Kristof Smeyers
@kristofsmeyers.bsky.social
natural + supernatural histories 1750-2000 🗃️ | editor + essays Dutch Review of Books | RAAF (2022) | WOLF (2023) | SUPERNATURAL BODIES (2024) | UITDRIJVEN (2025) | PERFORMING MAGNETISM (2026)
brb going to carcinize
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
brb going to carcinize
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
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We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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NEW: Economic myth-making in twentieth-century Belgium - @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Economic myth-making in twentieth-century Belgium
This article takes enchantment as a category of analysis to histories of national economies. Taking the economic history of twentieth-century Belgium as a case study, it argues that attention for e...
www.tandfonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
NEW: Economic myth-making in twentieth-century Belgium - @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I'll check my agenda but I should be available as on-set advisor
Hope this is a remake of the outstanding Exorcist II: The Heretic and Scarlett Johansson get to reprise the role of Richard Burton.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Scarlett Johansson to Star in New ‘Exorcist’ Movie
Scarlett Johansson to star in new "Exorcist" movie for Universal and Blumhouse.
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'll check my agenda but I should be available as on-set advisor
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Archieven vormen het geheugen van de samenleving. Wat vertellen papieren dozen op stoffige zolders ons over het verleden van ongetrouwde moeders en kinderen in de jeugdhulp? Evelien Walhout en Jacques Dane reflecteren op de risico's van gebrekkige archiefzorg.
overdemuur.org/zoldervondst...
overdemuur.org/zoldervondst...
Zoldervondsten: over archieven, herinnering en het risico van een nieuwe ‘donkere eeuw’
Wie ooit een archiefdoos opende in een stoffige zolderruimte of kelderkast, herkent het gevoel: een geur van oud papier, een wirwar van documenten, lijsten, notities – en het besef dat hier, tussen…
overdemuur.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Archieven vormen het geheugen van de samenleving. Wat vertellen papieren dozen op stoffige zolders ons over het verleden van ongetrouwde moeders en kinderen in de jeugdhulp? Evelien Walhout en Jacques Dane reflecteren op de risico's van gebrekkige archiefzorg.
overdemuur.org/zoldervondst...
overdemuur.org/zoldervondst...
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the sandwich shop lists 'egg' as an add-on vegetable
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
the sandwich shop lists 'egg' as an add-on vegetable
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mixing cassis with the communion wine and calling it a kirie eleison
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
mixing cassis with the communion wine and calling it a kirie eleison
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this is like a scene from The Young Pope
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
this is like a scene from The Young Pope
beelzeclub
Is there a collective noun for devils
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
beelzeclub
al een dik halfuur aan het staren naar de groene specht die vol overgave in de halfbevroren grond zit te boren
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
al een dik halfuur aan het staren naar de groene specht die vol overgave in de halfbevroren grond zit te boren
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
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I love paywalls now.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I love paywalls now.
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📢Call For Papers📢
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
📢Call For Papers📢
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
Sociability & Political life
Marc Jaffré & I are organising a conference! We're asking: can there be politics without sociability? How have friendship, intimacy, socialising & informal attachments been central to political projects & movements?
Get your abstracts in by Feb 14th!
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De Joost Zwagerman Essayprijs 2025 ging naar Benjamin van Schothorst voor zijn wonderlijke essay over water. Maar lees ook vooral de andere genomineerde essays, zoals van @elckerlieke.bsky.social, #humbervanstraalen, #kaatjegijbels, #yvespeirsman.
www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20251017-ben...
www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20251017-ben...
Benjamin van Schothorst | Bekentenis van een watermens
Bekentenis van een watermens van Benjamin van Schothorst, genomineerd voor de Joost Zwagerman Essayprijs, is een essay over onze intieme, bureaucratische en mythische relatie met water. ‘Het kraakt al...
www.nederlandseboekengids.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
De Joost Zwagerman Essayprijs 2025 ging naar Benjamin van Schothorst voor zijn wonderlijke essay over water. Maar lees ook vooral de andere genomineerde essays, zoals van @elckerlieke.bsky.social, #humbervanstraalen, #kaatjegijbels, #yvespeirsman.
www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20251017-ben...
www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20251017-ben...
at a loss because I forgot my to do list for today so just started writing another book
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
at a loss because I forgot my to do list for today so just started writing another book
We're not using this photograph of a mesmerist performance in open air for the cover of 'Performing magnetism: the theatrics of persuasion in the nineteenth century' (out with Leuven UP in 2026!) but it's such a nice and evocative picture that I'll share it with you here
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We're not using this photograph of a mesmerist performance in open air for the cover of 'Performing magnetism: the theatrics of persuasion in the nineteenth century' (out with Leuven UP in 2026!) but it's such a nice and evocative picture that I'll share it with you here
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Hi hi, my article is out too, it's called 'Economic myth-making in twentieth-century Belgium' and it's about how myths narratively reshape and manipulate macroeconomic realities in past, present (and future)
If you want a pdf let me know!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you want a pdf let me know!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Hi hi, my article is out too, it's called 'Economic myth-making in twentieth-century Belgium' and it's about how myths narratively reshape and manipulate macroeconomic realities in past, present (and future)
If you want a pdf let me know!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you want a pdf let me know!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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🚨 New on my Substack!
THE END OF THE WORLD
A piece on the weird world of apocalyptic literature
People really like to imagine how the world will end
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
THE END OF THE WORLD
A piece on the weird world of apocalyptic literature
People really like to imagine how the world will end
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
The end of the world
The strange genre of apocalyptic literature
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨 New on my Substack!
THE END OF THE WORLD
A piece on the weird world of apocalyptic literature
People really like to imagine how the world will end
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
THE END OF THE WORLD
A piece on the weird world of apocalyptic literature
People really like to imagine how the world will end
religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/the-end-of...
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I was writing the other day about a document that mentions the Antwerp-born Londoner Lodewijk Theeuws, but I hadn't realised that a claviorgan he built in 1579 still exists at the V&A, and that it's the earliest surviving keyboard instrument made in Britain. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O60635/...
The Theewes Claviorgan | Theewes, Lodewyk | V&A Explore The Collections
Claviorgan, 1579, English, Lodewyk Theewes
collections.vam.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I was writing the other day about a document that mentions the Antwerp-born Londoner Lodewijk Theeuws, but I hadn't realised that a claviorgan he built in 1579 still exists at the V&A, and that it's the earliest surviving keyboard instrument made in Britain. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O60635/...
At the risk of coming across as (technologically) illiterate: can someone help me with downloading a hi-res image on Gallica?
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
At the risk of coming across as (technologically) illiterate: can someone help me with downloading a hi-res image on Gallica?
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Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Help! @frenchhistory.bsky.social really wanted this for journal cover next year (we’ve got exciting things coming on quantitative and computational methods) but it’s a challenge finding higher res versions/rights holder.
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
Do YOU have suggestions to track these down OR alternative, similar images? 🙏🏻 🗃️
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