Sietske Fransen
@sietskefransen.bsky.social
Historian of early modern science and art | max planck research group leader at the Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History #VisualizingScienceInMediaRevolutions | Co-Investigator of www.visualizingtheunknown.com
Wonderful days in Cambridge with Visualizing the Unknown @huygensknaw.bsky.social and Visualizing Science @bhmpi.bsky.social teams to explore collections and exchange with scholars working on Visual Culture and Natural History. @Fitzwilliammuseum @hpscambridge.bsky.social @whipplemuseum.bsky.social
🎉👏 Congratulations to @sietskefransen.bsky.social, Head of our Max Planck Research Group "Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions", who was appointed Professor by special appointment of Early Modern European Intellectual History at Radboud University in Nijmegen 🇳🇱! www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
Sietske Fransen appointed professor by special appointment of Early Modern European Intellectual History | Radboud University
As of February 1, 2026, Sietske Fransen has been appointed professor by special appointment of Early Modern European Intellectual History, at the Faculty of Arts. This chair is financed by the Dr. C. Louise Thijssen-Schoute Stichting.
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This was one of those amazing experiences: 3 days of focus, no computers, learning skills from a fantastic teacher, which we can use for our own historical inquiries. #lovingmyjob #whatagreatanddedicatedteam #drawing
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History@bhmpi.bsky.social · 5mo agoLast week, fellows from the Research Groups of Francesca Borgo & @sietskefransen.bsky.social joined Gleb Shtyrmer for a hands-on workshop on Renaissance drawing techniques. 🪶✏️They made their own pens & inks following 15th/16th-century recipes and manuals and practiced by copying Renaissance works!
Super dress match met Trude Dijkstra vanavond bij #avondwm, de Avond van wetenschap & maatschappij waar we als tafelwetenschappers een stelling mochten inbrengen en bespreken met fantastische tafelgenoten. #boekwetenschap & #wetenschapsgeschiedenis
Venice this week! For the opening of the exhibition “Diagrams, a project by AMO/OMA” at the Fondazione Prada, Ca’Corner. It has been fantastic to play a small role in this project and it is even better to now see the whole show in reality, and amazing to speak to all the people involved
This is a project I have been working on for several month and I am very excited that the exhibition “Diagrams. A Project by AMO/OMA” will open soon —> 10 May at Ca’ Corner, Fondazione Prada, Venice
Historici vertellen@historicivertellen.bsky.social · last yr.Deze tentoonstelling is een project van de Fondazione Prada en AMO/OMA, het architectenbureau van Rem Koolhaas. www.fondazioneprada.org/project/diag...
This week I have the honour of taking care of the Bluesky account @historicivertellen.bsky.social, where I well show you a bit more about my work (week). All in Dutch!
Historici vertellen@historicivertellen.bsky.social · last yr.Goedemorgen allemaal! Mijn naam is Sietske Fransen en ik rapporteer vanuit Rome deze week. Ik werk aan de Bibliotheca Hertziana (@bhmpi.bsky.social), een Duits Max Planck Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, waar ik sinds september 2019 een onderzoeksgroep leid: www.biblhertz.it/en/research-...
📐📏 French mathematic Jean Du Breuil (1602–1670) explains how scale impacts our perception. The Max Planck Research Group Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions, led by @sietskefransen.bsky.social, examines how science is depicted in our rare book collection: rarebooks.biblhertz.it/visuali.../v...
Today! Exciting seminar about #materiality and #visualizations of the #sky with Omar Nasim and Nicholas Robbins. Taking place 14:00-16:00 @bhmpi.bsky.social and also online. Please join us! www.biblhertz.it/events/41036... 🗃️🔭🧪🎨
From Storms to Stars: Materiality and Visualizations of the Sky
How do we capture the ever-changing nature of the sky? This research seminar examines the different strategies artists and scientists have used to visualize the terrestrial and celestial sky.
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Joachim Sandrart presents two legends about the invention of drawing. More in the online exhibition of our rare books curated by the Max Planck Research Group “Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions” @sietskefransen.bsky.social @ariellaminden.bsky.social 🔗: rarebooks.biblhertz.it/visualizing_...
Wonderful opportunity to undertake a 4-year fully funded PhD at UoAmsterdam for a project on Food Protest in Early Modern Northern Italy working with the fantastic @maartjevg.bsky.social werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
Vacancy — PhD position: Food Protest in Early Modern Northern Italy
The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years; 1ft). You will work on the Italian subproject of the project Daily Bread. A Comparative...
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*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht. www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens
Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens
Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!
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Less than a week to apply for predoc and postdoc fellowships in my group. Come and join us! Deadline March 3rd. @bhmpi.bsky.social www.biblhertz.it/de/opportuni...
