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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 4d

⏰ The deadline to apply for #EUI postdoctoral fellowship programmes is fast approaching!

Don't miss out on the chance to become part of a world-class academic community 👥📚

Apply now at: https://loom.ly/WmotZrE

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · 6d

Join us for the presentation (in Italian) of Giulia Calvi's book "Vestire il mondo. Una storia globale di abiti, corpi, immaginari"!👗👘👢🌍🌎🌏
🕔 6th Ottober, 17,30h
📍Biblioteca delle Oblate, Firenze

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · 16d

Already a (very full) year at the EUI and starting with pleasure the new academic year 2025-26.
1st-year researchers, fellows, faculty and staff will be meeting tomorrow at the Inaugural Workshop of the Departament of History:
www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
Don't miss it!

Inaugural workshop of the History Department

Incoming PhD researchers at the EUI Department of History are invited to join this year

www.eui.eu

EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 26d

Are you an #earlycareer historian looking for a postdoctoral opportunity?

📣 You still have 1 month to apply for the EUI Max Weber Programme Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-27

🔤 All information and link to the application form 👉 loom.ly/6IQLilY

🗓️ Apply by 15 October 2025, 14:00 CEST

🚨 #postdoc

Max Weber Fellowships

The Max Weber Programme MWP at the European University Institute EUI is a unique postdoctoral programme in the historical, humanities and social sciences It i

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · 27d

Happy and proud to share this news!
My friend the distinguished early modern historian María Ángeles Pérez Samper has received the Spanish National Award for Gastronomy Research and Innovation for her cutting-edge work on food history.
Felicidades/felicitats!
www.eldebate.com/estilo-vida/...

María Ángeles Pérez Samper, Premio Nacional de Gastronomía a la Investigación e Innovación 2025

Con él se reconoce una línea de trabajo que la Real Academia de Gastronomía tiene especial interés en visibilizar, apoyando el enfoque cultural e h...

www.eldebate.com

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · Sep 11

Equality conflicts, the history of pesticides, migrations and intimacy, early modern capitalism, and much more

🎓 📃 Check the programme of our Monthly Research Meetings 👇
and register to join us (in person or online) 👉 loom.ly/7qMN2DM

We are eager to engage in discussions on our ongoing research

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wonderful two days of discussions and happy conviviality around translation, exiles and migration in beautiful and sunny Wolfenbüttel. Thanks to Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social, to Thomas Munck and to HAB for their hospitality. Proud to make part of this group!
@eui-history.bsky.social

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Sep 2

We could not be happier and more grateful to @global-ih.bsky.social and to @hernandez-sau.bsky.social !

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Aug 9

@hernandez-sau.bsky.social (CHAM – Universidade Nova de Lisboa) reviews "Gender and Cultural Mediation in the Long Eighteenth Century: Women across Borders" (Palgrave, 2024) edited by @mboluferp.bsky.social, Laura Guinot-Ferri, & Carolina Blutrach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The cover of the book. An image on the cover is a woman looking through a looking glass.

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Sep 2

On my way to this workshop "Translating Cultures" organised by Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social and Thomas Munck.
Looking forward to the discussions! I will speak about a 18c translation that maybe/perhaps/probably never existed ⁉️🤔
@eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social

Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social · Aug 22

And just over a week to go until our next WS at the HAB: "Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850" with Luc Borot, Alessia Castagnino, Veronika Čapská, Luisa Simonutti, Ariel Hessayon, Ann Thomson, Laszlo Kontler, @matthewcleary.bsky.social 1/3

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · Sep 1

The deadline for submitting proposals for #BSECS2026 is only two weeks away. Get scribbling! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
This year's theme is 'Big and Small', 7-9 January, Pembroke College, Oxford.
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

BSECS - Submit a Proposal

Submit a Proposal. BSECS welcomes proposals for the Annual Conference. The deadline for submission of papers and panel proposals is usually November.

www.bsecs.org.uk

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · Aug 27

🔎 Are you a senior #historian interested in pursuing a research stay with us?

⏱️ You still have 1 month to apply for our Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship

🚨Learn more about the procedure and apply by 30 September 2025 👉 loom.ly/YU09tLg

📣 #fellowship #EUI #History

Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships

Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships provide a framework for established academics with an international reputation to pursue their research at the EUIFellowshi

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Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social · Aug 22

Funded by Van Runset-Stiftung and @dfg.de 3/3

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Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social · Aug 22

@rhammersley99.bsky.social, Myriam-Isabelle Ducrocq, Thomas Munck, @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social, @millsandbehn.bsky.social and @mboluferp.bsky.social www.hab.de/event/transl... 2/3

www.hab.de

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Gaby Mahlberg @thehistorywoman.bsky.social · Aug 22

And just over a week to go until our next WS at the HAB: "Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe, c1600-1850" with Luc Borot, Alessia Castagnino, Veronika Čapská, Luisa Simonutti, Ariel Hessayon, Ann Thomson, Laszlo Kontler, @matthewcleary.bsky.social 1/3

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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Aug 9

@hernandez-sau.bsky.social (CHAM – Universidade Nova de Lisboa) reviews "Gender and Cultural Mediation in the Long Eighteenth Century: Women across Borders" (Palgrave, 2024) edited by @mboluferp.bsky.social, Laura Guinot-Ferri, & Carolina Blutrach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Jun 13

🎓 A day of pride, purpose, and celebration at the EUI!

The Conferring Ceremony is a moment that marks not only the end of an academic journey but the beginning of new impact across disciplines, sectors, and borders. 🌍

🚀 Here's to shaping the future — together.

#EUIgrad #EUIgrad25

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Jun 12

What were books & periodicals "for women"/"ladies" in the 18c Iberian world? Who labelled them (authors, translators, editors, reviewers, educators) and why? How did they address their target readership and construct through commercial & moral strategies?
Sharing ideas at the Meeting of Early Mod. H

EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · Jun 11

Where the stones lie

On 16-17 June, join a workshop on the comprehension of earth materials and the underground environment by early modern and modern actors 👉 loom.ly/G3oIe8M

Open to 🌐 online participants

Organised by our Visual and Material History Working Group

📣 #MaterialHistory #Geography

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Jun 10

A treat to haver discussed this morning languages of sensibility, visions of the global, polítics and gender in the 18c with colleagues at UPV+ UV, and guests Joan Pau Rubiés and Elena Carrera.
So many young faces and voices together with long-term friends.

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Jun 10

You are very welcome. Thanks for putting it together!

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Arenal. Revista de Historia de las Mujeres @arenalrevista.bsky.social · Jun 10

¡Ya tenemos nuevo número publicado!
Os compartimos el vol. 32. núm. 2 (2025), con un dossier titulado “Pasados presentes. La construcción de estereotipos de género en la recepción del mundo antiguo”, coordinado por Agnès Garcia-Ventura y Kerstin Droß-Krüpe:

revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ar...

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Jun 8

Heading for my Cantabric tour.
First, a keynote at this conference in Bilbao (June 9th-10th) on Emotions, empire and gender.
With Joan Pau Rubiés, Elena Carrera, and my colleagues of the project EMODER, together with ExperienciaModerna.
@josanru.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · Jun 4

Busy week!
On Monday we welcomed Javier F. Galeano & Gisela Mettele as external experts to discuss @monicamoradov.bsky.social @amberburbidge.bsky.social, @zsofi-v.bsky.social and Toby Urech's thesis projects.
Thanks to all of them, and to Benno Gammerl for embarking me on this!

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · May 30

Such a gorgeous cover!📜🪶✉️📮

Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · May 30

Delighted to receive this gift in the post today from Daniel Starza Smith. Thank you and can’t wait to read it. What an utterly sumptuous book. Looks fabulous @letterlocking.bsky.social team!!

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Professor James Daybell @jamesdaybell.bsky.social · May 30

Delighted to receive this gift in the post today from Daniel Starza Smith. Thank you and can’t wait to read it. What an utterly sumptuous book. Looks fabulous @letterlocking.bsky.social team!!

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · May 28

Still a couple of weeks left to apply to the AEIHM Award for research articles in women's and gender history👇🏼

AEIHM @somosaeihm.bsky.social · May 19

⏳ ¡Os recordamos que queda un mes para que termine la convocatoria del III Premio AEIHM a artículos de investigación en Historia de las mujeres! El texto seleccionado será públicado en 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭. Toda la información en: www.aeihm.org/actividades/...

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · May 28

Congratulations/Enhorabona @albafergallego.bsky.social and Xavier Granell @eui-history.bsky.social for the Mary Nash award and second prize!!

Ayer. Revista de Historia Contemporánea @ayer-revista.bsky.social · May 23

¡Nuestra enhorabuena a Alba Fernández Gallego por el XXVI Premio "Mary Nash" a jóvenes investigadores de la AHC! También a Xavier Granell Oteiza por el accésit 👏👏. Ambos trabajos serán publicados en nuestra revista. ¡No os los perdáis!

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · May 28

In a while I will be discussing #Enlightenment, #Catholicism and #gender in 18c Spain and Italy with Masters students at Università de Firenze, invited by Giovanni Tarantino.

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Ayer. Revista de Historia Contemporánea @ayer-revista.bsky.social · May 23

¡Nuestra enhorabuena a Alba Fernández Gallego por el XXVI Premio "Mary Nash" a jóvenes investigadores de la AHC! También a Xavier Granell Oteiza por el accésit 👏👏. Ambos trabajos serán publicados en nuestra revista. ¡No os los perdáis!

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Mónica Bolufer Peruga @mboluferp.bsky.social · May 22

Today we are discussing with our Spanish fellow modernists 'Conflict and Resistance in the Hispanic Empire' and how to analyze it combining and scaling local and global approaches.
Counterfeiting, conflicts over jurisdiction, urban reform, revolts, family feuds, rebellious nuns and more...

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