Annika Raapke Öberg
@mouseemperor.bsky.social
Early Modern History. Caribbeanist. Uppsala University.
Gently obsessing over the church records of Saint-Barthélemy.
Gently obsessing over the church records of Saint-Barthélemy.
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Dear historians, some of you often think about the Roman Empire, but what about the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation? In an article with Tobias Winnerling, we ask where we can find the #HRE in today’s pop culture. What should we not forget? All tips welcome! #earlymodern #medievalsky #history
September 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Dear historians, some of you often think about the Roman Empire, but what about the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation? In an article with Tobias Winnerling, we ask where we can find the #HRE in today’s pop culture. What should we not forget? All tips welcome! #earlymodern #medievalsky #history
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From the original Swedish researchers.
Paracetamol use during pregnancy not linked to autism, our study of 2.5 million children shows
Our research provides strong evidence against the concerning claims made recently by US president Donald Trump.
theconversation.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:52 AM
From the original Swedish researchers.
I believe that many people want to be a force for good in the world.
But then they insist on eating apples in quiet train compartments!!
But then they insist on eating apples in quiet train compartments!!
September 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I believe that many people want to be a force for good in the world.
But then they insist on eating apples in quiet train compartments!!
But then they insist on eating apples in quiet train compartments!!
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The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts
Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The maddest someone has ever gotten at me was when I talked about the child sized manacles Jefferson had at Monticello for 9 year old children. They could not cope with the idea that a child the same age as their child had been enslaved. And it made them angry that I made them know facts
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I once read a source in which a British captain, after the anguish cries of a FOUR YEAR OLD enslaved girl bothered him so much on the voyage, went below deck and stabbed her to death just for quiet.
If you’re not familiar with the primary sources, it’s difficult to comprehend how bad it was.
If you’re not familiar with the primary sources, it’s difficult to comprehend how bad it was.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I once read a source in which a British captain, after the anguish cries of a FOUR YEAR OLD enslaved girl bothered him so much on the voyage, went below deck and stabbed her to death just for quiet.
If you’re not familiar with the primary sources, it’s difficult to comprehend how bad it was.
If you’re not familiar with the primary sources, it’s difficult to comprehend how bad it was.
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I keep coming back to this James Baldwin quote these days.
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
July 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I keep coming back to this James Baldwin quote these days.
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
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New hero just dropped.
June 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New hero just dropped.
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Master's workshop continues! Thesis on two case studies on claims of compensation against Lübeck in the 16th century (chaired by @mouseemperor.bsky.social), and I just learned that OpenAI's online ChatGTP function recognises Middle Low German elements in Early New German texts.
June 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Master's workshop continues! Thesis on two case studies on claims of compensation against Lübeck in the 16th century (chaired by @mouseemperor.bsky.social), and I just learned that OpenAI's online ChatGTP function recognises Middle Low German elements in Early New German texts.
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All the world in a postbag! It's always very special for me to speak at public events to history fans who are learning about the Prize Papers for the first time. Yesterday I was invited to the inForum, a cultural event for #bestagers - and what a stimulating evening we had! #earlymodern #wisskom 🗃️
April 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
All the world in a postbag! It's always very special for me to speak at public events to history fans who are learning about the Prize Papers for the first time. Yesterday I was invited to the inForum, a cultural event for #bestagers - and what a stimulating evening we had! #earlymodern #wisskom 🗃️
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hello from Vienna, which I found out tonight has a fast food place called "Hab's Burgers"
April 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
hello from Vienna, which I found out tonight has a fast food place called "Hab's Burgers"
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Våren är här!🌞 Dags att fira dess ankomst med ett gediget möte 24 April kl.17:00 på Humanistiska Teatern i Uppsala. Rebecka Lennartsson & Mats Hayen föreläser om projektet "Stadens ansikten" - du vill inte missa det. Vi ses där!🌹
April 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Våren är här!🌞 Dags att fira dess ankomst med ett gediget möte 24 April kl.17:00 på Humanistiska Teatern i Uppsala. Rebecka Lennartsson & Mats Hayen föreläser om projektet "Stadens ansikten" - du vill inte missa det. Vi ses där!🌹
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The @uu.se history students' association invited me as a guest lecturer tonight. Not only were they the sweetest, most engaged audience I've ever had, they also *gave me flowers*. I think I've peaked now, job-wise.
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The @uu.se history students' association invited me as a guest lecturer tonight. Not only were they the sweetest, most engaged audience I've ever had, they also *gave me flowers*. I think I've peaked now, job-wise.
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Für Kurzentschlossene: Heute 16-18 Uhr bieten Patrick Heike (Artland-Gymnasium) und ich unsere Fortbildung zum Thema #Games und #Erinnerungskultur (2. Weltkrieg) an. Im Fokus stehen Serious Games und Shooter im #Geschichtsunterricht ab Klasse 8/9. Bei Interesse gerne melden #BlueLZ #Erinnerung
Lehrkräfte aufgepasst – neue Fortbildungsreihe zu Games im Unterricht startet – ab nächster Woche: jeden Montag, 16-18 Uhr, online über Zoom und offen für alle – veranstaltet von der Evangelischen Schulstiftung in Mitteldeutschland.
#blueLZ #games
Anmeldung: www.schulstiftung-ekm.de/stiftung/fba...
#blueLZ #games
Anmeldung: www.schulstiftung-ekm.de/stiftung/fba...
March 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Für Kurzentschlossene: Heute 16-18 Uhr bieten Patrick Heike (Artland-Gymnasium) und ich unsere Fortbildung zum Thema #Games und #Erinnerungskultur (2. Weltkrieg) an. Im Fokus stehen Serious Games und Shooter im #Geschichtsunterricht ab Klasse 8/9. Bei Interesse gerne melden #BlueLZ #Erinnerung
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PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) at The National Archives
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March 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
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March 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Join Jana Dambrogio & Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group for the online launch event for the groundbreaking new book "Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter" (MIT Press): Tuesday, March 4, 6pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jana-dambr...
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Join Jana Dambrogio & Daniel Starza Smith with the Unlocking History Research Group for the online launch event for the groundbreaking new book "Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter" (MIT Press): Tuesday, March 4, 6pm EST. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jana-dambr...
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
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Are you learning Swedish? If you’re interested in a load of Swedish language books, good grammar guides & dictionaries, from A1 level, let me know. If you’re in the UK & can cover postage, or live in Norwich, these are yours for free
February 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Are you learning Swedish? If you’re interested in a load of Swedish language books, good grammar guides & dictionaries, from A1 level, let me know. If you’re in the UK & can cover postage, or live in Norwich, these are yours for free
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As an archaeologist I'm asking you...if you're eligible to vote in Germany today, go vote and do what Indiana Jones would do.
🏺💗🏳️⚧️
#wählliebe
#GegenRechts
#fckafd
@luilog.bsky.social
@prehistoryteller.bsky.social
@drnwillburger.bsky.social
🏺💗🏳️⚧️
#wählliebe
#GegenRechts
#fckafd
@luilog.bsky.social
@prehistoryteller.bsky.social
@drnwillburger.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
As an archaeologist I'm asking you...if you're eligible to vote in Germany today, go vote and do what Indiana Jones would do.
🏺💗🏳️⚧️
#wählliebe
#GegenRechts
#fckafd
@luilog.bsky.social
@prehistoryteller.bsky.social
@drnwillburger.bsky.social
🏺💗🏳️⚧️
#wählliebe
#GegenRechts
#fckafd
@luilog.bsky.social
@prehistoryteller.bsky.social
@drnwillburger.bsky.social
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It's out!
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
Slavery & Abolition
Forum: Catholicism and Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the Atlantic World. Guest Editors: Damien Tricoire and Miriam Franchina. Volume 46, Issue 1 of Slavery & Abolition
tinyurl.com
February 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It's out!
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
I edited " #Catholicism & #Antislavery: Connecting Histories in the #Atlantic World" & authored "New to Freedom but by no Means New to Faith. Visions of an #Abolitionist #Black Catholic Church in Early #Haiti (1808-1825)🇭🇹"
Previews soon #earlymodern #slaveryarchive
tinyurl.com/3w68jkax
Since this was a known problem from the beginning, it *is* a scandal, a serious violation of our rights. I haven't received my ballot until now, and who knows how many of us are in the same situation.
@bundestag.de #Germany #election #Bundestagswahl
@theguardian.com
@bundestag.de #Germany #election #Bundestagswahl
@theguardian.com
"It's a real scandal." Are Germans living abroad denied their right to vote? More than 210,000 registered to vote and thousands haven't received their ballots! Thank you Rheinische Post for reporting on this huge issue! Hope more media pick this up. #Germany #election rp-online.de/politik/deut...
Tausende erhalten Wahlunterlagen zu spät: Werden Auslandsdeutsche um ihr Wahlrecht gebracht?
So viele Deutsche wie noch nie, die im Ausland leben, haben sich im Wählerverzeichnis registrieren lassen. Doch viele von ihnen erhalten die Wahlunterlagen zu spät – und können deshalb nicht an der Wa...
rp-online.de
February 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Since this was a known problem from the beginning, it *is* a scandal, a serious violation of our rights. I haven't received my ballot until now, and who knows how many of us are in the same situation.
@bundestag.de #Germany #election #Bundestagswahl
@theguardian.com
@bundestag.de #Germany #election #Bundestagswahl
@theguardian.com
Meine Wahlunterlagen haben es bis heute nicht nach Schweden geschafft. Dabei braucht ein Brief üblicherweise nur ein paar Tage, maximal eine Woche. Das ist nicht in Ordnung.
Hier muss eine Gesetzesänderung her, die die Wahl im Ausland erleichtert. #Bundestagswahl
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
Hier muss eine Gesetzesänderung her, die die Wahl im Ausland erleichtert. #Bundestagswahl
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
February 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Meine Wahlunterlagen haben es bis heute nicht nach Schweden geschafft. Dabei braucht ein Brief üblicherweise nur ein paar Tage, maximal eine Woche. Das ist nicht in Ordnung.
Hier muss eine Gesetzesänderung her, die die Wahl im Ausland erleichtert. #Bundestagswahl
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
Hier muss eine Gesetzesänderung her, die die Wahl im Ausland erleichtert. #Bundestagswahl
www.tagesschau.de/inland/bunde...
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What research opportunities do the Prize Papers offer? Tune in to the 3rd episode of the podcast series on the Prize Papers stored at The National Archives, UK: "Echoes of Empire" featuring my friend @mouseemperor.bsky.social & myself hosted by Chloe Lee, produced by @auntnellproduction.bsky.social
The Prize Papers will change the way we see the past. The research possibilities are almost unlimited. Join us for the conclusion of the three-part series “Secrets of the Prize Papers” with insights from @lhaasis.bsky.social and @mouseemperor.bsky.social – pod.link/1460242815
#earlymodern #history 🗃️
#earlymodern #history 🗃️
February 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What research opportunities do the Prize Papers offer? Tune in to the 3rd episode of the podcast series on the Prize Papers stored at The National Archives, UK: "Echoes of Empire" featuring my friend @mouseemperor.bsky.social & myself hosted by Chloe Lee, produced by @auntnellproduction.bsky.social