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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · 20d

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · 20d

Super dress match met Trude Dijkstra vanavond bij #avondwm, de Avond van wetenschap & maatschappij waar we als tafelwetenschappers een stelling mochten inbrengen en bespreken met fantastische tafelgenoten. #boekwetenschap & #wetenschapsgeschiedenis

Trude en ik in de Pieterskerk in Leiden waar we allebei in het feestelijk zwart met groen accent aankwamen, zonder dat het was afgesproken

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · May 7

Venice this week! For the opening of the exhibition “Diagrams, a project by AMO/OMA” at the Fondazione Prada, Ca’Corner. It has been fantastic to play a small role in this project and it is even better to now see the whole show in reality, and amazing to speak to all the people involved

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · May 5

How very exciting! Beautiful cover! Looking forward to reading the book

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Apr 29

Dank je, Charlotte!

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Apr 29

This is a project I have been working on for several month and I am very excited that the exhibition “Diagrams. A Project by AMO/OMA” will open soon —> 10 May at Ca’ Corner, Fondazione Prada, Venice

Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · Apr 29

Deze tentoonstelling is een project van de Fondazione Prada en AMO/OMA, het architectenbureau van Rem Koolhaas. www.fondazioneprada.org/project/diag...

DIAGRAMS - Fondazione Prada

“Diagrams” is an exhibition project conceived by AMO/OMA, the studio founded by Rem Koolhaas, for the Fondazione Prada Venice venue, Ca’ Corner della Regina, investigating the visual communication of ...

www.fondazioneprada.org

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Apr 28

This week I have the honour of taking care of the Bluesky account @historicivertellen.bsky.social, where I well show you a bit more about my work (week). All in Dutch!

Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · Apr 27

Goedemorgen allemaal! Mijn naam is Sietske Fransen en ik rapporteer vanuit Rome deze week. Ik werk aan de Bibliotheca Hertziana (@bhmpi.bsky.social), een Duits Max Planck Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, waar ik sinds september 2019 een onderzoeksgroep leid: www.biblhertz.it/en/research-...

Visualizing Science in Media RevolutionsSietske Fransen, Ph.D.

www.biblhertz.it

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Apr 8

The amazing #drawing course “Drawing Rome” will run again, taught by artist and architect David Dernie. It’s an amazing way to learn to see, observe and draw (and to explore #Rome) for beginners as well as experienced people.

Advertisement of drawing course “Drawing Rome”, against a black and white background of the ceiling of the Pantheon

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · Mar 21

📐📏 French mathematic Jean Du Breuil (1602–1670) explains how scale impacts our perception. The Max Planck Research Group Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions, led by @sietskefransen.bsky.social, examines how science is depicted in our rare book collection: rarebooks.biblhertz.it/visuali.../v...

Jean Du Breuil, Perspectiva Practica, 1710, 123

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Mar 11

Today! Exciting seminar about #materiality and #visualizations of the #sky with Omar Nasim and Nicholas Robbins. Taking place 14:00-16:00 @bhmpi.bsky.social and also online. Please join us! www.biblhertz.it/events/41036... 🗃️🔭🧪🎨

From Storms to Stars: Materiality and Visualizations of the Sky

How do we capture the ever-changing nature of the sky? This research seminar examines the different strategies artists and scientists have used to visualize the terrestrial and celestial sky.

www.biblhertz.it

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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · Mar 7

Joachim Sandrart presents two legends about the invention of drawing. More in the online exhibition of our rare books curated by the Max Planck Research Group “Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions” @sietskefransen.bsky.social @ariellaminden.bsky.social
🔗: rarebooks.biblhertz.it/visualizing_...

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Alex Bamji @alexbamji.bsky.social · Mar 4

Wonderful opportunity to undertake a 4-year fully funded PhD at UoAmsterdam for a project on Food Protest in Early Modern Northern Italy working with the fantastic @maartjevg.bsky.social werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — PhD position: Food Protest in Early Modern Northern Italy

The Amsterdam School for Historical Studies (ASH) invites applications for a fully funded PhD position (4 years; 1ft). You will work on the Italian subproject of the project Daily Bread. A Comparative...

werkenbij.uva.nl

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Richard Calis @richardcalis.bsky.social · Mar 4

*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht.

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens

Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens

Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!

www.uu.nl

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Feb 25

Less than a week to apply for predoc and postdoc fellowships in my group. Come and join us! Deadline March 3rd. @bhmpi.bsky.social www.biblhertz.it/de/opportuni...

Postdoctoral (M/F/D) / Predoctoral Fellows (M/F/D)Max Planck Research Group “Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions”

www.biblhertz.it

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Feb 17

Please add @bhmpi.bsky.social

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Feb 17

Here is a link to an online exhibit my team curated out of the amazing rare books collection of the @bhmpi.bsky.social. All books are also fully digitized and freely available to study! 🗃️ #earlymodern #science #art

Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · Feb 17

🔬How did artists and scientific practitioners visualize their work in the early modern period? That’s the main question behind the online exhibition of rare books curated by @sietskefransen.bsky.social, @ariellaminden.bsky.social and Leendert van der Miesen.
🔗https://rarebooks.biblhertz.it

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Jan 30

#earlymodern #arthistory #materiality #histsci #science 🧪🔬🗃️

Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Jan 30

Very pleased this came out! I investigate epistemic values of texts, images, and objects in seventeenth-century microscopy. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Objects, drawings, and texts as tools of persuasion: the interactions of three Dutch microscopists with the Royal Society around 1670 | Notes and Records: the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science

Three Dutch microscopists, Regnier de Graaf, Johannes Swammerdam and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek all started corresponding with the Royal Society in London around 1670. Their letters were often accompanied by drawings and objects, thus devising inventive ways ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Jan 29

Final call for fellows in my group, please apply if you want to be part of the team!

Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social · Jan 29

📢 2 new fellowship calls out now!
The department of @tristanweddigen.bsky.social is offering Predoc & Postdoc Fellowships for 25/26. The Max Planck Research Group led by @sietskefransen.bsky.social is seeking 1 Postdoc Fellow & 2 Predoc Fellows.

🔗https://www.biblhertz.it/en/opportunities

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Jan 23

Happy #paper day with the research group, visiting the Museo della carta e della filigrana in #Fabriano. Learning about the history of paper (making) and doing it ourselves! @bhmpi.bsky.social #visualizingscience

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Jan 14

Amazing, congratulations!

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Dec 13

To whom it may concern:

The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Dec 10

There's still time to register your interest to become the Royal Society's Artist in Residence, an opportunity for a creative individual to produce new work in response to our collections and the scientific research of our community. Express your interest here: royalsociety.org/about-us/wor...

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Dec 11

This is such an amazing course! I did it in the summer and loved it! Learned so much about drawing, Rome, and looking and observing. I’d recommend it to everyone!

Lauren Kassell @laurenkassell.bsky.social · Dec 11

www.drawingrome.com
Attention #histsci #histart #drawing Learn to see Rome by drawing Rome. No prior skill necessary. Limited places remaining for 5 - 8 February 2025. #britishschoolatrome @sietskefransen.bsky.social

Drawing Rome

www.drawingrome.com

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Charlotte Connelly @curatorconnelly.bsky.social · Nov 29

The Whipple Museum are recruiting for a Collections Assistant - offered for 5 years, fixed term due to funding.

Wonderful collections and a brilliant team, this is a really excellent role for someone!

#museumjobs 📜 #histsci

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49320/

Collections Assistant (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Collections Assistant (Fixed Term) in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Sietske Fransen @sietskefransen.bsky.social · Nov 28

@chrmeijer.bsky.social 🐛

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