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Agata Paluch

@agpal.bsky.social

Professor of Jewish Studies in the Premodern Era, University of Cologne | early modern Central-Eastern Europe - Jewish history & book cultures - kabbalah & Jewish knowledge | neurodivergent | views my own

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Erika Milam@emilam.bsky.social · 4h ago

Please circulate: www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/news/call-ap... Seeking 10 Early Career Fellows to participate in 2 summer academies to be held in Berlin June 14–18, 2027 & June 26–30, 2028: SCIENCE IMAGINES ITS FUTURE. How have scholars deliberated about investing scarce resources in an uncertain future?

Call for Applications: Summer Academy on "Science Imagines Its Future" | MPIWG

Call for Applications: Summer Academy on "Science Imagines Its Future" (Deadline November 1)

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Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik@mbikoeln.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tomorrow we are looking forward to welcoming Hanna Gentili to give a talk about "Material, Social and Cultural Contexts of Fitheenth-Century Jewish Philosophy"! This will be the second last lecture of this series. We look forward to your participation in person or via Zoom. Everyone is welcome!

Hanna Gentilli, Hamburg. July 16, 16:00-17:00, Philosophikum of the University to Cologne, Room S76. Titel of the lecture: "Material, Social and Cultural Contexts of Fitheenth-Century Jewish Philosophy" Organised by the Martin Buber Institut for Jewish Studies.
Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik@mbikoeln.bsky.social · last mo.

Coming soon at MBI: Magdalena Janosikova (Amsterdam), "Odd Man Out: Jewish Physicians, Medical Writings, and the Limits of Epistemic Communities in Early Modern Europe": 🗓25.06.2026, 16:00-17:30 🏢Philosophikum (103), S76 💻https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/98225597132?pwd=NTan1FwRzMiaWCyrbwTotDEgiPk9eM.1

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Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik@mbikoeln.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This Thursday, we welcome Andreas Lehnertz (Trier), who will speak on "Jewish Craftspeople and Crafty Knowledge in Medieval Ashkenaz" as part of our lecture series: 🗓18.06.2026, 16:00-17:30 🏢Philosophikum (103), room S76 💻https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/98225597132?pwd=NTan1FwRzMiaWCyrbwTotDEgiPk9eM.1

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Dr. Krista A. Milne@kmilne.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Please help spread the word #medievalsky! Funded PhD position on medieval literary and artistic representations of disability as part of a Vidi project I will be leading that is funded by the Dutch Research Council: www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3592...

PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for a PhD position on medieval representations of disability within the project DISMANTLE (1.0 fte, 4 years / 0.8 fte, 5 y...

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Elizabeth Biggs@elizabethbiggs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit? They look so cool! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas

The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

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Agata Paluch@agpal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A new issue of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 38 (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...) has just been published, with many excellent contributions on "Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History"—and my humble article: doi.org/10.3828/poli... Many thanks to the editors!

The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Penis: Recipes and Kabbalistic Masculinity in the Early Modern Ashkenazi World | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry

Kabbalistic recipes to prevent unwanted seminal emissions emerged at the intersection of religious, social, ethical, bibliographical, and epistemic discourses in the early modern Ashkenazi world. This chapter focuses on recipes for the prevention of ...

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Françoïs Guesnet@guesnet.bsky.social · 8mo ago

As part of the upcoming celebrations to mark 40 years of publishing 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', @livunipress.bsky.social publishes a selection of articles from the past decades - free to read for 12 months. Have a look! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry at 40 – Editor-Selected Articles from the Archive | H-Net

Dear colleagues,In 2026, Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry marks its 40th anniversary. To celebrate, the editors have curated a selection of articles—spanning early modern political life, nineteenth-cent...

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Sissel Undheim@unsissel.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Please share! Two new postdoc positions have opened in the RADHEART project at the University of Bergen. The first is on ancient Rabbinic literature from the 2nd – 7th century CE. #AcRel #sblaar #AncientBlueSky www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814) | University of Bergen

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Religion (289814), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, March 6, 2026

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Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

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H-Material Culture@h-materialculture.bsky.social · last yr.

Fellowship Announcement: Scholarship program of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: 2026 Annual Theme: Small Forms – Between Materiality, Mediality and Genre #MaterialCulture networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Scholarship program of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin: annual theme 2026 "Small Forms" | H-Net

The Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is home to exceptional historical special collections of manuscripts, printed works, maps, musical materials, and other collection objects, both in terms of scope and qu...

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medievalJewishStudiesNow!@med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · last yr.

Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies at Hamburg University. Deadline: 19 June 2025. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/17504

Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies

Hamburg University searches a candidate for a Junior Professorship (W1) with Tenure Track leading to W2 for Jewish Studies. Deadline: 19 June 2025. OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as foll...

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