Nicoline van der Sijs met een zeer verontrustend bericht over het geruisloos verdwijnen van een databank waar alles bij elkaar tientallen jaren aan is gewerkt.
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The call for papers for the European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) is out! This biyearly conference, hosting around 1500 participants, brings together scholars who explain historical phenomena using the methods of the social sciences.
More information: esshc.iisg.amsterdam/en
A skeletal death, in a black, hooded robe, sits, hand under chin, scythe on the ground, surrounded by flocks of ravens. The painting "Tired or The Weary Death", Pavel Karlovich, Wenig
The Weary Death / Tired, Pavel Karlovich Wenig, 1915
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #AlfredHitchcockDay
'Ze had geschreeuwd, zich verzet, nee, ho en stop geroepen.' Promovendus Marlies Couch vertelt over haar driemaal bekroonde afstudeerscriptie over seksueel geweld, saamhorigheid tussen vrouwen onderling en de rol van vroedvrouwen in de rechtspraak in de vroegmoderne tijd 🔗 tinyurl.com/3mnccyn2
Lecture alert 🔔
Forms of homosexual subjecthood were already present before the mass gay persecutions in the Dutch Republic in 1730. This is evident from the dozens of sodomy trials on ships, trading posts and in colonial settlements of the Dutch East India Company.
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🚨 Workshop “Putting mortality on the map – spatial methods to study the urban mortality transition”, Univ. of Copenhagen, 20–21 Aug 2026. For researchers using or planning spatial approaches in historical mortality. Apply by 1 Feb 2026: madsp@ruc.dk & sanne.muurling@ru.nl
"We hebben decanen, rectoren en collegevoorzitters nodig die zeggen: ‘[...] We hebben eerdere bezuinigingen niet kunnen opvangen door harder te werken, ook niet door onderwijsinnovaties, en we gaan al helemaal niks oplossen met AI.’"
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Looking forward Miguel Rodrigues’s presentation! Tomorrow at the @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
TOOOOOOOOOOM!!! @tombhamilton.bsky.social! Oh this is brilliant, humongous congratulations. The Natalie Zemon Davis Prize from the @16csociety.bsky.social! 🤩
#NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)
New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We are looking for a new Chair in Economic, Social and Demographic History!
If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call!
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This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...
Medio volgend jaar word ik 67. De advertentie voor een nieuwe directeur @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social staat vanaf vandaag online. Zegt het voort!
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Spot on. Ik verbaasd me ook altijd weer over managers (of collega's) die de privileges van het werken aan de universiteit alleen maar benadrukken alsof we nog in de jaren 70 zitten.
Hier zeggen ze trouwens niet Dolle Mina maar Dolle Nimma and I think that’s beautiful.
#nijmegen
The scariest and most powerful incantation known on the internet ;)
Looking forward talking about “Controlling Contagion” at the Radboud Conference next week, and learning more answers to its key question: “How Did We Lift the Burden?” www.ru.nl/en/about-us/... @oxford-esh.bsky.social @timriswick.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t
"we've eliminated the memory of these diseases." The most powerful argument for making sure #histmed is an element of all curricula!
Great to see the video of David Turner's recent talk, 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social now available online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... It was a great evening.
Front cover of Working class courtship, marriage and divorce in Scotland, 1955-1939.
New book out later this year! Courtship, marriage, divorce, Scotland! All the best topics!
A-HA! The plot thickens! Zijne Majesteit heeft Trump hagelslag voorgezet, natuurlijk om hem subtiel te beïnvloeden. Hagelslaggate! Make Holland Great Again! #Hagelslagwins
That sounds great! I’m keen to read it next year :-)
📣New blog!
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
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Congrats, Sian! 👏 I look forward to reading about your findings. Do you have anything in the pipeline that I can look out for?
Fascinating article by the amazing Samantha Sint Nicolaas and colleagues about migrant crime and discrimination in the courts of early modern Holland: academic.oup.com/jsh/article-...
Vroegmoderne vrouwen: verleden tijd? Allerminst!
Tijdens 'Van marge naar middelpunt' blikken onderzoekers (waaronder collega @ninalamal.bsky.social) en erfgoedprofessionals terug én vooruit op vrouwengeschiedenis in erfgoed & wetenschap.
📅 4 juni | 17:00 | SPUI25
Info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/b94pHFs
Exciting to see the seven little maps I made for this book about diseases and mortality in 19th and early 20th c Amsterdam in print ✨ (Book recommendation, too! Get your copy now: libris.nl/a/owen-lamme...)