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Books designed to be read only by human eyes are different from books designed to be read by machines, which is why Google will tell you that the phrase “shake my booty” can be found in an 1863 English translation of Don Quixote.

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Very excited to see this #earlymodern beauty out in the world, which includes a chapter on fame and religion by yours truly. 😇

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In February 2024, KU Leuven and the Flemish Community purchased a special 2nd edition of Vesalius' “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” with personal notes by the humanist for a 3rd edition that never appeared. A video made upon its arrival is now available. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5B...

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Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

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Venez faire de la recherche avec les chercheurs de l'Enssib... Appel à candidatures !

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We are working to correct the implementation of Greek on digital platforms. Showing Unicode and OEMs that this matters for many readers is critical, so please read and sign this petition: www.openpetition.eu/gr/petition/...

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🌍 Programme de chercheurs invités 2026 à l'Enssib : appel à candidatures 🎯 L’Enssib invite chaque année des chercheurs étrangers pour contribuer au rayonnement international de l’établissement 🔗 Infos & candidatures 👉 www.enssib.fr/recherche/chercheurs-invites

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We're excited to reach 1,000 followers (and counting) on Bluesky! In honour of this milestone, we'd like to share our catalogued edition with the USTC no. 1000: Les illustrations de Gaule et singularitez de Troye Lyon, Etienne Baland et Jean Rocher, 1510 www.ustc.ac.uk/editions/1000

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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 🗃️

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[GrECI on Europeana] Closing the Series: Reception of Greek Culture in Sixteenth-Century France We conclude our @europeana.bsky.social series with an exploration of the reception and influence of Greek culture during a time of profound religious and political upheaval in France.

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On 8–10 October 2025, LUCK will organise the second international History of Knowledge Conference. Our Call for Papers/Panels has now been published and we encourage you to submit an abstract: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2025/02/17/t...

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'How to tell if a woman is wearing make-up. Take saffron and chew it, then get as near to the woman as you can and talk and talk to her so that your breath marks her face; if she's wearing make up, it will go yellow, if not, nothing will happen'. 🤢 Giambattista della Porta, Natural Magic, 1558.

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Reposting this for the new followers 😀

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We recently made our whole back catalogue and future episodes available on Apple (as well as our previous space on Spotify) Please keep listening and engaging, and please tell your friends! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Unique monuments, frescoes, romanesque monuments make Cyprus a paradise for historians. The archaeological park of 👉Kato Arche Park Paphos is one of the most important archaeological sites in Cyprus 🥾 All about Cyprus coming soon on hikevent.com #photography #history #travel #bluesky #cyprus

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Certainly interesting from a historian's point of view ... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Did you know the Azores were once called the Flemish Islands or the Isles of Flanders, as at some point in the late 15th/early 16th hundreds of Flemings (and the wider Habsburg Netherlands) settled there.

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[#DidYouKnow] Why would the humanist Goclenius issue a translation of Lucian's work "Hermotimus" in 1522? 🤔📜 To find out, read our latest blog which is now available here: 👉 greci-twinning.org/wp-content/u... @nconstantinidou.bsky.social @ucy1.bsky.social @uio.no @ec.europa.eu

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Teaching Associate in Early Modern European History (Temporary Cover) University of Cambridge - Faculty of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU965/t...

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a beautiful rendition of the fire of 1577 affecting the Doge's Palazzo in #Venezia #EarlyModern, made in Zurich by/for the pastor Johann Jakob Wick but probably a reproduction of a printed news-sheet.

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Penelope & her friends, busy with textile work to keep unwanted men at bay. With dog underfoot, too! Painted in 1561 by Jan van der Straet, aka Stradanus, whose day is today.

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The gorgeous title page from Antonio Palladio's Four books of architecture, printed in Venice in 1581 #TitlePageTuesday

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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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And here is the link to the gallery: www.europeana.eu/it/galleries...

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👉Another Europeana Gallery that our project set up - visit 'Language and Identity: Ancient Greek in E.M. Europe' www.europeana.eu/it/galleries...

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Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

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I loved, loved, loved Tom Robbins’ books when i was in college, especially, Still Life with Woodpecker www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...

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These are difficult times so let's remember the impact humanities research has in the world. In 2022 @englishassociation.bsky.social, @univeng.bsky.social & @ies-sas.bsky.social met with colleagues to find out about their work. See 🧵Here is no. 1 on policy: englishassociation.ac.uk/speaking-for...

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#bookhistory #classicalreception

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Sapphic Silk Two Sappho poems were tacked on at the end of this special 1754 Scottish edition of Anacreon printed on golden silk with paper interleaving. Thanks @rebeccaromney.com for suggesting she might be hidden here! #NewberryLibrary i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...

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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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One of the most maddening things about this approach is that places like Cardiff have destroyed other institutions, and are now just walking away. Bangor closed its Chemistry Department in 2020, partly because our student intake was being gobbled up by the expansion at Cardiff and other places

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✨ [FocusOn] GrECI at RSA 2025 Boston! 🇺🇸 Join us for our panel: Greek Heritage in European Culture and Identity, 15th-17th c. Chaired by @nconstantinidou.bsky.social 📅 March 20, 2025 ⏰ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 📍Boston Marriott Copley Place (Boston University Room) #GrECI #RSA2025 #ClassicalStudies

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[GrECI on @Europeana] 💡 Material Heritage GrECI’s Europeana series continues! 🏺 Antiquities in Greece Through the Eyes of Early Travellers This week, our Europeana journey takes us into the world of material heritage as seen through the eyes of 17th- and 18th-century travellers.

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En 1533, Érasme publie le Liber de sarcienda ecclesiae concordia, un vif plaidoyer en faveur de la réunion des chrétiens divisés. Cette œuvre est considérée comme l’expression la plus réussie de sa réflexion sur l’œcuménisme. L'édition en #OA sur #DONum #ULiegeLibrary donum.uliege.be/handle/2268....

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For those not opening the thread: further down the (alphabetical) list are the words 'female' and 'woman'.

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I had no idea that there was an International Greek Language day ...

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Personally speaking if I'd been elected with a gigantic majority and a mandate to make things better my first instinct wouldn't be to boneheadedly keep doing the same stupid things as the last guys.

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News Post: The University of Leicester invites applications for a Research Associate on the project ‘Domestic Slavery and Sexual Exploitation in the Households of Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, from Constantine to c. AD 900 / AH 287’. memorients.com/news/researc...

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AVAILABLE POSITION: Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics in Greek archaeology and/or history One-Year Term (Start Fall 2025) Grinnell College, Iowa For more information on their department and program, see www.grinnell.edu/.../majors-c... #Blueskyclassics #ClassicsBluesky

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