Some publication news 👇 🎉

Folgert Karsdorp@folgertk.bsky.social · 4w ago

Did one era really have more stories, songs, or tools than another, or was it just better recorded? When collections are built unevenly, diversity comparisons can measure the collectors instead of the cultures. Our new paper is about how to fix that.

How @camunicampop.bsky.social researchers are turning static snapshots of Victorian Britain into dynamic life histories. The team are linking over 200 million census records, revealing how people moved, worked and lived in ways never before possible. 🔎 Read on 👉 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/tracing...

📢 CfP for #CHR2027 is out! Submissions on all aspects of computational humanities research welcome; all details available here: 2027.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/ And yes, CHR2027 will take place a little later than usual. So you *could* start later… but we suggest starting now!

🚨 We're hiring a PhD student to work with us @cergic.bsky.social @ensdelyon.bsky.social from September 2026 onward. Three years contract, fully funded! www.cergic-lyon.fr/joinus ⚠️ Deadline for application: May 4! #econ_ra #econhist

CERGIC@cergic.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Join us at CERGIC ! 💼 We seek to recruit a 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 for a three-year fixed-term contract to conduct research in areas aligned with CERGIC’s focus. For more information: www.cergic-lyon.fr/_files/ugd/b...

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Minas Karamanis@minaskar.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

Op zaterdagmiddag 18 april 2026 organiseert de Contactgroep Signum op de @vuamsterdam.bsky.social een symposium "Stille steunpilaren" rond het thema lekenbroeders en -zusters in het middeleeuwse kloosterleven. Sprekers: Tom Gaens, Noel Geirnaert, Hans Mol en Jos Pierik Meer info en inschrijving:

Apply for the ESSHC 2027 and come to visit us in Lyon!

Sandra Brée@sandrabree.bsky.social · 6mo ago

[CFP ESSHC 2027 in LYON!!] We are delighted to welcome the next European Social Sciences Historical Conference in Lyon. All the history laboratories in Lyon are part of the organizing committee. We look forward to welcoming you in spring 2027 esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en

Quite the attention for the Teutonic Order’s former headquarters of the Alden Biesen bailiwick in Belgium, near Maastricht today, as the castle is the backdrop for an EU summit…

The 2025 issue of the Ordines Militares journal is out! Free-to-read online or download the pdf. This issue contains seven research articles in English, and eleven book reviews in English, German and Polish: apcz.umk.pl/OM/issue/vie...

Very good news to see so many new additions to the NWO-funded replication studies! I hope it will be as insightful for the applicants as it was for me. I think every researcher should replicate someone else’s study once in their life.

Open Science NL@opensciencenl.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Open Science NL is funding 27 replication studies with €5.2M. Projects will reanalyse data, repeat experiments, and explore variations across many fields. Read more 👉 www.openscience.nl/en/news/27-s...

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Om te kijken of een onderzoeksresultaat echt klopt, moet je de studie nog een keer doen. Maar is dit inderdaad zo eenvoudig? Op deze vraag gaat onderzoeker Rombert Stapel in samen met collega-onderzoekers tijdens een avond over replicatieonderzoek. 📍SPUI25 🔗 www.spui25.nl/programma/wa...

Hoe betrouwbaar is wetenschap?

Om te kijken of een onderzoeksresultaat echt klopt, moet je de studie nog een keer doen, lees je vaak. Maar is dit inderdaad zo eenvoudig? Deze avond bespreken wij wat goede en betrouwbare wetenschap is, en welke rol replicatie hierin speelt.

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Calling the #LinkedPasts, @pelagios.bsky.social, #prosopography and @wikidatacommunity.bsky.social crowds: Please join us for a workshop on SNAP:DRGN secondary recommendations for #Wikidata next week (intro Monday, working session Thursday) Info and booking: linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...

Nog enkele plaatsen beschikbaar! Inmiddels is de bundel verschenen: brill.com/display/titl....

