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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Do we need harsher sanctions for research misconduct? archive.ph/swM2h

Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Next Thursday, 19 February 2026, 5:30pm London (12:30pm NYC/6:30pm Brussels), Kate Travers (Warwick) will speak about ‘The Face in the Tower: Reading Petrarch in the Early Fifteenth Century’. Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR London. To register: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/ita...

Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Free on Zoom! Suitner on "Venice and the Radical Reformation: An Italian Republic in European Context" www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... 22 Jan 2026, 5.30 UK Time

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Venice and the Radical Reformation: An Italian Republic in European Context

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Gift idea: Surprise Alarm Clock

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

On Thursday, 11 Dec, 5:30pm London time (12:30pm New York/6:30 Brussels), Joshua Rushton (Manchester) will speak about ‘Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture’. Online-via Zoom ONLY. All welcome - Please share. To register, see www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I was pleased to name my "Books of the Year" for History Today magazine: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi... @historytoday.com

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I was pleased to name my "Books of the Year" for readers of History Today magazine: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

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Books of the Year 2025: Part 1

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Caravaggio's Cupid - painted in 1602, censored on public transport in 2025

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Modest goal of the day - "skimmed that tastes like semi-skimmed"

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

On Thursday, 27 Nov 2025, 5:30pm London time, Antonio Pattori (Oxford) will speak about ‘An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy’. Via Zoom & IHR London All welcome - Please share invitation To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

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The Timothyseus Project @timothyseus.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

NEXT MONTH: The Baptistery in Florence and its Bronze Doors at the British Museum in London (study session), Wednesday, 3 Dec 2025, 11.00-13.00 London, UK, time. Send DM for details and to register! #florencebaptistery #britishmuseum

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

On Thursday, 30 Oct 2025, 5:30pm London time (1:30pm New York/6:30pm Brussels), Alex Lee (NYU London) will speak about ‘Disability and Community: Healing Miracles and the Bianchi of 1399’. Free! Online-via Zoom & IHR Senate House, London To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

See here: pureinfotech.com/disable-ai-o... However, one of the steps didn't work and I had to modify it. In Step 11, for the Edge browser, I had to add "www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s" rather than the recommended "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" in the URL setting. Works now.

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Disable Google AI Overviews on Search on Chrome and Edge

To disable Google AI Overviews results in search, on Chrome and Edge create a custom search engine using "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" code.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

In the latest issue Historische Zeitschrift, there is only 1 single review on early modern history. And that one's on Goethe. What happened to German historical "science"? www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...

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Historische Zeitschrift Volume 321, Issue 2 -

Volume 321, issue 2 of the journal Historische Zeitschrift was published in 2025.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Managed to switch off the AI answer box on my Google search -- happy days!

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The IHR Italy 1200-1700 (London and online) seminar programme has been published: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern

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(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The new Society for the Study of the Past now has socials! 🥳🍉 You can find us on Insta or here on Bluesky: @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social Or check out the website here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com

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Society for the Study of the Past

A new history of the world...

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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now! Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

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Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs

In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

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Jamie @jamiewoodcock.com · 06/05/2025

Reminder: submit to the Historical Materialism London Conference! From 6-9th of November - with a Postgrad pre day on the 5th. We're running a stream with Notes from Below on Workers and Capital! Get in touch for more info and submit here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

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Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism

Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Would you like to become a KCL UCU caseworker? The branch is hosting a training session on casework on 19 May 2-5pm followed by a social event. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... We are each other’s strength

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Fill | KCL UCU Casework training and social

Register for the casework training and social. The training will run 2-5pm on the 19th of May. The social will start afterwards. After registration, we will invite you to the outlook event with…

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This morning’s Gmail inbox counter was a monument to the endless tide of either empty or strictly functional words - or both.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

As someone who's spent many years studying an Augustinian who wrote about the lives of the popes, I’m really happy to see an Augustinian become pope.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern

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KCL UCU @kclucu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

*Branch anti-casualisation workshop* Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm) ❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign. 📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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Microsoft Forms

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The journal "Annali d'Italianistica" has received a review copy of "L'Invenzione della storia papi" and are looking for a reviewer. Scholars interested in reviewing the book should contact them at annali@elon.edu www.academia.edu/128322571/Bo... #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern #reformazing

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

At first, I thought how thoughtful of Waterstones to pair "Smart Thinking" with "History". Then it occurred to me - what if they’re actually contrasting the two?

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Nice to be featured in King's Essentials today, though my light blue folder on the table is featured more prominently than my face

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Way to go Guardian, this catchphrase is just so mellifluous

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of illegally pirated material, to train its AI models. This includes most of our academic books. www.alcs.co.uk/news/alcs-co...

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ALCS comment on Meta and LibGen

It was recently revealed by The Atlantic that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of pirated material, to train its AI models.

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IHR Italy 1200-1700 @ihritaly.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

this event is now CANCELLED and will be rescheduled for next academic year

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IHR Italy 1200-1700 @ihritaly.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

On Thursday, 27 March, 6:00pm London time (2:00pm New York/7:00pm Brussels), Joshua Rushton (Manchester) will speak about ‘Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture’. ONLINE ONLY ZOOM. Please share www.history.ac.uk/seminars/ita...

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The Middle Ages in the Modern World conference is now on Bluesky! Stay tuned here and on our website for the upcoming 5th MAMO conference, at King's College London, 24-26 June 2025. See you at MAMO number 5! themamo.org

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The Middle Ages in the Modern World

A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages

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IHR Italy 1200-1700 @ihritaly.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Free seminar! On Thu, 27 Feb, 5:30pm UK time (12:30pm New York/18:30 Brussels), Saida Bondini (Zurich & Florence) will speak about ‘Earthquake Hazards and Art Making in Early Modern Italy: Novelty, Memory, and Cyclicity’. Hybrid: On Zoom & in person at IHR London www.history.ac.uk/seminars/ita...

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Cappuccinos now to be drunk from this odd contraption at King's.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

🔨 Why does Germany's far right hate #Bauhaus? Ahead of the German #elections, Dr @katrinschreiter.bsky.social interrogates how opinions on Bauhaus have reignited a historical culture war over German national identity and social anxieties. 🔗 Read more ⤵️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/comment...

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COMMENT: Why Germany's far right hates the Bauhaus movement

At a time of political tension in Germany, the Bauhaus – arguably one of most influential architecture, art and design schools in the world – has become the target of far-right attacks.

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Stefan Bauer @stefanbauer.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

When you discover your book in the official Vatican bookshop on Saint Peter's Square

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Andrew Porter @retropz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"Mamma Mia, here I go again" Looks like we're in need of a second #ResearchIntegrity Starter Pack as the first one is full! Please let me know if you'd like to be added, or have suggestions (particularly ECRs) to add: go.bsky.app/QN5upY5 (Some overlaps with the 1st pack may happen at the start)

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