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Heidi Hakkarainen
@heidihakkarainen.bsky.social
Historian affiliated with the University of Turku, Finland. Interested in history of emotions, book history, press history, history of children's literature and 19th century studies.
Today we celebrate International Children's Book Day. Our ongoing project Becoming a Reading Nation? Children's Books and Educational Literature in Finland, 1790-1850 investigates literature for children and young people in the early 19th century sites.utu.fi/luka/en/
April 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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The Call for Papers for our next biennial conference is now open! Submit your proposals by 1 October 2025 so you can join us at the University of Arizona in Phoenix/Tempe, Arizona on 22-23 May 2026. More information can be found at the link below ✨
nachemotion.wordpress.com/conference/t...
March 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Happy International Women's Day
March 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Good God. In Munich, fascist Vance calls for cooperation between German parties and the fascist AfD. The new Axis forms.
J.D. Vance fordert Zusammenarbeit deutscher Parteien mit der AfD
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
US-Vizepräsident: J. D. Vance fordert Zusammenarbeit deutscher Parteien mit der AfD
Bei der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz will US-Vizepräsident Vance mehr Kooperation mit Parteien wie der AfD fordern. Die Bundesregierung weist seinen Vorstoß ab.
www.zeit.de
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day - may today be a bright spot in a darkening world.
February 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
My article discussing the catalogue of the library of the German-language Gymnasium in Vyborg (Wiburg) 1805-1860 has been published (in Finnish) in the journal Kasvatus & Aika: journal.fi/kasvatusjaai...
Viipurin lukion kirjaston kokoelmaluettelo vuosilta 1805–1860 kasvatus- ja kirjahistoriallisena lähteenä
Vuonna 1805 perustettu Viipurin lukio oli Vanhan Suomen alueen ja myöhemmin Viipurin läänin merkittävä koulutusinstituutio, mutta sen kirjastosta säilyneet tiedot ovat pitkään olleet puutteellisia ja ...
journal.fi
January 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Our EU-funded project DIGHT-Net organises a series of online workshops. The first one on digital archives will be on 21 Feb 2025, with @gerbenzaagsma.bsky.social as one of the speakers. #digitalarchive #digitalhistory #culturalheritage More info on registration: dight-net.tlu.ee/event/online...
New Trends in Digital Culture Studies, Online Workshop 1: Creation of the Digital Archive - DIGHT-Net
dight-net.tlu.ee
January 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Hope.

In times of trouble you can always rely on your hope. This seventeenth-century copperplate print of an original handdrawing is titled (in French and German):

l'Esperance. Die Hoffnung.

#earlymodern #hope #skystorians
January 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It took me some time to get here, but here I am.
January 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM