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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

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IG newberlinlibrary

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 2d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

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Uitgeverij Armorica @uitgeverijarmorica.bsky.social · 7d

Vanaf vandaag is Koken voor kleine handen online te koop via de onderstaande link of kom vanavond een exemplaar halen op de boekpresentatie! Duik mee in de smakelijke geschiedenis van kinderkookboeken. 📚🍴

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Dick Zijp @dickzijp.bsky.social · 13d

NOS/Nieuwsuur maakte vorige week een alarmistisch item over onvrije debatcultuur aan Nederlandse universiteiten. Mirko Tobias Schäfer en ik schreven er een opiniestuk over: 'Dat de academische vrijheid onder druk staat, komt niet door linkse cancelcultuur.'

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‘Universiteit kan geen vrijplaats voor feitenvrije meningen zijn’

Dat de academische vrijheid onder druk staat, komt niet door de ‘linkse cancelcultuur’, betogen universitair docent Dick Zijp en universitair hoofddocent Mirko Tobias Schäfer. Zij hekelen de beeldvorm...

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Uitgeverij Armorica @uitgeverijarmorica.bsky.social · 12d

Binnenkort bij Uitgeverij Armorica:
‘Koken voor kleine handen’ van Sara Assarrar

Een smakelijke ontdekkingsreis door 150 jaar kinderkookboeken in Nederland en België.
➡️ 1 oktober vieren we de lancering samen. Vanaf die dag ook online te bestellen 💜

#kinderkookboek #kookgeschiedenis #armorica

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Boekwetenschap UvA @boekwetenschapuva.bsky.social · 13d

Als je denkt dat het niet gekker kan....de staat Iowa probeert George Orwells 1984 te verbieden. Deze klassieker werd tijdens de Koude Oorlog door de CIA de Sovjet-Unie in gesmokkeld met als doel het communistische regime te ondermijnen. Nu wordt het boek door Trump-aanhangers verguisd.

NRC @nrc.nl · 13d

Steeds vaker halen Amerikaanse schoolbibliotheken, onder druk van vooral Republikeinse pressiegroepen, boeken van de plank. Welke boeken zijn doelwit en wat staat daar eigenlijk in?

Ook klassiekers ontsnappen niet meer aan de strijd om het boek in de VS

Verbannen boeken: Steeds vaker halen Amerikaanse schoolbibliotheken, onder druk van vooral Republikeinse pressiegroepen, boeken van de plank. Welke boeken zijn doelwit en wat staat daar eigenlijk in?

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 14d

FINAL CALL! ⏰

One week left to apply for our Nottebohm Fellowship!

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 20d

Interested in exploring rare books, archives, or book history in Antwerp? Applications for the 2025 Nottebohm Fellowship are open for 2 more weeks: tinyurl.com/applyNB

Fellowship Programme | Museum Plantin-Moretus

The Plantin-Moretus Museum and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for res...

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · 13d

I probably would if I had this many followers; I would put it under ‘engament’ or something like that

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Boekwetenschap UvA @boekwetenschapuva.bsky.social · 14d

Supertrots op dit boek van onze oude student Sara Assarrar! @uitgeverijarmorica.bsky.social @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social

Lisa Kuitert @lisakuitert.bsky.social · 14d

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Oscar Kocken @oscarkocken.bsky.social · 15d

Deze tot en met de verkiezingsdag blijven rondpompen a.u.b.

Ko van Huissteden @kovanhuissteden.bsky.social · Sep 7

Het duidelijkste stemadvies ooit.

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Briar in Blue @auroraworeblue.bsky.social · 16d

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia

A grainy screenshot of the sidebar of the desktop version of Goodreads. It says:

RECOMMENDATIONS:
Because you enjoyed A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
A historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authoritarianism. On November 9th, millions of Americans woke up to the impossible...

View all books similar to A Wedding to Protect Her Fortune

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Historisch Nieuwsblad @historischnwsbl.bsky.social · 18d

'Een schok', zo omschrijft terrorisme-expert @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social het besluit van de Tweede Kamer om Antifa als terroristische organisatie aan te merken. 'Het is een knuppel om tegenstanders monddood te maken.' www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/antifa/

Beatrice de Graaf: Antifa-besluit Tweede Kamer is ‘een knuppel om tegenstanders monddood te maken’

‘Een schok’, zo omschrijft historicus Beatrice de Graaf het besluit van de Tweede Kamer om de Antifa-beweging als terroristische organisatie aan te merken.

www.historischnieuwsblad.nl

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · 20d

Me too!

Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 20d

I have deleted my account using this workaround.

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 20d

Potential workaround if you're already logged in and get prompted by the ToS notification: opening this "privacy policy" link www.academia.edu/privacytakes you to a page where you can access the drop-down menu and reach "account settings." From there I was able to delete my account without agreeing.

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Dr. Sheila 🦇-is🎃n 🧛🏻‍♀️ @drsaddison.bsky.social · 20d

Academia.edu wants permanent rights to your likeness, signature, voice, name, etc. to be used in any setting. My answer was "absolutely not." Log in, click on "privacy policy" when prompted to accept the new terms (don't accept!" then find "account settings" @ dropdown, scroll down to delete.

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · 22d

Lovely view of the facade of the new University Library of the @uvahumanities.bsky.social, very fitting background when teaching our MA course 'The World in Books' #bookhistory @boekwetenschapuva.bsky.social

Image of facade full of text, with a view of the street it is on

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 7

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones

Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

www.theguardian.com

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is a wondeful book and available in Open Access!

Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen @jessiewhchen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Surprise publication day! Earlier than anticipated, you can now read my #firstbook (digital version in #openaccess) or order a printed copy through the link. Official announcement and info on book presentation event coming soon!

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#NatHist, #HistNatHist, #flowers

Everlasting Flowers between the Pages

"Everlasting Flowers between the Pages" published on 28 Aug 2025 by Brill.

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · Aug 30

Quite a drastic - and creepy - measure to take when a friendship has run its course. From the album amicorum of Joannes Hackaert (must have been a nice guy) [Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]

Portrait of a man in eighteenth century dress with a blue coat and a red waistcoat with a face that is erased

Portrait of a man man in a black coat and red waistcoat who’s face is erased

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · Aug 26

Practise makes perfect! 18th-century artist manual with colour swatches [Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]

Page with colour swatches in pink, blue and green

On the right hand side colour swatches on the right side written text

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · Aug 20

REGISTRATION OPEN!

Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade.

Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade

#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜

Conference: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade | Museum Plantin-Moretus

The aim of this two-day conference is to share knowledge of women’s rich and varied lives and works in the period before the rapid industrialisation of book production which changed the face of home l...

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · Aug 20

Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read

Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse soon to be lost to the sands of time near Løkken, Denmark #cantwaitfordune3 #sandblasted

Photograph of dunes with a lighthouse in the far background. The sand is yellow and the sky is grey

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · Aug 12

Not a combination you would expect, but the Museum of the Historty of Printing and Canning in Stavanger, Norway is fantastic! #bookhistory #Iddis #doeswhatitsaysonthetin

Led light sardines in yellow and pink on the left, books and a small cupboard in the back

Sign: printing history to the left, canning history to the right

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Trude Dijkstra @trude-dijkstra.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thanks so much for checking!

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