Florian Wieser
@florianwieser95.bsky.social
history PhD grad from UoEdinburgh, c16&17 colonial, queer, global history - opinionated, gay, and nerdy --- 🇪🇺🏳️🌈📖
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/FlorianWieser
https://edinburgh.academia.edu/FlorianWieser
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A 1940s Anishnawbek birchbark box with quillwork and sweetgrass stitching.
January 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
A 1940s Anishnawbek birchbark box with quillwork and sweetgrass stitching.
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Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
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We teach young people, some of whom kindly consent to feature in our marketing and branding images, they do this based on a sense of trust in their institutions not to misuse those images or put them at risk!
and yet, how many of those images now end up on X? has that risk been assessed at all?
and yet, how many of those images now end up on X? has that risk been assessed at all?
January 15, 2026 at 9:57 AM
We teach young people, some of whom kindly consent to feature in our marketing and branding images, they do this based on a sense of trust in their institutions not to misuse those images or put them at risk!
and yet, how many of those images now end up on X? has that risk been assessed at all?
and yet, how many of those images now end up on X? has that risk been assessed at all?
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On advance access: "The Making and Unmaking of Religious Toleration in Spanish Manila, 1571-1755"
by Adrian Masters (University of Trier)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Adrian Masters (University of Trier)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
pendingpublications
Pending Publication
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:52 AM
On advance access: "The Making and Unmaking of Religious Toleration in Spanish Manila, 1571-1755"
by Adrian Masters (University of Trier)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Adrian Masters (University of Trier)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Fantastic online training session from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social colleagues on the History of Emotions.
All welcome!
@sas-news.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome!
@sas-news.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Researching the History of Emotions
www.history.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Fantastic online training session from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social colleagues on the History of Emotions.
All welcome!
@sas-news.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome!
@sas-news.bsky.social
@ihr.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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We're pleased to report that Tim Soens' 2013 article 'Flood Security in the Medieval and Early Modern North Sea Area: A Question of Entitlement?' is now #openaccess, thanks to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. You can read the piece here: www.doi.org/10.3197/0967... #envhist #northsea @eandhwhp.bsky.social
www.doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
We're pleased to report that Tim Soens' 2013 article 'Flood Security in the Medieval and Early Modern North Sea Area: A Question of Entitlement?' is now #openaccess, thanks to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. You can read the piece here: www.doi.org/10.3197/0967... #envhist #northsea @eandhwhp.bsky.social
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A Carthusian miscellany of poems, chronicles, and treatises in Northern English, including an epitome or summary of (John) Mandeville's travels.' 1460-1500. Written in a northern dialect it is believed to originate from a 'A Yorkshire or Lincolnshire
January 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM
A Carthusian miscellany of poems, chronicles, and treatises in Northern English, including an epitome or summary of (John) Mandeville's travels.' 1460-1500. Written in a northern dialect it is believed to originate from a 'A Yorkshire or Lincolnshire
Reposting for the Sunday morning crowd. I'm starting a blog on dealing with the confusing and scary present through long-term history. Would love some reads and discussion from everyone here!
Well, I'm finally doing what everyone else is doing and starting a blog. The way the world is going, I've felt compelled to finally put my thoughts together into something potentially meaningful. I hope some of you will come along on the journey.
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a...
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a...
A Message from the End of the World
At some point quite recently, though people appear to disagree on when exactly it was, the world ended. Not the world as a physical thing – that one is still soldiering on, against the increasingly…
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Reposting for the Sunday morning crowd. I'm starting a blog on dealing with the confusing and scary present through long-term history. Would love some reads and discussion from everyone here!
Well, I'm finally doing what everyone else is doing and starting a blog. The way the world is going, I've felt compelled to finally put my thoughts together into something potentially meaningful. I hope some of you will come along on the journey.
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a...
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a...
A Message from the End of the World
At some point quite recently, though people appear to disagree on when exactly it was, the world ended. Not the world as a physical thing – that one is still soldiering on, against the increasingly…
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Well, I'm finally doing what everyone else is doing and starting a blog. The way the world is going, I've felt compelled to finally put my thoughts together into something potentially meaningful. I hope some of you will come along on the journey.
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a...
empirespastdotblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/a...
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Reminder that “Say her name” was developed specifically to call attention to murders of Black women
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Reminder that “Say her name” was developed specifically to call attention to murders of Black women
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An exquisite rendering in silver of a figure flying a kite. It's 17th century Netherlandish and only 4cm high (Rijksmuseum)
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
An exquisite rendering in silver of a figure flying a kite. It's 17th century Netherlandish and only 4cm high (Rijksmuseum)
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Just to back up Anthony as a medievalist, that’s one of the dumbest fucking claims imaginable.
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
I just heard a law professor claim in a recording that in early modern England, there wasn’t any significant migration to the British Isles, which is just plainly wrong.
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Just to back up Anthony as a medievalist, that’s one of the dumbest fucking claims imaginable.
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
There have never NOT been people from continental Europe, Africa, and Asia moving to/ from the British Isles for 2000 years. In early modernity, this included the Americas!
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To (re)introduce myself, I'm an historian of global French commerce under Louis XIV. My works below are all free to download!
