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Mikael Alm

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CREMS-York @crems-york.bsky.social · 20h

📣 Our next research seminar is today! @lenaliapi.bsky.social will be presenting a paper titled ‘Contrasting News and Controlling the Narrative: English and French News Reporting in the Wake of the 1696 Conspiracy’.
🗓️ 8 October, 5pm
📍 Yarbrugh Room, HG/15
More info: www.york.ac.uk/crems/events...

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 1d

We're so grateful to Sak for his work with @britishlibrary.bsky.social playbills - not only does blplaybills.org make them findable online, but we learn from his experiments!

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 1d

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 2d

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 2d

Välkomna!

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Johan Östling @johanostling.bsky.social · 3d

THE HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE CONFERENCE

This week, on 8–10 October, LUCK is organizing The History of Knowledge Conference in Lund. I am delighted to be the host together with my dear colleagues.

The programme can be found here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/wp-content/u...

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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 4d

Letterlocking in October 1542, an invitation from James V to Henry VIII, according to Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie. Noted but not printed in Mackay's 1899 edition, archive.org/details/bim_...

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 4d

Som lärare skall man hitta sin egen stil, som man är trygg med, och följa den. Det är själva grunden för en bra lärare. Att andra försöker göra sin stil till allmänt ideal händer ofta och skall som regel ignoreras.

Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 5d

Som en uppsaliensisk kårordförande en gång röt, vid upprörd debatt i kårkonvent: Min frack är äldre än ditt universitet!

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Christian Callisen @ctcallisen.bsky.social · 5d

@hfuppsala.bsky.social har höstmöte nästa vecka! Det råkar även vara min födelsedag 😯

"När Sverige avskaffade slaveriet"

Det är för sent att anmäla sig till sexan men anförandet är gratis och öppet för alla. Välkomna!

2025-10-09 på @uu.se Engelska parken, Geijersalen

#skystorians #EarlyModern

Välkommen till Historiska föreningens höstmöte!

Ale Pålsson, Victor Wilsson och Annika Raapke Öberg

"När Sverige avskaffade slaveriet: En historia i 3 kapitel"

9 oktober, kl. 17, Geijersalen (ingen föranmälan, ingen avgift)

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 5d

Där är jag döpt.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 6d

Reconsidering Betsey Wynne Fremantle's teenage diaries (1791-6) for the monograph; musing on staying with my previous arguments or taking a different angle: 'Becoming an Englishwoman: Gender, Politeness, and Identity in the Age of Revolutions': academic.oup.com/book/6194/ch... #skysstorians #c18th 🗃️

Becoming an Englishwoman: Gender, Politeness, and Identity in the Age of Revolutions

Abstract. By focusing on the adolescent diaries of Elizabeth (Betsey) Wynne between her arrival in Switzerland in 1791, aged thirteen, and her departure fr

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 6d

Who did what in early modern England?

New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️

Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

This book applies the innovative work-task approach to the history of work, which captures the contribution of all workers and types of work to the early modern economy. Drawing on tens of thousands of court depositions, the authors analyse the individual tasks that made up everyday work for women and men, shedding new light on the gender division of labour, and the ways in which time, space, age and marital status shaped sixteenth and seventeenth-century working life. Combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book deepens our understanding of the preindustrial economy, and calls for us to rethink not only who did what, but also the implications of these findings for major debates about structural change, the nature and extent of paid work, and what has been lost as well as gained over the past three centuries of economic development. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cover of Whittle, Jane, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, and Taylor Aucoin. The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. of Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.

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Patrick Svensson @agrarsvennis.bsky.social · 7d

Jag fyller inte idag men blev överraskad med mottagning och middag på KSLA av ett stort antal kollegor från hela landet. Och så fick jag den här! Så glad och rörd och varm inuti att jag inte vet hur jag ska hantera detta. ❤️

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Maria Josephson @mariajosephson.bsky.social · 8d

Tack bästa Carolina! Boken kostar 1700 spänn. Bibliotek är det finaste vi har. ❤️

Skärmdump av ett mail där biblioteket Carolina meddelar att de köper in den bok jag lämnat ett inköpsförslag på.

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Brita Planck @planckskonstant.bsky.social · 7d

Gift dig eller bli av med jobbet. Hårda bud för präster 1721.

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 8d

Just look at what you have become.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 10d

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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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 9d

We've got a stellar set of speakers this term at @ihr.bsky.social. Come along an immerse yourself in the latest early modern history research! #EarlyModern 🗃️

IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 13d

We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

To attend, please register at the event of your choice here. If you have signed up but suddenly find yourself unable to make it, you can relinquish your spot by emailing: ihr.events@sas.ac.uk. If you would like to attend in-person and the event reads as fully booked, please do drop by anyway as we can always find some extra chairs!

Thursday 16 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford), Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid. Online-via Zoom & Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House

Thursday 30 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Emily Vine (University of Exeter), Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

Thursday 27 November, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Nailya Shamgunova (University of East Anglia), ‘English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700’
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 9d

Just look at what you have become.

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Ida Östenberg @idaostenberg.bsky.social · 9d

Fint att prata historiemissbruk med @olalarsmo.bsky.social, Åsa Wikforss och Stefan Jonsson på Bokmässan. Och fint att boken är här.

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · 10d

Välkomna!

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 11d

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World- King's College London - Department of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at King's College London

Explore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 12d

John Carter's section of Durham Cathedral, printed 224 years ago. His were the first serious record drawings of cathedrals, packed with information and very beautiful.

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