Niels Petersen
@muntera.bsky.social
Historian @uni-goettingen.de
The medieval maritime, pre-modern transport and urban history. 🗃️ And Banthas. ❤️project: @viabundus.bsky.social
The medieval maritime, pre-modern transport and urban history. 🗃️ And Banthas. ❤️project: @viabundus.bsky.social
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Like a time capsule: a #Roman tile marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where...🧵1/2
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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‘Signs related to the safety of navigation on late medieval and early modern nautical charts of the Adriatic Sea, circa 1270-1824’, by Julijan Sutlović.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.11.006
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
7/16
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.11.006
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
7/16
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
‘Signs related to the safety of navigation on late medieval and early modern nautical charts of the Adriatic Sea, circa 1270-1824’, by Julijan Sutlović.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.11.006
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
7/16
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.11.006
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
7/16
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Konf: The Strained Empire: Resources, Conflict, and Collapse in the Premodern Empire
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Konf: The Strained Empire: Resources, Conflict, and Collapse in the Premodern Empire
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622
Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
Regionale Identität hat Konjunktur, auch in der Forschung zur niedersächsischen #landesgeschichte
Konf: Mythos – Tradition – Geschichtsbilder
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158589
Oldenburg, 28.11.2025-29.11.2025, AG Landes- und Regionalgeschichte der Oldenburgischen Landschaft; Abteilung Oldenburg, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv
https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158589
Oldenburg, 28.11.2025-29.11.2025, AG Landes- und Regionalgeschichte der Oldenburgischen Landschaft; Abteilung Oldenburg, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv
www.hsozkult.de
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Regionale Identität hat Konjunktur, auch in der Forschung zur niedersächsischen #landesgeschichte
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Unser Sammelband "Hamburg: Tor zur kolonialen Welt. Erinnerungsorte der (post-)kolonialen Globalisierung" ist jetzt als open access Version vollständig frei verfügbar: www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...
@juergenzimmerer.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
@juergenzimmerer.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
Hamburg. Tor zur kolonialen Welt | Wallstein Open Library
Als wichtigster Hafen Deutschlands war Hamburg auch zentrale Kolonialmetropole. Das »Tor zur Welt« war über Jahrhunderte ein Tor zur kolonialen Welt. Man hatte Handelsbeziehungen zu Kolonialmächten un...
www.wallstein-open-library.de
November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Unser Sammelband "Hamburg: Tor zur kolonialen Welt. Erinnerungsorte der (post-)kolonialen Globalisierung" ist jetzt als open access Version vollständig frei verfügbar: www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...
@juergenzimmerer.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
@juergenzimmerer.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
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Beware of anyone who refers to delivering rather than teaching. #education
We do not perform scripts, or give Ted Talks. We get to know students, build learning relationships, build knowledge over a semester, adjust our teaching to meet the needs of particular cohorts. This is how we are taught to teach and what makes teaching good 3/
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Beware of anyone who refers to delivering rather than teaching. #education
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Storm at sea whale: eagerly awaiting scraps this ship may soon become. Fantastic rendering by Joos de Momper, 1610. It's his day today.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Storm at sea whale: eagerly awaiting scraps this ship may soon become. Fantastic rendering by Joos de Momper, 1610. It's his day today.
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this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
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Shoutout to our friends from itiner-e.org Great work, as always!
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Shoutout to our friends from itiner-e.org Great work, as always!
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Onions and Mustard.
Olfactory Violence and the making of the modern United States
Olfactory Violence and the making of the modern United States
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Onions and Mustard.
Olfactory Violence and the making of the modern United States
Olfactory Violence and the making of the modern United States
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Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Projekt Culture Cloud" (Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Hannover)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158459
Hannover, 01.01.2026-31.12.2030, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.11.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158459
Hannover, 01.01.2026-31.12.2030, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.11.2025
www.hsozkult.de
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Projekt Culture Cloud" (Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Hannover)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158459
Hannover, 01.01.2026-31.12.2030, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.11.2025
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158459
Hannover, 01.01.2026-31.12.2030, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.11.2025
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Erstaunlicherweise erscheinen diese Bücher alle in sehr großen deutschen Verlagen und ihre Autor·innen werden von Talkshow zu Talkshow gereicht, um von ihren unterdrückten Meinungen zu erzählen.
Ev. sollte diesesPhänomen einen Namen kriegen: Precht-Paradox?
Ev. sollte diesesPhänomen einen Namen kriegen: Precht-Paradox?
Wie viele solche Bücher braucht es noch, bis die Meinungsfreiheit gerettet und der Markt gesättigt ist?
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Erstaunlicherweise erscheinen diese Bücher alle in sehr großen deutschen Verlagen und ihre Autor·innen werden von Talkshow zu Talkshow gereicht, um von ihren unterdrückten Meinungen zu erzählen.
Ev. sollte diesesPhänomen einen Namen kriegen: Precht-Paradox?
Ev. sollte diesesPhänomen einen Namen kriegen: Precht-Paradox?