Book on commerce, risk and absolutism: t.ly/NMc17
Female agency in Atlantic colonialism: t.ly/VNM4-
Power and sovereignty under Louis XIV: t.ly/v2vfH
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
Book on commerce, risk and absolutism: t.ly/NMc17
Female agency in Atlantic colonialism: t.ly/VNM4-
Power and sovereignty under Louis XIV: t.ly/v2vfH
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
November 10, 2024 at 10:29 AM
To (re)introduce myself, I'm an historian of global French commerce under Louis XIV. My works below are all free to download!
Book on commerce, risk and absolutism: t.ly/NMc17
Female agency in Atlantic colonialism: t.ly/VNM4-
Power and sovereignty under Louis XIV: t.ly/v2vfH
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
Book on commerce, risk and absolutism: t.ly/NMc17
Female agency in Atlantic colonialism: t.ly/VNM4-
Power and sovereignty under Louis XIV: t.ly/v2vfH
#MaritimeHistory 🗃️
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Bindo Altoviti, c. 1515 by Raphael
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
January 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Bindo Altoviti, c. 1515 by Raphael
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
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Bear as a hunter - with detachable head to use as a drinking vessel. Made by Gregor Bair, 1580-1581 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
January 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Bear as a hunter - with detachable head to use as a drinking vessel. Made by Gregor Bair, 1580-1581 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
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'resisting the violation of rules and insisting on adherence, even if certainly in vain, is how norms are established and then maintained. Lying low and hoping that this too shall pass is cowardice, denial and historical illiteracy.'
Trump’s coup in Venezuela didn’t just break the rules – it showed there aren’t any. We’ll all regret that | Nesrine Malik
It’s not just the triumphalism in the White House. Leaders loth to oppose this gangsterism must think how that looks to Putin, Xi and in the UAE, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
'resisting the violation of rules and insisting on adherence, even if certainly in vain, is how norms are established and then maintained. Lying low and hoping that this too shall pass is cowardice, denial and historical illiteracy.'
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Council for British Research in the Levant grants of up to £7000 for UKHEI-based early career researchers. Deadline 9 January.
Less than one week left to apply! ⏳
CBRL Project Grants 2026–27 are still open for researchers working in or on the Levant and based at a UK HEI or research organisation.
📧 More details:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Friday 9 January 2026
CBRL Project Grants 2026–27 are still open for researchers working in or on the Levant and based at a UK HEI or research organisation.
📧 More details:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
⏰ Deadline: Midnight (GMT), Friday 9 January 2026
CBRL invites applications for Project Grants 2025! 📝
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
🔹Deadline: Friday - 09 Jan 2026
Learn more and apply:
www.cbrl.ac.uk/news/cbrl-pr...
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Council for British Research in the Levant grants of up to £7000 for UKHEI-based early career researchers. Deadline 9 January.
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Pour one out for the Latin American historians. May the gods of patience be with you as you do your public-facing work right now.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Pour one out for the Latin American historians. May the gods of patience be with you as you do your public-facing work right now.
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Overthrowing the government of Iran and installing the shah led to the Iranian revolution and the Ayatollah. Funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan led to the taliban and Al queda. These unlawful actions could have destabilizing consequences for decades and this will haunt the US for generations.
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Overthrowing the government of Iran and installing the shah led to the Iranian revolution and the Ayatollah. Funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan led to the taliban and Al queda. These unlawful actions could have destabilizing consequences for decades and this will haunt the US for generations.
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I'm absolutely delighted to share that I have just been appointed Project Officer for Lincolnshire County Council's new Mud and Stud project. Really looking forward to getting stuck into the first proper county-wide study of its indigenous building technique!
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm absolutely delighted to share that I have just been appointed Project Officer for Lincolnshire County Council's new Mud and Stud project. Really looking forward to getting stuck into the first proper county-wide study of its indigenous building technique!
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We are thrilled to share our Lent CFP! Please share widely and get in touch if you have any questions!
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
We are thrilled to share our Lent CFP! Please share widely and get in touch if you have any questions!
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A little quirkiness.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
A Young Man with an Owl on a Stick, ca. 1630s
(RISD Museum) The artist d. #otd 21 Dec 1666.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
A Young Man with an Owl on a Stick, ca. 1630s
(RISD Museum) The artist d. #otd 21 Dec 1666.
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A little quirkiness.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
A Young Man with an Owl on a Stick, ca. 1630s
(RISD Museum) The artist d. #otd 21 Dec 1666.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Guercino
A Young Man with an Owl on a Stick, ca. 1630s
(RISD Museum) The artist d. #otd 21 Dec 1666.
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Young man seated in a window; his head resting in his left hand, a wide-brimmed hat on his knee. c. 1655 Abraham van Dijck (British Museum)
December 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Young man seated in a window; his head resting in his left hand, a wide-brimmed hat on his knee. c. 1655 Abraham van Dijck (British Museum)
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The new Polish president, endorsed by Trump, has ended the tradition of lighting a Menorah at Poland's presidential palace, a gesture of coming to terms with Jewish history. He said he ended the lighting because "I take my attachment to Christian values seriously." forward.com/opinion/7919...
Why Poland’s president canceled his menorah lighting — and how the West helped make that happen
Karol Nawrocki canceled menorah lighting at the presidential palace, part of a broader failure to combat antisemitism, Holocaust revisionism.
forward.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The new Polish president, endorsed by Trump, has ended the tradition of lighting a Menorah at Poland's presidential palace, a gesture of coming to terms with Jewish history. He said he ended the lighting because "I take my attachment to Christian values seriously." forward.com/opinion/7919...
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AI-assisted writing in 1716. #skystorians
December 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
AI-assisted writing in 1716. #skystorians