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Thomas Kohl
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Medieval Historian, University of Passau
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Christoph Haack @christoph-haack.bsky.social · 4d
Another (quite exciting looking!) book from Tübingen!!
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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 10d
The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.

We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.

Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!
3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)
full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152
www.uni-bonn.de
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · 14d
Nicht vor dem Altar knien, wir wissen, was dann passiert!
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 14d
Sounds familiar?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
King Charles to visit Vatican and meet Pope Leo for first time
King and Queen Camilla to join pontiff in late October amid jubilee year celebrations, says Buckingham Palace
www.theguardian.com
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · 14d
Ooh, another coronation coming up?
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · 19d
I think it might be a Rotmilan (Red Kite)
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 22d
I am not quite sure how this works, but here's a free open source editable historical map that's pretty decent on medieval Europe.
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matthias mprove @mprove.bsky.social · 29d
www.openhistoricalmap.org#map=4/52.78/...
OpenHistoricalMap
OpenHistoricalMap is an interactive map of the world throughout history, created by people like you and dedicated to the public domain.
www.openhistoricalmap.org
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Aug 3
A bird's eye view of Carolingian Cologne, c/o Karl Ubl.
Cologne
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Bodies and Being: The Premodern Body Project @bodiesandbeing.bsky.social · Jul 25
#Latin #Medieval
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wpezemed.bsky.social @wpezemed.bsky.social · Jul 25
The MGH have reinstated a Dokumentlieferdienst, or reprography service, and I'm advertising it on their behalf. If don't have access to a german library, you can order PDFs of rare papers and books, directly from their online catalogue. Example below!
mgh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Jul 16
I don't know how often I have told students that!
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Christina Brauner @chbrauner.bsky.social · May 22
JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social
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Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · May 11
Job: 0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) „Globalgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (1400–1800)“ (Univ. Tübingen)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-155042

Tübingen, , Universität Tübingen, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.06.2025
www.hsozkult.de
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Apr 25
Aus aktuellem Anlass. Sollte es Simonie geben?
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Apr 21
Eric Goldberg on the scale of Carolingian entourages, and armies:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Tractoriae and the logistics of Carolingian entourages
Entourages played a central role in Carolingian politics and military organization. Yet historians have neglected the important question of how kings and magnates supplied their retinues. This articl...
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Apr 21
Fed up of doom-scrolling on Easter Monday? Then it's your luck day, for the latest issue of EME is out now!
The articles are *all* open access, starting with:
Sophie Kultzen on the resilience of the late Roman aristocracy
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ordo renascendi est crescere posse malis (Rutilius Namatianus I.140): the sack of Rome and the resilience of western Roman aristocracies
Rutilius Namatianus’ poem De reditu suo was written a few years after the devastation of Rome in 410. It has been read as nostalgia for Rome’s past greatness written in a climate of senatorial escapi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Mar 22
Anyone interested?
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Uni Passau Research Magazine @unipassauresearch.bsky.social · Mar 21
📢 Open Call 📢

Are you looking for an opportunity to focus on your research in a vibrant academic community in the heart of Europe? Apply now for a fellowship at our #PICAIS Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies 👉 www.picais.uni-passau.de/en/funding-p...

🗓 Deadline: 15 May 2025
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Symbolic picture of students at the University of Passau
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Mar 14
Mein Mediävistenherz springt: ich bin nächste Woche mit dem Prior von Niederaltaich verabredet.
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Jan 23
It is really very good!
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Jan 15
I do love that the review starts with a complaint about the lack of elephants.
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Dec 25
Noch frohe Weihnachten allerseits!
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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · Nov 8
An excellent recent monograph by Johanna Jebe, "Gutes Mönchtum in St. Gallen und Fulda: Diskussion und Correctio im Spiegel karolingischer Klosterbibliotheken (Fuldaer Studien)" books.google.lu/books?id=J2L...
Gutes Mönchtum in St. Gallen und Fulda
Johanna Jebe legt eine Neuanalyse zu den monastischen Entwicklungen der Karolingerzeit vor, die erstmals die vielstimmigen Diskussionen aufdeckt, die in den Klöstern über gutes Mönchtum geführt worden...
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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · Feb 2
Wunder des Publikationswesen: Ich habe diese Woche a) die pre-typsetting Fahnen eines Beitrags bekommen, den ich 2018 eingereicht habe (Tagung war 2015) und b) die Fahnen eines Aufsatzes bekommen, den ich Montag(!!!) eingeschickt habe (29.1.!)
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Michael König @08mikowitsch15.bsky.social · Jan 6
historically correct
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Niels Petersen @muntera.bsky.social · Dec 22
Students and colleagues in Göttingen mourn the early death of Rebekka Habermas, who was held in high esteem both academically and personally. It is upsetting that you will no longer meet her in our building or in the city.
Zum Tod von Rebekka Habermas
Es war, als öffnete sie Fenster und Türen für einen neuen Frühling der Geschichtsschreibung: Rebekka Habermas thematisierte als Historikerin die Themen, die die Gegenwart bewegen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
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