“Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World” 15 – 16 June 2026 Co-sponsored by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies and the Amsterdam School of Historical Studies. Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen • Tita Chico • Zoe Copeman • Valentine Delrue • Feike Dietz • Jess Dunmore • Leonie Hannan • Marieke Hendriksen • Heather Keenleyside • Alejandro Mylonas-Leegstra • Ruth Mack • Mona Narain • Vivian Zuluaga Papp • Ros Powell • Beth Stewart • James Wood Organized by Dr Ros Powell (University of Amsterdam) and Prof Tita Chico (University of Maryland and Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies)

JUNE in AMSTERDAM

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Blueskis, THE WESTERNERS is officially a Beach Read!

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Thank you so much! This is all wonderful to hear!

Ooooh, fabulous! I love that THE WESTERNERS is now a beach read. Thank you so much for reading! 🏖️☀️📚

I am happy to hear you are enjoying it!

And yes, absolutely to the parallels.

Wooohooooo!!!!!

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Travel safely and swiftly! And may your thoughts be pipe free!

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Two mountains covered with white snow rise above the valleys and the clouds, with clear blue skies above - Mt Hood and Mt. Rainier, the Cascades

Greetings from the blue skies above Mt Hood (foreground) and Mt. Rainier (background).

Excellent point

(of LHOP)

What are our thoughts re: the reboot?

She is fabulous!

Yep

YOU GUYS. Yesterday I got to hang out with Portland Celebrity, TikTok Park Lady Catherine McNeur!

She was besieged by fans at the bookstore!

Oh my

honestly it’s hilarious that he’s trying to fight the pope and the pope is like “I don’t think about you at all”

The coolest!

I have not heard of this series, so no, sadly!

A blue theater sign that reads PORTLAND towers above a black and white marquee with an announcement for my Hatfield Lecture that night

I stand in front of the marquee at night on a rainy street, — the foreground is dark so it looks like I am wearing all black

It’s not every day (or night) that you get to see your name in lights!

Thank you for a wonderful evening talking about history and democracy, Oregon Historical Society!

I stand in a hotel room wearing a silver pleated skirt, a leather jacket, and red lipstick. Let’s goooooooo

Another fashion post! Heading to sound check shortly for my talk tonight.

Photo of the marquee at Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon, from across the street

A grinning author holding her book in front of a “New + Recommended History” shelf

So exciting to to see THE WESTERNERS at @powells.bsky.social! 🥰🤓

Hey—

This is a great venue for writing—and reading—history informed op-eds.

Great news!

LOLz! I wish I had!

Thank you, my friend. This means the world to me! 🥰

Yayyyyy! I can’t wait for you to read it!

That airport is very fancy!