Vincent Roy-Di Piazza
@roydipiazza.bsky.social
Historian of early modern science, religion, & political economy in northern Europe • Postdoc @DEPE-ERC.bsky.social @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social (JYU🇫🇮) • PhD Oxford (2022) • website: 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
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):
www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/acade...
www.swedenborg.org.uk/events/acade...
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE—RETRACING SWEDENBORG: TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE—RETRACING SWEDENBORG: TEXTS, CONTEXTS AND CHANGING PERSPECTIVES
www.swedenborg.org.uk
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.
Looking forward to this! The book launch is part of four pre-conference events before the 2025 Finnish Conference of History Research — the largest history conference in Finland 🇫🇮. Responses will be provided by my colleague Laura Tarkka followed by drinks & dinner. Join us!
Join us in person tomorrow in Jyväskylä (15:15-17:45, room H105) for our book launch event of « Johann H. G. von Giusti (1717-71): Philosoph, Kameralist, Publizist » with a distinguished panel of 8 speakers from Munich, Halle, Uppsala, Helsinki & JKL👇 www.jyu.fi/en/events/bo...
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Looking forward to this! The book launch is part of four pre-conference events before the 2025 Finnish Conference of History Research — the largest history conference in Finland 🇫🇮. Responses will be provided by my colleague Laura Tarkka followed by drinks & dinner. Join us!
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Carl Wennerlind opens the conference’s 2nd day at Barnard, Columbia University, with talks from our PI Ere Nokkala (JYU), Nathalie Le Bouteillec (Amiens), and Sara Ekström (Stockholm)
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Carl Wennerlind opens the conference’s 2nd day at Barnard, Columbia University, with talks from our PI Ere Nokkala (JYU), Nathalie Le Bouteillec (Amiens), and Sara Ekström (Stockholm)
A real pleasure to present and be part of this panel at Barnard, Columbia!
Second panel on Swedish colonialism chaired by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson (Chicago) with our postdoc @roydipiazza.bsky.social Fredrik Thomasson (Uppsala) and Leos Müller (Stockholm)
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A real pleasure to present and be part of this panel at Barnard, Columbia!
New York, New York
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New York, New York
Finally received my own copy of this classic banger — just in time for the weekend 📚
October 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Finally received my own copy of this classic banger — just in time for the weekend 📚
Looking forward to this 👇
Next week our PI Ere Nokkala and postdoc @roydipiazza.bsky.social will be taking part in the 3-day international conference on ‘Science, Empire & Political economy in the Nordic Enlightenment’ at @barnardcollege.bsky.social on 09-11 Oct. in collaboration with the Swedish Consulate in New York.
September 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Looking forward to this 👇
Wrote a 3 minute read blog post for the Cambridge Core Blog @Cambridge.org summarizing key results from my open access article on Abraham Bäck, cadaver scarcity, and the racial anatomy of skin @historicaljnl.bsky.social. Read it here👇 www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
How cadaver scarcity shaped the racial science of skin in Enlightenment Europe « History# « Cambridge Core Blog
This blog post is based on the article ‘Abraham Bäck, scarcity, and the racial anatomy of skin’ published in The Historical Journal: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X25101039 In February 1744, the Swe...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Wrote a 3 minute read blog post for the Cambridge Core Blog @Cambridge.org summarizing key results from my open access article on Abraham Bäck, cadaver scarcity, and the racial anatomy of skin @historicaljnl.bsky.social. Read it here👇 www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
Excited to share my article in The Historical Journal on Abraham Bäck, Linnaeus’ best friend, who dissected the skin of an enslaved man. I explore Bäck’s little known research on race and how cadaver scarcity shaped racial science in the European Enlightenment👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Abraham Bäck, Scarcity, and the Racial Anatomy of Skin | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core
Abraham Bäck, Scarcity, and the Racial Anatomy of Skin
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September 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Excited to share my article in The Historical Journal on Abraham Bäck, Linnaeus’ best friend, who dissected the skin of an enslaved man. I explore Bäck’s little known research on race and how cadaver scarcity shaped racial science in the European Enlightenment👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy to share my new blog post on C18 French-Swedish relations for the Oxford Centre for Intellectual History blog @oxfordcih.bsky.social. French-Swedish diplomacy treated cultural alignment as a powerful vehicle for political change in Sweden👇
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...
Enlightening the king: French-Swedish relations in the letters of Gustaf Philip Creutz with Gustav III
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy to share my new blog post on C18 French-Swedish relations for the Oxford Centre for Intellectual History blog @oxfordcih.bsky.social. French-Swedish diplomacy treated cultural alignment as a powerful vehicle for political change in Sweden👇
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/enli...