Dr Gul Sen
@guel-sen.bsky.social
Historian. Senior Lecturer. early modern & maritime history & forced labor & enslavement & Ottoman history & German local history & connected history || hiking 🌄
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Dr Gul Sen
@guel-sen.bsky.social
· Nov 17
This is my second book: Making Sense of History:
Narrativity and Literariness in the Ottoman Chronicle of Naʿīmā (Leiden: Brill, 2022), 390 pp.
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#history
#earlymodern #OttomanHistory
#historiography #chronicle #historian #blueskybooks
Narrativity and Literariness in the Ottoman Chronicle of Naʿīmā (Leiden: Brill, 2022), 390 pp.
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#history
#earlymodern #OttomanHistory
#historiography #chronicle #historian #blueskybooks
The new Mariner's Mirror Podcast of the Society for Nautical Research:
The Naval Fiction Interviews: Julian Stockwin and Thomas Kydd
👉 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
The Naval Fiction Interviews: Julian Stockwin and Thomas Kydd
👉 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
The Naval Fiction Interviews: Julian Stockwin and Thomas Kydd - SNR
Dr Sam Willis introduces a new mini-series on naval fiction, featuring interviews with authors talking about their naval creations. In this episode, he meets Julian Stockwin, a renowned author known f...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The new Mariner's Mirror Podcast of the Society for Nautical Research:
The Naval Fiction Interviews: Julian Stockwin and Thomas Kydd
👉 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
The Naval Fiction Interviews: Julian Stockwin and Thomas Kydd
👉 snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory
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🎉 Today I defended my dissertation and passed with summa cum laude.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎉 Today I defended my dissertation and passed with summa cum laude.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
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Next Monday, 1–2 pm, our lecture series sets sail into climate history! Prof. Eleonora Rohland explores "DOLDRUMS" – how old ship logs reveal past climate patterns and the secrets of a unique windless Atlantic zone. Join us on Zoom – register below. #earlymodern #climate #maritimehistory #history 🗃️
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Next Monday, 1–2 pm, our lecture series sets sail into climate history! Prof. Eleonora Rohland explores "DOLDRUMS" – how old ship logs reveal past climate patterns and the secrets of a unique windless Atlantic zone. Join us on Zoom – register below. #earlymodern #climate #maritimehistory #history 🗃️
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Next Monday, the Prize Papers Talk is hitting new waters, as Eleonora Rohland's talk dives into climate history: The Doldrums is a belt-shaped weather phenomenon near the equator, where winds are very weak, trapping sailing ships inside. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Next Monday, the Prize Papers Talk is hitting new waters, as Eleonora Rohland's talk dives into climate history: The Doldrums is a belt-shaped weather phenomenon near the equator, where winds are very weak, trapping sailing ships inside. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
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The Piracy Act 1717 not only dealt with pirates, but established a seven-year banishment to North America as a possible punishment for those convicted of lesser felonies.
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#piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th
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#piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Piracy Act 1717 not only dealt with pirates, but established a seven-year banishment to North America as a possible punishment for those convicted of lesser felonies.
waynesavage.com/the-piracy-a...
#piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th
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#piratehistory #pirates #history #c18th
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Thanks to the generosity of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social alumni Dominic Christian we are pleased to offer in 2026 The Dominic Christian #MaritimeHistory Scholarship to study for an MA in @ueahistory.bsky.social - further details & t&c here:
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓
Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓
Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thanks to the generosity of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social alumni Dominic Christian we are pleased to offer in 2026 The Dominic Christian #MaritimeHistory Scholarship to study for an MA in @ueahistory.bsky.social - further details & t&c here:
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓
Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
www.uea.ac.uk/study/fees-a... ⚓
Deadline to apply: 8/6/26
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The reason why Sussex is a 'shipwreck coast' -- prevailing winds are usually from the south or southeast, and drove vessels towards the cliffs. Spending the windy evening looking at ship "wrecking" cases for two upcoming talks. #SussexCoast
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The reason why Sussex is a 'shipwreck coast' -- prevailing winds are usually from the south or southeast, and drove vessels towards the cliffs. Spending the windy evening looking at ship "wrecking" cases for two upcoming talks. #SussexCoast
On women's labor in shipyards:
"Maritime matriarchs?
Navigating women’s work in Amsterdam’s private shipyards 1600-1800"
By Charlotte Jarvis
In: Yearbook of Women’s History, Vol. 43, Issue 2025: Women and Ports, Nov 2025, p.47-65
👉 www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
#maritimehistory #shipyards
"Maritime matriarchs?
Navigating women’s work in Amsterdam’s private shipyards 1600-1800"
By Charlotte Jarvis
In: Yearbook of Women’s History, Vol. 43, Issue 2025: Women and Ports, Nov 2025, p.47-65
👉 www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
#maritimehistory #shipyards
Maritime matriarchs? | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
Abstract
This chapter will dive into a new research project, which began by creating a database for spatial analysis, and workers/owners’ names, of private shipyards in Amsterdam during the seventeent...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On women's labor in shipyards:
"Maritime matriarchs?
