"Sound Affairs" has launched an online interview series with historians and other scholars of sound. The inimitable @mediumflow.bsky.social kicked it off - worth a read! www.sound-affairs.com/interviews/h...

I'm recruiting members for the research team of "The Sound of Disagreement", on the modern history of speech and democracy. If you or your students are interested in the topic, please check out 3 vacancies for junior scholars (2 PhD, 1 Postdoc) below www.nwo.nl/projecten/qp...

The Sound of Disagreement: Embodied Histories of Political Speech 1800-present | NWO

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Learn about the newest research in European Studies...from our excellent students! Podcast "The many Europes" was launched yesterday. @uvahumanities.bsky.social @acesuva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/show/033DnOx...

The Many Europes

Podcast · UvA European Studies · 🎓 What if it’s not teachers, but students, who have the best feeling for what the most important research is? Well, we’ve put the idea to the test. For this podcast,...

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Coming up soon! Join us in Antwerp on 2-3 July for what promises to be a great conference on politics, gender, and conservative women! (organized by @uvahumanities.bsky.social , @uantwerppohis.bsky.social and @acesuva.bsky.social) www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...

The roundtable speakers on the 5th of June include Sebastian Conrad (FU Berlin), Willemijn Ruberg (UU) @willemijnruberg.bsky.social; Serena Ferente (UvA); Josephine Hoegaerts (UvA) @singingarchives.bsky.social , and Nuri Kurnaz (UvA).

Today on @askhistorians.bsky.social we have an Ask Me Anything with @singingarchives.bsky.social for Speaking, Stammering, Singing, Shouting: A Social History of the Modern Voice. Come check it out! @pennpress.bsky.social www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Join us in Lyon next year for a panel on the embodied history of human rights!

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We are looking for one more panelist for a panel on 'Embodied Human Rights: Towards a Social History of Human Rights and the Body' for the @esshc.bsky.social 2027 in Lyon. Please contact me asap if you are interested (deadline for submission to ESSHC is 15 April). @singingarchives.bsky.social

On 25 April, Fara Dabhoiwala will speak about the history and future of free speech, and about his brilliant new book on the topic. Join us at @debalie.bsky.social for what promises to be a fascinating event. @uvahumanities.bsky.social debalie.nl/programma/fr...

Free Speech, an Origin Story

What is free of speech, and who is allowed to make use of it? In his book What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea, Fara Dabhoiwala traces the origins of free speech, examining for whom it...

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Who is interested in joining a panel on ‘Embodied Human Rights’ with me and Josephine Hoegaerts @singingarchives.bsky.social at ESSHC 2027 in Lyon? Contact me at w.g.ruberg@uu.nl esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en

On 2 februari, I'll be talking to the fabulous Willemijn Ruberg and Tom Wright about the history of voice, speech and the body...and you can find out all about my book as well! Join us at Spui at 8pm www.spui25.nl/programma/fr...

From Breath to Body Politics

Why do we like listening to some people more than others? In a world suffused by speech – of politicians, influencers, salespeople and pundits alike – that question seems more relevant than ever. Join...

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Zondag was ik te gast bij de jongens en meisjes van Radio Swammerdam. Als je benieuwd bent naar mijn boek (maar nu ook weer niet zo benieuwd dat je het helemaal wil lezen 😉): ook beschikbaar als podcast rss.com/podcasts/rad...

Hoe klink je normaal? De stem in de 19e eeuw. Met Josephine Hoegaerts | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Een ‘goede stem’ heb je niet zomaar, je moet je aan een heleboel ongeschreven regels houden. Wil je bijvoorbeeld rationeel overkomen? Praat dan iets monotoner. Deze en meer huidige standaarden zijn vo...

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www.folia.nl/actueel/169849 On the voice of Rob Jetten, and why monotony is losing its currency.

Rob Jettens broederlijke en welsprekende appel op de natie

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Vocal education was, and is, not just for the stage. @uvahumanities.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social www.rorotoko.com/11/20250929-...

My new book, on the social history of the human voice, is featured on Roro. Go check it out! @pennpress.bsky.social www.rorotoko.com/11/20250929-...

📣 Seeing Matters: The Social and Political Lives of Images Join us for an evening on the power of images in shaping our social and political worlds! 👉 Register here: spui25.nl/programma/se... 📍 Location: SPUI25, Amsterdam 📅 Date: April 4, 2025 | 🕖 17:00 - 18:30 @duitslandinstituut.nl

Seeing Matters

Ever wondered how images shape our reality? Join us in unraveling the transformative power of visuals – from protest imagery to social media memes – in mobilizing movements, influencing debates, and r...

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Jens van de Maele's new book on early 20th century government buildings just came out. If you wonder how Belgians imagine 'efficiency'(and who hasn't), here's your chance to find out! www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Architectures of Bureaucracy

This monograph examines the interrelationship between politics and modernist architecture in interwar Belgium, focusing on political, architectural, and administrative elites as propagators of new ide...

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Very excited (and also quite proud) to see this article by Clarice Säävälä in print. It also features one of my favourite Victorian politicians and his weird voice. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Mere sound, conveying no meaning’ – Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s oratory struggles in the House of Commons, 1831–1841 & 1851–1866

This article examines the reasons for Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s failure to become unanimously successful as a parliamentary orator in the nineteenth century. Bulwer-Lytton’s speeches were often praise...

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