Sanne Muurling
@smuurling.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Social History @ Radboud Uni | History of gender, social inequalities, crime, death & disease | Editor TSEG & HISFAM | 📚🎮 🗺 🐈
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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TOOOOOOOOOOM!!! @tombhamilton.bsky.social! Oh this is brilliant, humongous congratulations. The Natalie Zemon Davis Prize from the @16csociety.bsky.social! 🤩
#NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)
#NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)
Hamilton_Book award - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
TOOOOOOOOOOM!!! @tombhamilton.bsky.social! Oh this is brilliant, humongous congratulations. The Natalie Zemon Davis Prize from the @16csociety.bsky.social! 🤩
#NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)
#NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)
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The Weekly Read is "Archival Irruptions" by @ktgerbs.bsky.social, which traces how British colonial authorities in mid-eighteenth-century Jamaica came to criminalize Obeah, a religious practice held by enslaved Africans. Read the entire book now, for free!
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November 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Stability and survival: Creole widowhood in St. Eustatius, 1780s-1820s
This article articulates the mortality gap between non-Caribbean (foreign) men and Caribbean (Creole) women on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centurie...
www.tandfonline.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We are looking for a new Chair in Economic, Social and Demographic History!
If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call!
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call!
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Full Professor: Social and Economic History at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
September 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
We are looking for a new Chair in Economic, Social and Demographic History!
If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call!
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call!
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...
September 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...
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Medio volgend jaar word ik 67. De advertentie voor een nieuwe directeur @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social staat vanaf vandaag online. Zegt het voort!
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September 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Medio volgend jaar word ik 67. De advertentie voor een nieuwe directeur @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social staat vanaf vandaag online. Zegt het voort!
vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...
vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Amsterda...
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Spot on. Ik verbaasd me ook altijd weer over managers (of collega's) die de privileges van het werken aan de universiteit alleen maar benadrukken alsof we nog in de jaren 70 zitten.
"The academic career is framed as a privileged but high-risk venture that ppl knowingly choose to embark on so they must endure the consequences or find a way to cope, thus obscuring deliberate adoption of biz models that [deprioritize] investment in staff + render large sections of the workforce 🗑️"
‘You just have to learn to play the game’: survival, resentment and resignation in women academics’ narratives of precarity
This paper discusses precarious academic labour and its implications for gender and interrelated inequalities, drawing on narrative interviews with temporarily employed UK women academics. It ident...
www.tandfonline.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Spot on. Ik verbaasd me ook altijd weer over managers (of collega's) die de privileges van het werken aan de universiteit alleen maar benadrukken alsof we nog in de jaren 70 zitten.
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The scariest and most powerful incantation known on the internet ;)
October 8, 2024 at 10:20 PM
The scariest and most powerful incantation known on the internet ;)
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Looking forward talking about “Controlling Contagion” at the Radboud Conference next week, and learning more answers to its key question: “How Did We Lift the Burden?” www.ru.nl/en/about-us/... @oxford-esh.bsky.social @timriswick.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
Keynote “Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from Plague to Covid” | Radboud University
In this keynote lecture, prof. Sheilagh Ogilvie will explain how societies have historically managed epidemics through various social institutions.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Looking forward talking about “Controlling Contagion” at the Radboud Conference next week, and learning more answers to its key question: “How Did We Lift the Burden?” www.ru.nl/en/about-us/... @oxford-esh.bsky.social @timriswick.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
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The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t
The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu
From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?
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August 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t
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"we've eliminated the memory of these diseases." The most powerful argument for making sure #histmed is an element of all curricula!
Dr. Paul Offit from last week's Roundtable on Vaccines:
"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
"The problem is not only that we've largely eliminated these diseases...we've eliminated the memory of these diseases. Parents are now more scared of the safety of vaccines, real or imagined, then the diseases they prevent."
January 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"we've eliminated the memory of these diseases." The most powerful argument for making sure #histmed is an element of all curricula!
