As is my annual tradition in August, I am emailing Dutch people to ask them things and finding out that they are all on vacation and cursing American work culture.
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Director of the New Netherland Institute, Albany, New York, archives rat, #VastNewNetherland
If you don't know about the "worst aquarium ever," (especially if you're a maritime historian) this is well worth the read: www.boston.com/news/local-n...
‘Worst Aquarium Ever’
The New Bedford Whaling Museum turned a bad Google review into “marketing gold.”
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I have one last slot for the 2026-2027 NNI Scholars Seminar - it's in October. Any historians, art historians, literature folks, etc., have anything Dutch Atlantic that they want feedback on?
I had a delightful time reading the Duyckinck papers under the watchful eyes of the Half Moon Window at New York Historical. And a very summer letter from Johanna Duyckinck to her sister begging her to get to New York faster for a visit!
must seize self-promotion chance but, that aside, this includes excellent work inter alia from @carrington-farmer.bsky.social susanne lachenicht anne-claire foucquez @eheijmans.bsky.social and the late Trevor Burnard w/Agnes Delahaye #earlymodern #empire
Manchester University Press@manchesterup.bsky.social · last mo.Our latest batch of History paperbacks has arrived, bringing together fresh perspectives on medieval worlds, everyday lives, empire, conflict and material culture. Pick up your next read in our summer sale and get 50% off until 9 July: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/07...
From Alice Kenney's “Neglected Heritage: Hudson River Valley Dutch Material Culture,” in the Winterthur Portfolio (1985). She died the same year the article came out, but I feel that I can almost hear her sighing or maybe screaming into the void.
Archivists, how do you store your papers at home? I'm looking for some of archives box or folder that I could use to store my kids artwork, etc.
NNI got a big used book donation (New Netherland, Revolutionary War). If you're in the United States, and want any (used so may have underlining/highlighting), message me; we'll mail it to you. Asking for a $5 donation to NNI to cover shipping. (Sorry non-US folks, can't afford shipping to you.)
So important. All the libraries and archives I know turn away material because of lack of ability to catalog or lack of storage space.
Angela Sutton (she/her)@drangelasutton.bsky.social · 2mo agoTalk with the elders in your circles about their hopes for the historical and cultural materials they have saved across decades, and help them make a plan. Many have outdated ideas about what can and can't happen in terms of preservation and knowing gives them one more chance to help the community.
If only I had realized you could ask your parents for a peacock...(and her father was a minster in the Dutch Reformed Church, too!) Gerardus Duyckinck I, Wilhelmina Ritzema (ca. 1743–1813), From the Collection of the New York Historical.
If you know a Masters student who would like to go on to the PhD and knows Dutch, there's a Phd position open in Alisa van de Haar's exciting "Leveraging Language, Proclaiming Power: Linguistic Politics in Early Colonial North America" project at Leiden: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Leiden-P...
PhD Position on early colonial North America
PhD Position on early colonial North America
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
I'm looking for an expert in 17th century *Swedish* to read a document (only a half page) and confirm that it is, in fact, Swedish. Are any of you that person?
Does anyone here have a personal website that uses Wordpress? And if so, do you find it easy to run?
Hey global early modernists, the Forum on Early-modern Empires and Global Interactions has joined Bluesky! This lively community of scholars comes together for biennial conferences & awards book & article prizes. Follow @feegiconference.bsky.social & check out feegi.org/index.html. #earlymodern
FEEGI
The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) aims to encourage scholarship and collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and disciplinary frameworks.
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*Job alert* Wij zoeken een gedreven postdoc onderzoeker voor een biografie van de Amsterdams-Joodse notaris Arnold van den Bergh (1886-1950). Houd je van gedegen archiefonderzoek en goed schrijven? Solliciteer! werkenbij.uva.nl/vacatures/po...
Vacature — Postdoc Onderzoeker Biografie Joodse notaris Arnold van den Bergh
<p>Ben jij een enthousiast en gedreven onderzoeker met een passie voor moderne Joodse geschiedenis? Houd je ervan de archieven in te duiken om op basis daarvan een mooi biografisch portret te schrijve...
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Maritime histories from the margins, 1500-present, 11-12 November 2026. Share your proposals for an interdisciplinary conference co-convened by the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, University of Portsmouth, and the Royal Museums Greenwich www.rmg.co.uk/call-papers-...
Call for Papers | Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present
An interdisciplinary conference co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, University of Portsmouth
rmg.co.uk
Dream positions: 3 (!!) PhD placements at the Prize Papers with emphasis on finding students with the following language skills: French, Spanish, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. (Of course, I emphasize the Dutch language!) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
Exploring the Prize Papers, a global early modern archive
Using language skills, examine previously unknown records from the Prize Papers collection and produce descriptions to support digitisation.
nationalarchives.gov.uk
My birthday came early this year! I was gifted a full, 15 volume set of Brodhead's Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. (Squeal of excitement)
A great place to work with fantastic people.
Suze Zijlstra@suzezij.bsky.social · 5mo agoFellowships! The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam has published a call for proposals to conduct research into its maritime historical collection. More information, including the English translation of the call texts, can be found here www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/collectie/on... #skystorians
New Favorite tote, from Fort Orange General Store in Albany: fort-orange-general-store.square.site/product/nys-...
Just a week left to get your proposals in for NNI's November Conference "New Netherland and the World"! CFP here: www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/eve.... Dutch folks, we do have travel funding to get you to Albany if you need it.
New Netherland and the World, 2026 Annual Conference :: New Netherland Institute
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Are you a PhD student working on slavery and/or emancipation? There is only one week left to submit your abstract to participate in the PhD/Graduate Seminar on 22 October 2026 at KITLV, Leiden. Deadline for abstracts (1 page): 30 March 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl 👇
Ramona Negrón@ramonanegron.bsky.social · 7mo ago* Call for papers * PhD Workshop at @kitlv.bsky.social organized by @fatahblack.bsky.social and I: Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation👇 We welcome PhDs working on early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation to participate. www.kitlv.nl/cfp/early-mo...