De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies@dgb-mem.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are delighted to organise a book launch together with the editors of 'A Companion to Medieval and Early Modern Leiden', in Leiden itself - home to Brill since 1683! The event will be in Dutch. brill.com/display/titl... @judithpollmann.bsky.social @peterheijkoop.bsky.social #Leiden #medievalsky

Open Journals published an interview with Christiaan van Bochove, editor-in-chief of our journal about the transition to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social. Find out how RDJ made the move, why open science truly matters, and what this means for data‑sharing across the social sciences and humanities.

Research Data Journal continues open access mission at Openjournals | OpenJournals

(Original interview in Dutch)Openjournals has gained another journal. The Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences (RDJ) has officially

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Deze week kwam het pijnlijke nieuws dat de gemeente Moerdijk het oude dorp Moerdijk wil gaan opheffen. Een bittere pil voor de bewoners. Moerdijk, hieronder in de situatie van 1832, kent een bijzondere geschiedenis.

De digitale infrastructuur HisGIS heeft als doel het digitaliseren van perceelregisters.   Tijdens de studiemiddag vertellen medewerkers van het Humanities Cluster over de voortgang en bespreken landbouwhistorici hun gebruik van HisGIS bij hun onderzoek.   🔗 iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/hi...

This is some really, really great news! We’ve had a long year transitioning to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social but we are finally up and running again. As a past author and now editorial board member I can highly recommend submitting your data paper with @rdjhss.bsky.social!

Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences@rdjhss.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🔔 Newsflash! 📅 As of today Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences has transferred to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, a platform specifically for diamond open access publishing.

👉 Go to researchdatajournal.org to check out our new website and to submit your paper!

🔔 Newsflash! 📅 As of today Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences has transferred to @openjournalsnl.bsky.social, a platform specifically for diamond open access publishing.

Linked Pasts 11 programme (December 1–5 and some 8–12) linkedpasts.hcommons.org/2025/11/09/l...

Dit jaar zijn we 90 geworden! Op 4 oktober openen we de deuren voor iedereen die het IISG (beter) wil leren kennen. Voor zowel kinderen als volwassenen is er van alles te doen. Lees meer over de open dag op onze site: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/op...

I've never really used LinkedIn, as it was always a very privacy-averse place, but they'll now also be hoovering up your personal data to train GenAI models (as per their new T&Cs). The fact that this is opt-out rather than opt-in speaks volumes.

'Een schok', zo omschrijft terrorisme-expert @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social het besluit van de Tweede Kamer om Antifa als terroristische organisatie aan te merken. 'Het is een knuppel om tegenstanders monddood te maken.' www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/antifa/

Beatrice de Graaf: Antifa-besluit Tweede Kamer is ‘een knuppel om tegenstanders monddood te maken’

‘Een schok’, zo omschrijft historicus Beatrice de Graaf het besluit van de Tweede Kamer om de Antifa-beweging als terroristische organisatie aan te merken.

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As of today available in paperback 🎉🎉: our edition and translation of the Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order with @routledgehistory.bsky.social. Printed version is highly recommended as it offers edition and translation on facing pages, which was not feasible in the ebook.

The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order: A History of the Crusades in the Holy Land, Prussia and Livonia (Edition and Translation)

The Utrecht Chronicle of the Teutonic Order (‘Croniken van der Duytscher Oirden’) is a late-fifteenth-century Middle Dutch text that strongly influenced early modern historiography in north-eastern Eu...

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So excited to share my new article in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social: "Colonial World-Making and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape of Good Hope" (Open access) academic.oup.com/past/advance...

🗣 Werk, waark of wirk? Het Meertens Instituut zoekt een Historisch Taalkundige (24-30,4 uur) voor onderzoek naar Nederlandse taalverandering met digitale corpora en computationele methodes. Solliciteer nu! 🔗 vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda... #vacature #taalkunde

Geld verdienen met je scriptie over een historisch onderwerp? Dat kan! De winnaar van de Volkskrant-IISG scriptieprijs krijgt 1500 euro én een interview in de Volkskrant. 🗓️ De deadline voor het inleveren van de scripties is 19 september. Meer info: iisg.amsterdam/nl/Scriptiep...

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