John Theibault
@jtheibault.bsky.social
Thirty Years War. Digital Humanities. Other Stuff.
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New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
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🎓 Colloque "Les chemins de Daniel Roche. Vies matérielles et vies de l’esprit".
🗓️ 27-29 novembre 2025
📍 IMI-UTC, 62 bd Sébastopol Paris 3e, salle Daniel Quarante (jeudi) / Univ. Paris-Cité, Halle aux farines, salles 278F (vendredi) et 478F (samedi).
🔎 Plus d'informations ➡️ tph.hypotheses.org/1828
🗓️ 27-29 novembre 2025
📍 IMI-UTC, 62 bd Sébastopol Paris 3e, salle Daniel Quarante (jeudi) / Univ. Paris-Cité, Halle aux farines, salles 278F (vendredi) et 478F (samedi).
🔎 Plus d'informations ➡️ tph.hypotheses.org/1828
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🎓 Colloque "Les chemins de Daniel Roche. Vies matérielles et vies de l’esprit".
🗓️ 27-29 novembre 2025
📍 IMI-UTC, 62 bd Sébastopol Paris 3e, salle Daniel Quarante (jeudi) / Univ. Paris-Cité, Halle aux farines, salles 278F (vendredi) et 478F (samedi).
🔎 Plus d'informations ➡️ tph.hypotheses.org/1828
🗓️ 27-29 novembre 2025
📍 IMI-UTC, 62 bd Sébastopol Paris 3e, salle Daniel Quarante (jeudi) / Univ. Paris-Cité, Halle aux farines, salles 278F (vendredi) et 478F (samedi).
🔎 Plus d'informations ➡️ tph.hypotheses.org/1828
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CFP📢Ecosystems of the Mind: Resources for Reconstructing Early Modern Intellectual Life
🌍Germany 📅21–23 May 2026
⏰Deadline : 1 December 2025
🔗Info: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
🌍Germany 📅21–23 May 2026
⏰Deadline : 1 December 2025
🔗Info: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
CFP📢Ecosystems of the Mind: Resources for Reconstructing Early Modern Intellectual Life
🌍Germany 📅21–23 May 2026
⏰Deadline : 1 December 2025
🔗Info: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
🌍Germany 📅21–23 May 2026
⏰Deadline : 1 December 2025
🔗Info: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
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Palgrave, a former haven of academic publishing and home of rather expensive books, now proudly features this small recycling advice: “if disposing of this product, please recycle the paper”.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Palgrave, a former haven of academic publishing and home of rather expensive books, now proudly features this small recycling advice: “if disposing of this product, please recycle the paper”.
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Come along to the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday to hear @nailyas.bsky.social talk about her 'Global Libraries' project!
Our final event of term is happening this Thursday (27 November) Dr Nailya Shamgunova @nailyas.bsky.social on 'English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700'. ✨📚 This talk will be in-person only at the IHR. You can sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700
This talk introduces the UKRI-funded Future Leaders project, The Global Library project.
www.history.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Come along to the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday to hear @nailyas.bsky.social talk about her 'Global Libraries' project!
fyi Lisa
Really pleased to see that Helen Esfandiary's excellent talk last week to @long18thsem.bsky.social is now available on the @ihrlibrary.bsky.social website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
‘Such a silly fellow I fear his making some mistake’: The convergence of medical and maternal approaches to domestic childcare in Georgian England
British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar Session
www.history.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
fyi Lisa
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This is absolutely beautiful writing
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
open.substack.com/pub/naomiald...
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is absolutely beautiful writing
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The Habsburg Netherlandish project of a united Low Countries was an impressive political failure that collapsed within two generations.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
This is so cool: the ‘Pragmatic Sanction’ (1549) issued by Charles V who decided that the Habsburg Netherlands can only be ruled by one monarch and cannot be divided (well, that did not work out). Photo shared by @karldrabbe.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Habsburg Netherlandish project of a united Low Countries was an impressive political failure that collapsed within two generations.
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
I'm struck by how many news reports focus on which troops are taking winter quarters where. I don't remember that being as big a theme in previous years (though that may just be my memory playing tricks on me).
Weser, 22. Nov 1625
Graf von Anholt und Obrist Gallas [Kaiserliche] sind in Minden einquartiert.
Kriegsvolk Anholt fast mehrenteils aufm Land Braunschweig weg.
Fußvolk in der Grafschaft Schaumburg in den Städten einquartiert. ... 1/2
Graf von Anholt und Obrist Gallas [Kaiserliche] sind in Minden einquartiert.
Kriegsvolk Anholt fast mehrenteils aufm Land Braunschweig weg.
Fußvolk in der Grafschaft Schaumburg in den Städten einquartiert. ... 1/2
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm struck by how many news reports focus on which troops are taking winter quarters where. I don't remember that being as big a theme in previous years (though that may just be my memory playing tricks on me).
I was happy to see Forsythia get recognized in the recent Michelin unveiling for Philly. It's the only one of the starred/recommended restaurants we've been to more than once or twice. And the last time we were there it was only about half full, so I was getting a little nervous for them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I was happy to see Forsythia get recognized in the recent Michelin unveiling for Philly. It's the only one of the starred/recommended restaurants we've been to more than once or twice. And the last time we were there it was only about half full, so I was getting a little nervous for them.
An interesting print series by Sandow Birk on the GWOT, inspired by Callot's Miseries and Calamities of War.
sandowbirk.com/the-depravit...
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sandowbirk.com/the-depravit...
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The Depravities of War — Sandow Birk
sandowbirk.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
An interesting print series by Sandow Birk on the GWOT, inspired by Callot's Miseries and Calamities of War.
sandowbirk.com/the-depravit...
(You may need to scroll down a bit)
sandowbirk.com/the-depravit...
(You may need to scroll down a bit)
Some interesting thoughts here on how to model limits on grand strategy in the early modern era for a video game.
Funny, I haven't tried the Europa Universalis series. I wonder if I would learn something from it?
Funny, I haven't tried the Europa Universalis series. I wonder if I would learn something from it?
Well, my EU5 Netherlands run (starting as Holland) continues to go fairly well. It is 1574 and I just took Lubeck (from Sweden, oddly enough). I've vassalized Cologne and marginalized the Brussels trade center with my own in Amsterdam, so I now control 3 of the top 10 markets. 💰
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Some interesting thoughts here on how to model limits on grand strategy in the early modern era for a video game.
Funny, I haven't tried the Europa Universalis series. I wonder if I would learn something from it?
Funny, I haven't tried the Europa Universalis series. I wonder if I would learn something from it?
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🤩 Go-time voor Oproer en Omwenteling! #O&O
Met dank aan @ertsberg.bsky.social en @karldrabbe.bsky.social voor het geloof in het project; @vuurdistel.bsky.social voor de prachtig dramatische cover; en uiteraard aan co-auteur Joost Van Meerbeeck!
Met dank aan @ertsberg.bsky.social en @karldrabbe.bsky.social voor het geloof in het project; @vuurdistel.bsky.social voor de prachtig dramatische cover; en uiteraard aan co-auteur Joost Van Meerbeeck!
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🤩 Go-time voor Oproer en Omwenteling! #O&O
Met dank aan @ertsberg.bsky.social en @karldrabbe.bsky.social voor het geloof in het project; @vuurdistel.bsky.social voor de prachtig dramatische cover; en uiteraard aan co-auteur Joost Van Meerbeeck!
Met dank aan @ertsberg.bsky.social en @karldrabbe.bsky.social voor het geloof in het project; @vuurdistel.bsky.social voor de prachtig dramatische cover; en uiteraard aan co-auteur Joost Van Meerbeeck!
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After a short posting hiatus, I'm very excited to share this CFP...
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
![CALL FOR PAPERS ANNOUNCEMENT:
Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
June 10th–12th, 2026
Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
__________________
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Thomas O’Connor
Professor
(History)
Maynooth University Mayte Green-Mercado
Associate Professor
(History)
Rutgers University-Newark Leonardo Velloso-Lyons
Assistant Professor (Spanish and Portuguese)
Emory University
_________________
Exile, diaspora, displacement, multilingualism. Although recent events have brought current issues of migration into sharp relief, the existential dilemmas arising from globalisation, cultural homogenisation, and territorial expansion are anything but new. These dilemmas are deeply rooted in the imperial projects of the early modern period in many ways — and especially so for migrants caught in the ever-shifting dynamics of the Spanish empire as it expanded across the world. In the early 1600s, for example, the Spanish Crown welcomed thousands of Irish refugees who would use their newfound positions and language skills to aid fellow migrants in some cases (such as converso communities facing persecution in Mexico or their own kin facing often violent political subjugation in Ireland) even as they assisted in upholding the status quo in others (such as morisco communities facing expulsion in Iberia).
