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richardcalis.bsky.social
historian of the early modern world | Assistant Professor @Utrecht University | JRF @Trinity College Cambridge | PhD @ Princeton U | animal lover + cocktail enthusiast
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Donderdag 6 maart organiseert @athenaeum.nl een avond rondom mijn nieuwe boek "The Discovery of Ottoman Greece". www.athenaeum.nl/agenda/athen... Aanmelden kan via de website of door mij een bericht te sturen. Datum: donderdag 6 maart Start interview + discussie 17.00 Borrel 18.15 Einde 19.00

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Collega-historici: de nieuwe website van het Stadsarchief Amsterdam wordt onbruikbaar voor historisch onderzoek. Geef dus alsjeblieft feedback! Voordat andere archieven besluiten dit voorbeeld te volgen.

submitted 18 days ago • 6 comments

KNHG lanceert fonds voor historisch onderzoek historiek.net/knhg-lanceer...

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This offers us a helpful deadline as well, removing ourselves collectively from X. From the 21st of February, we'll be only here, but just as enthusiastic about #EarlyModern things ever, if not more. #SkyStorians

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Glad we're moving away from the fascist forum, but our follower number on this website is still half of what it is on the other one. Can you all increase the number a bit to help make #EarlyModern scholarship visible?

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

We are advertising for an Assistant Professor in Early Modern History. The deadline for applications for this open-ended, full time post is 27th March 2025. For full details see the link below. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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NEWS!!! A CFP for our capstone conference, "Medicine, Slavery, and Race in the Atlantic World", King's College London, 15-17 May. A *stellar* roster of confirmed speakers. All expenses paid. Please share with anyone who may be interested. 🗃️ #EarlyModern

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In the sixteenth century, an unlikely Lutheran scholar became Europe’s foremost authority on Ottoman Greece, shedding new light on the place of Greek culture and religion in the Western imagination...

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Judith Leyster: The Leading Star of the Dutch Golden Age by Catriona Miller for Daily Art Magazine www.dailyartmagazine.com/judith-leyst...

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📕Publication Day 🥳 Get your copy of "The Discovery of Ottoman Greece" now at @harvardpress.bsky.social or at your favorite place to buy books! #earlymodern #skystorians www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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CfP: Seventeenth International Graduate Student Conference in Modern Greek Studies. “Works in Progress: New Approaches” Princeton University. Friday, May 2, 2025. Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025 hellenic.princeton.edu/opportunitie...

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Such wonderful company!

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The annual Hakluyt Society essay prize deadline approaches 1 March 2025. #earlymodern but also later periods welcome! #skystorians send your grad students and ECRs work our way: www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci...

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Very sorry I couldn't attend this year's #AHA in NYC but thrilled to hear that my book was there at the @harvardpress.bsky.social stand! #earlymodern #skystorians

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Research news and exciting developments for 2025: watch this space as I team up with the wonderful @richardcalis.bsky.social and @mette.bsky.social to research the complex history of university botanical collections. If this is your area, do get in touch with us!

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Exciting bit of news: we recently received funding from the EU to study colonial university history! More details about "Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations" (COLUMN) in the link👇 www.uu.nl/en/news/colo... #skystorians #heritage #decolonization

submitted 70 days ago • 8 comments

80% of France's universities are currently facing budget shortfalls www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

Re-upping this.

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments

Please share: Call for Applications Winter School: Reading and Analysing Ottoman Manuscript Sources March 17-25, 2025, Rethymno (Greece), IMS/FORTH www.ims.forth.gr/en/news-item...

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