Liesbeth Corens
@onslies.bsky.social
Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
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Liesbeth Corens
@onslies.bsky.social
· Nov 10
About me: I'm really interested in how (Catholic) minorities persevere.
Confessional Mobility: oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093...
Archives & Information: britishacademy.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5871...
Social History: academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...
Confessional Mobility: oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093...
Archives & Information: britishacademy.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5871...
Social History: academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...
No *you* completely forgot about an entire session. 🫣
On the plus side: BONUS SESSION! Isn't it supergenerous of me to give you that belated spike of serotonin?
On the plus side: BONUS SESSION! Isn't it supergenerous of me to give you that belated spike of serotonin?
AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three!
Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
January 24, 2026 at 11:46 AM
No *you* completely forgot about an entire session. 🫣
On the plus side: BONUS SESSION! Isn't it supergenerous of me to give you that belated spike of serotonin?
On the plus side: BONUS SESSION! Isn't it supergenerous of me to give you that belated spike of serotonin?
Don’t mess with people of faith, they find strength in a truth beyond the powerplays and party politics.
oh, and when they’re on a roll, they tell you exactly what’s what.
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
oh, and when they’re on a roll, they tell you exactly what’s what.
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 24, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Don’t mess with people of faith, they find strength in a truth beyond the powerplays and party politics.
oh, and when they’re on a roll, they tell you exactly what’s what.
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
oh, and when they’re on a roll, they tell you exactly what’s what.
religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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Early Modernists on Bluesky! Can someone provide me with bibliographical indications on fur trade in Central- and Eastern Europe in the sixteenth century?
January 23, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Early Modernists on Bluesky! Can someone provide me with bibliographical indications on fur trade in Central- and Eastern Europe in the sixteenth century?
Though rather relieved to see that so many must be waking up to the fact that these tuition fees are a class tax that it is making Hillman nervous.
The speed with which he tries to deflect something is often an indication of its strength. See: the Bloomberg reporting he jumped on archive.md/X7F8J
The speed with which he tries to deflect something is often an indication of its strength. See: the Bloomberg reporting he jumped on archive.md/X7F8J
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Though rather relieved to see that so many must be waking up to the fact that these tuition fees are a class tax that it is making Hillman nervous.
The speed with which he tries to deflect something is often an indication of its strength. See: the Bloomberg reporting he jumped on archive.md/X7F8J
The speed with which he tries to deflect something is often an indication of its strength. See: the Bloomberg reporting he jumped on archive.md/X7F8J
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This is entirely driven by small businesses, for whom a day of lost revenue is a big deal.
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
This is entirely driven by small businesses, for whom a day of lost revenue is a big deal.
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Who is not participating? Minnesota’s 17 Fortune 500 companies. “Those organizations have not spoken publicly about the federal immigration activity.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
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AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three!
Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
January 23, 2026 at 2:11 PM
AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three!
Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
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For whoever else needs this today, a reminder that there's still a 'The Name of the Rose' ambient noise generator. Great for all sorts of work (perhaps also plotting).
mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...
#skystorians #earlymodern
mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...
#skystorians #earlymodern
The Name Of The Rose — Background Ambience Generator
A sonic tribute to Umberto Eco.
mynoise.net
January 23, 2026 at 10:21 AM
For whoever else needs this today, a reminder that there's still a 'The Name of the Rose' ambient noise generator. Great for all sorts of work (perhaps also plotting).
mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...
#skystorians #earlymodern
mynoise.net/NoiseMachine...
#skystorians #earlymodern
"Europe just said 'no'. ...Maybe, saying 'no' is something more of us in America might want to try. Instead of complying in advance, College Presidents, law firms, media outlets...just tell that man 'no'."
Goes for any authoritarian: stop making your every move about what he might or might not like
Goes for any authoritarian: stop making your every move about what he might or might not like
Trump Demands Greenland at Davos & Literally Trashes First-Year “Accomplishments” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 1:21 PM
"Europe just said 'no'. ...Maybe, saying 'no' is something more of us in America might want to try. Instead of complying in advance, College Presidents, law firms, media outlets...just tell that man 'no'."
Goes for any authoritarian: stop making your every move about what he might or might not like
Goes for any authoritarian: stop making your every move about what he might or might not like
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Full schedule for this term's 40+ seminars (free and open to the public) here. If you're studying, researching or just interested in History, have a look, and do book. Most seminars can be attended virtually; many are hybrid and you are welcome to join the Institute's London audience in person. 2/2
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
www.history.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Full schedule for this term's 40+ seminars (free and open to the public) here. If you're studying, researching or just interested in History, have a look, and do book. Most seminars can be attended virtually; many are hybrid and you are welcome to join the Institute's London audience in person. 2/2
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Honestly completely irresponsible how press & policy makers rely on one man so obviously ideologically committed to a failed policy he drove through when he was special advisor to Willets.
He's spent his career lashing out about that, and press & policy makers have enabled him.
He's spent his career lashing out about that, and press & policy makers have enabled him.
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Honestly completely irresponsible how press & policy makers rely on one man so obviously ideologically committed to a failed policy he drove through when he was special advisor to Willets.
He's spent his career lashing out about that, and press & policy makers have enabled him.
He's spent his career lashing out about that, and press & policy makers have enabled him.
🤩 #LowCountries!
(and the #LowCountries seminar heard a previous version of this wonderful piece, in case you needed any incentive to join in Bloomsbury on Friday nights: you get the previous of brilliant research!) (and delicious Sichuan food. that too.)
(and the #LowCountries seminar heard a previous version of this wonderful piece, in case you needed any incentive to join in Bloomsbury on Friday nights: you get the previous of brilliant research!) (and delicious Sichuan food. that too.)
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...
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 9:08 AM
🤩 #LowCountries!
(and the #LowCountries seminar heard a previous version of this wonderful piece, in case you needed any incentive to join in Bloomsbury on Friday nights: you get the previous of brilliant research!) (and delicious Sichuan food. that too.)
(and the #LowCountries seminar heard a previous version of this wonderful piece, in case you needed any incentive to join in Bloomsbury on Friday nights: you get the previous of brilliant research!) (and delicious Sichuan food. that too.)
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Getting a grip and sorting out HEI financing would help to reduce institutions' desperate scramble for students. Focus on the core problem, wicked though it is, and the secondary and tertiary problems will shrink.
Universities enrol hundreds of research students despite warnings
Some institutions respond to ‘explosive’ demand for MRes courses by expanding programmes, exacerbating concerns about potential government crackdown
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Getting a grip and sorting out HEI financing would help to reduce institutions' desperate scramble for students. Focus on the core problem, wicked though it is, and the secondary and tertiary problems will shrink.
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In our position paper we looked at how the core principles of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for #ResearchIntegrity applies to AI usage. @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @jedbrown.org @marentierra.bsky.social @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social @felienne.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:56 PM
In our position paper we looked at how the core principles of the Netherlands Code of Conduct for #ResearchIntegrity applies to AI usage. @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @jedbrown.org @marentierra.bsky.social @lucyavraamidou.bsky.social @felienne.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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"However, my case reveals a fundamental weakness: these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind."
Erm, no. We already knew that. It is a hyped black box built on plagiarised content + labour exploitation. The arrogance & lack of reflection 🙄
Erm, no. We already knew that. It is a hyped black box built on plagiarised content + labour exploitation. The arrogance & lack of reflection 🙄
January 22, 2026 at 8:56 PM
"However, my case reveals a fundamental weakness: these tools were not developed with academic standards of reliability and accountability in mind."
Erm, no. We already knew that. It is a hyped black box built on plagiarised content + labour exploitation. The arrogance & lack of reflection 🙄
Erm, no. We already knew that. It is a hyped black box built on plagiarised content + labour exploitation. The arrogance & lack of reflection 🙄
It took him two years to get this insight? And he’s not evaporated in a puff of shame but thinks he can pretend to be an insightful "case"?
[insert pithy remark about wishing to have the confidence and lack of self-awareness of mediocre white men here]
[insert pithy remark about wishing to have the confidence and lack of self-awareness of mediocre white men here]
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It took him two years to get this insight? And he’s not evaporated in a puff of shame but thinks he can pretend to be an insightful "case"?
[insert pithy remark about wishing to have the confidence and lack of self-awareness of mediocre white men here]
[insert pithy remark about wishing to have the confidence and lack of self-awareness of mediocre white men here]
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This feels like the first clue in an elaborate treasure hunt
[477099-rustic-wooden-cabin].
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This feels like the first clue in an elaborate treasure hunt
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Absolutely, truly, so excited for this book!! I’ve read some but there’s nothing quite like a physical copy
January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Absolutely, truly, so excited for this book!! I’ve read some but there’s nothing quite like a physical copy
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I wrote a short blog on the Court of Orphans probate inventories held @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
A fascinating source for anyone researching early modern social history or material culture 📜
Link below 👇
www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-pro...
A fascinating source for anyone researching early modern social history or material culture 📜
Link below 👇
www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-pro...
The Probate Inventories of the Court of Orphans
Probate Inventories of the Court of Orphans reveal hidden details about lives of Londoners, their businesses and women in the economy of early modern London
www.thelondonarchives.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I wrote a short blog on the Court of Orphans probate inventories held @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
A fascinating source for anyone researching early modern social history or material culture 📜
Link below 👇
www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-pro...
A fascinating source for anyone researching early modern social history or material culture 📜
Link below 👇
www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-pro...
LOL. "Well-respected". We haven't been "well-respected" for decades.
Oh, and if your plagiarism machine weren't so shit you wouldn't need to be so pathetic about it.
Oh, and if your plagiarism machine weren't so shit you wouldn't need to be so pathetic about it.
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
LOL. "Well-respected". We haven't been "well-respected" for decades.
Oh, and if your plagiarism machine weren't so shit you wouldn't need to be so pathetic about it.
Oh, and if your plagiarism machine weren't so shit you wouldn't need to be so pathetic about it.
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PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 AM
PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.
Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
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Speaking of Flemish lace: rescued a thread of family stories/secrets from the other site.
Genuinely fascinated by those absences as much as by what we still have, scattered across the homes of uncles & aunts, and an occasional museum. (connecting threads + holes = lace, geddit, geddit?)
Genuinely fascinated by those absences as much as by what we still have, scattered across the homes of uncles & aunts, and an occasional museum. (connecting threads + holes = lace, geddit, geddit?)
(Im)material family inheritances
When during Lockdown Liverpool’s World Museum invited the internet to share stories about #PorcelainAtHome, it prompted my mum dug up from the cellar a box which she has opened but six times in her…
liesbethcorens.wordpress.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Speaking of Flemish lace: rescued a thread of family stories/secrets from the other site.
Genuinely fascinated by those absences as much as by what we still have, scattered across the homes of uncles & aunts, and an occasional museum. (connecting threads + holes = lace, geddit, geddit?)
Genuinely fascinated by those absences as much as by what we still have, scattered across the homes of uncles & aunts, and an occasional museum. (connecting threads + holes = lace, geddit, geddit?)
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That's a one-finger salute from a reading lady of the 1770s with a fancy headdress. 🖕 #skystorians
January 22, 2026 at 9:44 AM
That's a one-finger salute from a reading lady of the 1770s with a fancy headdress. 🖕 #skystorians