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Christine Kooi

@christinekooi.bsky.social

Reformation historian, immigrant, birder, dochter van Nederlanders, author of REFORMATION IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, 1500-1620 (Cambridge UP, 2022). Working on a book on the year 1572 in (mostly) Europe. Opinions all mine, and I speak only for myself.

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Christine Kooi@christinekooi.bsky.social · 17h ago

A new #reformazing metaphor has just dropped in the fever swamps of the online right. Apparently universities are the latest iteration of the Tudor monasteries, and therefore some metaphorical Henry VIII must dissolve them. Let's parse this a bit. 1/n

Toby Buckle@polphilpod.bsky.social · 18h ago

'mere' authoritarians seek to capture the state & a few key sectors for fascists, every institution must brought low & made complicit in the new social order

Frisia Coast Trail@frisiacoasttrail.bsky.social · yesterday

Our blog post about West Frisia: the saints Willibrord, Adalbert, Jerome, the origins of the Abbey of Egmond, the rise of the Gerulfing Dynasty, and what Vikings had to do with all this:

The Abbey of Egmond and the Rise of the Gerulfing Dynasty

The monk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the defiant heathens of Frisia. From the influential monastery of Rath Melsigi in Ireland, he launched wave after wav…

frisiacoasttrail.blog

German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · 2d ago

Call for Papers! 📣 The Society for Reformation History and the GHI London invite scholars from all fields of academic research to participate in a conference on 'Reformation and Participation' that will take place in London from the 30th September to the 2nd October 2027. 📅 1/5

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 3d ago

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

law.berkeley.edu

Remco Sleiderink@remcosleiderink.bsky.social · 3d ago

Ben jij een jonge neerlandicus, historicus of theoloog die vier jaar lang in de mystieke literatuur en de archieven wil duiken? John Arblaster en ik zoeken een kandidaat voor het doctoraatsproject “Op het spoor van de Vrije Geest in Brussel: ketterij en repressie in de vroege 15de eeuw”. Repost=fijn

Zicht op Brussel in de vijftiende eeuw (c) Brussel, Rijksarchief
Christine Kooi@christinekooi.bsky.social · 5d ago

Protestant Antwerpers were given the choice of converting to Catholicism or leaving the city in 4 years. 1000s chose the latter and migrated to the Protestant north. The capture of Antwerp was a major initial event in the recatholicization of the southern Netherlands. #reformationinthelowcountries

Vincenzo DM@vincenzodm.bsky.social · 5d ago

#OTD in 1585, Antwerp, once Europe’s premier economic hub, surrendered after a 1 year siege during the revolt against the rule of Philip II. Antwerp became the de facto capital of the revolt, but was now back in the hands of the Habsburgs.

Christine Kooi@christinekooi.bsky.social · last wk.

Aside from the other assertions made here, I was struck by the notion of a "well structured large historical dataset." As if primary sources are ever that tidy. 🗃

Jim Clifford@jimclifford.bsky.social · last wk.

Are we ready for machine written history? When given access to a well structured large historical dataset, Claude’s Fable 5 can identify a topic, complete the research and write a strong and original draft research paper. This has the potential to break peer review, graduate school, & job searches.