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Karin Sennefelt

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Bodies, vapours, spirits and dissent in early modernity | Professor @Stockholms_univ

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 15d

The Word made Flesh is out today! I've not seen it in the flesh myself yet, but this is a happy day after many years of work.
#EarlyModern #medhist #histmed #bodyhistory

Cover of the book The Word made Flesh: Lutheran Bodies, 1600-1720 by Karin Sennefelt. The over image shows an etching of a young woman in a dress but bare foot flying through the air during a lightning storm.

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Halloween name @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 7d

"i just use it to generate ideas"

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 12d

Can confirm that the book does exist in the material world!

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 14d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you!

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you!

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 15d

So, ask your library to order it, or get it in paperback and use the code 25AFLY3 to get a discount!

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 15d

The Word made Flesh is out today! I've not seen it in the flesh myself yet, but this is a happy day after many years of work.
#EarlyModern #medhist #histmed #bodyhistory

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 16d

Wonderful how these AI generated ”services” for scholars work. For reference, I wrote this article some years ago: doi.org/10.1093/past...

A Pathology of Sacral Kingship: Putrefaction in the Body of Charles Xi of Sweden*

Abstract. This article uses the ailing body of King Charles XI of Sweden (1655–97) to explore how the king’s physicality was intimately connected not only

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 16d

Yes, I am very interested in the latest in royal putrefaction!
#earlymodern

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Emma Gray Munthe @graymunthe.bsky.social · 17d

Glöm inte att det är Stora biodagen i dag, med halva priset på biobiljetten på många biografer!

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 17d

Grattis, vad roligt!

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 18d

Min faster brukade göra te med rom i. Annars är en mjuk single malt är rena hälsokosten.

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Lars Sund @lasse2.bsky.social · 19d

Skriv gärna på! Det behövs knappt 5000 underskrifter till!

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Försenade tåg och strulande kollektivtrafik blivit vardag. Växla spår regeringen!

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 18d

Due to Academia(.)edu licensing agreement, which permits the use of your likeness, voice, and publications in any manner they choose, I, like many others, have decided to leave the platform. You can now find my research on ResearchGate instead.

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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 19d

First post of the new academic year and it's a good one: JOBS! There are THREE fixed-term research jobs in @kingshistory.bsky.social attached to my colleague Francisco Bethencourt's new ERC project on the Visual and Material Culture of New Christians. Please circulate!

#EarlyModern 🗃️

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 22d

Boklansering av Shifting Regimes av Mats Hallenberg, Jocke Scherp och Magnus Linnarsson. Anna Maria Forssberg ställde de insiktsfulla frågorna.

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 23d

Great, thanks!

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schleiermocker @schleiermocker.bsky.social · 25d

if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 25d

The vast amount of willing collaborators really is shocking.

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 25d

UC Berkeley gives the Trump admin the names of 160 faculty + students for a federal investigation into “alleged antisemitic incidents.”

Judith Butler, one of the targeted scholars, tells me: "It is an enormous breach of trust... It's shocking. Did you consider not complying with this request?”

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 25d

Excellent, I look forward to reading! Many thanks

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 26d

Excellent, thank you!

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 26d

Ah, that’s fascinating! Do you know where I can read about the Philadelphians?

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Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 26d

Wonderful, many thanks!

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 26d

Perfect, thank you!

Karin Sennefelt @karinsennefelt.bsky.social · 26d

Calling #earlymodern and historians of religion! I'm looking for work on food, eating and fasting among religious radicals around 1700. I've found some work on Jansenists and Pietists, but would love to know more about all the other groups out there. Very grateful for any ideas!
#foodhistory

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