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Frühmoderne Sammlungen waren nie nur Archive. Sie waren Wissensmaschinen.
Die Analyse der Professorenbibliothek Johann Gottfried Lakemachers zeigt, wie eng Ökonomie, Sammlungspraxis und Wissensordnung bereits im 18. Jahrhundert verflochten waren.
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Have a look #histsci #historyofknowledge people !

Long before algorithms and AI, this was how we searched for information — one drawer at a time.
#HistoryOfKnowledge #Libraries #Innovation #SearchEngine

The Gerda Henkel Visiting Professorship is a co-operation between the Department of International History, LSE, the Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the GHIL, and the professor’s home university.

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Navigating flu season is bad enough, but what are you meant to do when the Black Death strikes in your city? 💀In our latest article, @guyfassler.bsky.social looks at some lessons learned from #medieval Pistoia: scilicet.org.uk/the-black-de...
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What is the history of knowledge? | Scilicet Scilicet is a blog dedicated to the history of knowledge. In the broadest terms, we’re interested in what people in the past knew, what it meant to know things, and what we as historians can learn abo...

This week we have a special article in which we share our thoughts about the History of Knowledge and what it means to us.
It was great fun to write and we hope you will find it thought provoking!
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under the title 'Local Modernity: Agency, Entanglement, and the Making of the Modern Middle East'. 🕌

For more information and to tune in: www.ghil.ac.uk/publi.... 🔗

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Our Team researches in a highly cross-disciplinary manner, involving #SensoryStudies #CulturalStudies #TheatreStudies #PerformanceStudies, #DanceStudies, #EastAsianStudies and #HistoryOfKnowledge!

Key finding: He shelved military fortification books with architecture, viewing them as one practical toolkit. 🛠️ We also mapped his print network: Paris was his source for math books, Venice for military texts.

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Check out this #CfP #historyofknowledge

Anna Nilsson Hammar and Svante Norrhem, "Serving Aristocracy: Negotiation, Learning, and Mobility in an Early Modern Knowledge Community" (Routledge, 2025) - New Books Network

Svante Norrhem and I just talked about our new book, Serving Aristocracy on @routledgehistory.bsky.social , with fantastic Miranda Melcher
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Thank you so much for having us on your podcast! #earlymodern #historyofknowledge

Harvesting cabbage. Tacuinum Sanitatis. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Latin 9333, fol. 20r, URL: http://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc773750.

New publication on Paolo Santonino's culinary experiences in the 1480s!
doi.org/10.4312/clot...

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Don’t forget this fantastic opportunity! Fully funded four year PhD positions in #historyofknowledge and #zooarchaeology

We're thrilled to share that JHoK is now on Bluesky! 🌟 Follow us for exclusive content, updates, and discussions in our journal.

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