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An online hub for scholars, research, publications, and opportunities to explore and deepen your knowledge of the early modern period.
An online hub for scholars, research, publications, and opportunities to explore and deepen your knowledge of the early modern period.
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For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...
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TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME: 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025
TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2025 2026-2028 RESEARCH CYCLE The full call can be found here as pdf file. Terms and Conditions (pdf) Project Description (pdf) Flyer (pdf)…
voltaire.ox.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...
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"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current H...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"Historical analysis is fundamentally different and more complex than producing a mass of visualizations and statistics that are the lifeblood of many A.I. programmes."
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
Gordon McKelvie @gordonmckelvie.bsky.social on the problematic use of A.I. within historical research.
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Domani ci tuffiamo nella Venezia magica d’età moderna… univr.zoom.us//88658895932 #magic #magia #witchcraft #stregoneria #modernhistory #storiamoderna #venice #venezia #santainquisizione #inquisition @stmoderna.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Domani ci tuffiamo nella Venezia magica d’età moderna… univr.zoom.us//88658895932 #magic #magia #witchcraft #stregoneria #modernhistory #storiamoderna #venice #venezia #santainquisizione #inquisition @stmoderna.bsky.social
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✨Out now!
Federico Barbierato’s english translation and revised edition of his seminal work on magical texts and culture in Early Modern Venice, published in EMoDiR’s Routledge series.
🔗 www.routledge.com/In-the-Room-...
#EarlyModern #BookRelease #MagicStudies #ReligiousHistory
Federico Barbierato’s english translation and revised edition of his seminal work on magical texts and culture in Early Modern Venice, published in EMoDiR’s Routledge series.
🔗 www.routledge.com/In-the-Room-...
#EarlyModern #BookRelease #MagicStudies #ReligiousHistory
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
✨Out now!
Federico Barbierato’s english translation and revised edition of his seminal work on magical texts and culture in Early Modern Venice, published in EMoDiR’s Routledge series.
🔗 www.routledge.com/In-the-Room-...
#EarlyModern #BookRelease #MagicStudies #ReligiousHistory
Federico Barbierato’s english translation and revised edition of his seminal work on magical texts and culture in Early Modern Venice, published in EMoDiR’s Routledge series.
🔗 www.routledge.com/In-the-Room-...
#EarlyModern #BookRelease #MagicStudies #ReligiousHistory
New on Stmoderna
Call for papers | Violenza economica. Dominazione, sfruttamento e disuguaglianze di genere nel lungo periodo
📍 Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”
📅 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
A conference on the history of economic violence and gender inequalities across time and space.
Call for papers | Violenza economica. Dominazione, sfruttamento e disuguaglianze di genere nel lungo periodo
📍 Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”
📅 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
A conference on the history of economic violence and gender inequalities across time and space.
Call for papers
Elenco delle iniziative che prevedono l'invio di contributi scientifici sull’Età moderna.
www.stmoderna.it
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New on Stmoderna
Call for papers | Violenza economica. Dominazione, sfruttamento e disuguaglianze di genere nel lungo periodo
📍 Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”
📅 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
A conference on the history of economic violence and gender inequalities across time and space.
Call for papers | Violenza economica. Dominazione, sfruttamento e disuguaglianze di genere nel lungo periodo
📍 Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”
📅 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
A conference on the history of economic violence and gender inequalities across time and space.
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Tomorrow at 17:00! We're delighted to be launching Prof. @evelynwelch.bsky.social's new book Renaissance Skin.
Waiting list now activated.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/renai...
Waiting list now activated.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/renai...
Renaissance Skin Book Launch — CEMS KCL Blog
Book launch for Prof. Evelyn Welch's Renaissance Skin, hosted by King's Centre for Early Modern Studies.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Tomorrow at 17:00! We're delighted to be launching Prof. @evelynwelch.bsky.social's new book Renaissance Skin.
Waiting list now activated.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/renai...
Waiting list now activated.
kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/renai...
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📌Friday, 24 October
Presentation of “Chimere: Research Network on Cultural Histories of Magic”, launching a new seminar series on magic, folklore, and esotericism.