Navigating women’s work in Amsterdam’s private shipyards 1600-1800"
By Charlotte Jarvis
In: Yearbook of Women’s History, Vol. 43, Issue 2025: Women and Ports, Nov 2025, p.47-65
👉 www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
#maritimehistory #shipyards
"Maritime matriarchs?
Navigating women’s work in Amsterdam’s private shipyards 1600-1800"
By Charlotte Jarvis
In: Yearbook of Women’s History, Vol. 43, Issue 2025: Women and Ports, Nov 2025, p.47-65
👉 www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
#maritimehistory #shipyards
Book review of John Latham-Sprinkle :
Greek Captives and Mediterranean Slavery, 1260–1460, by Alasdair C. Grant
In: Journal of Global Slavery
Online Publication Date: 24 Nov 2025
🔗 brill.com/view/journal...
#maritimehistory
Greek Captives and Mediterranean Slavery, 1260–1460, by Alasdair C. Grant
In: Journal of Global Slavery
Online Publication Date: 24 Nov 2025
🔗 brill.com/view/journal...
#maritimehistory
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December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Book review of John Latham-Sprinkle :
Greek Captives and Mediterranean Slavery, 1260–1460, by Alasdair C. Grant
In: Journal of Global Slavery
Online Publication Date: 24 Nov 2025
🔗 brill.com/view/journal...
#maritimehistory
Greek Captives and Mediterranean Slavery, 1260–1460, by Alasdair C. Grant
In: Journal of Global Slavery
Online Publication Date: 24 Nov 2025
🔗 brill.com/view/journal...
#maritimehistory
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JGS is happy to announce the publication of an exciting special issue: "Hidden #Archives & the Commerce of #Enslavement in the #Indian #Ocean and #Asia, ed. Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, Richard B. Allen, Jane Hooper & Matthew S. Hopper. Congratulations to all contributors: brill.com/view/journal...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
JGS is happy to announce the publication of an exciting special issue: "Hidden #Archives & the Commerce of #Enslavement in the #Indian #Ocean and #Asia, ed. Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, Richard B. Allen, Jane Hooper & Matthew S. Hopper. Congratulations to all contributors: brill.com/view/journal...
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Excited that this piratastic monograph by Richard Frohock - Piracy Mythmaking in the 18th Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government - is latest monograph from 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' series from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - out 8 May 2026!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government - is latest monograph from 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' series from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - out 8 May 2026!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Excited that this piratastic monograph by Richard Frohock - Piracy Mythmaking in the 18th Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government - is latest monograph from 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' series from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - out 8 May 2026!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government - is latest monograph from 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' series from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - out 8 May 2026!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️
New monograph: Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century Criminality, Human Nature, and Civil Government by Richard Frohock
Publication date: May 8, 2026 by Routledge
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #earlymodern
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Publication date: May 8, 2026 by Routledge
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #earlymodern
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My former prof at OkState wrote a new book that sounds pretty amazing! 🏴☠️⚓️
Excited that this piratastic monograph by Richard Frohock - Piracy Mythmaking in the 18th Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government - is latest monograph from 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' series from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - out 8 May 2026!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government - is latest monograph from 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' series from @routledgebooks.bsky.social - out 8 May 2026!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
🏴☠️☠️🏴☠️
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
New monograph: Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century Criminality, Human Nature, and Civil Government by Richard Frohock
Publication date: May 8, 2026 by Routledge
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #earlymodern
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Publication date: May 8, 2026 by Routledge
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #earlymodern
👇
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What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history
#earlymodern #history
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history
#earlymodern #history
June 30, 1648, during the Ottoman siege of Crete. Galley slaves need food..
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #ottomanhistory
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #ottomanhistory
![In June 1648, during the Ottoman siege of Crete. This passage describes the blocking of the Dardanelles, a tactic frequently applied by the Venetians, and the resulting shortage of supplies from Istanbul for the Ottoman units that were already stationed on a part of the island.
This quotation is taken from "Making Sense of History: Narrativity and Literariness in the Chronicle of Naima" by Gul Sen. It says: The governors’ ships came with only dried words and brought no piece of food or ammunition. [They] said, “The rusks for our enslaved galley slaves will last for only three days. What shall we give them after that?” And they hoped to obtain food [supply] from Crete.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wndqpdlapjwhnnln5du2dqyg/bafkreibhdl32y67azpshxszskty6rbrcfcjzpnvvnksojkegrztoeoz3v4@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
June 30, 1648, during the Ottoman siege of Crete. Galley slaves need food..
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #ottomanhistory
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #ottomanhistory
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The November Issue of the IJMH 2025 has now been published.
Members can access the Journal online and will receive their copy of the printed edition shortly - journals.sagepub.com/toc/IJH/curr...
Select publications in this issue are Open Access so why not check them out?
