Exciting new book by Erik Muls! 👏 👏 👏 Civic Group Portraits in Bruges (1650–1800) (@Brepols, 2025) This text offers an innovative perspective and presents a ton of new, sharp archival research on an understudied category of painting. www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Brepols - Civic Group Portraits in Bruges (1650–1800)

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Last week we launched a new programme to help historians, resident outside the UK and Ireland, to undertake research in the UK. Closing date: Friday 8 May #Skystorians

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 6mo ago

We are pleased to launch today a new funding programme for Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

Just published by Brill. A long-awaited, important work on reformation, revolt and the material culture of religion in the Low Countries by a distinguished scholar. #reformationinthelowcountries

Two examples why C16 herbals are not reliable evidence for contemporary available colour variations in flora or fauna. Herbals were sold unpainted & owners encouraged to add colour themselves. In this case yellow (gelb) became orange & the sheep received a blueish tint. Kreuterbuch, Lonincer, 1582.

Hear ye, hear ye! My book is in production! www.routledge.com/Unconventual...

I just opened the mailbox to find my very first copy of my book! The way I screamed!

The 76th annual meeting of the New York State Association of European Historians (NYSAEH) will take place October 9-10, 2026 in Cortland, New York. CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Deadline 30 May. nysaeh.org

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New York State Association of European Historians

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CFP: New Netherland Institute's next annual conference, "New Netherland and the World," on November 7-8 2026, in Albany, New York. Proposals due April 1. Hotel provided. Some travel funding available; include a request with your proposal. www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/eve....

New Netherland and the World, 2026 Annual Conference :: New Netherland Institute

The translations of A.J.F. van Laer

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The University of Puget Sound offers a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in the field of archaeology. Focus on the Late Antique Mediterranean, from c. 400 to c. 1000 CE. Deadline March 9, 2026. tinyurl.com/bdz3ferb

Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present and Women Writers Online will be free for the month of March, in celebration of Women’s History Month. orlando.cambridge.org wwp.northeastern.edu/wwo/

Home | Orlando: Women's writing

Literary, political, and social groups

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Het is niet te laat om mij te ontvolgen, want vanaf nu ga ik schaamteloos promotie maken voor onze podcast. Het is nu officieel en publiek: Vrouwen des Huizes vertelt het verhaal van Anna van Croy en Marie-Catherine van Merode en gaat live op 6 maart 2026 🔥 www.arts.kuleuven.be/formulieren/...

The great Joan Wallach Scott connecting the dots

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 8mo ago

Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What an exquisite chicken!

lamusee.bsky.social@lamusee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

J'ajoute aujourd'hui un exemple discutable: le blason de Dürer avec un coq posé sur un casque, je le range quand même avec mes coqs sur la tête et j'y reviens dans ma infolettre A voir par ici 🐓 lamusee.fr/painting/2971

This is so disappointing to see academics conclude "yes, it's a fascist tool" and then in the same breath say "let's use it to show students how it's flawed" or "let's collect more data on it by giving it more of our data"... Excuse me?

Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · 8mo ago

This idea that one can discern a technology is fascist and then still conclude "we need to collect data" is nonsense! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026 We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700). www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies

Language, Sense, and Proof in the Early Modern World. Deadline for submissions: 12th April 2026.

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Applications for RSA's Eloise Quiñones Keber Fellowship close on Sunday, March 1, 2026. $2,000 to support research travel for any area of pre-Columbian, early modern, or colonial Latin American art history for the period 1300–1700. www.rsa.org/page/keberfe...

Eloise Quiñones Keber Fellowship - Renaissance Society of America

This fellowship, awarded in memory of Dr. Eloise Quiñones Keber, supports research travel for a scholar working in any area of pre-Columbian, early modern, or colonial Latin American art history for…

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Lieve BS-vrienden, ik heb raad nodig. Ik zoek een EU alternatief voor WordPress. Tot hiertoe als ik een simpele site nodig had, bouwde ik die op WP zelf. Ik wil een site maken voor de podcast, maar graag EU. Ik zie bijv Combel? Iemand ervaring of ideeën? 🙌 european-alternatives.eu/alternative-...

European alternatives to WordPress.com | European Alternatives

WordPress.com is a WordPress hosting provider owned by Automattic, a US American company which contributes to the development of WordPress.

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Very excited about this new edited volume from @Brepols! "Sicut in caelo": Sacred Music in Early Modern Italy Eds. Galliano Ciliberti, Thomas Neal www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

Brepols - «Sicut in caelo»

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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies@uclssees.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🔊 Job vacancy: Lecturer in Czech and Comparative Literature The post-holder will specialise in the literatures and cultures of Central and Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on Czech literature. 🗓️ Deadline: 26 February ➡️ Apply here: bit.ly/3Moi6gj

In the 1641 Depositions, Brigitt Lee reported the losses suffered, and trauma she experienced, at the hands of the rebels. Learn more about her story and others here: voicesproject.ie/impact/blog-...

I've had a number of exciting abstracts for the Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present conference but I've decided to EXTEND the deadline to 22 Feb, as I'm away the prior week so won't be reviewing apps then! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Please share. Ask Qs below! 🗃️

Our public history course on the history of the Amsterdam School of Home Economics received some love this week. Students researched (mostly uncatalogued) archival material at the Amsterdam City Archive & collected oral histories from students & teachers of the school ⬇️ www.uva.nl/shared-conte...

Duik in de geschiedenis van de Amsterdamse huishoudscholen

Wassen, strijken, voedingsleer: voor veel meisjes in Amsterdam waren dit vroeger dagelijkse lessen op de huishoudschool. Hoewel dat niet eens zo lang geleden is, kunnen veel jongeren zich er misschien...

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Apply for this! #EarlyModern 🗃️

Alice Marples@alicemarples.bsky.social · 8mo ago

JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...

Read more about lesbian subversion of Britain's 1921 Census, and what it means for us today, in this free article. (6/6)

Messages to the future? Lesbian subversion of official categories in the 1921 UK census

This article considers how Britain’s 1921 census can be a source for histories of lesbian activism. It explores evidence that the census returns were a site of lesbian resistance and considers the ...

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Fellowships at The Image Centre (IMC), Toronto IMC is Canada’s leading institution dedicated to the exhibition, research and collecting of photography. Fellowships are available for emerging and established scholars, as well as artists. theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/ Deadline March 15

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Need to send a letter in early modern Italy? Juraj Kittler will talk about "The Postal Revolution: Courier Networks in Italy, 1260–1600" at the IHR Tuesday 3 Feb 17:30. Join us www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Postal Revolution: Courier Networks in Italy, 1260–1600

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I'm especially excited for #IMC2026 because this year I'm part of the @imc-leeds.bsky.social team! I look forward to seeing everyone in July!

Of course, we need to talk about Plautilla Nelli today, the day of the year his baptism was recordad, although she was born earlier in 1524. This Last Supper can be found at the refectory of Santa Maria Novella and goes mostly unnoticed after so many amazing masterpieces.

The deadline for submitting proposals for the 2026 Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast conference is March 1, 2026. live-csu-northridge.pantheonsite.io/asian-studie... Faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students are all invited to participate.

Coming up Feb 12 at Loganberry Books - An Evening of Independent Medieval Women: Janet Rich Edwards' CANTICLE Novelist Janet Rich Edwards & historian @lizlehfeldt.bsky.social explore the hidden world of beguines - complete with medieval beer tasting! www.loganberrybooks.com/evening-inde...