The fun has begun! The @preservare.bsky.social team is prepping for reconstructions.

Preservare@preservare.bsky.social · last mo.

Practice makes perfect! @thijselfrink.bsky.social getting some hands-on practice for his historical reconstructions in the PRESERVARE project. Stay tuned! #Reconstructions #EarlyModernHistory

We are very much looking forward to welcoming Henrike to our group next year!

Huygens Instituut@huygensknaw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 Art historian Henrike Scholten receives the Thijssen-Schoute Fellowship 2027! At the Huygens Institute, she'll investigate how miniature painter Jacob Berents (before 1679-c. 1747) positioned himself as both artist and 'mathematicus'. 🔗 buff.ly/7fhzXBK @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social

@sashahandley.bsky.social and I wrote about the relationship between sleep and scent in early modern England (and today!) for @historyworkshop.org.uk 💤 This is a companion piece for our latest article which you can read open access here: doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...

Sleep, Scent, and Household Medical Care in Early Modern England

Abstract. Sleep loss was a vital health concern for early modern people, and inducing sleep was essential to healthcare practices. This article traces how

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History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 4mo ago

The relationship between smells and sleep is gaining increasing attention but it is by no means a new topic of interest for those seeking to sleep well and stay healthy. @sashahandley.bsky.social and @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social discuss the importance of sleeping well in early modern England.

So many reasons to love @bsky.app

Dr. Adelle Bricking 🌼@archaedelle.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An unusual request in the name of archaeological science: Would anyone happen to have a Shetland or Exmoor pony that wouldn’t mind sending some fur samples to me? We’re trying to compare a potentially preserved fur specimen but there’s (perhaps unsurprisingly) few sources on fur fibre diameters!

Author copies are here and the book is officially out!! Please order a copy for your university libraries 🙏 Also online here: doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Could someone help me with this English word, please? #PalaeographyChallenge

There’s no such thing as the history of science (and this is a blog post about it) (inspired by a great 2017 article by Lorraine Daston) williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/t... 🗃️

There is no such thing as the history of science

People on the internet are arguing about what ‘science’ means and what properly belongs to the ‘history of science’. (Aparna Nair’s thread on Bluesky is a good introdu…

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Leuk stuk in @volkskrant.nl over fermenteren mét Huygens-onderzoeker en @preservare.bsky.social-lead @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social: ‘Eigenlijk is het een spontaan proces. Als je vers druivensap lang genoeg laat staan en er komt gist bij, dan wordt het wijn.’ 🔗 tinyurl.com/2469za77

Een ode aan de microbe: fermenteren is leuk, lekker en gezond

Fermenteren leert je dat de ene microbe de andere niet is, dat er goeieriken en slechteriken zijn en dat je door de goeieriken te koesteren de slechteriken kunt killen. Het resultaat is louter gezond ...

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📢 Open Call: Thijssen-Schoute Fellowship 2027 Are you an early career reseracher working on the history of science, art & ideas, with a focus on the 17th century & the Dutch Republic? Apply before 15 May '26 🔗 tinyurl.com/ydfeujjc @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social @irenevanrenswoude.bsky.social

Next Thursday! @drhollyfletcher.bsky.social will be at @ihrscb.bsky.social to talk about 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine' Register here to attend this in-person event at @ihr.bsky.social: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

📢 Open call: Thijssen-Schoute Fellowship 2027 Are you an early career researcher working on the history of science, art & ideas, with a focus on the seventeenth century & the Dutch Republic? Apply before 15 May '26 🔗 tinyurl.com/ydfeujjc @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social @irenevanrenswoude.bsky.social

Early career historians (< 3 year post PhD) of science, art and ideas: the Dr. C. Louise Thijssen-Schoute Foundation awards one three-month visiting fellowship annually, hosted by our department @huygensknaw.bsky.social. Deadline for the 2027 fellowship is 15 May: www.huygens.knaw.nl/en/open-call...

Open Call: Thijssen-Schoute Fellowship 2027 - Huygens Instituut

Jaarlijks wordt een fellowship toegekend aan een jonge onderzoeker die onderzoek op dit gebied wil ontwikkelen. Het fellowship wordt aangeboden in samenwerking met de onderzoeksgroep Kennis- en kunstp...

