Arms, letters, piety, and...kitties!!! [Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, Triptych of Micault Family, c. 1539-1559 (Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium)]
Kim Oosterlinck
@koosterl.bsky.social
General Director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Professor at ULB. Research on art markets and financial history. Views are my own.
Aujourd'hui, double actualité à propos de mon cher Henri-Gabriel Ibels : 1- L'édition critique de ses mémoires "Promenades aux environs de 1900" est officiellement sortie ✨J'en ai réalisé l'appareil critique, et il y avait de quoi faire ! Ibels a en effet eu une vie pro et sociale riche,
Some historical evidence that is unfortunately relevant today: in a paper forthcoming in @businesshistory.bsky.social, Leentje Moortgat, Gertjan Verdickt and I find that the uncertainty created by war threat negatively affected entrepreneurship in Belgium before WW I. Link: doi.org/10.1080/0007...
“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.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
Utrecht University abolishes its English language bachelor's program in economics and replaces it with a Dutch one. They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it... dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...
Economics programme in shock after sudden cancellation of English-taught track
The Bachelor's programme in Economics & Business Economics will only be offered in Dutch from 2029 onwards, the Executive Board announced on Tuesday. The news came as a complete surprise to the econom...
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Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026
Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union
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An exciting opportunity to work at @sciencespo.bsky.social with the fantastic @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social team! ⬇️
Florence Faucher@ffaucher.bsky.social · 9mo agoCome and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
It is open access, yet for the persons who still enjoy reading books made of paper, this one is reissued in paperback this month at a much friendlier price than the hardback: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress, 1800 to the Present
The time span covered by The Routledge History of Fashion and Dress starts in the nineteenth century, with the aftermath of the consumers’ revolution, and reaches all the way to the present. The fashi...
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The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 February, 2027. ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Uni Bern: Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods
The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 Februa...
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Can particularly recommend the Econ History session on Friday morning 😉
KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zürich@kofeth.bsky.social · last yr.📣 Check out the program for the 2025 Annual SSES Conference #SSES2025! 🗓️ 26-27 June 📍Zurich Program: express.converia.de/frontend/ind... We are looking forward welcoming you in Zurich soon! 💡 @ethz.ch @hgersbach.bsky.social @kurtschmidheiny.bsky.social @econ.uzh.ch #Academicconference #economics
I am very honored to have been invited to give the 2025 Hugo Helbing lecture. Il will talk about Art as an Investment in Times of Crises (1914-1945) If you want to listen, the online connection details are just below www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/ve...
The Hugo Helbing Lecture 2025 // Kim Oosterlinck, Brüssel: Art as an Investment: The Art Market in Times of Crises (1914-1945) — Zentralinstitut für KunstgeschichteThe Hugo Helbing Lecture 2025 // Kim...
This lecture is part of the Hugo Helbing Lecture Series. ‘The Hugo Helbing Lecture – Exploring the Art Market’ commemorates the achievements of Hugo Helbing every year. It was first held in 2016 on th...
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#Provenienzforschung Herzliche Einladung zur Tagung: Hugo Helbing. Auktionator, Kunsthändler, Sammler, Mäzen, Publizist, Konkurrent, Netzwerker, Bürger – ermordet 1938 22.-23.4.2025 im ZI und online via Zoom Infos und Programm: www.zikg.eu/aktuelles/ve...
Artworks are always coming and going in a museum, as they are regularly lent for exhibitions. And therefore new artworks are exhibited to replace the ones which have left. I was very pleased to see this Leda by Andrea del Sarto appear on the walls of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium!
My latest historian's take on contemporary art censorship, sigh . . .
Seizure of Sally Mann’s photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expression
A historian of artistic censorship sees chilling similarities to 19th-century anti-obscenity crusades.
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From time to time, I bring you views about what’s happening in the United States from writers and journalists in other countries. This piece is from a columnist in Canada. Read it and let me know your thoughts.
A view from north of the border
Friends,
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Pour 70% des scientifiques ayant répondu à l'enquête de Nature, une des revues scientifiques les plus prestigieuses, le choix a l'air d'être fait...
Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform
Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.
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Researchers using digitized photos or manuscripts in any manner in theirresearch, are invited to participate in this anonymous survey of McGill University (forms.office.com/r/nuqD9ZJzFq, 8-10 min to complete). (1/2)
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Le 30 janvier, la Wittockiana organise une journée d’étude en marge de l’exposition L’Atelier du faux. J'y revendrai sur No vacancies et la limite entre l’ambiguïté qui place le spectateur ou la spectatrice dans un rôle actif et la tromperie qui manipule. www.brunogoosse.be/ambiguite-tr...
Ambiguïté trompeuse - brunoGOOSSE
30 janvier 2025, journée d’étude en marge de l’exposition L’Atelier du faux. Faux livres, fausses reliures, fausses identités, Wittockiana : Chaque jeudi, dès l’aube, la place du marché se couvre d’ét...
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#Econsky I am excited to announce two new post-doctoral positions at UCLA. One on the m-carestudy.org and the other on the life-m.org project. Please apply! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025
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The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades remains safe and intact this morning, January 8, and will be closed at least through early next week. While vegetation on the property has burned, Getty structures have been unaffected, and thankfully, both staff and collections are safe.
It's February at The Economic Journal ❤️ Lots of great papers, long (9) and short (2). Enjoy! academic.oup.com/ej/issue/135...
Volume 135 Issue 666 | The Economic Journal | Oxford Academic
The Economic Journal is the Royal Economic Society's flagship title, and is one of the founding journals of modern economics. The journal provides a platform for and imaginative economic research for ...
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21th century #strawhouse addition on top of 20th century brick in Belgium. www.abitare.it/en/architect... Photo: Tim van de Velde
