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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥

@drsonjakleij.bsky.social

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Lecturer at Utrecht University | Researching early modern literature and performance, war, and gender | Book review editor 1500-1800 for English Studies (Routledge) | (she/her) | Views my own.

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · Jan 13

Virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY @ucpress.bsky.social, hosted by @srsrensoc.bsky.social! Weds Feb 19th 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 5:30pm GMT / 6:30pm CET.

Register now! Pub date Feb 4. 1/15

💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #HAMH

www.crowdcast.io/c/monsters-h...

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Jan 1

Of course I mean *glue*. Just goes to show I have no *clue* what I’m doing 😆

Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year everyone!!

My first deed of the year was accidentally snapping a bowl right in half when I was stacking them to clean up. Hopefully this isn’t a sign…

(Does anyone know a good clue I can use? Is this fixable?)

A small soup bowl on a kitchen counter that is broken right down in the middle.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 29

How many of the people making this decision themselves benefited from state funding of their post-graduate education? (It just wouldn’t have been on my menu of possibilities if there wasn’t a full grant for fees and maintenance to apply for.)

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · Nov 25

Enzo Rossi and Uğur Atcay with a message.

#WOinActie
#StopDeBezuinigingen #EppoCiao

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 25

Dankjewel!!

Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 25

Today 20.000+ people came together in The Hague to protest the proposed cuts in education funding. To protest against layoffs. Against a penalty for study delays. Against the closure of degree programmes. And to fight for academic freedom, equal opportunities, and the right to study. #WOinActie

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 25

When you don’t have time to make a sign from scratch (‘cause workload) and you want to be sustainable: recycle the poster #WOinActie #protest

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 11

Thanks!

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Tom Ashbyトム ∙ アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · Nov 9

I have created a starter pack for scholars of the long seventeenth century! I will be adding to it; do comment or message if you would like to be added - & share!

go.bsky.app/BtkNcRq

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 11

Thanks for putting this together! If there’s still space, could you add me please?

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Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social · Nov 9

Just created a starter pack for people interested in early modern women! Somewhat random and definitely incomplete, so please suggest more people to add (including yourself) go.bsky.app/Cqqbspt

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · Nov 8

A thread of Historian Starter Packs to help find your communities.

First Pop Culture and Media:
bsky.app/profile/herm...

Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · Nov 7

As promised, the Popular Culture and Media Studies starter pack! If you work in this realm and would like to be added, just let me know. :) I wanted us all to be able to find each other here.
go.bsky.app/JtBHuwU

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Dr Kath @dr-kath.bsky.social · Nov 7

Thank you for creating another starter pack. I would love to be added, if possible.

And here comes mine:

go.bsky.app/9i1XbVC

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 9

Thank you for creating this! If there’s still space, could you add me please?

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Nov 8

Given the X-odus (see what we did there? A true fire bird): which other #earlymodern centres have arrived here already?

We've got a starter pack for easy following, but keen to hear about more: go.bsky.app/LLzFj3b
#skystorians

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Marlo Avidon @marloavidon.bsky.social · Nov 8

I'm starting a pack for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers working on any aspect of Historical Studies!

go.bsky.app/95yTEM3

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · Nov 7

With the twitter exodus: welcome, and here are some #earlymodern historians posting about early modern stuff (though I should update it now it’s more than 50 in those things) go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 7

Thank you! (*waves* hi!)

Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 7

What a wonderful idea, thank you! If there’s still space, could you add me?

Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Mar 13

My birthday present to myself arrived (very) early. This collection has a poem for every day of year. A wonderful way to (re)discover poets.

This coming year will likely be one of insecurity, instability, and big decisions for me. But at least I can be sure of one thing: there will be poetry.

The cover of the book ‘365 Poems for Life’ compiled by Allie Esiri.

The blurb of the book ‘365 Poems for Life’: Discover 365 Poems for Life, an uplifting poem-a-day collection from award-winning curator Allie Esiri.
This anthology offers readers
an escape from daily life through some of the best words in the English language. Explore a wide range of poets, including Maya Angelou, Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest, Dylan Thomas, Ocean Vuong and many more.
The perfect gift, this beautiful collection brings a moment of solace every day of the year.

Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Jan 17

A student gave me a card with a wax seal on the envelope. Day made!

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Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 23

So disappointed in the Dutch election results…

Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 15

Just witnessed the rarest of phenomena: a train that leaves too early.

Dr Sonja Kleij 🟥 @drsonjakleij.bsky.social · Nov 14

Because of a Big Deadline, I put off a bunch of stuff thinking “that’s November-me’s problem”. November-me is not amused…