Quintus van Galen
@qvgalen.bsky.social
Historian, working on the 19th Century in the Netherlands and its empire with Digital Methods.
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Deadline approaching (17 January!) on another #BLOCKADE funded PhD position! See for more information on the project and this vacancy our BLOCKADE website at www.blockades.eu.
January 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Deadline approaching (17 January!) on another #BLOCKADE funded PhD position! See for more information on the project and this vacancy our BLOCKADE website at www.blockades.eu.
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I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
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Libraries are the best.
Librarians, too. I went to mine looking for a book that the catalog said was there. I couldn’t find it. I told the librarian, she told me they don’t like it when books can’t be found, she assembled her colleagues, and they fanned out to find it (they did). ✨
Librarians, too. I went to mine looking for a book that the catalog said was there. I couldn’t find it. I told the librarian, she told me they don’t like it when books can’t be found, she assembled her colleagues, and they fanned out to find it (they did). ✨
One thing I did this week in my newfound unemployment is I dropped my kid off at an art class and then walked to the library, picked out a novel and plunked down in a comfy chair and started to read it. This is a pleasant thing to do, it turns out.
August 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Libraries are the best.
Librarians, too. I went to mine looking for a book that the catalog said was there. I couldn’t find it. I told the librarian, she told me they don’t like it when books can’t be found, she assembled her colleagues, and they fanned out to find it (they did). ✨
Librarians, too. I went to mine looking for a book that the catalog said was there. I couldn’t find it. I told the librarian, she told me they don’t like it when books can’t be found, she assembled her colleagues, and they fanned out to find it (they did). ✨
Today we strike against the destructive budget cuts in Higher Education.
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Today we strike against the destructive budget cuts in Higher Education.
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"The leading AI models are now very good historians" - by Benjamin Breen, a history professor at UC Santa Cruz resobscura.substack.com/p/the-leadin...
The leading AI models are now very good historians
Three case studies with GPT-4o, o1, and Claude Sonnet 3.5, and what they mean
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January 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"The leading AI models are now very good historians" - by Benjamin Breen, a history professor at UC Santa Cruz resobscura.substack.com/p/the-leadin...
Vandaag begint ‘Inleiding in de Geschiedschrijving’ weer. Na 4 jaar dit vak gedoceerd te hebben, heb ik nu eindelijk het gevoel dat ik een lesplan heb dat goed werkt.
Het kost tijd voor een docent ingewerkt is, vandaar dat tijdelijke contracten en de bezuinigingen op onderwijs funest zijn!
Het kost tijd voor een docent ingewerkt is, vandaar dat tijdelijke contracten en de bezuinigingen op onderwijs funest zijn!
November 5, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Vandaag begint ‘Inleiding in de Geschiedschrijving’ weer. Na 4 jaar dit vak gedoceerd te hebben, heb ik nu eindelijk het gevoel dat ik een lesplan heb dat goed werkt.
Het kost tijd voor een docent ingewerkt is, vandaar dat tijdelijke contracten en de bezuinigingen op onderwijs funest zijn!
Het kost tijd voor een docent ingewerkt is, vandaar dat tijdelijke contracten en de bezuinigingen op onderwijs funest zijn!
Veel zin in dag twee van de Pathways to Empire conferentie in Leuven!
September 12, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Veel zin in dag twee van de Pathways to Empire conferentie in Leuven!