Vincent Roy-Di Piazza
@roydipiazza.bsky.social
Historian of early modern science, religion, & political economy in northern Europe • Postdoc @DEPE-ERC.bsky.social 🇫🇮 • FRHistS • PhD Oxford • www.roydipiazza.com
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Hi! I am Vincent, new to Bluesky, early modern academic historian based in Finland (previously 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇰🇬🇧🇸🇪). Follow for posts on early modern history, history of science, religion, & political economy. Consider also following the ERC project (2024-28) I am part of: @DEPE-ERC.bsky.social
And that’s a wrap for the In and Out of the canon in int. history conference in Helsinki! Final words from the organizers after a last panel this afternoon on publishing in intellectual history led by Martin Burke (New York)
December 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
And that’s a wrap for the In and Out of the canon in int. history conference in Helsinki! Final words from the organizers after a last panel this afternoon on publishing in intellectual history led by Martin Burke (New York)
Now attending the last keynote of the intellectual history conference by Richard Sertjeanson (Trinity College, Cambridge) on Universities and the State, with a case study based on unpublished sources from 16th century Oxford scholar John Case.
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Now attending the last keynote of the intellectual history conference by Richard Sertjeanson (Trinity College, Cambridge) on Universities and the State, with a case study based on unpublished sources from 16th century Oxford scholar John Case.
Had a great time yesterday presenting my paper; got some encouraging feedback. Now attending the 2nd keynote by Banu Turnaoğlu Açan (Istanbul/Cambridge) on rethinking the canon, global intellectual history & boundaries of political thought.
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Had a great time yesterday presenting my paper; got some encouraging feedback. Now attending the 2nd keynote by Banu Turnaoğlu Açan (Istanbul/Cambridge) on rethinking the canon, global intellectual history & boundaries of political thought.
First keynote of the intellectual history conference in Helsinki, with Prof Alicia Montoya (Radboud University) on « the common reader »: libraries, canon making, and the book trade in the eighteenth century
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
First keynote of the intellectual history conference in Helsinki, with Prof Alicia Montoya (Radboud University) on « the common reader »: libraries, canon making, and the book trade in the eighteenth century
Excited to attend the In and out of the canon of intellectual history conference for the next three days at the University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi I’ll be giving a talk this afternoon on my research on Sami soldiers in the Swedish imperial army. For now, off to the first keynote!
December 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Excited to attend the In and out of the canon of intellectual history conference for the next three days at the University of Helsinki @helsinki.fi I’ll be giving a talk this afternoon on my research on Sami soldiers in the Swedish imperial army. For now, off to the first keynote!
Interesting read!
What does Gen AI mean for the work of the historian and the value of historical experience, skills and craft?
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social.
New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Interesting read!
Delighted to have been elected a full fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org. The RHS carries vital work in supporting the historical profession, and I am honoured for the chance to contribute to its mission. Congrats to all the new fellows and members!👇
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Society elects 234 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS
At its latest meeting on 21 November 2025, the RHS Council elected 58 Fellows, 30 Associate Fellows, 51 Members and 95 Postgraduate Members, a total of 234 people newly associated with the Society, fr...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Delighted to have been elected a full fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org. The RHS carries vital work in supporting the historical profession, and I am honoured for the chance to contribute to its mission. Congrats to all the new fellows and members!👇
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Looking forward to this ! Closing 2025 with a bang
Join us next week on Thursday 04 Dec. at JYU, room D1009, 14:15x for our last DEPE seminar session of the year! Prof. Lars Magnusson (Uppsala) will be presenting his book « A History of economic thought in Sweden » (Routledge, 2025) 👇
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November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Looking forward to this ! Closing 2025 with a bang
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Our JYU fellow Jonas Gerlings (Halle) giving his paper this afternoon on Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht and Rousseau
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our JYU fellow Jonas Gerlings (Halle) giving his paper this afternoon on Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht and Rousseau
Now wrapping the NHSC10 🇳🇴 conference, with final remarks from board chair Annette Lykknes and the general assembly meeting of the newly founded Norwegian association for the history of science / Norsk Vitenskapshistorisk Forening. See you in Oslo in 2027!
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Now wrapping the NHSC10 🇳🇴 conference, with final remarks from board chair Annette Lykknes and the general assembly meeting of the newly founded Norwegian association for the history of science / Norsk Vitenskapshistorisk Forening. See you in Oslo in 2027!
Last panel of the day, with Andreas Jüttemann on leprosy in the Baltic, Jenny Sure on yellow fever in early C19 Germany, Shan Jiang & Ulrike Spring on C. P. Thunberg & bloodletting, and Thomas Brandt on ship modelling knowledge in C20 Norway.
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Last panel of the day, with Andreas Jüttemann on leprosy in the Baltic, Jenny Sure on yellow fever in early C19 Germany, Shan Jiang & Ulrike Spring on C. P. Thunberg & bloodletting, and Thomas Brandt on ship modelling knowledge in C20 Norway.
Gave a remote talk at Swedenborg House, London (@swedenborghouse.bsky.social) this morning on ‘Swedenborg and slavery’, based on my article on the topic in the Intellectual History Review. Thanks very much to the organizers for their invitation and for accommodating me! Exciting line up and program
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Gave a remote talk at Swedenborg House, London (@swedenborghouse.bsky.social) this morning on ‘Swedenborg and slavery’, based on my article on the topic in the Intellectual History Review. Thanks very much to the organizers for their invitation and for accommodating me! Exciting line up and program
Second keynote of NCHS10 in Bergen 🇳🇴 by Staffan Bergwik (Stockholm) on historical time & scientific knowledge.
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Second keynote of NCHS10 in Bergen 🇳🇴 by Staffan Bergwik (Stockholm) on historical time & scientific knowledge.
It was a pleasure to present my paper on Abraham Bäck in the history of medicine panel at NCHS10! Interesting discussions. And kudos to my fellow panelist Camilla Ruud (Uni. of South Eastern Norway) for a fascinating talk — on a rather intriguing case study!
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It was a pleasure to present my paper on Abraham Bäck in the history of medicine panel at NCHS10! Interesting discussions. And kudos to my fellow panelist Camilla Ruud (Uni. of South Eastern Norway) for a fascinating talk — on a rather intriguing case study!
Second panel of the day, with Philip Roth (Aachen, @preprintculture.bsky.social) on preprints in 1960s physics, Hari Sidhar on natural history in ecology+evolutionary biology, and Marius Buning (UiOslo) on printing privileges & power in early modern Europe
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Second panel of the day, with Philip Roth (Aachen, @preprintculture.bsky.social) on preprints in 1960s physics, Hari Sidhar on natural history in ecology+evolutionary biology, and Marius Buning (UiOslo) on printing privileges & power in early modern Europe
First panel of NCHS10’s 2nd day, with Ageliki Lefkaditou and Jon Røyne Kyllingstad on historicizing IQ testing in Norway, and Harriet Palfreyman & Elizabeth Toon on the place of history of science in science communication.
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
First panel of NCHS10’s 2nd day, with Ageliki Lefkaditou and Jon Røyne Kyllingstad on historicizing IQ testing in Norway, and Harriet Palfreyman & Elizabeth Toon on the place of history of science in science communication.
First keynote by Anne Eriksen (UiOslo) at the beautiful Bergen University Museum, on knowledge for the public sphere there in 1825, preceded by a short tour in celebration of the Museum’s 200 years.
November 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
First keynote by Anne Eriksen (UiOslo) at the beautiful Bergen University Museum, on knowledge for the public sphere there in 1825, preceded by a short tour in celebration of the Museum’s 200 years.
Afternoon session on the sciences and the Sami in 19th & 20th century, with Jykka Nyyssönen on the Skolt Sámi, Astri Andersen on scientists, Sámi culture & land use, and Svein Atle Skålevag on Roland Bonaparte & Sami anthropology in 1884
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Afternoon session on the sciences and the Sami in 19th & 20th century, with Jykka Nyyssönen on the Skolt Sámi, Astri Andersen on scientists, Sámi culture & land use, and Svein Atle Skålevag on Roland Bonaparte & Sami anthropology in 1884
Opening address from Annette Lykknes for the NCHS10🇳🇴 — 50 participants this year, incl. 29 from Norwegian institutions — First panel now chaired by Magnus Vollset, with Vera Schwach, Per Lundin & Ingemar Pettersson on research policy in post-war Norway & Sweden.
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Opening address from Annette Lykknes for the NCHS10🇳🇴 — 50 participants this year, incl. 29 from Norwegian institutions — First panel now chaired by Magnus Vollset, with Vera Schwach, Per Lundin & Ingemar Pettersson on research policy in post-war Norway & Sweden.
Looking forward to this! Very exciting program. I’ll be speaking remotely on Friday morning. Attendance is free! 👇
Please join us 6 to 8 November 2025 for 'Retracing Swedenborg: Texts, Contexts and Changing Perspectives' the first in a new bi-annual series of international academic conferences exploring the work and legacy of the polymath Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772):
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ACADEMIC CONFERENCE—RETRACING SWEDENBORG: TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE—RETRACING SWEDENBORG: TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
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November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Looking forward to this! Very exciting program. I’ll be speaking remotely on Friday morning. Attendance is free! 👇
Now in misty Bergen for the 10th Norwegian history of science conference ! 🇳🇴
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Now in misty Bergen for the 10th Norwegian history of science conference ! 🇳🇴
Loved being back in Jyväskylä for my first HITU conference, to present alongside our team members on the role of colonialism in the early modern Swedish discourse on improvement. Now off to the conference dinner !
Our 2nd and final panel today on «rethinking Improvement» at the Finnish conference for history research 2025, featuring our postdocs @roydipiazza.bsky.social and Laura Tarkka, our senior researcher Keith Tribe, chaired by Ere Nokkala and with Margaret Hunt as commentator.
October 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Loved being back in Jyväskylä for my first HITU conference, to present alongside our team members on the role of colonialism in the early modern Swedish discourse on improvement. Now off to the conference dinner !
Margaret R. Hunt (Uppsala), introduced by Pertti Ahonen, now delivering her keynote presentation « Truth, post Truth and history » at the 2025 Finnish history research conference in Jyväskylä
October 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Margaret R. Hunt (Uppsala), introduced by Pertti Ahonen, now delivering her keynote presentation « Truth, post Truth and history » at the 2025 Finnish history research conference in Jyväskylä
2nd day of the Finnish history research conference opening with a panel on ‘new histories of the idea & concept of democracy’ with Zachris Haaparinne on John Wilkes & the language of scale, Pasi Ihalainen on representative democracy in Northwest Europe, & Hugo Bonin on liberal democracy in FR vs UK
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
2nd day of the Finnish history research conference opening with a panel on ‘new histories of the idea & concept of democracy’ with Zachris Haaparinne on John Wilkes & the language of scale, Pasi Ihalainen on representative democracy in Northwest Europe, & Hugo Bonin on liberal democracy in FR vs UK
Attending the Finnish history research conference (300+ historians!). Enjoyed the panel ‘New early modern historiographies’ with Kaarlo Havu on Marc Fumaroli’s history of rhetoric, Tupu Ylä-Anttila on queenship & Johannes Huhtinen on the puritan roots of Atlanticism.
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Attending the Finnish history research conference (300+ historians!). Enjoyed the panel ‘New early modern historiographies’ with Kaarlo Havu on Marc Fumaroli’s history of rhetoric, Tupu Ylä-Anttila on queenship & Johannes Huhtinen on the puritan roots of Atlanticism.