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The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
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Huh, the Blood! Legend has it, that in the 1380s, three bleeding hosts were discovered in Wilsnack in Brandenburg, which quickly became one of Northern Europe's most famous pilgrim’s destinations. The little village built an oversized church, which even today impresses by its sheer size. (1/3)
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Huh, the Blood! Legend has it, that in the 1380s, three bleeding hosts were discovered in Wilsnack in Brandenburg, which quickly became one of Northern Europe's most famous pilgrim’s destinations. The little village built an oversized church, which even today impresses by its sheer size. (1/3)
Spannende Ausstellung am Horizont: "Kinder im Mittelalter".
Promising exhibition coming up in 2028 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Childhood in the Middle Ages
Promising exhibition coming up in 2028 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Childhood in the Middle Ages
Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Bayer. Landesausstellung 2028" (Bayer. Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst / Haus der Bayer. Geschichte, Augsburg)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158372
Augsburg, -31.12.2028, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst / Haus der …
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158372
Augsburg, -31.12.2028, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst / Haus der …
www.hsozkult.de
October 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Spannende Ausstellung am Horizont: "Kinder im Mittelalter".
Promising exhibition coming up in 2028 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Childhood in the Middle Ages
Promising exhibition coming up in 2028 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Childhood in the Middle Ages
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Reposted by Niels Petersen
Here is the long and short of it.
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here is the long and short of it.
Galway Girl 🎶
#Breaking Independent Catherine Connolly to become tenth President of Ireland after resounding election victory | Watch and follow live
Catherine Connolly to become 10th President of Ireland
Follow live updates as counts begin to come in from constituencies around the country with Catherine Connolly set to become the tenth President of Ireland.
www.rte.ie
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Galway Girl 🎶
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Lets get the horses saddled and off we go! Happy you like it. We are always looking for professional and volunteer cooperation to expand the map, it is quite fun to recreate the routes.
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Lets get the horses saddled and off we go! Happy you like it. We are always looking for professional and volunteer cooperation to expand the map, it is quite fun to recreate the routes.
Heimat und Region im digitalen Zeitalter? Ausgerechnet dann gewinnt die Kategorie Raum erneut eine besondere Relevanz zur Selbstverortung, so @maltethiessen.bsky.social auf der Göttinger Tagung "Länder und ihre Identitäten - Geschichte in den regionalen Medien" www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
October 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Heimat und Region im digitalen Zeitalter? Ausgerechnet dann gewinnt die Kategorie Raum erneut eine besondere Relevanz zur Selbstverortung, so @maltethiessen.bsky.social auf der Göttinger Tagung "Länder und ihre Identitäten - Geschichte in den regionalen Medien" www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
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Research position 24 months: Money, History, and Moral Economies (1250-1530). See:
jacozuijderduijn-miako.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/r...
jacozuijderduijn-miako.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/r...
Research position: Money, History, and Moral Economies (1250–1530)
The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-t…
jacozuijderduijn-miako.wordpress.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Research position 24 months: Money, History, and Moral Economies (1250-1530). See:
jacozuijderduijn-miako.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/r...
jacozuijderduijn-miako.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/r...
Dem @akammerer.bsky.social kann man (und sollte man) immer gut zuhören!
Heute spricht Adrian Kammerer im FOVOG-Kolloquium über die Präsenz von Eremitinnen und Eremiten im Gebiet des mittelalterlichen Reiches von 900–1300.
Anmeldungen für eine Zoom-Teilnahme sind noch möglich.
Alle Infos hier: tud.link/wu6d
#FOVOGTUD #MedievalSky #HistMonast #Skystorians
Anmeldungen für eine Zoom-Teilnahme sind noch möglich.
Alle Infos hier: tud.link/wu6d
#FOVOGTUD #MedievalSky #HistMonast #Skystorians
Am 22. Oktober gibt Adrian Kammerer im FOVOG-Kolloquium einen Einblick zur Präsenz von Eremitinnen und Eremiten im Gebiet des mittelalterlichen Reiches von 900–1300. Eine Teilnahme per Zoom ist nach Anmeldung möglich. Alle Infos hier: tud.link/wu6d #MedievalSky #HistMonast #Skystorians
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Dem @akammerer.bsky.social kann man (und sollte man) immer gut zuhören!
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Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."
All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Those philosophical discussions with Silvain from Lorient, the drinks with Francesca from Gorizia, the dance with Ana from Cádiz and marching with Dáibhí at the St. Patrick's parade - can this Erasmus year at @historyatgalway.bsky.social really be 23 years ago? Thank you, Sofia Corradi!
Sofia Corradi, founder of the Erasmus program, passes away at 91. Known as 'Mamma Erasmus,' she viewed the program, which has sent approximately 16 million students to study abroad through Europe, as her 'personal pacifist mission.'
Bless her - an inspirational lady.
Bless her - an inspirational lady.
October 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Those philosophical discussions with Silvain from Lorient, the drinks with Francesca from Gorizia, the dance with Ana from Cádiz and marching with Dáibhí at the St. Patrick's parade - can this Erasmus year at @historyatgalway.bsky.social really be 23 years ago? Thank you, Sofia Corradi!