Postdoctoral (M/F/D) / Predoctoral Fellows (M/F/D)Max Planck Research Group “Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions”
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Here is a link to an online exhibit my team curated out of the amazing rare books collection of the @bhmpi.bsky.social. All books are also fully digitized and freely available to study! 🗃️ #earlymodern #science #art
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History@bhmpi.bsky.social · last yr.🔬How did artists and scientific practitioners visualize their work in the early modern period? That’s the main question behind the online exhibition of rare books curated by @sietskefransen.bsky.social, @ariellaminden.bsky.social and Leendert van der Miesen. 🔗https://rarebooks.biblhertz.it
Very pleased this came out! I investigate epistemic values of texts, images, and objects in seventeenth-century microscopy. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Objects, drawings, and texts as tools of persuasion: the interactions of three Dutch microscopists with the Royal Society around 1670 | Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Three Dutch microscopists, Regnier de Graaf, Johannes Swammerdam and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek all started corresponding with the Royal Society in London around 1670. Their letters were often accompanied by drawings and objects, thus devising inventive ways ...
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Final call for fellows in my group, please apply if you want to be part of the team!
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History@bhmpi.bsky.social · 2y ago📢 2 new fellowship calls out now! The department of @tristanweddigen.bsky.social is offering Predoc & Postdoc Fellowships for 25/26. The Max Planck Research Group led by @sietskefransen.bsky.social is seeking 1 Postdoc Fellow & 2 Predoc Fellows. 🔗https://www.biblhertz.it/en/opportunities
Happy #paper day with the research group, visiting the Museo della carta e della filigrana in #Fabriano. Learning about the history of paper (making) and doing it ourselves! @bhmpi.bsky.social #visualizingscience
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The Royal Society@royalsociety.org · 2y agoThere's still time to register your interest to become the Royal Society's Artist in Residence, an opportunity for a creative individual to produce new work in response to our collections and the scientific research of our community. Express your interest here: royalsociety.org/about-us/wor...
This is such an amazing course! I did it in the summer and loved it! Learned so much about drawing, Rome, and looking and observing. I’d recommend it to everyone!
Lauren Kassell@laurenkassell.bsky.social · 2y agowww.drawingrome.com Attention #histsci #histart #drawing Learn to see Rome by drawing Rome. No prior skill necessary. Limited places remaining for 5 - 8 February 2025. #britishschoolatrome @sietskefransen.bsky.social
The Whipple Museum are recruiting for a Collections Assistant - offered for 5 years, fixed term due to funding. Wonderful collections and a brilliant team, this is a really excellent role for someone! #museumjobs 📜 #histsci www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49320/
Collections Assistant (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Collections Assistant (Fixed Term) in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.
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My home institution is now also here, please follow! Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social #art #earlymodern 🗃️ and so much more!
spread the word / vertel het rond: Looking for 2 enthusiastic book- and/or art historians to come join the team of the NWO OC Research Project "Images on the Move. Early Modern Friendship Albums as Pictorial Networks (1550-1700) www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
2 PhD - NWO OC-L project IMAGES ON THE MOVE
Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) invites applications for 2 PhD positions within the NWO OC-L project IMAGES ON THE MOVE. Friendship Albums as Pictorial Networks in Early Moder...
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We had had a great #VisionLab with the VisualizingtheUnknown team @ubleiden.bsky.social today! They even had a drawing by Anthony van Leeuwenhoek himself 🔬!
A great podcast in which @chrmeijer.bsky.social tells us more about her wonderful research project #BuggingBugs, also #earlymodern 🐜🦟🐛🧪🗃️. www.voxweb.nl/podcast/in-a...
In a Nutshell, s.2 e.2: Why Are We Afraid of Insects? with Charlotte Meijer - Vox magazine
In the Vox podcast In a Nutshell, hosts Jara Majerus and Antonia Leise take a deep dive into the university's most interesting, strange, and exciting research. Every two weeks, they invite Radboud res...
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5 days left to apply…👇
Sietske Fransen@sietskefransen.bsky.social · 2y ago#job! #earlymodern #history #science 2-year postdoctoral position in our project Visualizing the Unknown. Postdoc will be based @Huygens Amsterdam with option to go to Cambridge UK for 6 months! #materiality #visualculture #microscopy🔬Deadline 30/09/24. vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...
Here's a starter pack for those interested in medieval and early modern #art 🎨 Let me know if I've missed/forgotten someone, or if you want me to remove you from the list. I hope this is helpful! #medievalsky #earlymodern #histsci #skystorians #arthistory 🗃️ 🏛️ go.bsky.app/PtdynT4
Hello new followers! I am an historian of #earlymodern science and art and I run a research group on Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, and am co-I of Visualizing the Unknown. Interested in everything from visual culture of🔬to observing by drawing. 🗃️🧪🎨
