Lovely to see that two great podcasts about my book are now online. Maryam Patton interviewed me for the 'Ottoman History Podcast' and Sam Tchorek-Bentall for 'Interventions: The Intellectual History Podcast'.
www.ottomanhistorypodcast.com/2025/10/cali...
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Posts by Richard Calis
Surprise publication day! Earlier than anticipated, you can now read my #firstbook (digital version in #openaccess) or order a printed copy through the link. Official announcement and info on book presentation event coming soon!
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#NatHist, #HistNatHist, #flowers
Ha leuk, onze workshop in de PZC! Komen jullie ook? Op 19 september praten we met allemaal toffe mensen in de bieb in Middelburg over oral history en de verhalen van gewone Zeeuwen. Info & aanmelden: dezb.op-shop.nl/8592/verteld...
Had a great time talking about my book with the wonderful Dimitri Gondicas, director of the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University #earlymodern #skytorians
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Come work with us! A 2,5 years postdoc on critical university heritage: you'll contribute to two curated heritage interventions, based on (1) physical anthropology collections and (2) botanical history. You'll join an international, interdisciplinary team. #skystorians #heritage #histofscience
The position is part of COLUMN, a collaborative research project about Colonial Legacies of Universities, funded by the EU under their Horizon scheme. Feel free to reach out with any questions about this job! @richardcalis.bsky.social Gert-Jan Plets and I are happy to answer any questions!
Zou graag het hele stuk lezen!
Had great fun talking about my new book for the Turkey Book Talk podcast #earlymodern #skystorians
From last week 📚👇
Richard Calis (@richardcalis.bsky.social) on “The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius” (@harvardpress.bsky.social)
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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/05/13/r...
Check out this Wonderful CfP!
Looks great!
One for the Dutch university administrators
In meme form:
New episode 🚨🚨
Richard Calis (@richardcalis.bsky.social) on “The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius” (@harvardpress.bsky.social)
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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/05/13/r...
Screenshot of a NYTimes Headline, which reads, An Artist Honors Extinct Plants and Animals at New York’s Swiss Institute In an East Village gallery, K Allado-McDowell has created an audiovisual tribute to species we have lost as a rehearsal for a proposed physical monument. Link to the paywall bypassed version here: https://archive.ph/h17bJ#selection-509.0-513.153
Artwashing AI includes such perverse efforts as this: using a tool whose energy needs are so extractive that it contributes to climate change, which threatens the survival of endangered species...in order to "really make ya think" about endangered species.
Meet author #BenjaminLeathley at the launch of The Open Door to Hidden Paganism in conversation with #PeterBisschop @richardcalis.bsky.social #JoanPauRubiés #CarolienStolte chaired by #JosGommans
Curious to find out more? Event: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... Book: lup.nl/publications...
Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May.
newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...
Having fun preparing for today's Descartes Centre Colloquium. Eric Jorink and I will present our new books and reflect on how we can write histories of science. Date/location: 15:30-16:30 at the UniversityMuseumUtrecht - followed by drinks!
www.uu.nl/en/events/de...
#earlymodern #historyofscience
Please share if you can!
Details:
- Low-key application
- 2000k p/m (max 2 months)
- Wonderful intellectuel community
- Amazing library collection
- Deadline: 2 june 2025
uu.nl/en/news/call...
#twitterstorians #universityhistory #historyofscience
*New University History Fellowship!*
Are you interested in university history? Do you want to explore the history of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social and its collections?
Apply for this new #fellowship that we managed to create with support of the University Library and the Descartes Center!
It’s me! I’m the expert! Had lots of fun writing this piece on The White Lotus and Shakespeare. Please read and share!
#Shakespeare #TheWhiteLotus
Looks great!
Thrilled that the @lrb.co.uk published Alexander Bevilacqua's wonderful review of my book on The Discovery of #Ottoman Greece
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#earlymodern #skystorians
oh, this is good, ye #earlymodern folk and language nerds 🐦🐦
Thanks Jennifer!
Thank Freddie!
‘Crusius studied spoken Greek carefully, treating his visitors as crucial primary sources. Yet he regarded modern vernacular Greek as a corrupt version of its classical ancestor.’
Alexander Bevilacqua on the German cleric who invented modern Grecomania:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...