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vor400 (1625) @vor400.bsky.social · 8h

Niedersachsen, 8. Oct 1625
Tilly hat die letzte Nacht, bevor er vor Nienburg aufgebrochen, 50 Zentner Pulver in die Stadt hinein geschossen 💣
Inzwischen befindet er sich zu Münden.
Der Braunschweigische und Holsteinsche Ausschuss, 3.000 stark, haben viel Tilly Volk vertrieben und erschlagen ... 1/3

zeitgen. Porträt Tilly, Johann T'Sercales, Graf von Tilly, kath. Liga, Herrführer Max von Bayerns

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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 7h

An amazing opportunity for a PhD and a 4-year postdoc on this important project with the brilliant and lovely @smschober.bsky.social - hair, race, trade and multispecies history!

#EarlyModern 🗃️

Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 22h

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 1d

Almost certainly "Gallica," not "Gublican."

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 1d

This would take a while to work through. I will note, however, that the first four lines are in German, while the rest is a quote from someone in French.
(French handwriting and German handwriting at the time are a little different, so this is French written in German hand.)

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 1d

These threads are fun so far.
It is interesting to see which Nobels most frequently fail to honor the deserving or end up honoring the undeserving.
Neither Lippmann nor Dalen really count as "undeserving" so much as less obviously deserving than some others who were also eventually honored.

Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 2d

Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵

PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1

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A photo of the Matterhorn rising above an Alpine landscape. The colours are a little washed out, but do not appear artificially tinted

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 4d

Registration is free, and low-cost university housing available.

I'm excited by the theme, encouraging philosophical reflection. Organizers ask not just how sources influence network thinking, but how network thinking influences how we see sources. It'll be a fun conversation.

2026 Conference Focus: Networks and their Sources

The 2026 edition of the conference will focus on the theme Sources, exploring their role in historical network research.

Since the so-called network turn, formal network research has transformed scholarship across the sciences and humanities. Applied to history, it has expanded research methods, encouraged interdisciplinary dialogue, and opened new perspectives on both past and present. Yet historical sources remain challenging: they are often fragmented, incomplete, shaped by bias, or considered inadequate for network analysis.

This conference invites participants to reflect on how sources — whether people, books, ideas, organizations, archaeological remains, archival documents, artworks, or other forms of evidence — make network research possible and meaningful. We aim to foster debate on the opportunities and limits that sources present, while encouraging innovative methodologies and cross-disciplinary perspectives. We encourage submission of all kind of papers regarding historical networks research, and we particularly welcome papers addressing: the identification, retrieval, and use of sources;

challenges of abstraction in network analysis and possible solutions;
case studies demonstrating the heuristic value of network methodologies;
theoretical and empirical reflections on how network thinking reshapes sources;
data extraction, modeling, and visualization from historical sources (including experimental treatment of sources with so-called AI (LLM, NLP));

We especially encourage interdisciplinary approaches and contributions that combine methodological reflection with empirical research.

The HNR conference continues to be open to all subjects involving network analysis in historical disciplines

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 1d

It’s unsettling to work at an institution that is this dedicated to global collaborative and critical knowledge work and feel the contraction nearly everywhere, in small and big ways.

Mischa Honeck @honeckmischa.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a German historian of the US, and I remember how I said to myself a few years ago man it must suck to be a German historian of Russia with all the repression bearing down on the GHI in Moscow and the dangers of doing critical scholarship there and all.

Well…

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Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · 1d

But I just noticed that BES Wave 30 (May 2025) is the first time in this dataset (2014-2025) that the electorate 'perceived' the Green Party to be more Economic Left than the Labour Party.

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 2d

Looking to get caught up on your #ClimateHistory? This review of the concept of the (early modern) Little Ice Age is very useful: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1.... #skystorians #MedievalSky #EarlyModern 🧪🗃️ #OpenAccess

The Little Ice Age: The History and Future of a Traveling Concept

Since its inception, the “Little Ice Age” has grown into one of the most discussed “traveling concepts” in climate science, history, and communication. This article investigates the contested history...

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 4d

The next Historical Network Research conference will be held in Turin, Italy in July 2026, and submissions are now open.

Proposals due December 1. Bursaries available for early career scholars.

This year's theme is "Networks and their Sources." See you there!

hnr2026.sciencesconf.org

HNR2026: The Historical Network Research Conference 2026 (Turin, Italy) - Sciencesconf.org

Call for Papers – Historical Network Research Conference 2026

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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 5d

Konf: Neuere Forschungen zu Militär und Gesellschaft in der Frühen Neuzeit

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157837

Ingolstadt, 14.11.2025-15.11.2025, Arbeitskreis Militär und Gesellschaft in der Frühen Neuzeit; Bayerisches Armeemuseum

www.hsozkult.de

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 3d

Is that a Gillie and Marc statue? I'm guessing so from the rabbit and dog in the background, which are their trademarks.

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vor400 (1625) @vor400.bsky.social · 4d

and it's SO important!

"In München machte sich Kurfürst Maximilian deswegen einige Sorgen, daß der Krieg gegen den dänischen König gleich von Beginn an eine ungünstige Wendung nehmen könnte..."
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27. September 1625: Spanische Hilfe für Tilly?

Der Vormarsch Tillys im Niedersächsischen Kreis stockte. Er stieß auf hartnäckigen Widerstand und mußte einige Rückschläge hinnehmen. In München machte sich Kurfürst Maximilian deswegen einige Sorgen,...

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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 5d

Are you interested in the history of rivers? Do you wonder how historians and environmental scientists can work together? Join the EDHS seminar to hear from the ARTEMIS team about their amazing project exploring the histories and ecologies of the Scheldt. #envhist #histsci #skystorians #dh

Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 7d

The Environmental #DH Seminar (EDHS) is back!

Co-organised by Lancaster & Manchester w/support from @n8cir.bsky.social, our first event features the ARTEMIS project.

Join us ONLINE at 12pm (UK) on Oct 15 to hear about this digital historical investigation of the Scheldt River Valley.

RSVP 👇

Artemis Project: A Digital Bridge to Historical Landscapes and Maps

Join us for a discussion with Iason Jongepier (University of Antwerp) & Vincent Ducatteeuw (Ghent University)

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting thread... though with the caveat that the data pertains to Norway. I have to wonder if especially post four would hold up for the US or UK.

Are Skeie Hermansen @aresherman.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 New paper: Who climbs the Ivory Tower? 🏛️ Together with Nicolai Borgen and Astrid Sandsør (@astridsandsor.bsky.social), we find that the chances of becoming a professor differ enormously by family background. Here’s what we find 👇

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks to you, Olli, I now recognize sodassa as readily as I recognize kriget, oorlog or valky.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 6d

friends with large accounts, I'm not going to pester you personally but just generally speaking, I would sure appreciate a signal boost on this thing. We seem to have leveled out, and since this is a one-shot (won't be in bookstores) I'd like to get it out there as much as possible.

Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow

Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

www.kickstarter.com

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 7d

Enjoy Augsburg, and good luck in your search for a permanent position.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 9d

Dear historians, some of you often think about the Roman Empire, but what about the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation? In an article with Tobias Winnerling, we ask where we can find the #HRE in today’s pop culture. What should we not forget? All tips welcome! #earlymodern #medievalsky #history

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 9d

For #CoffeeWithACodex (Zoom, 12pm Noon ET) On October 2, Curator Dot Porter will bring out Ms. Codex 1057, an illuminated Ferial psalter containing the psalms, antiphons, hymns, short chapter readings, and other prayers. It was written in Trento c. 1350.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4pAYgx6

Coffee with a Codex: Ferial Psalter

An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 11d

Stephenson’s “Locomotion No. 1” (a precursor of the “Rocket”, four years later) made its first journey two hundred years ago today. It was the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger-carrying train on a public railway, the Stockton & Darlington.

Locomotion No. 1 - Wikipedia

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 11d

Workshops: Early Modern Maps #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

Abraham Ortelius's 1590 map of Iceland surrounded by sea monsters

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 11d

It's been interesting to see all the attention to the siege of Nienburg, which gets short shrift in most histories of the Thirty Years War. Even Peter Wilson, who is pretty attentive to the military history of the war, devotes just one sentence to it.

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Greg O’Malley @gogogomalley.bsky.social · 11d

Finishing a Ph.D. on slavery in early American or Atlantic history this year? Consider applying for the University of California's President's Postdoc program. I'd love to sponsor at applicant if working with me @ucsantacruz.bsky.social might be a good fit!
ppfp.ucop.edu/info/how-to-...

How to apply

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Jeff Ostler @jostler.bsky.social · 11d

RIP Quintard Taylor. Honored to have been his colleague when he was in the History Department at the University of Oregon 1990-1999. @uoregon.bsky.social

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BlackPast.org Announces with Profound Sadness the Passing of Founder Dr. Quintard Taylor

It is with deep sorrow that BlackPast.org announces the passing of its founder, Dr. Quintard Taylor, who died peacefully on September 21, 2025 at the age of 76 in Houston, Texas.

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