This conference aims to spark innovative conversations on the way such crosscurrents contributed to emerging conceptions of identity and belonging at the time. What roles did migrants, whose movements were shaped by varying degrees of coercion and agency, play in sustaining, resisting, or remaking community structures in local as well as global contexts? And how did this complicate their representation amid power and precarity?
[not all information will fit here, so please contact laura.francis@mu.ie for a full text document!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6oaze4jw33wpb47b5xtt2ysm/bafkreie7haz76umirlvj24ic56i4zo2budsb2zvo26k5idjcq56stj7g6a@jpeg)
![Proposals are thus encouraged, but not limited to, the following topics on the early modern Spanish empire:
Migration & Community
Migration & Naturalisation
Migration & Solidarity
Migration & Diplomacy
Migration & Dissent Migration & Memory
Migration & Multiculturalism
Migration & Multilingualism
Migration & Translation
Migration & Book History
Migration & Archives
Migration & Materiality
Migration & Racialization
Migration & Religion
Migration & Gender
The conference also specifically aims to cultivate interdisciplinary debates and welcomes work from across fields, such as history, literature, philosophy, etc. Perspectives on understudied relations among multiple migrant communities and/or contact zones are especially desired.
Application Information
For consideration, those interested are invited submit a paper title (15 words max.), abstract (200 words max.), and brief biographical note (50 words max.) to this form by December 19th, 2025: https://forms.office.com/e/yzcmdrraee. Scholars at all career stages are highly encouraged to apply, and all applicants will be informed of acceptance by the end of January.
[not all information will fit here, so please contact laura.francis@mu.ie for a full text document!]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6oaze4jw33wpb47b5xtt2ysm/bafkreibefcf3fpsupriufp3hvoqb3qhib4dq5t2vpli2io32s75e5vekq4@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
After a short posting hiatus, I'm very excited to share this CFP...
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
📢 Migration and the Early Modern Spanish Empire
📆 Conference dates: June 10–12, 2026
📝 Application deadline: December 19, 2025
Submissions very welcome from all #earlymodern disciplines — please do consider applying and sharing!
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CFP: Yale graduate student conference "Ephemera & Place in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Worlds," April 17, 2026.
This event will investigate how pre-modern art and architecture shaped and was shaped by ephemeral activities. Deadline Jan 9.
This event will investigate how pre-modern art and architecture shaped and was shaped by ephemeral activities. Deadline Jan 9.
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
CFP: Yale graduate student conference "Ephemera & Place in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Worlds," April 17, 2026.
This event will investigate how pre-modern art and architecture shaped and was shaped by ephemeral activities. Deadline Jan 9.
This event will investigate how pre-modern art and architecture shaped and was shaped by ephemeral activities. Deadline Jan 9.
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How epidemic disease offers new perspectives on economic history—and vice versa. Honoured to blog for @camunicampop.bsky.social about my new book “Controlling Contagion”: www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/11... @oxford-esh.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @PrincetonUPress
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
How epidemic disease offers new perspectives on economic history—and vice versa. Honoured to blog for @camunicampop.bsky.social about my new book “Controlling Contagion”: www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/11... @oxford-esh.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @PrincetonUPress
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Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Appearance of the Comet, 1618-1619
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
19 Nov 1618
(Rijksmuseum)
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Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Palaeography 🧵! Or why it can take a historian a while to confirm what they already suspected must be the case and not really get any further than they were—but this time with confidence 😂
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
I'm working with documents that list the incomes of medieval French lordships, so a lot of it is about grain.
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Trying hard not to sound bitter, but I did write an English language thesis on firepower and the 17th century military revolution. It isn't included in the bibliography but several books by Henry Kissinger are. 😶
Well if I'm gonna try and tackle this book, I'm gonna need a frikkin drink. Or several.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trying hard not to sound bitter, but I did write an English language thesis on firepower and the 17th century military revolution. It isn't included in the bibliography but several books by Henry Kissinger are. 😶
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Well fuck, as I suspected @pauldlockhart.bsky.social book with similar subject and similar name isn't mentioned in the bibliography at all. Douche move.
