study examines the experiences of migrants in early modern Dutch cities, focusing on violence and indications of social tensions in criminal
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Huygens Instituut @huygensknaw.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Vroegmoderne vrouwen: verleden tijd? Allerminst! Tijdens 'Van marge naar middelpunt' blikken onderzoekers (waaronder collega @ninalamal.bsky.social) en erfgoedprofessionals terug én vooruit op vrouwengeschiedenis in erfgoed & wetenschap. 📅 4 juni | 17:00 | SPUI25 Info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/b94pHFs
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Sanne Muurling @smuurling.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Exciting to see the seven little maps I made for this book about diseases and mortality in 19th and early 20th c Amsterdam in print ✨ (Book recommendation, too! Get your copy now: libris.nl/a/owen-lamme...)
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Amalia S. Levi, PhD @amaliasl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Layers of information in an archival document: - What is said - What is not said - What is alluded to - What is omitted intentionally (and unintentionally) - What is misleading - What is ambiguous - What is highlighted - What is downplayed - What is weaponized - What is unintelligible today ...
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Tommy van Avermaete @tommyvav.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Wees solidair met de collega’s bij Italiaans in Leiden en teken deze petitie voor behoud van de vakgroep.
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Save Italian language and culture programme at Leiden University - online-petitie
The Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University plans to shut down the Italian Language and Culture program. The Faculty Board justifies its decision based on the following arguments: (1) a limited glo...
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Sanne Muurling @smuurling.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Looking forward to this!
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Sanne Muurling @smuurling.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Arsenic to combat pulmonary tuberculosis; 1883's Ivermectine? 😷💀 www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/ar...
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Jessica den Oudsten @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Before Ken Barbie there was...
Alexander Barbie (Amsterdam, 18th-century handwriting)
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Rombert Stapel @rjstapel.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
📣Vacatures: 2 Student Assistenten HisGIS @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social 📣 We zoeken twee studenten om verspreid geraakte archiefstukken te lokaliseren: de waanzinnig interessante Tabellen 5/5bis van het Kadaster van 1832: het missende stukje in onze HisGIS.nl infrastructuur Solliciteren t/m 20-1-2025
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Student-Assistenten HisGIS - IISG
Student-Assistenten HisGIS - IISG
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Jonge historici! Kom werken voor het Koninklijk Nederlands Historisch Genootschap! Twee jaar als Junior Administratie & Communicatiemedewerker, meebouwen aan de prijzen, historicidagen, tijdschrift. Boeiende job, toffe ploeg! Soliciteren kan tot 5 januari. Alle info:
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Junior Administratie & Communicatiemedewerker - KNHG
Junior Administratie & Communicatiemedewerker - KNHG
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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Uit ONDERZOEK blijkt dat Nederland al 15 jaar structureel te WEINIG INVESTEERT in INNOVATIE. Let op - de bezuinigingen op het Groeifonds komen NIET uit de begroting van OCW - dat is dus nog eens een extra klap voor onderzoek en innovatie. #DoeHetNiet fd.nl/economie/150...
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🎁 Lees gratis: Onderzoek: Nederland investeert al vijftien jaar te weinig in R&D
Nederland zet welvaart op het spel door suggesties vanuit de politiek om te korten op het Nationaal Groeifonds.
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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Wij staan op rood #WOinActie
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Sanne Muurling @smuurling.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Come join my department @Radboud Uni! 🎉
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Michail Raftakis @mraftakis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The CfP for the 6th Conference of the European Society of Historical Demography is out! The conference will be held in Bologna from 10 to 13 September 2025. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2025! eshd2025.eshd.eu
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Sanne Muurling @smuurling.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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Sanne Muurling @smuurling.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Late to the party, as always 😅😬🦋
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