The world’s first scientific press The first ever printing house dedicated to the printing and publishing of scientific books was established in Nürnberg in 1471 by the astronomer, astrologer and mathematician Johannes Müller, bette…

15th-century astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, printer-publisher Johannes Müller, aka Regiomontanus, was born 6 June 1436 #histsci
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Image of page from the Royal Historical Society's website announcing the election on 16 May of 337 new Fellows and Members to the Society.

We're delighted to welcome today 337 new Fellows & Members who've been elected to the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/3FfrjEb

Our new Fellows practice history in 11 countries, our Associate Fellows promote history across many sectors & our PGR Members study at 68 universities worldwide #Skystorians

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Just received the incredible news that I’ve been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org!
It’s a real honour—and a deep source of pride—to receive this recognition. Heartfelt thanks to Andrew @apettegree.bsky.social for his generous support! This means a lot!
#skystorians

Prof. Domenico Cecere gives an intriguing talk about natural #disasters and emotions in 17th-century Mediterranean at the 4th session of the Universiof Alcalá's international seminar on the history of written culture
#bookhistory #emotions #writing #writtenculture #disasters #print #manuscripts

The Huntington Reunites Rare 15th-Century Print with Gutenberg Bible | The Huntington The Huntington has acquired the exceptionally rare 15th-century devotional print “Christ on the Mount of Olives,” reuniting it with the institution’s prized Gutenberg Bible.

If you are lucky enough to be near San Marino, CA, between March 12th and May 26th, don't miss this fantastic opportunity!
#rarebooks #bookhistory #GutenbergBible #earlyprint #incunbula
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Title page of a copy of Petrarch's poetic works (Venice, 1538) held at the Biblioteca Nacional de México, censored by the inquisition of New Spain.

Honored to be awarded a Paul Oskar Kristeller Fellowship from the Renaissance Society of America for my research on Novohispanic readers of Italian books! Thank you so much for such a fantastic privilege!

#BookHistory #Renaissance #Mediterranean #ColonialMexico

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Getting Started with Transkribus A workshop on automatic text recognition and the transcription tool Transkribus, led by Joe Nockels from the University of Sheffield.

Do you fancy getting started working with Transkribus? We're hosting a @transkribus.bsky.social in person workshop in Edinburgh, Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00 - 17:00. @jnockels.bsky.social will demistify automatic text recognition as well as its context, as part of @edcdcs.bsky.social training ☺️

Hidden Venice HistoryCity apps bring the streets to life with immersive trails on geolocated historic maps. Available for: Venice, Copenhagen, Florence, Valencia, Exeter, Hamburg, Trento, Deventer, Landshut and Tours. https://historycityapps.org/

Very excited that Hidden Venice, a new smartphone walking tour app from History City, is now available for (free) download. Three historical trails from the 16th-18th century, written by historians (myself, Fabrizio Nevola, David Rosenthal, and Rosa Salzberg). youtu.be/HU4nx6CZp-U

Now Esther Borrego Gutiérrez (Universidad Complutense) walks us through the fascinating world of the religious "villancico", a mixed genre of popular music and verses developed in early modern Spain.

#writing #popular #music #religious #navidad #textualstudies #comedy #emotions

The inaugural lecture by Diego Navarro Bonilla (Universidad Carlos III) focuses on how calligraphy generates emotions and develops creativity
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#calligraphy #writing #historyofemotions #writing

Ready to start this fantastic seminar, "Corazón, de ti me quejo...", on emotions and writing (15th-21th centuries) ath the Department of Philosophy and History at the University of Alcalá!

#writing #writtenculture #emotions #archives #paleography #history #manuscript #reading

Le dernier numéro des #Annales est désormais publié sur Cambridge Core (@cambridgeup.bsky.social). À lire, l’intelligence des gestes techniques au XVIIIe s., l'histoire et l'anthropologie des populations amérindiennes, les Juifs, l’antisémitisme et le capitalisme
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Au sommaire du prochain numéro des #Annales, l’intelligence des gestes techniques au XVIIIe siècle, histoire et anthropologie des populations amérindiennes, les Juifs, l’antisémitisme et le capitalisme

San Daniele 2025 – a call for papers « In uno volumine » – call for papers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025 After having tackled in our previous meetings the fundamental ques...

