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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 22d

Brown University - Early Modern European History:

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Brown University - Early Modern European History | MEMOs

Brown University (Rhode Island, USA)

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Naomi @naominar.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just over 2 weeks left to apply to the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference! It will take place in Oxford on April 20-21, 2026. We hope to provide bursaries to help with attendance. Email your abstracts to bordersboundariesbarriers[at]gmail[dot]com
#medievalsky #skystorians

Full plain text available at: https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/24/cfp-borders-boundaries-and-barriers-real-and-imagined-in-the-middle-ages/

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Aug 26

With @fabiodeninno.bsky.social , Michele Lacriola, Federico Nanni, Chiara Piccoli, Jip Greven, Sezer Karaoğlu, Theo Gevers, Martina Heßler, Federico Mazzini, Andrea Pojer, and @massimorospocher.bsky.social

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Aug 26

#AI and #history: this semester's programme of seminars on the use of AI for the discipline of history is out now! Both online and in person at the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento. Join us: isig.fbk.eu/en/ai-and-hi... #skystorians

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Aug 26

To sign up: isig.fbk.eu/en/events/ea...

Early Modern History Roundtable

Modern History Roundtable is a cycle of seminar meetings designed to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas between those dealing with modern history, a free and informal space for historiographic...

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us for this semester's seminars on #earlymodern history, hosted by the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento! With Louise Bonvalet, Robert Kendrick, Antonio Chemotti, Umberto Cecchinato, Laura Righi, @amandamadden.bsky.social, and @massimorospocher.bsky.social #skystorians

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Jul 21

📢Reminder: submit your dataset for the Vienna Hackathon, organised by #COSTAction #PCPSce! Deadline CFA: 31 July. This 3-day event will be held 10-12 December, exploring new ways of working with historical datasets. Info: www.pcps-ce.eu/reminder-sub...
#PrintCulture @costprogramme.bsky.social

Reminder: Submit Your Dataset For The Vienna Hackathon By 31 July! — PCPS CE

The deadline is fast approaching: 31 July 2025 is your last chance to submit a proposal for the PCPSce Vienna Hackathon, taking place from 10 to 12 December

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · Jul 16

CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden)
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#CallForPapers #earlymodern #earlymodernhistory #medievaltimes #theology

CFP: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800 (1-3 July 2026, Leiden) | MEMOs

Bringing together researchers working on books that were used in any form of prayer practice in the late medieval and early modern era (up to the 18th Century)

https://memorients.com/events/cfp-bound-for-devotion-the-prayer-book-as-object-and-practice-1300–1800-1-3-july-2026-leiden

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · Jun 30

Posting again for Monday morning. Lecturer (fixed term) in Medieval & Early Modern Literature sought here in the School of Lit, Drama & Creative Writing at UEA. Email me (address in ad) with any queries. Please share widely. #skystorians #medievalsky #earlymodern

Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · Jun 27

If you would like to come & be me for a year (in terms of employment) then we are advertising for a Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature. Email me with any queries (address in ad). I assure you there are v few places as Med/Emod as Norwich. Pls share!

vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/16...

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Apr 16

29 April - Drew Thomas on visual and multimodal AI in the Digital Humanities. Both in person in Trento and online. Looking forward to it!

Drew Thomas @drewbthomas.bsky.social · Apr 16

Giving a talk in 2 weeks on how AI is transforming historical image analysis. Illustrations, iconography, and algorithms collide. Join me!
📍From Text to Image
📅 29 April | 11:00-12:30
📡 Hybrid event at Italian-German Historical Institute, Trento
🔗 RSVP: isig.fbk.eu/en/events/de...

From text to image: Visual and multimodal AI in the Digital Humanities

While text-based AI applications are well established, images present unique challenges: they are not inherently machine-readable, posing significant challenges for large-scale analysis.

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Apr 16

Looking forward to it!

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Apr 2

It was such a great experience being part of this. Many thanks again to @rmidura.bsky.social for including me! Looking forward to seeing where this research will go next!

Early Modern Digital Itineraries (EMDigIt) @emdigit.bsky.social · Apr 1

📯 New publication! 📯 We are proud to share the outcomes of our NEH workshops in 2024, which brought together researchers from around the world to pilot data-driven approaches to the history of travel 🗃️ #earlymodern #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory read more here: github.com/rmidura/EMDi...

The cover of a white paper booklet titles Early Modern Digital Itineraries and featuring an early printed map of Europe

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Federica Gigante @fgigante.bsky.social · Mar 20

📢 JOB OPENING 📢
I am thrilled to announce that the first postdoc position of my ERC project UNSEEN at Oxford is now live!

This is a three-year post for an Iberian historian who will be working on slavery and Islamic material culture in the early modern Mediterranean.

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · Mar 18

🤔What are your hopes for the future of the EUI?

🤝 As alumni you are part of our lasting legacy, and we want to hear from you so we can build the future together.

✍ Share your vision by taking part in the AlumVoice survey: buff.ly/VS4v4AQ

Once EUI, always EUI.

#AlumVoice

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Mar 18

Interested in applying for a Marie Curie fellowship? The Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento is now accepting expressions of interest: isig.fbk.eu/it/news/deta...

#skystorians

Call for Expressions of Interest for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025

The Italian-German Historical Institute (ISIG) of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento is an advanced research centre that promotes research in early modern and contemporary history, with part...

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Mar 11

Next Monday, 17 March at 9h30 CET, @marnieh-w.bsky.social will give an online seminar on 'AI safety with histories' in our seminar cycle on #AI and #history. Sign up here: isig.fbk.eu/en/events/de... All welcome!

AI safety with histories

In this talk, Marnie Hughes-Warrington will illuminate history as source of particular tension in the global geopolitics of AI and argue for the value of seeking a new architecture for history making ...

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Mar 4

As part of our #COSTAction General Meeting in February, some members of #CA23137 had the rare opportunity to visit the Kinsky Library within Prague’s Old Town Square.
The visit was much enjoyed and will no doubt inspire future research projects amongst our members!
#libraries #history #Prague

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Feb 19

Very much looking forward to reading this!

Rachel Midura @rmidura.bsky.social · Feb 18

I've just cleared a few to-do list items and been alerted that the first pre-ordered copies of Postal Intelligence have arrived (!) so now seems like as good a time as any to share some exciting and troubling tidbits from my ten years with Europe's postal technocrats 1/? #earlymodern 🗃️

Book cover for Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe featuring an engraving of a messenger

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Feb 17

The Prague meeting for COST Action 23137 PCPSce has now begun!

We’re looking forward to three days of intensive networking and collaboration! Send us your pictures to: [email protected]
#COSTAction #earlymodernhistory #centraleurope
#printculture #publicsphere

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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · Feb 15

We are thrilled to start our social media profile for CA23137! Join us to know about our COST Action Print Culture and Public Spheres in Central Europe (1500-1800).

Whether you're a researcher, student, or simply curious, we're here to keep you informed and inspired!

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Feb 7

Hello, Bluesky! ☀️

We fund frontier research in Europe—bold ideas, unexpected discoveries and science that shapes the future. So it’s only fitting we’ve landed here. Sorry for being late.

Follow us for updates on ERC funding, research policy, and our grantees' discoveries.

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Jan 24

Speakers: Andy Stauder, @marnieh-w.bsky.social, @drewbthomas.bsky.social, Federico Mazzini, @joguldi.bsky.social

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Jan 24

'AI and history' - the Italian-German Historical Institute in Trento is hosting a seminar cycle on the use of AI for the discipline of history. Both online and (in most cases) in person. Everyone welcome! isig.fbk.eu/en/ai-and-hi... #ai #skystorians

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Sandra Toffolo @toffolosandra.bsky.social · Jan 15

Thank you very much! It would be great to see you