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Bluesky account of Storia Moderna – www.stmoderna.it An online hub for scholars, research, publications, and opportunities to explore and deepen your knowledge of the early modern period.
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 1d
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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Elizabeth Currie @ecurrie.bsky.social · 18h
The Museum of the Order of St John is hosting a launch event for my book on 22 October. I'll be talking about the paintings of Mattia Preti, dress, textiles and life in Malta in the seventeenth century.
🗃️🪡 #earlymodern
📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-matti...
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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 2d
📢 Applications for the Winter School di Studi sulla Riforma are still open!
🌍Florence | 🗓️ 13–16 November 2025
⏰ DEADLINE : 10 October 2025
#Earlymodern #Reformation
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · 2d
New on Stmoderna:
Looking for a postdoc? Check out the Max Weber Programme at the EUI (Florence) for 2026/27.

🕒 Deadline: 15 Oct 2025, 14:00 CEST
🔗 Details: www.stmoderna.it/it/borse-di-...
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Laurie Stras @lauriestras.bsky.social · 6d
More of Jo Carpenter's PR sorcery - this time, securing a blog on the Gramophone website, with pictures of the #nuntastic archival stuff... www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/articl...
Unearthing the Musical Secrets of a Renaissance Convent
Laurie Stras on the thrill of archival discovery, the women behind the Biffoli-Sostegni manuscript, and the music that inspired Ricordanze: A Record of Love
www.gramophone.co.uk
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · 6d
Curious about Jewish communities in early modern Venice?

From Monday, Oct. 6, at the State Archive of Venice, Renata Segre leads a 5-week cycle on sixteenth-century manuscripts about Jewish communities.

🔗 Learn more: www.stmoderna.it/it/eventi/
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Iniziative scientifiche, convegni, seminari e incontri di studio che si tengono in Italia e nel mondo sulla storia moderna.
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · 8d
📣New on Stmoderna!

Call for Applications: Winter School (Florence, 13–16 Nov 2025) on the Protestant Reformation - its political, cultural, and social dimensions, and its legacies in philosophy, literature, music, and the arts.

Deadline: 10 Oct 2025

see it at: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
Call for papers
Elenco delle iniziative che prevedono l'invio di contributi scientifici sull’Età moderna.
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Mattia Corso @mcorso7.bsky.social · 14d
Starting today in Rome, at the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies:
Mapping Dissonant Objects – a three-day workshop organized by Sabina Brevaglieri, Massimo Carlo Giannini, and Lina Scalisi.

mapdisob.hypotheses.org
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · 19d
📢 New on StModerna

The Istituto Sangalli Prize for Religious History 2025 (11th edition) offers young scholars the chance to publish monographs on religious history (Middle Ages–contemporary) with Firenze University Press.

⏳ Deadline: 1 Nov 2025
www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21d
Two Franciscan friars seen through Japanese eyes from:

Kano Naizen's "Arrival of the Southern Barbarians Screen" c. 1600 (Kobe City Museum Collection)

Triple-knotted cinctures, bare feet, rosaries, hoods. Nicely observed. And linen shirts under the habit too.
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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 24d
It was a pride and pleasure to contribute to this article for the Science History Institute: Melissa Rossi, "Holy Smoke: The monks, nuns, and friars at the forefront of alchemy in early modern Europe" #histmed #medhist
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Holy Smoke
The monks, nuns, and friars at the forefront of alchemy in early modern Europe.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 27d
The 2025 call for #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships drew 17,058 applications worldwide.

A 64.6% increase from 2024, it's the most popular call in over four decades.

Excellence thrives where it is enabled, protected and shared — and Europe provides that environment.

→ europa.eu/!jcnGgP

#ChooseEurope
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · 23d
New on StModerna: the Eleonora Rai Prize
Established in memory of Eleonora Rai, it awards PhD theses on themes she worked on: religious, cultural, and gender history, with special attention to violence (early modern to contemporary age).

⏳Deadline: 26 Nov 2025
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · 26d
📢 New Call for Papers on StModerna

A social question before the Social Question: Addressing poverty in the long eighteenth century
📍 University of Oxford
🗓️ 22–23 October 2026
⏳ Deadline: 31 December 2025

👉 This and many other CfPs await you on StModerna: www.stmoderna.it/it/call-for-...
Storia Moderna - Risorse online per la storia moderna
Comunicazione, dibattito e confronto: da questi obiettivi prende vita Storia Moderna, il luogo digitale per addetti ai lavori nell’ambito modernistico, tra scienza e didattica.
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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · Aug 11
#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Aug 12
We’ve long known Samuel Pepys was a sleazebag, but Guy de la Bedoyere’s new edition of his journal reveals it was way worse than that — he was a relentless sexual predator www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bédoyère review – journal of a predator
Newly decoded extracts expose the celebrated 17th-century diarist and naval administrator as a rapacious abuser
www.theguardian.com
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Harrassowitz Verlag @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social · Aug 7
This volume investigates the epistemological dimension and social embedding of resource policies while providing a comprehensive overview of the knowledge layers that underpinned the material and immaterial economy of the early modern period in many fields.
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · Aug 4
🎓 Two new PhD opportunities just added on StoriaModerna:

📍 University of Trento – deadline: 26 August 2025
📍 University of Sassari – deadline: 1 September 2025

🔎 Full details here: www.stmoderna.it/it/dottorati...
Dottorati di ricerca
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · Jul 25
🏆 New on StModerna: the Paola Bora Prize (2025)

An award for unpublished MA and PhD theses on gender studies (including history).
Open to theses written in Italian or English.

Deadline: 31 October 2025

👉 See this and other awards and calls here: www.stmoderna.it/it/premi-per...
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · Jul 23
📢 Just published on StModerna:

🌍 5 doctoral scholarships in Global History and Governance at the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (Naples) – deadline: 27 August 2025

🔎 Full details and more here:
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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · Jul 17
Orange is the colour of the summer 🧡
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Colonial Networks @colnet.bsky.social · Jul 17
"Slaves in Paris: A Digital Mapping Project" - a partnership between Miranda Spieler and Colonial Networks slavesinparis.org. Created with the support of our Kress Foundation Digital Art History Grant. Officially launched today in Paris at #GCFHSResist
Screenshot of the website header for slavesinparis.org comprising a drawing of the Place des Victoires in 18th-century Paris
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 16
📣 call for applications 📣
Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.

Please share widely!

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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025
History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · Jul 16
🔎 For more calls for fellowships and opportunities, check out the dedicated sections on our website:
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PhDs: www.stmoderna.it/it/dottorati...
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StModerna @stmoderna.bsky.social · Jul 16
📢 Call for Applications
The Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici has published its 2025–2026 fellowship call (15 scholarships available).
Deadline: 31 July 2025
More info 👉 www.iiss.it/bando-di-con...
Bando di concorso per borse di studio dell’anno accademico 2025-2026. Scadenza: 31 luglio 2025
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