Sonja Kmec
@sokmec.bsky.social
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Historian @uni_lu http://history.uni.lu #earlymodern to #hypermodern cultural history #memorystudies #music&gender Https://mugi.lu
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sokmec.bsky.social
Imagine they would do this to the rue de l’Alzette in Esch… there is a canal underneath…
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pitwag.bsky.social
My first post on bsky.
Let's see what comes next 🙂
sokmec.bsky.social
Et pas que chez les étudiant.e.s je parie 😅 www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
sokmec.bsky.social
Just when we thought paper exams were out, they now come back with a vengeance.
sokmec.bsky.social
But even if A.I. becomes the human historian’s collaborator instead of her replacement, it’s easy to see how individual sources would fade into the background, as users trust summaries of enormous troves of texts without much attention to their origins or agendas. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.
www.nytimes.com
sokmec.bsky.social
Of course, even more admin 🤪🤓
sokmec.bsky.social
Invitation to Soundgardening #LUGA 8 June at 3pm string quintet @Kammerata playing music by #JosefineSchmoll who died 100 years ago, #HelenBuchholtz #LouKoster and world creation by @TatsianaZelianko 🌷🪻🌹🌺🌸 Join us at the Parc municipal, Pergola behind @VillaVauban #mugi.lu
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tapirtrouble.bsky.social
The US government had the greatest collection of knowledge -- human and archived -- in the history of the world. What Trump is doing ... it's like watching the Library of Alexandria on fire.
katharinehayhoe.com
The U.S. is facing an unprecedented dismantling of science, research, and higher education.

As scientists are fired + research is frozen, so too are all the resources and outcomes that would have benefited society.

In their own words, the stories of scientists whose work has been abruptly ended:
Silenced Science Stories
Explore the people and groundbreaking science research affected by federal firings, budget cuts, and grant terminations. Featuring scientists via art.
silencedsciencestories.com
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enniusredloeb.bsky.social
One day perhaps.....Pope Joan in a procession giving birth

BL Royal 16 G V; Giovanni Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus in an anonymous French translation; c.1440; France, N. (Rouen); f.120r
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reporterre.net
Des nazis aux astrocapitalistes : l'histoire anti-écologique de la conquête spatiale.

Dans « Une histoire de la conquête de l’espace », Irénée Régnauld et Arnaud Saint-Martin décortiquent les assauts spatiaux de l’humanité.

Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/cFV
sokmec.bsky.social
Orbituary for Willem Frijhoff (1942–2024), pioneering scholar of historical anthropology of witchcraft - by Yseult de Blécourt www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Willem Frijhoff (1942–2024)
Published in Folklore (Vol. 136, No. 1, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
sokmec.bsky.social
Don’t give up!
sokmec.bsky.social
Letz’ keep the facade (but nothing else)
sokmec.bsky.social
Ah jo do ass se, nieft den Tulpen
sokmec.bsky.social
Lou Koster in good company: Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger and Henriette Bodmans - upcoming concert at #Mudam
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ruthatherton.bsky.social
The CFP has been extended to the end of Feb so there is still plenty of time to submit a proposal. It's online or in person ☺️

#reformazing #earlymodern #skystorians #churchhistory
ruthatherton.bsky.social
The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Reformation and Violence' but topics outside this are very welcome. Please share! #earlymodern #reformazing #skystorians #history www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-reform...
The Reformation and Violence
SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION STUDIES 31st Annual Conference
www.eventbrite.co.uk