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Karin Sennefelt
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Bodies, vapours, spirits and dissent in early modernity | Professor @Stockholms_univ
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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · Sep 23
The Word made Flesh is out today! I've not seen it in the flesh myself yet, but this is a happy day after many years of work.
#EarlyModern #medhist #histmed #bodyhistory
Cover of the book The Word made Flesh: Lutheran Bodies, 1600-1720 by Karin Sennefelt. The over image shows an etching of a young woman in a dress but bare foot flying through the air during a lightning storm.
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I’ve often called this song—“Just Like Heaven”—the finest single of the 80s and meant it. This cover’s arrangement only confirms it for me 💜🔥
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.

Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right

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Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
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November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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rsmsflschr.bsky.social
Allt jag önskar mig till jul, eller snarare till första advent: att ni alla kan motstå frestelsen att dela er "Spotify Wrapped".
I stället föreslår jag att ni delar var sin personlig reflexion kring ert musiklyssnande 2025: hur ni lyssnat, på vilken musik, vad som faktiskt har berört er.
November 17, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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asmeh.bsky.social
Hej snubbar ni sysslar med könsbekräftande behandling bara så ni vet. Som vilken transperson som helst.
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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emodir.bsky.social
Call for Submissions 📢 “Early Modern Female Mysticism: At the Crossroads of Religion, Medicine, Economics, and the Press”
📰Religions
⏰Deadline for abstract submission: 31 May 2025
🔗 mdpi.com/journal/reli...

#mysticism #womenhistory #earlymodern #medieval #Catholicism #Islam #Quakerism #neurology
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November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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generalboles.bsky.social
I need the most Canadian story you have.

No that's too Canadian.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d
When a man hijacked a bus in Hamilton, Ontario, on Tuesday, the potentially catastrophic scenario ended happily. It turns out he was a pretty decent bus driver. He made regular stops to pick up passengers, the police reported. At one point someone tried to board with an expired bus pass. No dice.
A Man Took a Bus for a Joyride. Turns Out, He’s Not a Bad Driver.
The incident in Hamilton, Ontario, ended safely with an arrest and no injuries (and all fares paid).
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November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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olaspannar.bsky.social
Avslöjande: Medan andra regeringschefer är i Brasilien på FN-toppmöte om den globala klimatkrisen, har Ulf Kristersson valt att resa till Tallin på Timbro-konferens under ledning av PR-byrån Bellbirds vd Anders Kempe och PR-byrån Kreabs vice ordförande Carl Bildt
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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mbeco84.bsky.social
Finally I have my own copy from the book, which was so inspiring for me. #earlymodern
Book “Bringing the People Back in” on a desk.
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
karinsennefelt.bsky.social
Some very happy news today: Anton Runesson and I have recieved four years funding from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social for the project ”Nourishing the Body Politic: Eating, the Edible, and Authority in Sweden, 1650−1750”!! Very excited to delve into #earlymodern #foodhist
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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graymunthe.bsky.social
Den här bilden från 1947 och Sonya Hedenbratts wikisida. 🔥
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
karinsennefelt.bsky.social
Very glad to be part of this special issue of Reformation on bodily practices and the European reformations, edited by the wonderful Iryna Klymenko and Alex Walsham. Great intro and articles, all OA!
#earlymodern #reformazing #bodyhist #relhist

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Reformation
Bodily Practices and the European Reformations. Volume 30, Issue 2 of Reformation
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October 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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katrinanavickas.bsky.social
A reminder that my book on the history of protest is now published. It is superbly produced with a great cover. Buy it now from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Contested Commons Formidably erudite, compellingly argued, and dryly humorous, Contested Commons will change the way you think about the politics of space, the "myth of the commons", and the history of England since the eighteenth century: MATTHEW KELLy, author of The Women Who Saved the English Countryside "Starting with Kennington Common, and ranging from Steeple Bumpstead to Sheffield, Stonehenge and Brixton, and with a cast that includes ramblers, ranters, revolutionaries and ravers, this is a superb, sweeping but fine-grained history. It's also a highly necessary, politically urgent reminder of what public space is - places for everyone, owned by everyone, accessible to everyone, whether carefully tended or wild - and what it isn't, the tradition of pseudo-public space that runs from Victorian parks to privatised malls.' OWEN HATHERLEY, author of A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain
October 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
karinsennefelt.bsky.social
När allt blir psykologi är det vi som ska ändras, inte samhället.
malinkrutmeijer.bsky.social Malin Krutmeijer @malinkrutmeijer.bsky.social · Oct 24
"Det är polariserandet från samhällstoppen, inte minst från höger, som borde diskuteras. Istället får vi artikelserier, radio- och tv-program där folk med olika åsikter ska uppfostras till samsyn." Jag skriver om psykologiserandet av politiska åsikter och en aggressiva konformitetskultur.
KRÖNIKA: Måste jag komma överens med högerextremisten i baksätet?
I Niklas Källners nya radioprogram ”Krasch eller konsensus” åker två meningsmotståndare bil ihop. Det handlar inte om…
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October 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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edvinalpros.bsky.social
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En mans värld består sociobiologiskt av jakt och expansion av klanen eller “socknen”, vad vi idag kallar skydd och försörjning. Ingenjörsskap och handel. I denna värld lämnas egot hemma av nödvändighet. Kvinnors värld består av socialt utbyte inom ringmuren och diskursen på torget, det som grekerna kallar agoran.
October 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
karinsennefelt.bsky.social
Book talk today in Gothenburg. Looking forward to talking about Lutheran super-bodies.
#EarlyModern #bodyhistory #medhist #histmed
October 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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graymunthe.bsky.social
"SF Studios lanserar nu SF Studios Classics, en ny YouTube-kanal dedikerad till att tillgängliggöra bolagets rika filmkatalog för en lokal och internationell publik. På kanalen blir svenska filmklassiker fritt tillgängliga för allmänheten."

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October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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klimatgranskaren.se
Sommaren 2026 avslutar SJ all internationell nattågstrafik efter att regeringen stryper finansieringen. Anslaget på 95 miljoner motsvarar statens årliga förlust för Bromma flygplats.
Bromma flygplats blöder lika mycket som SJ:s nattåg till Tyskland kostar
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October 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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drnaomibaker.bsky.social
It’s PUBLICATION DAY!! 🌟⭐️💫 I’m very happy to see Voices of Thunder going out into the world 📚
October 13, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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bootsmcgoot.bsky.social
"i just use it to generate ideas"
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
karinsennefelt.bsky.social
Can confirm that the book does exist in the material world!
September 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
karinsennefelt.bsky.social
The Word made Flesh is out today! I've not seen it in the flesh myself yet, but this is a happy day after many years of work.
#EarlyModern #medhist #histmed #bodyhistory
Cover of the book The Word made Flesh: Lutheran Bodies, 1600-1720 by Karin Sennefelt. The over image shows an etching of a young woman in a dress but bare foot flying through the air during a lightning storm.
September 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
karinsennefelt.bsky.social
Yes, I am very interested in the latest in royal putrefaction!
#earlymodern
September 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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graymunthe.bsky.social
Glöm inte att det är Stora biodagen i dag, med halva priset på biobiljetten på många biografer!
September 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM