Nadine Akkerman
@misswalsingham.bsky.social
Archival detective, author, biographer, cryptographer, editor, spymistress. Prof in early modern lit & culture at @unileiden.bsky.social
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What a line-up @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Yuval Noah Harari, @elegantfowl.bsky.social @soniapurnell.bsky.social @questingvole.bsky.social 🥂 Excited that my book #Spycraft @yalebooks.bsky.social , co-written with Pete Langman, is included in SUCH good company by @economist.com !
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An insight into the process happening at Essex: My brilliant colleague Lucy Noakes is*President of the Royal Historical Society* and is still, like me, officially "at risk" of redundancy.
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
An insight into the process happening at Essex: My brilliant colleague Lucy Noakes is*President of the Royal Historical Society* and is still, like me, officially "at risk" of redundancy.
This 👇
Historian focusing on early modern book culture here. I am not sure that feeding a private company with all our past handwritings from archives is a solution or a way forward. Google‘s AI studio is a data trap. #skystorians
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities. It opens new frontiers for scientific research and collaboration with the humanities.
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This 👇
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Spycraft review in JBS praises its ‘innovative approach’, calling it ‘impressive’, ‘invaluable’ and even ‘classic’! As for us authors, we ‘pair methodological heft with elegant, accessible prose.’ Not saying which of us does which, but definitely saying co-writing rocks! TY @rmidura.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Spycraft review in JBS praises its ‘innovative approach’, calling it ‘impressive’, ‘invaluable’ and even ‘classic’! As for us authors, we ‘pair methodological heft with elegant, accessible prose.’ Not saying which of us does which, but definitely saying co-writing rocks! TY @rmidura.bsky.social
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Every morning a young grebe greets a companion it sees reflected in the hull of a boat moored on the canal. It calls but never receives an answer. It is one of the saddest things I've ever seen.
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Every morning a young grebe greets a companion it sees reflected in the hull of a boat moored on the canal. It calls but never receives an answer. It is one of the saddest things I've ever seen.
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I'm still immensely proud of #Spycraft : Tricks & Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration @yalebooks.bsky.social , the book I wrote with Pete Langman, and grateful to Philippa Gregory for selecting it as the best nonfiction book she read this year!
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
One definition of a good morning is when Philippa Gregory namechecks your book in an interview! Spycraft, found on all the best bookshelves ... zoomer.com/zed-book-clu...
Philippa Gregory’s Favourite Classic Novels – and the Canadian Author She Just Discovered
Philippa Gregory’s Favourite Classic Novels – and the Canadian Author She Just Discovered
zoomer.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I'm still immensely proud of #Spycraft : Tricks & Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration @yalebooks.bsky.social , the book I wrote with Pete Langman, and grateful to Philippa Gregory for selecting it as the best nonfiction book she read this year!
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
I'm still immensely proud of #Spycraft : Tricks & Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration @yalebooks.bsky.social , the book I wrote with Pete Langman, and grateful to Philippa Gregory for selecting it as the best nonfiction book she read this year!
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
One definition of a good morning is when Philippa Gregory namechecks your book in an interview! Spycraft, found on all the best bookshelves ... zoomer.com/zed-book-clu...
Philippa Gregory’s Favourite Classic Novels – and the Canadian Author She Just Discovered
Philippa Gregory’s Favourite Classic Novels – and the Canadian Author She Just Discovered
zoomer.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I'm still immensely proud of #Spycraft : Tricks & Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration @yalebooks.bsky.social , the book I wrote with Pete Langman, and grateful to Philippa Gregory for selecting it as the best nonfiction book she read this year!
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
Out in paperback🥳 ✨
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Re-reading this beauty today: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts, by Professor Nadine Akkerman tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/05/stua... @misswalsingham.bsky.social #Stuarts
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Re-reading this beauty today: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts, by Professor Nadine Akkerman tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/05/stua... @misswalsingham.bsky.social #Stuarts
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Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
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November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
'Tattoo on 17th-century group portrait puzzles Amsterdam museum: 'Never seen anything like it'' via @nieuws.nos.nl nos.nl/artikel/2591...
Tatoeage op 17e-eeuws portret stelt museum voor raadsel: 'Nooit zoiets gezien'
Het opmerkelijke detail op het schilderij werd eeuwenlang over het hoofd gezien, maar nu geldt het als de oudste afbeelding van een Nederlandse tatoeage, uit een tijd dat die nog geen gemeengoed waren...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
'Tattoo on 17th-century group portrait puzzles Amsterdam museum: 'Never seen anything like it'' via @nieuws.nos.nl nos.nl/artikel/2591...
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the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
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📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
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Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
So proud of my @leidenhumanities.bsky.social colleague Lotte Fikkers, whose Open Access Book, Early Modern Women’s Life Writing & English law is out w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social ! A stunning achievement from our @erc.europa.eu project #FEATHERS. Don’t miss it
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society'
In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writi...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
So proud of my @leidenhumanities.bsky.social colleague Lotte Fikkers, whose Open Access Book, Early Modern Women’s Life Writing & English law is out w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social ! A stunning achievement from our @erc.europa.eu project #FEATHERS. Don’t miss it
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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Remember remember the fifth of November 💥 Back in July I had the pleasure of chairing a panel exploding the myths of the Gunpowder Plot with @elegantfowl.bsky.social @misswalsingham.bsky.social Prof Stephen Alford and @enortonhistory.bsky.social at @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Remember remember the fifth of November 💥 Back in July I had the pleasure of chairing a panel exploding the myths of the Gunpowder Plot with @elegantfowl.bsky.social @misswalsingham.bsky.social Prof Stephen Alford and @enortonhistory.bsky.social at @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival
Good evening, Oxford!
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good evening, Oxford!
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Lecturer in Renaissance Art History
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
Lecturer in Renaissance Art History at Birkbeck, University of London
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June 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Lecturer in Renaissance Art History
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
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I'm unreasonably pleased that my Shakespeare find made it to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm unreasonably pleased that my Shakespeare find made it to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
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On my way to Stockholm …
On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On my way to Stockholm …
On my way to Stockholm …
On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On my way to Stockholm …
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On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
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Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Salome looking most pleased w/ the head of John the Baptist. By Lucas Cranach, whose day is today.
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Salome looking most pleased w/ the head of John the Baptist. By Lucas Cranach, whose day is today.