📍 University of Verona |🕚 11:50
💻Join on Zoom : univr.zoom.us/j/82097215327
Details on the speakers 👇
Presentation of “Chimere: Research Network on Cultural Histories of Magic”, launching a new seminar series on magic, folklore, and esotericism.
📍 University of Verona |🕚 11:50
💻Join on Zoom : univr.zoom.us/j/82097215327
Details on the speakers 👇
October 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📌Friday, 24 October
Presentation of “Chimere: Research Network on Cultural Histories of Magic”, launching a new seminar series on magic, folklore, and esotericism.
📍 University of Verona |🕚 11:50
💻Join on Zoom : univr.zoom.us/j/82097215327
Details on the speakers 👇
Presentation of “Chimere: Research Network on Cultural Histories of Magic”, launching a new seminar series on magic, folklore, and esotericism.
📍 University of Verona |🕚 11:50
💻Join on Zoom : univr.zoom.us/j/82097215327
Details on the speakers 👇
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Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
Do apply and spread the word!
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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne
Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.
www.unilu.ch
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
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The Museum of the Order of St John is hosting a launch event for my book on 22 October. I'll be talking about the paintings of Mattia Preti, dress, textiles and life in Malta in the seventeenth century.
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
October 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The Museum of the Order of St John is hosting a launch event for my book on 22 October. I'll be talking about the paintings of Mattia Preti, dress, textiles and life in Malta in the seventeenth century.
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
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📢 Applications for the Winter School di Studi sulla Riforma are still open!
🌍Florence | 🗓️ 13–16 November 2025
⏰ DEADLINE : 10 October 2025
#Earlymodern #Reformation
🌍Florence | 🗓️ 13–16 November 2025
⏰ DEADLINE : 10 October 2025
#Earlymodern #Reformation
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📢 Applications for the Winter School di Studi sulla Riforma are still open!
🌍Florence | 🗓️ 13–16 November 2025
⏰ DEADLINE : 10 October 2025
#Earlymodern #Reformation
🌍Florence | 🗓️ 13–16 November 2025
⏰ DEADLINE : 10 October 2025
#Earlymodern #Reformation
New on Stmoderna:
Looking for a postdoc? Check out the Max Weber Programme at the EUI (Florence) for 2026/27.
🕒 Deadline: 15 Oct 2025, 14:00 CEST
🔗 Details: www.stmoderna.it/it/borse-di-...
Looking for a postdoc? Check out the Max Weber Programme at the EUI (Florence) for 2026/27.
🕒 Deadline: 15 Oct 2025, 14:00 CEST
🔗 Details: www.stmoderna.it/it/borse-di-...
Borse di studio
L’elenco dei bandi per borse di studio post-laurea, post-dottorato e assegni di ricerca che riguardano la Storia moderna.
www.stmoderna.it
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
New on Stmoderna:
Looking for a postdoc? Check out the Max Weber Programme at the EUI (Florence) for 2026/27.
🕒 Deadline: 15 Oct 2025, 14:00 CEST
🔗 Details: www.stmoderna.it/it/borse-di-...
Looking for a postdoc? Check out the Max Weber Programme at the EUI (Florence) for 2026/27.
🕒 Deadline: 15 Oct 2025, 14:00 CEST
🔗 Details: www.stmoderna.it/it/borse-di-...
Curious about Jewish communities in early modern Venice?
From Monday, Oct. 6, at the State Archive of Venice, Renata Segre leads a 5-week cycle on sixteenth-century manuscripts about Jewish communities.
🔗 Learn more: www.stmoderna.it/it/eventi/
From Monday, Oct. 6, at the State Archive of Venice, Renata Segre leads a 5-week cycle on sixteenth-century manuscripts about Jewish communities.
🔗 Learn more: www.stmoderna.it/it/eventi/
News
Iniziative scientifiche, convegni, seminari e incontri di studio che si tengono in Italia e nel mondo sulla storia moderna.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Curious about Jewish communities in early modern Venice?
From Monday, Oct. 6, at the State Archive of Venice, Renata Segre leads a 5-week cycle on sixteenth-century manuscripts about Jewish communities.
🔗 Learn more: www.stmoderna.it/it/eventi/
From Monday, Oct. 6, at the State Archive of Venice, Renata Segre leads a 5-week cycle on sixteenth-century manuscripts about Jewish communities.
🔗 Learn more: www.stmoderna.it/it/eventi/
📣New on Stmoderna!
Call for Applications: Winter School (Florence, 13–16 Nov 2025) on the Protestant Reformation - its political, cultural, and social dimensions, and its legacies in philosophy, literature, music, and the arts.
Deadline: 10 Oct 2025
see it at: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
Call for Applications: Winter School (Florence, 13–16 Nov 2025) on the Protestant Reformation - its political, cultural, and social dimensions, and its legacies in philosophy, literature, music, and the arts.
Deadline: 10 Oct 2025
see it at: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
Call for papers
Elenco delle iniziative che prevedono l'invio di contributi scientifici sull’Età moderna.
www.stmoderna.it
September 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
📣New on Stmoderna!
Call for Applications: Winter School (Florence, 13–16 Nov 2025) on the Protestant Reformation - its political, cultural, and social dimensions, and its legacies in philosophy, literature, music, and the arts.
Deadline: 10 Oct 2025
see it at: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
Call for Applications: Winter School (Florence, 13–16 Nov 2025) on the Protestant Reformation - its political, cultural, and social dimensions, and its legacies in philosophy, literature, music, and the arts.
Deadline: 10 Oct 2025
see it at: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
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Starting today in Rome, at the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies:
Mapping Dissonant Objects – a three-day workshop organized by Sabina Brevaglieri, Massimo Carlo Giannini, and Lina Scalisi.
mapdisob.hypotheses.org
Mapping Dissonant Objects – a three-day workshop organized by Sabina Brevaglieri, Massimo Carlo Giannini, and Lina Scalisi.
mapdisob.hypotheses.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Starting today in Rome, at the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies:
Mapping Dissonant Objects – a three-day workshop organized by Sabina Brevaglieri, Massimo Carlo Giannini, and Lina Scalisi.
mapdisob.hypotheses.org
Mapping Dissonant Objects – a three-day workshop organized by Sabina Brevaglieri, Massimo Carlo Giannini, and Lina Scalisi.
mapdisob.hypotheses.org
📢 New on StModerna
The Istituto Sangalli Prize for Religious History 2025 (11th edition) offers young scholars the chance to publish monographs on religious history (Middle Ages–contemporary) with Firenze University Press.
⏳ Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
The Istituto Sangalli Prize for Religious History 2025 (11th edition) offers young scholars the chance to publish monographs on religious history (Middle Ages–contemporary) with Firenze University Press.
⏳ Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
Premi per la ricerca
In questa sezione puoi trovare un elenco di premi destinati a nuove ricerche o ricerche scientifiche già concluse che coinvolgono la Storia moderna.
www.stmoderna.it
September 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📢 New on StModerna
The Istituto Sangalli Prize for Religious History 2025 (11th edition) offers young scholars the chance to publish monographs on religious history (Middle Ages–contemporary) with Firenze University Press.
⏳ Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
The Istituto Sangalli Prize for Religious History 2025 (11th edition) offers young scholars the chance to publish monographs on religious history (Middle Ages–contemporary) with Firenze University Press.
⏳ Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
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Two Franciscan friars seen through Japanese eyes from:
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
September 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Two Franciscan friars seen through Japanese eyes from:
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)
Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
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It was a pride and pleasure to contribute to this article for the Science History Institute: Melissa Rossi, "Holy Smoke: The monks, nuns, and friars at the forefront of alchemy in early modern Europe" #histmed #medhist
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
Holy Smoke
The monks, nuns, and friars at the forefront of alchemy in early modern Europe.
www.sciencehistory.org
September 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It was a pride and pleasure to contribute to this article for the Science History Institute: Melissa Rossi, "Holy Smoke: The monks, nuns, and friars at the forefront of alchemy in early modern Europe" #histmed #medhist
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...
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The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide.
A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.
Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.
