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Theodor Dunkelgrün

@theodunkelgrun.bsky.social
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Historian | Asst Prof @uantwerpen.be | PhD UChicago | postdocs @cam.ac.uk | Early Modern Europe & the Mediterranean, the History of Scholarship, of the Book, and of the Jews | Hagenaar | FRHistS I come from merchants in textile, and work on text and exile

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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A reminder that you get this free four times a year if you join @bibsoc.bsky.social - student membership is just £30. #BookHistory #NewAcademicYear
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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Want to see this and other extraordinary books in our collections? There's still a week left to apply for our Nottebohm fellowship. All info here: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/nottebohm... 2/
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Nottebohm Fellowship for Book Historical Research
The Plantin-Moretus Museum and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme.
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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reminder: one more week to apply for the Nottebohm fellowship for #BookHistory research in Antwerp! For an idea of some of the research conducted using this travel fund, check out the recording of last week's Nottebohm Talks on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA2L...
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Online Nottebohm Talks September 15 2016
YouTube video by Museum Plantin-Moretus
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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our conference starts in less than a week! 📢 Global Connections: Central and Eastern Europe in the #EarlyModern World (c. 1500–1800) 📅 28–30 Sept 2026 📍 University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 Opening lecture: Prof. Tomasz Grusiecki, "The Last Aurochs" – Mon 5pm. All welcome!
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/09/2026
The historian Simon Sebag Montefiore discusses his latest book, “The Cauldron,” and how violence forged the modern Middle East. Watch his full discussion with @davidfrum.bsky.social:
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The Atrocities That Shaped the Modern Middle East
The historian Simon Sebag Montefiore on his latest book, The Cauldron, and how violence forged the modern Middle East
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#CfP 📢 Conference: “TransLATINg the Bible: The Creation, Transmission, and Reception of the Latin Bible”, KU Leuven 📆 7–9 April 2027 | 🌍 Leuven ⏰ 1 October 2026 🔗 reforc.com/events/translating-the-bible #Bible #TranslationStudies #LatinStudies #BookHistory
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TransLATINg the Bible: the Creation, Transmission, and Reception of the Latin Bible - REFORC
The text of KU Leuven’s call for papers follows below: We welcome proposals for 30-minute papers (including discussion) engaging with the conference theme and methodological approaches outlined below....
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania @upenn.edu invites applications for the Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Professorship in #JewishStudies, at the rank of tenured Associate or Full Professor. #academicjobs #historyjobs apply.interfolio.com/193126?appli...
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We're thrilled to be co-sponsoring the 2026 E.H. Gombrich Lecture Series next week, 22-24 September at 6:00 pm BST, with @warburginstitute.bsky.social! Dr. Anthony Grafton of @princeton.edu will deliver this three-part lecture series on the life & controversies of Joseph Scaliger. Details below:
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Assistant Professor – Modern European Intellectual History - Department of History Terrific opportunity at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Deadline: October 15 #academicjobs #skystorians aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05550?app...
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Assistant Professor – Modern European Intellectual History - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Nieuwsblad @nieuwsblad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Marnix Beyen verloor zijn dochter Fleur, en richtte een meisjesvoetbalclub op in haar herinnering: “Ik moest haar doen voortleven in iets”
De meisjesvoetbalclub die hij oprichtte, is bij de grootste van Vlaanderen. Football Girls Leuven (FGL): van 15 naar 250 speelsters op zes jaar tijd. Maar pas nu is Marnix Beyen (55) klaar om het hele verhaal te vertellen van hoe die club tot stand kwam, na de dood van zijn 14-jarige dochter. Fleur Beyen: de lieve, de karaktervolle, de voetbalgekke. “Als ik het meisjesvoetbal losliet, liet ik haar los. Maar ik móést haar doen voortleven.”
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Splendid opportunities for postdocs, ecrs, and visiting researchers at @magdalenoxford.bsky.social (Thanks for sharing, @diderotesque.bsky.social) #academicsky #skystorians www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies/
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Job Vacancies - Magdalen College
Magdalen College is one of the oldest, largest, and most beautiful colleges in Oxford – it is a wonderful place to work. You can explore and apply for current vacancies on our recruitment website via ...