(Lockhart btw is a doyen in the field of Denmark and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648.)
(Lockhart btw is a doyen in the field of Denmark and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648.)
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Well fuck, as I suspected @pauldlockhart.bsky.social book with similar subject and similar name isn't mentioned in the bibliography at all. Douche move.
(Lockhart btw is a doyen in the field of Denmark and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648.)
(Lockhart btw is a doyen in the field of Denmark and the Thirty Years War 1618-1648.)
For folks who follow me from PhillyDH days...
There will be an informal get together of Philly based digital humanities folks at Victory Brewing Company, on the Ben Franklin Pkwy, starting ca 5:30. Organized by Matt Shoemaker.
There will be an informal get together of Philly based digital humanities folks at Victory Brewing Company, on the Ben Franklin Pkwy, starting ca 5:30. Organized by Matt Shoemaker.
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For folks who follow me from PhillyDH days...
There will be an informal get together of Philly based digital humanities folks at Victory Brewing Company, on the Ben Franklin Pkwy, starting ca 5:30. Organized by Matt Shoemaker.
There will be an informal get together of Philly based digital humanities folks at Victory Brewing Company, on the Ben Franklin Pkwy, starting ca 5:30. Organized by Matt Shoemaker.
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Ten years ago now! 👵🏼 www.getty.edu/research/exh...
The Getty Research Institute
This exhibition explores the art of food created for royal court and civic celebrations in early modern Europe.
www.getty.edu
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ten years ago now! 👵🏼 www.getty.edu/research/exh...
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Huntington-USC Early Modern Studies Institute, early modern Europe seminar, Fri 21 Nov, 12-2 pm: Kathy Stuart, “The Devil’s Bath: Suicide by Proxy and the History of Emotions in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Germany, Seaver Classroom 1-2, Huntington. All welcome.
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Huntington-USC Early Modern Studies Institute, early modern Europe seminar, Fri 21 Nov, 12-2 pm: Kathy Stuart, “The Devil’s Bath: Suicide by Proxy and the History of Emotions in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Germany, Seaver Classroom 1-2, Huntington. All welcome.
Oh, looks like a very interesting conference.
🎓 Journée d'étude "Représenter la ville à l’époque moderne. Visualiser les discours, illustrer les observations, interroger les séries".
🗓️ 20-21 novembre 2025.
📍EHESS, Campus Condorcet, Salle 527, 2 cours des Humanités, 93300 Aubervilliers.
🔎 Plus d'informations ➡️ cak.ehess.fr/evenement/re...
🗓️ 20-21 novembre 2025.
📍EHESS, Campus Condorcet, Salle 527, 2 cours des Humanités, 93300 Aubervilliers.
🔎 Plus d'informations ➡️ cak.ehess.fr/evenement/re...
Représenter la ville a l’époque moderne
cak.ehess.fr
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Oh, looks like a very interesting conference.
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16.11.1625
* Minden: dän. Reiter haben kaiserl. Reiter auf Beute angetroffen und meist erlegt, Rest gefangen (auch viel Vieh)
* Wallenstein verhofft das Bistum Magdeburg auch zum Gehorsam zu bringen, da viele kath. Domherren darin
* Minden: dän. Reiter haben kaiserl. Reiter auf Beute angetroffen und meist erlegt, Rest gefangen (auch viel Vieh)
* Wallenstein verhofft das Bistum Magdeburg auch zum Gehorsam zu bringen, da viele kath. Domherren darin
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
16.11.1625
* Minden: dän. Reiter haben kaiserl. Reiter auf Beute angetroffen und meist erlegt, Rest gefangen (auch viel Vieh)
* Wallenstein verhofft das Bistum Magdeburg auch zum Gehorsam zu bringen, da viele kath. Domherren darin
* Minden: dän. Reiter haben kaiserl. Reiter auf Beute angetroffen und meist erlegt, Rest gefangen (auch viel Vieh)
* Wallenstein verhofft das Bistum Magdeburg auch zum Gehorsam zu bringen, da viele kath. Domherren darin