Vol trots mag ik jullie uitnodigen op de verdediging van mijn doctoraat, op dinsdag 29 september om 13.30u in Leuven, en de feestelijke receptie nadien. 👉 Graag even mailen zodat ik genoeg hapjes voorzie! 👉 Kan je er niet bij zijn? Ik voorzie waarschijnlijk een livestream. 👉 Delen mag uiteraard!

also in case you have missed the excellent memes about this in the replies: yes, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith did in fact used to be called the Inquisition you may be familiar with their earlier work

#skystorians do you know there will be a live broadcast of the schism? Starting in a few minutes. fsspx.news/en/news/epis...

Episcopal Consecrations at Écône – July 1, 2026 – Watch the Ceremony Live

Sacres épiscopaux du 1er juillet 2026 à Écône – Suivez la cérémonie en direct

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On Monday, Switzerland is expected to reach Glacier Loss Day, one of the earliest ever recorded. By then, all this winter’s snow will have melted away. From that point on, every day of summer heat means the loss of ancient glacier ice, built up over centuries. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

Accumulation on Switzerland’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across Alps

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Demain, Simonne Vidal va entrer au Panthéon aux côtés de son mari Marc Bloch. Elle sera la 7e femme panthéonnisée et la 2e en tant que "femme de". Je comprends les familles ne voulant pas séparer, même symboliquement, les couples, ms quelle tristesse de voir qu'elle reste finalement ds l'ombre 1/11

#Skystorians, looking for examples of historical research where ‘the subject’ did not want to be studied, and/or tried to interfere with the study. Also looking for examples where individuals and communities minimized their role/agency in historical sources, interviews or their own curated history.

Utility company website: Are you a robot? Me: No, but if there are robots trying to pay my utility bills, mind your own business.

Portraits of Unbelonging is a profound examination of how photographs can both sever and connect, tracing the paths of Ottoman Armenians across state and family archives. "A luminous and stunning work." —Leti Volpp, coeditor of Legal Borderlands https://ow.ly/wLSv50Zc6qK

#OtD 11 June 1936 Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists attempted to hold an impromptu rally in Tonypandy, Wales. 6,000 locals forced the fascists to flee in what would become known as the 'Battle of De Winton Field' stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8322...

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

89 years ago, on the 4th of June 1937, the shopping cart was introduced in a Humpty Dumpty supermarket in Oklahoma. The invention by Sylvan Goldman didn't find wide appeal until he hired several male and female models to push the carts around his store, demonstrating their utility. #otd #history 🗃️

What can we learn about queer lives and queer history from the call logs of the UK's first LGBTQ+ helpline? @tashwalker.bsky.social and @adamzmith.bsky.social discuss their award-winning podcast The Log Books with @marybethhamilton13.bsky.social 🎙️

Recovering Queer History in the Log Books

What can we learn about queer lives and queer history from the call logs of the UK's first LGBTQ+ helpline? Tash Walker and Adam Zmith on their award-winning podcast The Log Books.

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Bong Klong Bong Klong Bong Klong Bong Klong Bong Klong Bong!

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.

Doctoraat ingediend! ... Wat nu?

Really does not feel like this is the moment in history to be cutting Religious Studies education.

Did I mention he also won Paris-Roubaix in the same year ;-) #parisroubaix #pr54 #pr26

Luc Int Panis@lucintpanis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

OTD 72 years ago my distant cousin Raymond Impanis won De Ronde van Vlaanderen. 4 april 1954 #rvv

A crater that caught my eye when I was watching: Kovalevskaya, with the magnificent peak in this shot. It's named for the Russian mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya, the first woman to get a PhD in math. More about her: daily.jstor.org/science-in-d... #histSTM 🗃️ www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

Scott Kardel aka Palomar Skies@palomarskies.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🔭 So many wonderful craters here. www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

The two types of librarian conflict management as illustrated by Richard Scarry. Which are you?

Had a lot of fun teaching today about things that I love: women, wikipedia, the library! The students will write a short wikipedia page about a woman who doesn't have a page yet. Check out the IG @religiousherstory to follow their adventures! ✨ @kuleuventheology.bsky.social @3sbos.bsky.social

Vacature!⭐ Doctoraatsbursaal (100%) voor het FWO-project “Labore et Constantia. Continuïteit en verandering in de werkritmes in de Plantijnse drukkerij (ca. 1580–1840)”, onder leiding van Gerrit Verhoeven. 👉Meer info en solliciteren: www.uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vaca...

Eindelijk mocht ik eens iets in het Nederlands schrijven over mijn doctoraat. Ontdek wie 'mijn' medewerksters van het Apostolaat zijn, vanaf pagina 32 👉 kadoc.kuleuven.be/koorts/numme... (1/7)

Medieval story time! Let’s talk about Isabel, who stabbed a priest when he told her to shut up in church (relatable) So Isabel lived in London in 1330.

Yes writing emails is a pain so instead of hiding behind an AI to do it for you like a coward you need to simply have the courage of your convictions and stand up for what matters and simply not reply to them like the rest of us

This morning I travelled to Mechelen for a visit to the (relocated and thoroughly renewed) Speelgoedmuseum / Museum of Toys. There was going to be a press conference about a loan from the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library to the Museum of Toys. 1/5

Just remember that the co-founder and creative genius behind Studio Ghibli--without whom AI would have nothing to rip off in order to make those images currently circulating--thinks AI is an insult to life itself

📆 Mark your calendar for the public program of 'Breaking Cultures of Silence', with workshops and an in-depth discussion on bystander behavior and sexual violence in Catholic Church contexts. More info and registration: theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...

It's WAY overused these days, but Tolkien nailed it. "I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

✨ This Friday, @nunezbargueno.bsky.social and I are invited to the Ruusbroec Institute in Antwerp to share our work on Catholic women's history. Come join us! More info 👉https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/onderzoeksgroep/ruusbroecgenootschap/info/rg100/

Hoera, het nieuwste nummer van Tijd-Schrift viel net in de bus! Deze keer wel zes megaboeiende artikelen over het thema 'thuis'. Bonus: een vrouw op de cover (kunstenares Louise De Hem) én een inleiding van mezelf! ✨