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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 2d

yes, feel free to dm me for the file or mail address

Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 2d

Globalizing the Baltic in the Early Modern Period:

Conference CfP
'The Baltic Sea and Global Currents: 400 Years After the Battle of Oliwa. Maritime Expansion, Domination, and Water Spaces in a Globalizing World'

networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

#earlymodern #History

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 26d

Porto 🐉🇵🇹🇵🇸

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 26d

Porto #StreetArt 🐉🇵🇹

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 26d

Porto 🐉🇵🇹

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 26d

We will discuss similar topic next week in Warsaw 🇵🇱

👇

historia.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u...

Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · 26d

In Coimbra 🇵🇹 for the EURHO Rural #History Conference - our panel was dedicated to the violence in Central and Eastern Europe

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Aug 27

Focusing on Lviv, Lublin, and Sokal, I examine how these stories intersected with local cults, visual culture, and religious politics, and how they functioned not as “superstitions” but as meaningful tools of social negotiation and cultural resilience.

Enjoy the reading!

brill.com/display/titl...

Reproducing Miracles

"Reproducing Miracles" published on 25 Aug 2025 by Brill | Fink.

brill.com

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Aug 27

JUST PUBLISHED!

In my chapter I explore how miraculous tales of divine intervention during the Khmelnytsky Uprising were narrated, ritualized, and embedded in the collective memory of early modern communities in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

#history

www.academia.edu/143652666/Mi...

Miraculous Defences and Collective Memory Divine Interventions in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising

During the Khmelnytsky Uprising (1648-1657), some of the Polish towns were reportedly saved from the Cossack army by divine intervention. This chapter presents an analysis of three exemplary cases of ...

www.academia.edu

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Warsaw 1944 🇵🇱
Gaza 2025 🇵🇸 (by @Heidiphotos)

#Powstanie1944

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 30

Summer in #Warsaw

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 29

2 years together 😻🎂

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 26

Alpine specialities: Flammkuchen and Almdudler 🏔️

Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 26

Freiburg im Breisgau 🇩🇪

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 24

🍻 Karczmy jako dawny Facebook?

W najnowszym odcinku podcastu Muzeum Historii Polski niespiesznie opowiadam:
- w czym karczmy były podobne do social mediów
- o niskim standardzie lokali i zorganizowanej przestępczości
- rozprawiam się z tytułowym mitem rozpitego chłopa

Linki ⬇️

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 26

What are the 'Key Concepts in #GlobalHistory' and how to productively use them?

We discussed it this weekend in #Freiburg during the Balzan-FRIAS lecture and Masterclass with Sebastian Conrad, organized by Jurgen Osterhammel and Stephanie Ganger

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 26

Although the conversation revolved around the articles proposed by the partivipants, you can chceck the open access book which inspired the meeting:
„Rethinking Glibal History” eidted by Stefanie Gänger, and Jürgen Osterhammel

www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

Rethinking Global History

Cambridge Core - Global History - Rethinking Global History

www.cambridge.org

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 26

What are the 'Key Concepts in #GlobalHistory' and how to productively use them?

We discussed it this weekend in #Freiburg during the Balzan-FRIAS lecture and Masterclass with Sebastian Conrad, organized by Jurgen Osterhammel and Stephanie Ganger

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 24

YouTube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox79...

Staropolskie karczmy, czyli rozpity chłop, kryminalne podziemie i zszokowany podróżny?

YouTube video by Muzeum Historii Polski w Warszawie

www.youtube.com

Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 24

Spotify:

open.spotify.com/episode/1OV6...

Staropolskie karczmy, czyli rozpity chłop, kryminalne podziemie i zszokowany podróżny?

Podcast Muzeum Historii Polski · Episode

open.spotify.com

Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jul 24

🍻 Karczmy jako dawny Facebook?

W najnowszym odcinku podcastu Muzeum Historii Polski niespiesznie opowiadam:
- w czym karczmy były podobne do social mediów
- o niskim standardzie lokali i zorganizowanej przestępczości
- rozprawiam się z tytułowym mitem rozpitego chłopa

Linki ⬇️

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Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference @earlymodernwar.bsky.social · Jul 7

We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️

Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October.

We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries.

We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period.

Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes:
Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare.
Martial identities, values and motivations.
Notions of gender, race, class and religion.
Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict.
The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war.
Popular allegiance in early modern conflict.
Maritime violence and naval warfare.
The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law.

Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jun 26

for now I use abby with ocr option - extremely handful when it comes making pdfs searchable. When the project license expires I will consider alternatives ;)

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jun 26

oh that's definitely worth exploiting, thank you! :)

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Jan Blonski @janblo.bsky.social · Jun 23

Not yet as I am just starting (so far I've only installed a browser). Just the basic tips, how to switch to mac and make it convenient and effective :)

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