→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP
#ChooseEurope
A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.
Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.
→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP
#ChooseEurope
September 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide.
A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.
Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.
→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP
#ChooseEurope
A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.
Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.
→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP
#ChooseEurope
New on StModerna: the Eleonora Rai Prize
Established in memory of Eleonora Rai, it awards PhD theses on themes she worked on: religious, cultural, and gender history, with special attention to violence (early modern to contemporary age).
⏳Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
Established in memory of Eleonora Rai, it awards PhD theses on themes she worked on: religious, cultural, and gender history, with special attention to violence (early modern to contemporary age).
⏳Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
Premi per la ricerca
In questa sezione puoi trovare un elenco di premi destinati a nuove ricerche o ricerche scientifiche già concluse che coinvolgono la Storia moderna.
www.stmoderna.it
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New on StModerna: the Eleonora Rai Prize
Established in memory of Eleonora Rai, it awards PhD theses on themes she worked on: religious, cultural, and gender history, with special attention to violence (early modern to contemporary age).
⏳Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
Established in memory of Eleonora Rai, it awards PhD theses on themes she worked on: religious, cultural, and gender history, with special attention to violence (early modern to contemporary age).
⏳Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
📢 New Call for Papers on StModerna
A social question before the Social Question: Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century
📍 University of Oxford
🗓️ 22–23 October 2026
⏳ Deadline: 31 December 2025
👉 This and many other CfPs await you on StModerna: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
A social question before the Social Question: Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century
📍 University of Oxford
🗓️ 22–23 October 2026
⏳ Deadline: 31 December 2025
👉 This and many other CfPs await you on StModerna: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
Storia Moderna - Risorse online per la storia moderna
Comunicazione, dibattito e confronto: da questi obiettivi prende vita Storia Moderna, il luogo digitale per addetti ai lavori nell’ambito modernistico, tra scienza e didattica.
www.stmoderna.it
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
📢 New Call for Papers on StModerna
A social question before the Social Question: Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century
📍 University of Oxford
🗓️ 22–23 October 2026
⏳ Deadline: 31 December 2025
👉 This and many other CfPs await you on StModerna: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
A social question before the Social Question: Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century
📍 University of Oxford
🗓️ 22–23 October 2026
⏳ Deadline: 31 December 2025
👉 This and many other CfPs await you on StModerna: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
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#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
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We’ve long known Samuel Pepys was a sleazebag, but Guy de la Bedoyere’s new edition of his journal reveals it was way worse than that — he was a relentless sexual predator www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator
Newly decoded extracts expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious abuser
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We’ve long known Samuel Pepys was a sleazebag, but Guy de la Bedoyere’s new edition of his journal reveals it was way worse than that — he was a relentless sexual predator www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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This volume investigates the epistemological dimension and social embedding of resource policies while providing a comprehensive overview of the knowledge layers that underpinned the material and immaterial economy of the early modern period in many fields.
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
August 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
This volume investigates the epistemological dimension and social embedding of resource policies while providing a comprehensive overview of the knowledge layers that underpinned the material and immaterial economy of the early modern period in many fields.
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
🎓 Two new PhD opportunities just added on StoriaModerna:
📍 University of Trento – deadline: 26 August 2025
📍 University of Sassari – deadline: 1 September 2025
🔎 Full details here: www.stmoderna.it/it/dottorati...
📍 University of Trento – deadline: 26 August 2025
📍 University of Sassari – deadline: 1 September 2025
🔎 Full details here: www.stmoderna.it/it/dottorati...
Dottorati di ricerca
La pagina ti permette di visualizzare i bandi di concorso per l’accesso ai dottorati di ricerca che includono anche l’Età moderna.
www.stmoderna.it
August 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🎓 Two new PhD opportunities just added on StoriaModerna:
📍 University of Trento – deadline: 26 August 2025
📍 University of Sassari – deadline: 1 September 2025
🔎 Full details here: www.stmoderna.it/it/dottorati...
📍 University of Trento – deadline: 26 August 2025
📍 University of Sassari – deadline: 1 September 2025
🔎 Full details here: www.stmoderna.it/it/dottorati...