#maritimehistory
Members can access the Journal online and will receive their copy of the printed edition shortly - journals.sagepub.com/toc/IJH/curr...
Select publications in this issue are Open Access so why not check them out?
#maritimehistory
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The November Issue of the IJMH 2025 has now been published.
Members can access the Journal online and will receive their copy of the printed edition shortly - journals.sagepub.com/toc/IJH/curr...
Select publications in this issue are Open Access so why not check them out?
#maritimehistory
Members can access the Journal online and will receive their copy of the printed edition shortly - journals.sagepub.com/toc/IJH/curr...
Select publications in this issue are Open Access so why not check them out?
#maritimehistory
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Pro-tip: if your public library has Hoopla, you can listen to all of these in a great audiobook version. You won’t regret it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Pro-tip: if your public library has Hoopla, you can listen to all of these in a great audiobook version. You won’t regret it.
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Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Jobs and volunteering - Mary Rose
Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
An example for the devastating consequences of waste a.o. for #sea, #ocean, and #maritimelife☹️
"In 2018, a plastic bag was photographed 36,000 feet below sea level, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth." A remarkable review by @brettchristophers.bsky.social
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"In 2018, a plastic bag was photographed 36,000 feet below sea level, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth." A remarkable review by @brettchristophers.bsky.social
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‘The problem is that we are now recycling so much stuff that it’s impossible to recycle it all.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social reviews three new books on the problem of trash, including 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 by Oliver Franklin-Wallis and Alexander Clapp’s 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social reviews three new books on the problem of trash, including 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 by Oliver Franklin-Wallis and Alexander Clapp’s 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
An example for the devastating consequences of waste a.o. for #sea, #ocean, and #maritimelife☹️
"In 2018, a plastic bag was photographed 36,000 feet below sea level, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth." A remarkable review by @brettchristophers.bsky.social
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"In 2018, a plastic bag was photographed 36,000 feet below sea level, at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth." A remarkable review by @brettchristophers.bsky.social
👇
The Mariner's Mirror Podcast of the Society for Nautical Research:
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
Seapower and The Knights of St John: Maritime Malta 3 | The Mariner's Mirror Podcast
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Mariner's Mirror Podcast of the Society for Nautical Research:
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
Øresund (Öresund), the connecting strait between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea system, as well as between Sweden and Denmark.
The view during the train ride across Øresund Bridge ( Nov 22, 2025).
#sea #landscape #railway #railways #stunday #travelphotography #Sweden #Denmark
The view during the train ride across Øresund Bridge ( Nov 22, 2025).
#sea #landscape #railway #railways #stunday #travelphotography #Sweden #Denmark
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Øresund (Öresund), the connecting strait between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea system, as well as between Sweden and Denmark.
The view during the train ride across Øresund Bridge ( Nov 22, 2025).
#sea #landscape #railway #railways #stunday #travelphotography #Sweden #Denmark
The view during the train ride across Øresund Bridge ( Nov 22, 2025).
#sea #landscape #railway #railways #stunday #travelphotography #Sweden #Denmark
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[Pinned] Welcome to the Naval History Feed 😊 This feed aims to bring together posts about naval history (anything from 20 years or so ago and older). To have your posts or replies show up in the feed, just tag them with #NavalHistory. For more on this feed and feeds in general, read on 😊 (1/8)
January 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
[Pinned] Welcome to the Naval History Feed 😊 This feed aims to bring together posts about naval history (anything from 20 years or so ago and older). To have your posts or replies show up in the feed, just tag them with #NavalHistory. For more on this feed and feeds in general, read on 😊 (1/8)
The most nostalgic candy of Denmark:
The Skipper's Pipes and it's strong connection to #maritime tradition and #history.
📷 taken today in Copenhagen
#ships #maritimeHistory
The Skipper's Pipes and it's strong connection to #maritime tradition and #history.
📷 taken today in Copenhagen
#ships #maritimeHistory
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The most nostalgic candy of Denmark:
The Skipper's Pipes and it's strong connection to #maritime tradition and #history.
📷 taken today in Copenhagen
#ships #maritimeHistory
The Skipper's Pipes and it's strong connection to #maritime tradition and #history.
📷 taken today in Copenhagen
#ships #maritimeHistory
📢📢📢New book forthcoming in the 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series! Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850, edited By Simon Ekström, Niklas Eriksson, Anna Maria Forssberg, Leos Müller will be published 28/4/26 ⚓️⚓️⚓️
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November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Goodbye Lund!
📷 of Lund Cathedral taken yesterday.
📷 of Lund Cathedral taken yesterday.
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Goodbye Lund!
📷 of Lund Cathedral taken yesterday.
📷 of Lund Cathedral taken yesterday.
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Consider sending in an abstract to this important conference about slavery and privacy 🍀
teol.ku.dk/privacy/news...
teol.ku.dk/privacy/news...
Call for Papers - Privacy and Slavery, Past and Present: Academic and Artistic Perspectives on an Urgent Issue
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November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM