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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 22h

Catch up on our lecture from today, all about medievial uni students from @amwillemsen.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ0D...

Back in college: Daily life of students at European universities, 1200-1600 by Dr A. Willemsen FSA

YouTube video by SocAntiquaries

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent analysis of the state of 🇬🇧 HE. Same crisis in other countries. I think there is a need to regain public support and start engaging more and better in public debates, while embracing the changing role of HE. Question is how… Any suggestion welcome

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI on Tuesday, here's my *new* and *free* short-form summary of what's gone wrong in our universities. This is something of a last word really, because unless the Budget and White Paper do something really radical, the fate of much HE is already sealed.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-n...

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 18d

Most likely candidate to become one of the most cited historical sources by future historians studying the comments section.

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 18d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Helen Goodman @helengoodman.bsky.social · 21d

And if that's not enough for you, then later the same day,
2) 'Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health' roundtable on 2 new books: Tillmann Taape's 'Crafting Medicine' & Jack Hartnell's 'Wound Man' (free, online CHSTM #histmed working group, also meeting 10 Oct & 14 Nov): www.chstm.org/group/object...

Objects, Images, and Spaces of Health | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 19d

#BookHistory

Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social · 19d

✨What Do We Know About How Printers and Bookworkers Learned Greek in the Sixteenth Century ?

Han Lamers and I are delighted to host Martine Furno (IHRIM / ENS de Lyon) at the second online seminar of the Early Modern Hellenism Colloquia

📆Online on 25 September at 15.00 CET (via zoom)

The Aldine edition of Lucian of Samosata (1503), annotated by the printer Robert Estienne (1503-1559) and his son, Henri Estienne (1528-1598)

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 25d

Mobilising knowledge as a political tool

Read the interview with our #PhD researcher Müberra Kapusuz on the political role of expertise in #17thcentury Ottoman politics, in relation with today’s debates on expertise and authority 👇

📰 #Fridayreads #Expertise

European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 26d

🔎 In this #MyEUIResearch interview, Müberra Kapusuz @eui-history.bsky.social reflects on how interpreters, scholars & philosophers shaped 17th-c. Ottoman politics, & what this reveals about today’s debates on expertise & authority.

👉 https://loom.ly/i-v1wXM

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland

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John Garcia @jgarc.bsky.social · 29d

Please spread the word—The Scholars’ Workshop in Early African American Print at AAS Jan. 12-15, 2026. A writing workshop and intro to archives for junior scholars working on the dissertation or first book. Fully funded. Apply by Oct. 15 2025. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · 29d

This looks great!

laurajcleaver.bsky.social @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 29d

Looking forward to this today #BuiltWithBooks

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣The next CIRICE conference in Naples June 11-13, 2026. The main topic is "Transition Cities," focusing on using digital humanities for the knowledge and conservation of urban heritage. 🔗 www.iconografiacittaeuropea.unina.it/cms/sessioni/ #urbanheritage #digitalhumanities #naples #cirice

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tagungsbericht (H-Soz-Kult): INTELLEX

H-Soz-Kult: „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“. Organisiert von Frank Ejby Poulsen (Universität Bayreuth, Centre of International Excellence „Alexander von Humboldt“) fand die internationale…

Tagungsbericht (H-Soz-Kult): INTELLEX

H-Soz-Kult: „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“. Organisiert von Frank Ejby Poulsen (Universität Bayreuth, Centre of International Excellence „Alexander von Humboldt“) fand die internationale Tagung „Figures, Methods, and Moments of the Institutionalisation of Legal History in ca. 1500–1900 Europe“ hybrid am 12.–13. Juni 2025 im Institut für Fränkische Landesgeschichte…

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · Aug 26

"Interesting digital humanities data sources": I blogged about 18 datasets for DHy teaching, research, & tool-learning I've bookmarked, & why they might be useful—plus some relevant tools, events, & resources re:data at risk:

I bookmark sources of data that seem interesting for:

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Aug 22

Editing revised chapters for the forthcoming 2nd edition of our guide to #EarlyModern 🗃️ sources today👌

The revised volume will also include 3 new chapters:

Part 1 'Sources':
- Digitised Sources

Part 2 'Histories':
- Race
- The Body, Mind & Emotions.

Front cover of a book called 'Understanding Early Modern Primary Sources', part of the Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources series. edited by Laura Sangha and Jonathan Willis. The cover image is a painting of early modern objects - a pile of books and papers, a flask and glass, bread roll, lute and globe.

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Aug 16

But this tech raises big questions:

1. How do we ensure ethical AI in historical research?

2. How does our role as historians change when tasks are automated?

Grateful for our panel's discussion, and extending it: What do you think? #Askhistorians

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Aug 16

Next up: Using HTR & LLMs on his personal letters to directly connect his political thought to his reading. We're bridging the gap between the library and the mind. 🤖📜

(3/4) #AIinHumanities #EarlyModern

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Aug 16

Key finding: He shelved military fortification books with architecture, viewing them as one practical toolkit. 🛠️ We also mapped his print network: Paris was his source for math books, Venice for military texts.

(2/4) #HistoryOfKnowledge #BookHistory

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Aug 16

Presented at #NHM2025 in Reykjavík! 🇮🇸 My talk explored using digital tools to map the mind of a 17th-c. prince through his library. The findings challenge how we view early modern knowledge. 👇

(1/4) #AcademicSky #HistorianSky #DigitalHumanities

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Aug 5

Fühlen Sie sich an einem Ort eher als Fremder, weil andere Sie so sehen? In meinem neuen Blogbeitrag erkunde ich die Idee der 'Heimat im Kopf'. #Heimat #Kosmopolitismus #Identität

Heimat bedeutet für mich …

Ich habe mein Junior Fellowship am University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence 'Alexander von Humboldt' nun abgeschlossen. Angegliedert war ich dem Institut für Fränkische Landesgeschichte der Universitäten Bayreuth und Bamberg. Ich werde „mein Schloss“, den Arbeitsplatz des Instituts im beeindruckenden Schloss Thurnau, und die tolle Atmosphäre, die von den dort arbeitenden Menschen geschaffen wurde, sehr vermissen. In dieser Zeit habe ich viel über…

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Aug 4

The article ends with an optimistic “In fact, while AI can indeed handle the tedium, there should be a new premium on the human — from creativity and emotional intelligence to complex judgment.” But these are precisely the skills that AI is exponentially improving on…

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Aug 4

The AI job cuts are accelerating https://on.ft.com/4fkPD4Y | opinion

The AI job cuts are accelerating

Companies are preparing for a time where there might be less work for their employees

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Jul 27

Future of AI

You know who else has a 5-year plan? AI does. AI will achieve AGI in 5 years. And it won't care about YOUR 5-year plan. To better understand this trajectory, consider exploring the free course “The Future of AI” by BlueDot Impact. It requires no more than two hours and offers valuable…

Future of AI

You know who else has a 5-year plan? AI does. AI will achieve AGI in 5 years. And it won't care about YOUR 5-year plan. To better understand this trajectory, consider exploring the free course “The Future of AI” by BlueDot Impact. It requires no more than two hours and offers valuable insights into the evolution of AI—where it stood five years ago, where it is today, and why many experts are sounding the alarm about its exponential growth, driven by unprecedented financial investment.There is an urgent need to accelerate the development of…

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Tom Ashbyトム ∙ アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · Jul 11

This article is now freely accessible online! www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Tom Ashbyトム ∙ アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · Jul 8

After months of back-and-forth drafting, & over 10,000 words of dialogue, I am delighted that this discussion article co-authored with Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) is now published @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · Jul 8

1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (@qmul.bsky.social) & @tomaashby.bsky.social (@utokyoofficial.bsky.social), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first at GIH! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Jul 7

If you’re in the USA 🆓📚👇

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Jul 7

Big book giveaway at Liberty Fund (w/i the US) including
Constant, Principles of Politics & On Religion
Molesworth, Account of Denmark
de Staël, Considerations/ French Revolution
Guizot, History of Civilization in Europe
Coke, Writings
Tracy, Political Economy

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Voices of Liberty: The Collection Giveaway - Liberty Fund

Use code GIVEAWAY25 to get timeless works and modern scholarship for FREE. Limited quantities available.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · Jul 7

Wow - so many people already signed up for our Wills Project Transcribathon later this month! 🙏

If you drop by you can transcribe some lines & help make 25,000 English wills more accessible for all.

In person & online, join us here: willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com

#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Palaeography

A poster advertising the 'Wills Project Transcribathon' on Thursday 24 July, 1-4pm BST, in the Digital Humanities Lab at the University of Exeter, and on zoom. The poster features black text on green and yellow backgrounds, and three images - a box of folded will manuscripts, an unfolded will manuscript, and the painting Thomas Braithwaite of Ambleside making his will, Abbot Hall, 1607. Photo: Lakeland Arts.

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Frank Ejby Poulsen, PhD @fepoulsen.bsky.social · Jul 4

Tolstoy, War and Peace.

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