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Ariane Fichtl

@threadofariane.bsky.social

Postdoc @ucph.bsky.social, working on the intersection of religion and politics in the history of ideas with a special focus on liberal theory. She/her. Honorary research fellow @standrewshist.bsky.social.

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Ariane Fichtl@threadofariane.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Back in December I wrote a short commentary on Elizabeth Heyrick and the concept of “immediacy” in abolitionist (and reformist) thought for the UK-based Elizabeth Heyrick Society which does amazing work in keeping her legacy alive. 👇🏻 www.elizabethheyrick.org/news/elizabe...

Elizabeth Heyrick and the concept of “immediacy” in abolitionist thought

Heyrick’s call for immediate abolition urged women to act from home, linking faith to social reform.

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Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Next week, Feb 22 at 10:00am EST, see Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach at Yeshiva University for a talk on their book, A Woman Is Responsible for Everything. Come hear about their use of previously untapped archival sources to explore the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communities!

A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach book talk at Yeshiva University in New York City on February 22nd, 2026 at 10:00 am EST, Furst Hall 212
Ariane Fichtl@threadofariane.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Three more weeks until the deadline! Join us in Copenhagen to discuss religious embodiment and conversion practices in early modern Europe and beyond on the 23rd and 24th of April 2026!

Ariane Fichtl@threadofariane.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to launch a call for papers for a conference I’m co-organising to take place at the University of Copenhagen from 23-24 April 2026! The topic is “Religious embodiment and conversion practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800”. Deadline: 26 Nov 2025 See below for more info! 👇🏻

Modern Intellectual History@mihjournal.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Now on FirstView: The “Woman’s Seed”? Ariane Viktoria Fichtl @threadofariane.bsky.social analyzes the abolitionist cognitive tool “mental metempsychosis” that challenged the concept of the heritability of slavery and was at the heart of immediate abolitionism in Britain

The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core

The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers

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Ariane Fichtl@threadofariane.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to launch a call for papers for a conference I’m co-organising to take place at the University of Copenhagen from 23-24 April 2026! The topic is “Religious embodiment and conversion practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800”. Deadline: 26 Nov 2025 See below for more info! 👇🏻

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Ariane Fichtl@threadofariane.bsky.social · last yr.

Perfect time to re-engage with my article on Alexander Hamilton’s vs. Thomas Jefferson’s views on US foreign policy and commercial warfare! 👉🏻 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Idea(s) of Dutch Neutrality in the American Debate on Neutral Rights (1793–1807)

Since the latter part of the seventeenth century trade and war had become increasingly entangled due to the bellicose commercial rivalry of European colonial powers, who emulated one another in a s...

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@rhammersley99.bsky.social@rhammersley99.bsky.social · last yr.

What did the Greeks do for us? March’s blogpost reflects on 20 years since the publication of ‘The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought’. www.rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2025/2/28/the-greek-tradition-in-republican-thought @threadofariane.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social

The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought — Rachel Hammersley

I am currently co-teaching a module on 'The Scientific Revolution'. Consequently, Isaac Newton's famous comment to Robert Boyle about 'standing on the shoulders of giants' was already in my mind on 15...

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Josephine Quinn@josephinequinn.bsky.social · last yr.

New post in Greek History at Cambridge: please encourage anyone who might be interested to apply. I'd love to get a new colleague who will take us in exciting directions, and I'd be happy to answer questions. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48963/

Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient Greek History) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient Greek History) in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.

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Emily Steinhauer @emsteinhauer.bsky.social · 2y ago

This @isih-blueskye.bsky.social ‘Women in IH’ seminar had to be cancelled last minute and is now rescheduled for 22nd January! Please join us, the sign-up link in the old post should still work 🥳

Emily Steinhauer @emsteinhauer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our celebration of ‘Women in Intellectual History’ with the @isih-blueskye.bsky.social continues next Wed 4th Dec. Do join us for some excellent papers and friendly discussion. Sign-up and programme of the seminar series here: forms.office.com/e/c1vecwHxjS

Screenshot of Seminar programme for 4th Dec: Tingting Wu (Jena): Sophie Mereau - From Passive Surrender to Autonomy; Brigitta Schvéd (Budapest): The Word and the Image: Early Modern Female Self-Representation in the Works of Artemisia Gentileschi and Margaret Cavendish; Commentator: Anne M. Thell (NUS)