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Escaped the Cambridge Half Marathon (which went past my front door) by having a day out to Wicken Fen. Gorgeous afternoon outdoors on a warm March day!

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Paging @kjkesselring.bsky.social !!

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We are hiring at St John's! We have an opening for an Early Career Librarian post, 3 year fixed term, salary £27,786, and as part of the role the College will pay the successful candidate's fees and give them day release to undertake a Masters' degree in Librarianship. www.joh.cam.ac.uk/vacancies

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Between 1927 & 1933 four nuns at Eibingen Abbey replicated by hand the renowned manuscript of Hildegard von Bingen’s magnum opus, Scivias. When the original 12C manuscript disappeared after WWII, the replica became a facsimile-original. I tell the story of that facsimile here tinyurl.com/3mcb6vt7

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Two-thirds of the way through my term as a Burghley Visiting Fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge. Pictured here: the Great Gate.

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Finally. Saturday happy time in the sun with Early Modern Floral Culture and @susancogan.bsky.social @amsterdamupress.bsky.social

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From United Humanists on FB

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The decisions that the Trump regime is making are at odds with the majority of the American people (who may have voted for him, but without calculating what he would do). To friends abroad: please amplify the messages of the resurgent democratic movement in the US, for we are your best friends.

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For crying out loud Not only is this a fake Jefferson quote, but it's out of character. Over 20,000 Jefferson documents are online. He wrote "Jesus Christ" in only 13. One is a list of books He created his OWN version of the Bible. He also supported the separation of church & state. So...stop.

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Curious about academic publishing? Don’t miss me and my brilliant colleagues’ panel at #aha2025 tomorrow, Jan 3, at 1:30. Want to make an afternoon of it? Don’t miss me and more brilliant colleagues chat about the ins and outs of peer review at 3:30! @uncpress.bsky.social @historians.org

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Anyone already at #AHA25 interested in office-hours-with-an-editor tomorrow afternoon? (The editor is me, if that changes your thinking in either direction.) No pressure, no pitching, just me answering your questions about publishing, no matter how “silly” (they’re probably not that silly tbh)

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Yes they’ll be subject to litigation and Trump, but Biden should still preserve more places while he can, especially if he can protect important Indigenous sites, and help rectify the long history of those places being appropriated for national parks/monuments. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Responsible coverage of the Gaetz report would add: paying a minor for sex alone is a violation of the federal sex trafficking statute, no transportation or coercion required (and an alleged trafficker not knowing an alleged victim’s age is not considered a defense) www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...

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Accurate!

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I mean seriously, the SLC airport is out in the desert. Plop a Target there and bam, captive audience.

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Target could make a killing if they opened a store near the airport. Instead of the somewhat creepy cell lot we’d all be wandering around Target buying things we don’t need while waiting for someone’s plane to land.

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Wow

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Having @ellamchawk.bsky.social here at #UtahState was delightful!

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This!

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College isn't meant to churn out income production units for corporate shareholders to milk, it's meant to help students become more well rounded, curious, interesting people.

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Around 1800 BCE, a businesswoman named Taram-Kubi received 20 shekels of fine gold, presumably as payment for textiles she wove. She lived in Assur, capital of the Assyrian empire, and sent her textiles to far-flung Anatolia for her husband to sell them cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/28...

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Come to Jesus College Oxford! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR133/a...

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Reconstruction of a Roman villa in the Netherlands and some Dutch archaeological finds: www.observantonline.nl/Home/Artikel...

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Tim Walz needs a podcast to help get us through the next 4 years. Do you agree?

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This is gorgeous.

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Pleased to announce an online workshop for early career researchers on the History of War and the Military, 14 March 2025, a joint event of the Society for the History of War and our German counterpart the AKM. CFP deadline 10 Jan.

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Love this, and not at all surprised that @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social solved the mystery!

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Let's do another painting review. I'm just going to look at a nice old painting and share what I notice. This time perhaps the most famous winter painting by a Dutch master; Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565. Let's look! 🧵

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I would be there every weekend.

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Breaking: Caligula withdraws nomination of Incitatus, proposes merely figurative jackass instead

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Just for good measure, I hope this goes to all #skyhistorians 🗃️

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This late-medieval historian of Europe has added _Reading Medieval Ruins_ to the reading list!

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Reposting this because everyone deserves a chance to learn with Emma

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Real scholarly generosity here, #Earlymodern library and research fellowships for all!

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I love this ~4,500-year-old letter from someone called Babi. “I really began to worry! Why are you and Ibbi-ilum quarrelling at home? Live as one!” Ancient attempt at couples therapy by a friend? Who knows, but Babi immediately follows the advice with a request — of all things — for sesame oil

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Nice work on the jewellery ID assisting w/likely sitter ID. Ofc we have no signed work by Susanna Horenbout-Parker OR by Levina Teerlinc, who was in Parr circles by 1546, making final identification of artist tricky. By woman of woman for woman is a story we badly want to tell!

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Interesting book commissioned by Lowys Porquin, a merchant from Antwerp. It was published in Antwerp in 1563 and includes a bio of his family and advice for his 11 children. Royal Library Brussels #earlymodern #books

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Women Writing Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges (Exeter, 2-4 June 25) Deadline: 29 Nov Please see our website for our exciting #cfp! We've had some incredible submissions so far culturesofphilosophy.exeter.ac.uk/2024/08/05/p... #skystorians #philosophy #histsci

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