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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely no prizes for guessing where I am. Really looking forward to #RenSA26, meeting new and old folks, and hopefully encourage some submissions to the Transactions @royalhistsoc.org.

For now though, I'm so sleepy I'm tempted to just lie down next to the sea lions. 😴

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2d

Yes!!! I have a note on my phone that says "write to Christine" for more than a week now. Just haven't had the time.

Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 2d

20 minutes of me. Too much for anyone. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Does Bigfoot exist? - ABC listen

The search for Bigfoot continues

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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2d

About to embark on the long journey to #RenSA26 and San Francisco.

I'll be there as @rsaorg.bsky.social Religion Discipline Rep and as co-editor of the Transactions of @royalhistsoc.org.

If you have ideas for an article or just want to talk about submissions, please send me a DM!

#earlymodern

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 2d

Very pleased to be involved in this. It's promising to be a diabolically good #RenSA26!

EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 2d

📆20-21 Feb📣EMoDiR at #RSA2026 : "The Devil and Dissent: Early Modern Perspectives"👹
I. “Philosophy and Theology of Evil”
III “Politics of Demonization”
IV. “Living with Demons” (co-organized with Jan Michielsen)
Join us and hear our fantastic speakers!

#EarlyModern #Devil

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EMoDiR @emodir.bsky.social · 2d

📆20-21 Feb📣EMoDiR at #RSA2026 : "The Devil and Dissent: Early Modern Perspectives"👹
I. “Philosophy and Theology of Evil”
III “Politics of Demonization”
IV. “Living with Demons” (co-organized with Jan Michielsen)
Join us and hear our fantastic speakers!

#EarlyModern #Devil

👇

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 6d

www.artribune.com/progettazion...

A friend just sent me this.

È morto Christoph Luitpold Frommel, grande storico dell’architettura del Rinascimento

Classe 1933, lo storico dell’architettura tedesco ha trascorso a Roma gran parte della sua vita, per gli studi seminali sui palazzi rinascimentali e come direttore della Biblioteca Hertziana, dal 1981...

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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 7d

I'm sorry for your loss.

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 8d

On my way to Cambridge now! Very much looking forward to the #earlymodern @emodcam.bsky.social seminar tomorrow, especially as Cambridge has been such a hub for early modern Catholic studies!

Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 20d

Early Modern World History Seminar – Lent Term 2026 Programme 🌏

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent! I really enjoyed working on that chapter. Still have to dip into the other contributions myself but it does look splendid!

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 12d

Glad to see this out! It's a mighty tome, relevant to archaeologists, folklorists, #hextag peeps and more. And an impressive effort even if the functionalist argument doesn't always hold (I think, anyway).

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 12d

“Killing the Dead has laid bare a subject of exceptional importance.” Great to see @janmachielsen.bsky.social’s review of John Blair's Killing the Dead in the latest issue of @thetls.bsky.social. Read more here:

High stakes

A dead body, as anyone who has sat with one will know, is an unsettling marker of the divide between life and death. The body is still the person we knew and loved, and yet no longer them. However much...

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 12d

“Killing the Dead has laid bare a subject of exceptional importance.” Great to see @janmachielsen.bsky.social’s review of John Blair's Killing the Dead in the latest issue of @thetls.bsky.social. Read more here:

High stakes

A dead body, as anyone who has sat with one will know, is an unsettling marker of the divide between life and death. The body is still the person we knew and loved, and yet no longer them. However much...

www.the-tls.com

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 13d

Trump is meer Henry VIII dan Filips II.

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks, Theo! That was my last Covid project.

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 14d

Many congratulations, Holly! I really enjoyed our conversation and can't wait to see what you do next. 😊

Paul Webster 🌈 @webstermedieval.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations @janmachielsen.bsky.social on the publication of The Cambridge Companion to Counter Reformation Sanctity! Great to see this come out! #earlymodern #history #skystorians

Holly B 🌈 @hsbamford.bsky.social · 14d

I passed my viva with minor corrections!

A huge thank you to my examiners @janmachielsen.bsky.social and @profelainechalus.bsky.social for such a positive and constructive experience!

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 20d

Looks like they are on mushrooms. 😅

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 20d

#earlymodern

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks! My partner's 95-year-old grandfather came up with it!

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 20d

Looking forward to a trip to Cambridge next month!

Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 20d

Early Modern World History Seminar – Lent Term 2026 Programme 🌏

Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 20d

Early Modern World History Seminar – Lent Term 2026 Programme 🌏

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Jan 14

This reminds of some of the material in the Jesuit archives where they laminated the pages but it caused the ink to leak…

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Jan 13

Not #earlymodern but this abandoned church served a leprosy colony in the 1940s. And the graffiti of the diabolical bishop is delightful!

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Jan 12

It's such a profound loss.

Just in case you're going, Katrina Olds and I are organizing an event marking Katie's life and scholarship at the San Francisco RSA.

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Jan 12

Highlight of today's home. View of La Gomera and El Hierro from the south side of Teide. The islands almost seem to float in the air.

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Jan 12

I've never made a starter pack but I know others have. Anyone can post using the #earlymodern tag!

Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Dec 28

My mum, partner and I hiked a wonderful stretch of the Wales Coast Path today, in memory of my dad who wanted to complete it. Hopefully one day we will.