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Helmer Helmers
@helmer.bsky.social
Senior researcher in Early Modern Dutch History and Culture at @KNAWHuC.

History of media and international relations in early modern Europe.
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Delighted to announce the 6th volume in the series will be published in June! Click here for details about the forthcoming 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' by @ewatson.bsky.social boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a...
#skystorians #CathHist #history #bookhistory #catholicism
February 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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De regering van Florida heeft zelf een studieboek ontwikkeld waarmee sociologie gedoceerd dient te worden op de universiteit.

In deze "state approved" sociologie leren studenten niet over ongelijkheid, etniciteit, gender, seksualiteit, media, en technologie.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook
The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...
www.insidehighered.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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📂 Digitaal CABR nu op meer plekken toegankelijk.
Onderzoekers & belangstellenden kunnen nu op 12 extra locaties het archief over naoorlogse rechtspleging raadplegen. Huygens verzorgt de techniek voor de digitale toegankelijkheid. Meer info 👉 tinyurl.com/m8tcp8jv
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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De overdrachtsbelasting voor beleggers op de woningmarkt wordt opnieuw verlaagd: van 8% naar 7%. Dat volgt op een eerdere besluit tot verlaging van 10% naar 8% in 2025.

woningcorporaties worden nog steeds fiscaal gestraft

een draadje:
January 31, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Read this ⬇️

How strong is the resilience of major social media platforms against manipulation by commercial service providers?

This report measures platforms’ ability to detect and remove inauthentic engagement that is commercially purchased for inauthentic posts.

stratcomcoe.org/publications...
StratCom | NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence Riga, Latvia
stratcomcoe.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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In Zuid-#Mexico is een #graftombe uit de #Zapoteken-cultuur ontdekt van mogelijk 1400 jaar oud. Volgens de Mexicaanse president is het “de belangrijkste #archeologische ontdekking (in Mexico) van het afgelopen decennium”. (Foto’s: Luis Gerardo Peña Torres) /1
www.nieuwsblad.be/buitenland/b...
January 30, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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JOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Many (not so positive) things can be said about Sepp Blatter.

But it is remarkable when a former #FIFA President calls for boycotting the #WorldCup.

"If we consider everything we’ve discussed, there’s only one piece of advice for fans: Stay away from the USA!"

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The former Fifa president backed a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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Heel mooi nieuws! Alicia Schrikker benoemd tot hoogleraar Geschiedenis van Nederland in de Wereld www.universiteitleiden.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Alicia Schrikker benoemd tot hoogleraar Geschiedenis van Nederland in de Wereld
Het College van Bestuur van de Universiteit Leiden heeft dr. Alicia Schrikker per 1 januari 2026 benoemd tot hoogleraar Geschiedenis van Nederland in de Wereld. De leerstoel is gevestigd aan het Insti...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Kind aan huis
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Interessant stuk over wat er momenteel gebeurt in Minneapolis en hoe de bewoners reageren op de ICE-razzia's.
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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Waarom neemt @nieuws.nos.nl de overduidelijk leugenachtige verklaring van het Amerikaanse Ministerie van Desinformatie over. Getuigen én beelden tonen aan dat wat @marieke.bsky.social hieronder stelt, de waarheid is.
De NOS neemt hier desinformatie over omdat die door een ‘officieel’ orgaan wordt verspreid. Alex Pretti vormde geen dreiging, was niet gewelddadig en trok op geen enkel moment zijn wapen. Hij is naar de grond gewerkt, met een pistool geslagen en meerdere keren in zijn rug geschoten.
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Hester de la Faille was iemand om rekening mee te houden, maar ze hield ook zelf de rekening bij 👇
Voordat ik afscheid van u neem, nog een laatste draadje.

Ik ben taalhistoricus en onderzoek bij voorkeur bronnen die vaak vanuit de taalkunde over het hoofd worden gezien.

Een mooi voorbeeld is vroegmoderne huishoudboekjes. Hier hebben we 't boekje van Hester de la Faille (1585)
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January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Een zelfverklaard expert in het wetenschapskatern opgevoerd als "een wijze", mijn hemel.

Als die Brandsma te goeder trouw is, wat ik wil geloven, is het een onnozele hals die met open ogen in partijdige frames stapt. Zijn historische claims zijn al even simplistisch als de rest van zijn duiding
In de @volkskrant.nl interviewt Keulemans "polarisatie-expert" Brandsma. Levert de koortsdroom op die je zou verwachten.

Keulemans noemt links en BlueSky, Brandsma begint over bovenlaag die "hele groepen heeft vervreemdt" door "over lhbti en klimaat te beginnen".

www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/p...
January 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Wow.

Waarom horen we dit zo weinig??
💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
January 23, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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are YOU a university professor, professor emeriti or associate professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Some thoughts:

1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.

2. History professors are qualified nominators.

3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.

4. He would be so mad.
Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org
A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...
www.nobelprize.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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From the current issue: “Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic”

by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...
Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic*
Abstract. Historical scholarship has long highlighted the extensive landscape interventions initiated by state agents, early capitalists and experts in the
doi.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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🚨"Theyr're dumping people in the woods" - Medical workers are flagging potential cases of federal agents releasing injured detainees in the most inhumane method possible. LIVE NOW⬇️
January 22, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Woah! Jack Smith just said that Trump intimidated witnesses via death threats!
January 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Nomen est omen
Bovino lies shamelessly: "What we do is legal, ethical, and moral. Everything we do every day is legal, ethical, moral, well grounded in law."
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM