Nadine Akkerman
@misswalsingham.bsky.social
Archival detective, author, biographer, cryptographer, editor, spymistress. Prof in early modern lit & culture at @unileiden.bsky.social
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What a line-up @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Yuval Noah Harari, @elegantfowl.bsky.social @soniapurnell.bsky.social @questingvole.bsky.social 🥂 Excited that my book #Spycraft @yalebooks.bsky.social , co-written with Pete Langman, is included in SUCH good company by @economist.com !
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Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
'Tattoo on 17th-century group portrait puzzles Amsterdam museum: 'Never seen anything like it'' via @nieuws.nos.nl nos.nl/artikel/2591...
Tatoeage op 17e-eeuws portret stelt museum voor raadsel: 'Nooit zoiets gezien'
Het opmerkelijke detail op het schilderij werd eeuwenlang over het hoofd gezien, maar nu geldt het als de oudste afbeelding van een Nederlandse tatoeage, uit een tijd dat die nog geen gemeengoed waren...
nos.nl
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
'Tattoo on 17th-century group portrait puzzles Amsterdam museum: 'Never seen anything like it'' via @nieuws.nos.nl nos.nl/artikel/2591...
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the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!
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📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
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Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
So proud of my @leidenhumanities.bsky.social colleague Lotte Fikkers, whose Open Access Book, Early Modern Women’s Life Writing & English law is out w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social ! A stunning achievement from our @erc.europa.eu project #FEATHERS. Don’t miss it
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society'
In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writi...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
So proud of my @leidenhumanities.bsky.social colleague Lotte Fikkers, whose Open Access Book, Early Modern Women’s Life Writing & English law is out w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social ! A stunning achievement from our @erc.europa.eu project #FEATHERS. Don’t miss it
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...
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Remember remember the fifth of November 💥 Back in July I had the pleasure of chairing a panel exploding the myths of the Gunpowder Plot with @elegantfowl.bsky.social @misswalsingham.bsky.social Prof Stephen Alford and @enortonhistory.bsky.social at @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Remember remember the fifth of November 💥 Back in July I had the pleasure of chairing a panel exploding the myths of the Gunpowder Plot with @elegantfowl.bsky.social @misswalsingham.bsky.social Prof Stephen Alford and @enortonhistory.bsky.social at @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival
Good evening, Oxford!
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Good evening, Oxford!
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Lecturer in Renaissance Art History
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
Lecturer in Renaissance Art History at Birkbeck, University of London
Apply for the Lecturer in Renaissance Art History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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June 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Lecturer in Renaissance Art History
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...
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I'm unreasonably pleased that my Shakespeare find made it to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm unreasonably pleased that my Shakespeare find made it to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...
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On my way to Stockholm …
On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On my way to Stockholm …
On my way to Stockholm …
On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
October 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On my way to Stockholm …
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On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.
Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
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Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Salome looking most pleased w/ the head of John the Baptist. By Lucas Cranach, whose day is today.
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Salome looking most pleased w/ the head of John the Baptist. By Lucas Cranach, whose day is today.
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Collega @judithpollmann.bsky.social kreeg vanmiddag de Spinozapremie uitgereikt in een feestelijke bijeenkomst. Meer dan verdiend: Judith is een fantastische onderzoeker die anderen meeneemt in haar enthousiasme. Ook een enorme opsteker voor de geesteswetenschappen, geschiedenis en ons Instituut!
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Collega @judithpollmann.bsky.social kreeg vanmiddag de Spinozapremie uitgereikt in een feestelijke bijeenkomst. Meer dan verdiend: Judith is een fantastische onderzoeker die anderen meeneemt in haar enthousiasme. Ook een enorme opsteker voor de geesteswetenschappen, geschiedenis en ons Instituut!
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Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
scottishhistorysociety.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
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Lady costumed for the masque, as a rather racy Flora. Painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver. Today is his day.
October 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Lady costumed for the masque, as a rather racy Flora. Painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver. Today is his day.
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Purse made of a walnut shell covered with embroidered silk, England, 1600-1650. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
October 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Purse made of a walnut shell covered with embroidered silk, England, 1600-1650. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
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Cup & case, probably made in West Yorkshire, 1692-94 By Francis Place The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblance to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate. (V&ALondon) #InternationalCoffeeDay
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Cup & case, probably made in West Yorkshire, 1692-94 By Francis Place The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblance to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate. (V&ALondon) #InternationalCoffeeDay
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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An example of a cut-paper artwork by #JoannaKoerten, held by the @britishmuseum.bsky.social -
September 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
An example of a cut-paper artwork by #JoannaKoerten, held by the @britishmuseum.bsky.social -
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This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers? -
by Meilan Solly for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this...
by Meilan Solly for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this...
This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers?
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara Peeters
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This 17th-Century Female Artist Was Once a Bigger Star Than Rembrandt. Why Did History Forget About Johanna Koerten and Her Peers? -
by Meilan Solly for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this...
by Meilan Solly for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this...
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You can get it from Westwood Books and there are even a couple of 1st Edition signed hardbacks that I had put aside but forgot if you search it on the site
Spycraft: Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration, Nadine Akkerman & Pete Langman
New Paperback A fascinating exploration of the devious tricks and ingenious tools used by early modern spies—from ciphers to counterfeiting, invisible inks to assassination Early modern Europe was a...
www.westwoodbooks.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You can get it from Westwood Books and there are even a couple of 1st Edition signed hardbacks that I had put aside but forgot if you search it on the site