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Digitized #OA! The flagship Flemish journal for #BookHistory, an invaluable resource for all aspects of book culture across the centuries, especially in the Low Countries, and ... the berth of my first published article, "De Hebreeuwse handschriften van het Museum Plantin-Moretus" GP 86 (2008), 7-28
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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Update: all issues of the Book Historical journal De Gulden Passer = The Golden Compass from 1923 up until 2015 are now available in Open Access on DBNL: www.dbnl.org/titels/tijds.... Later years will follow as the wall moves (and scanning infrastructure permits).
Cover for De Gulden Passer, Journal for Book History (2015/1).
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
500 Years of Yiddish Printing Splendid lineup for a symposium in Oxford, 4–6 October 2026 (the first day, נעבעך, is yontef). medieval.ox.ac.uk/500-years-of... #bookhistory #jewishstudies
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500 Years of Yiddish Printing: Symposium – Oxford Medieval Studies
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Professorship in Silk Road Studies Very cool new Open Rank/Tenure Track #historyjob posted at Indiana University: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34008
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Roger E. Covey Professorship in Silk Road Studies (Open Rank, Tenure Track)
The Department of Central Eurasian Studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington seeks to make a tenure-track or tenured hire (open rank) t...
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Prachtbaan aan de @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social: Directeur van de Universiteitsbibliotheek Deadline: 17 september 2026 #libraryjobs #bookhistory www.uu.nl/organisatie/...
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Directeur Universiteitsbibliotheek
Wil jij leidinggeven aan een universiteitsbibliotheek die volop in ontwikkeling is?
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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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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Many thanks to Dorrit van Dalen, Petra Sijpesteijn, to my fellow teachers and to the brilliant students of the 2026 Summer School "Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world" in the treasure chest of the @ubleiden.bsky.social's Oriental Collections, at my alma mater @unileiden.bsky.social
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.
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Alfonso de Zamora @perurealfonso.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"full-time tenure stream position in Ancient Greek Literature at the rank of Assistant Professor."
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Delighted to welcome students from across the world to Antwerp for the Summer School "Jewish Studies on Edge", co-organised by the Institute of Jewish Studies at the @uantwerpen.be , the CAJS @upenn.edu and the @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social A promising week ahead! www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...
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Detailed program | Institute of Jewish Studies | University of Antwerp
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Monday evening at @uantwerpen.be I’ll be talking to Flora Cassen @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social about her stunning new book, Stained Glass: a Reflective History of #Antisemitism @uoftpress.bsky.social 2026 All welcome! 18:00 Stadscampus C.002 More info here: www.uantwerpen.be/nl/onderzoek...
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Sixteenth Century Journal is seeking a new Editor. If interested, please apply by 15 July. #earlymodern 🗃️
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Peter Kidd @mssprovenance.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
There's a Bodleian visiting fellowship available to those in the book trade! I heard today that the person who was to be this year's Peter Selley Fellow has had to drop out for health reasons, so the application deadline is going to be extended. Details here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
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Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
*Call for Papers* @srsrensoc.bsky.social has announced its next #conference at the Warburg. 'The Renaissance beyond Borders' frames the #Renaissance as a dynamic, interwoven process that transcends the geographical limitations of a fixed European moment. Learn more ➡️ rensoc.org.uk/announcement...
Image credit: 'A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent’ (detail), by John Mottley (London: J. Read, 1734-5). With thanks to Senate House Library for the image.
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
#CfP 📢 International workshop: "Beyond Bobadilla: Greek Learning and Religion in Early Modern Europe", The Norwegian Institute in Rome 📆 27–28 May 2027 | 🌍Rome ⏰ Deadline: 1 December 2026 🔗 www.hf.uio.no/dnir/english... #EarlyModern #ReligiousHistory #IntellectualHistory #Hellenism
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It’s not too late to book your place for the Palaeography Summer School in Birmingham in July! 📖✏️👨‍🎓👇 #MedievalSky #Skystorians #Latin palaeography.uk/study/short-...
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The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026
The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Een van de vele ontroeringen op de dag dat #MarcBloch wordt bijgezet in het #Panthéon: zijn testament, vertaald door de Belgische mediëvist Charles Verlinden (oudstudent van Bloch en Pirenne) in de indringende bundel getuigenissen die Jacques Presser in 1961 verzorgde. www.dbnl.org/tekst/pres00...
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Marc Bloch, Antwoord aan het kwaad, getuigenissen 1939-1945, J. Presser - DBNL
Op deze pagina lees je de tekst 'Antwoord aan het kwaad, getuigenissen 1939-1945' van J. Presser
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Hebrew Curator at the British Library (2-year fixed term) Wonderful opportunity for a scholar of #Hebrew and Jewish #bookhistory to spend 2 years in the Promised Land of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social with its invaluable collection. Deadline: 12 July. ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web...
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Alfonso de Zamora @perurealfonso.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
3 yrs #Postdoctoral #Fellowships in #Theology and #ReligiousStudies funded by the Flemish Research Council at KU Leuven Junior (<3 years after PhD) and Senior (3-6 years after PhD) theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...
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Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theology and Religious Studies
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
As the @rsaorg.bsky.social 's Religion discipline rep, I'm excited to share two #earlymodern #CfP for #RenSA27. The first, coorganised with Amanda Scott, is entitled "Banishment and Exile in the Early Modern World": www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...
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Renaissance Society of America
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#CfP 📢 International Conference: "Bridges Across the Continent: Jewish Worlds Between Venice and Amsterdam", European Association for Jewish Studies 📆 24–26 August 2026 |🏫 Universität Potsdam ⏰ Deadline: 14 June 2026 🔗 www.eurojewishstudies.org/homepage-ann... #EarlyModern #JewishStudies
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Erasmus Collection Fellowship
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Goed boekhistorisch en bijbels gezelschap in de open opstelling van mijn dierbare leeszaal Bijzondere Collecties @ubleiden.bsky.social !
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Oh, Joseph Scaliger! You really are a treasure for all times. #thesaurustemporum and not merely #earlymodern
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Oxford Bibliographical Society @obs1922.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Borna Izadpanah on 'Printing the Qur’an across Empires' All welcome to our final event of the academic year - in person in Oxford, or online (email secretary@oxbibsoc.org.uk).
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"New Ancient Greek Literature: Contexts, Audiences, Legacies" Terrific conference 8-10 July 2026 at @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social Keynotes by Filippomaria Pontani, Malika Bastin-Hammou, and Han Lamers Register by 24 June! #earlymodern #renaissancehumanism www.kuleuven.be/lectio/event...
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New Ancient Greek Literature: Contexts, Audiences, Legacies
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
📣 Apply now for the Quentin Skinner Lectureship 2027 The Lectureship will suit an early career scholar who is able to visit Cambridge in Spring 2027, and hold a lecture on a subject in the broad field of intellectual history since 1500 bit.ly/3js4P7Z ⏳ 15 June @camhistory.bsky.social
Attendees chatting at the Quentin Skinner Lecture.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Combining history, detective story, and memoir, Yair Mintzker's I, Wandering Jew is a surprising and revealing account of the antisemitic myth of “the Wandering Jew." Now available worldwide! Find it here: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History #ReadUP
I, Wandering Jew: A Five-Century History of Our Modern Condition by Yair Mintzker
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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
THIS is your sign to come and do #bookhistory research in Antwerp in the outstanding collections of Museum Plantin-Moretus and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library. Apply here for the Nottebohm Fellowship by Oct 1: sl1nk.com/i61nfmk 💙📚 📜 Come and join us... It’s pretty great here! 😉
Library with rare books on shelves in leather and parchment. Copright: LUCIDView of the exterior of the museum. Copyright: LUCID
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UAntwerp CUH - Centre for Urban History @urbanhistoryua.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📢 Call for papers – Boekhistorisch Forum X Op 16 okt 2026 brengen de Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universiteit Antwerpen en KU Leuven onderzoekers rond boekgeschiedenis samen. 🎤 Dien je abstract (max. 300 w) + bio in vóór 20 juni 2026 via g.w.h.dijkstra@uva.nl 🌍 NL/EN presentaties welkom
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Moses and his Nubian wife Zipporah. Great nod to the reality of race in the Old Testament from Jacob Jordaens of Antwerp, whose day is today.
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Een genoegen om namens het Instituut voor Joodse Studies @uantwerpen.be i.s.m. het #FelixArchief @stadantwerpen.bsky.social een publiekslezing van Michael Rosenfeld VUB/ @cnrs.fr te organiseren over twee bijzondere huldealbums van Antwerpenaren aan Zola en Dreyfus www.uantwerpen.be/nl/onderzoek...
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“À la famille Dreyfus, hommage anversois”. | Instituut Joodse Studies | Universiteit Antwerpen
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I was delighted to find a copy of the 1597 edition of Jacobus Cruquius's Horace, perhaps the last book printed by Franciscus Raphelengius, a monument of Flemish Humanism and an invaluable witness to an ancient manuscript lost in the destruction of the library of Ghent's Sint-Pietersabdij in 1566.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 13/05/2026
At 6pm this evening @aberuni.bsky.social, we host Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL) as the guest lecturer for our visit to Aberystwyth and @librarywales.bsky.social. Miri's lecture, 'Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse', is open to all, in person/online bit.ly/4wxY99h #Skystorians 1/2
Image from the Song of Songs with text:

RHS PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
‘Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse’
Professor Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London)

13 MAY 2026, 6PM
Main Hall, International Politics Building, Penglais Campus TO BOOK A FREE TICKET VISIT: ROYALHISTSOC.ORG/EVENTS

HOSTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY & WELSH HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERYSTWYTH
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Elated and deeply moved: the Menno Hertzberger Prize, awarded once every three or four years for scholarship on #Bookhistory in the Low Countries. Looking forward to expressing my gratitude in public at the ceremony in November in the @kb.nl in The Hague, my home town. www.kb.nl/agenda/save-...
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Save the date: uitreiking Menno Hertzbergerprijs
Op 12 november is in de KB de uitreiking van de Menno Hertzbergerprijs, een driejaarlijkse prijs vernoemd naar antiquair en boekliefhebber Menno Hertzberger.
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A terrific opportunity for “outstanding young thinkers” under 35 to spend six months working on an interdisciplinary project of choice in Einstein’s idyllic Brandenburg cottage. Deadline: *15 May 2026* www.einsteinforum.de/en/about/fel...
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Einstein Forum – Albert Einstein-Stipendium
Einstein Forum - The Einstein Forum is offering an institutional context for intellectual innovation outside the university. Das Einstein Forum ist ein Ort der intellektuellen Innovation außerhalb des...
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Anne Goldgar @annegoldgar.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
JOB: early modern global history jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lectureship in Early Modern Global History
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (One Year)Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Early Modern Global History to teach in the Department of History and Classics for one year from 1 September 2026. ...
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Sabrina Inowlocki @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
📚📖📚📖This Wednesday at the National Library in Jerusalem, prof. Maren Niehoff and myself will be in conversation about the libraries of Alexandria and Caesarea. If you want to join: www.nli.org.il/he/visit/eve... @romanaerc.bsky.social
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
אנו מבקשים סליחה מהעם היהודי Archbishop Luc Terlinden, Chief Rabbi Albert Guigui, and Auxiliary Bishop Jean Kockerols, at the unveiling of new plaques in the Cathedral of St. Michael & St. Gudula. A moving ceremony and a historical moment. www.otheo.be/nieuws/herde... www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...
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Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Castilian, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew Teaching my students #MedievalSpain through the quadrilingual epitaph of Fernando III (1199-1252), dedicated by his son, Alfonso X. It never ceases to illuminate. Grateful to @homophonous.bsky.social for the translations and to the invaluable #PosenLibrary.
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