#callforpapers for the forthcoming San Daniele Sammelband 15-16 conference, to be held from 10 to 12 April 2025. sammelband.hypotheses.org/2267

Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age [Palmer, Ada] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age

The whole Mediterranean region was out of fashion among academic historians during the formative century of modern academia. I talk a fair bit about this in the opening sections of my new book “Inventing the Renaissance” forthcoming February

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Woooooow! Can't wait to read it!

Love this scheme! Take note lovely DH friends, that it is a VIRTUAL fellowship.

Shall we call him Scroogewell? Croogewell? Scromwell?

Detail from [Gregor Reisch] AEPITOMA OMNIS PHYLOSOPHIAE ... (1504). Two men in a room with a book collection in the back. https://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/content/zoom/6045160

How to organize your books in true #earlymodern style by following 3 simple steps. Here is an advice from 1504:

Step 1: lay them on top of each other.

Step 2: book spines facing up.

Step 3: Have a few boxes within your book collection.

#bookhistory #skystorians

DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN. Billionaires aren't geniuses, they're professional labor exploiters with no attachment to reality

Don’t.

Reminder as you consider holiday gifts that REUSE is even better than RECYCLE, and thrift shops and eBay are full of wonderful things loved ones might want, including a million jillion stuffed animals of every species imaginable waiting to be loved.

The main building of the University of Alcalá in Alcalá de Henares, one of the most ancient universities in Spain

It’s official! 🤩Starting next year I’ll be joining the University of Alcalá as a Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Professor. I’m beyond excited and deeply grateful for this opportunity and can’t wait to begin this new chapter!🥳📚
#goodnews #newjob #professorship #happiness #sun #skyacademic #skystorians

a gingerbread man is being sprinkled with powdered sugar on a cake ALT: a gingerbread man is being sprinkled with powdered sugar on a cake

That's the best part of the whole video!

Yep, I need to go to Germany.
#coffee #humor #goodmorning

Sommaire Introduction et table des matières du numéro 79/2 (00:00) Grand format (4:18) : entretien avec Denis Cogneau, professeur à PSE, pour Un empire bon marché, histoire et économie politique de la colonisation française XIXe-XXe siècles (Seuil, 2023), discuté avec David Todd, professeur à Sciences Po (lien sur Cairn) Coulisses (36:45) : traduire des sources en français vers l’anglais, avec Chloe Morgan, éditrice (à propos de l’article de Renaud Morieux, « Lettres perdues : Communautés épistolaires, guerres et liens familiaux dans le monde maritime atlantique du xviiie siècle », Histoire, Sciences Sociales, 78/2, 2023. p.333-373) (lien sur Cairn) Archives (47:00) : Marc Ferro, « Y a-t-il « trop de démocratie » en URSS ? », Annales, 40/4, 1985, p. 811-827,commenté par Jean-Yves Grenier (lien sur Persée) Contacts et crédits

Nouvel épisode de podcast en ligne : 359, la fabrique des Annales (2), avec un grand format consacré à la colonisation et à sa dimension économique, autour du livre majeur de D. Cogneau, Un empire bon marché. Sommaire ci-dessous.
Bonne écoute, retours bienvenus !
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Biblioteca Angelica, Rome 🇮🇹

Francesco Algarotti, Venetian polymath, champion of Newtonianism, born #OTD 1712; friend of Voltaire & Émilie du Châtelet, patron of Tiepolo, commissioned Panini’s View of Pantheon c.1734 & owned Liotard’s La belle Chocolatière c.1744. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam | Dresden State Art Collections

Francesco Algarotti, Venetian polymath, champion of Newtonianism, born #OTD 1712; friend of Voltaire & Émilie du Châtelet, patron of Tiepolo, commissioned Panini’s View of Pantheon c.1734 & owned Liotard’s La belle Chocolatière c.1744. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam | Dresden State Art Collections

Francesco Algarotti, Venetian polymath, champion of Newtonianism, born #OTD 1712; friend of Voltaire & Émilie du Châtelet, patron of Tiepolo, commissioned Panini’s View of Pantheon c.1734 & owned Liotard’s La belle Chocolatière c.1744. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC | Rijksmuseum Amsterdam | Dresden State Art Collections

Francesco Algarotti, Venetian polymath, champion of Newtonianism, born #OTD 1712; friend of Voltaire & Émilie du Châtelet, patron of Tiepolo, commissioned Panini’s View of Pantheon c.1734 & owned Liotard’s La belle Chocolatière c.1744
National Gallery of Art Rijksmuseum
Dresden State Art Collections