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"Het is een democratische absurditeit die we ondertussen bijna normaal zijn gaan vinden: een demissionaire regering die nauwelijks een zesde van de Tweede Kamer vertegenwoordigt, maar die wel doorgaat met beslissingen die diep ingrijpen in de toekomst van ons land. [..]" www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Opinie | Hoe een mini-kabinet het hoger onderwijs sloopt

Dit demissionair kabinet voert ingrijpende onderwijsbezuinigingen door, zonder benodigd mandaat. Dat moet stoppen, zeggen Rens Bod, Remco Breuker en Ingrid Robeyns.

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Important essay here. Also: there's a difference between *not for profit* university publishers and large, for-profit, vampiric, commercial academic publishers - the ones that skim off a huge profit from taxpayer-funded research. Open Access demands that enable this are not in the public interest. 🗃

LSE Impact@lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 10mo ago

👀ICYMI: "if the drain has a particular history and geography, it means that it is not inevitable. It can be resisted." #AcademicSky #HigherEd #ScholComm

📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

www.gewina.nl/najaarsbijee... We gaan iets leuks doen, en iedereen mag komen - wel even inschrijven via deze link zodat er genoeg koffie is.

Out now in Global Food History! Our attempt to develop a methodology for the reconstruction of historical tastes. It was great to work on this with @merithondelink.bsky.social, Vera Eising, Manon Henzen and Judith Konsten. Not OA unfortunately; send me a DM if you want a copy doi.org/10.1080/2054...

Tasting the Past? Developing a Methodology for Researching Historical Tastes

Just like books, paintings, and music, historical foodways are an important part of our history and heritage. But simply reading recipes does not tell us much, as it is hard to understand how histo...

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Dag volgers! Ook historici hebben soms vakantie, dus vanaf september zijn we hier weer terug. Heel veel dank voor het volgen en het delen van al jullie vragen en ideeën ❤️ Wil je ook een keer posten? Stuur mij (@annepetterson.bsky.social) gerust een berichtje!

Today was supposed to be a writing day for me. Instead, I’ve just spent half my day correcting mistakes in the bibliography of article accepted for publication that were introduced in the proofs during the publication process.

a cartoon girl with braces on her teeth is sitting on a book

Alt: a cartoon girl is crossing things out in a text with a fire spewing pen

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Goedemorgen allemaal! Mijn naam is @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social en deze week mag ik hier over mijn werk vertellen. Ik ben afdelingshoofd en onderzoeker bij @huygensknaw.bsky.social en leid daar @preservare.bsky.social , een @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant project.

All set for the 18th C food substitutes workshop hosted by @leoniehannan.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social, presenting some initial @preservare.bsky.social results!

Signs you’re in a UK hotel room

Good morning! My name is @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social and I am taking over the @preservare.bsky.social account today. I am the PI (Principal Investigator) of the PRESERVARE project, which means I came up with the idea for the project, acquired the funding, and now lead the team.

Today I am taking over the @preservare.bsky.social account for #ADayInTheLife!

Preservare@preservare.bsky.social · last yr.

Good morning! My name is @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social and I am taking over the @preservare.bsky.social account today. I am the PI (Principal Investigator) of the PRESERVARE project, which means I came up with the idea for the project, acquired the funding, and now lead the team.

On Thursday, @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social takes over the PRESERVARE Bluesky account. Make sure to follow her #ADayInTheLife!

📣Tomorrow! Join us for "Brining, Pickling, and Smoking". @preservare.bsky.social PhD candidates @thijselfrink.bsky.social and Tijmen Moesker introduce their case studies & share preliminary findings. 🕟 15:30 AMS | 9:30 NY | 🌐 Online 🔗 buff.ly/VlbeNIz @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social @nybg.bsky.social

Next week: in the final session of the Historical Food Preservation Lecture Series, @preservare.bsky.social. PhD candidates @thijselfrink.bsky.social and Tijmen Moesker will discuss brining, pickling, and smoking. 📅 June 24, 15:30-17:00 (Amst) 🌐 Online👉 buff.ly/VlbeNIz @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social

A bit of good news: A federal judge just ruled that the NIH must restore research grants cut under the banner of “gender ideology” and anti-DEI backlash. The judge—a Reagan appointee—was scathing, calling the cuts “palpable” racial and LGBTQ+ discrimination.

Judge orders Trump admin. to restore hundreds of terminated NIH grants

"I've never seen government racial discrimination like this," the judge said.

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🚨Salaried PhD position in history of medicine at the University of Zurich with the wonderful @fcondrau.bsky.social 🚨 (ignore the 60%, this is just the Swiss system, and amounts to a very respectable pay) #histmed #histstm jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

UZH: Assistant History of Medicine

The History of Medicine Group within the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich, led by Professor Flurin Condrau, seek...

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