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Great to see the video of David Turner's recent talk, 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social now available online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... It was a great evening.
Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
British History in the Long 18th Century Semianr
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July 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Great to see the video of David Turner's recent talk, 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social now available online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... It was a great evening.
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New book out later this year! Courtship, marriage, divorce, Scotland! All the best topics!
July 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
New book out later this year! Courtship, marriage, divorce, Scotland! All the best topics!
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A-HA! The plot thickens! Zijne Majesteit heeft Trump hagelslag voorgezet, natuurlijk om hem subtiel te beïnvloeden. Hagelslaggate! Make Holland Great Again! #Hagelslagwins
June 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A-HA! The plot thickens! Zijne Majesteit heeft Trump hagelslag voorgezet, natuurlijk om hem subtiel te beïnvloeden. Hagelslaggate! Make Holland Great Again! #Hagelslagwins
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📣New blog!
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
From Coroners’ Rolls to the Classroom: Engaging Students with the Medieval Murder Map
Dr Stephanie Brown, University of Hull s.brown6@hull.ac.uk @stephemmabrown.bsky.social How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society? In lots of ways, actually. The…
socialhistory.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
📣New blog!
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?
@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜
Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
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Fascinating article by the amazing Samantha Sint Nicolaas and colleagues about migrant crime and discrimination in the courts of early modern Holland: academic.oup.com/jsh/article-...
Migrants, Violence, and Discrimination in Early Modern Holland
Abstract. This study examines the experiences of migrants in early modern Dutch cities, focusing on violence and indications of social tensions in criminal
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May 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Fascinating article by the amazing Samantha Sint Nicolaas and colleagues about migrant crime and discrimination in the courts of early modern Holland: academic.oup.com/jsh/article-...
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Vroegmoderne vrouwen: verleden tijd? Allerminst!
Tijdens 'Van marge naar middelpunt' blikken onderzoekers (waaronder collega @ninalamal.bsky.social) en erfgoedprofessionals terug én vooruit op vrouwengeschiedenis in erfgoed & wetenschap.
📅 4 juni | 17:00 | SPUI25
Info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/b94pHFs
Tijdens 'Van marge naar middelpunt' blikken onderzoekers (waaronder collega @ninalamal.bsky.social) en erfgoedprofessionals terug én vooruit op vrouwengeschiedenis in erfgoed & wetenschap.
📅 4 juni | 17:00 | SPUI25
Info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/b94pHFs
May 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Vroegmoderne vrouwen: verleden tijd? Allerminst!
Tijdens 'Van marge naar middelpunt' blikken onderzoekers (waaronder collega @ninalamal.bsky.social) en erfgoedprofessionals terug én vooruit op vrouwengeschiedenis in erfgoed & wetenschap.
📅 4 juni | 17:00 | SPUI25
Info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/b94pHFs
Tijdens 'Van marge naar middelpunt' blikken onderzoekers (waaronder collega @ninalamal.bsky.social) en erfgoedprofessionals terug én vooruit op vrouwengeschiedenis in erfgoed & wetenschap.
📅 4 juni | 17:00 | SPUI25
Info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/b94pHFs
Exciting to see the seven little maps I made for this book about diseases and mortality in 19th and early 20th c Amsterdam in print ✨ (Book recommendation, too! Get your copy now: libris.nl/a/owen-lamme...)
May 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Exciting to see the seven little maps I made for this book about diseases and mortality in 19th and early 20th c Amsterdam in print ✨ (Book recommendation, too! Get your copy now: libris.nl/a/owen-lamme...)
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Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
January 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Layers of information in an archival document:
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...
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Wees solidair met de collega’s bij Italiaans in Leiden en teken deze petitie voor behoud van de vakgroep.
Save Italian language and culture programme at Leiden University - online-petitie
The Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University plans to shut down the Italian Language and Culture program. The Faculty Board justifies its decision based on the following arguments: (1) a limited glo...
www.openpetition.eu
January 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Wees solidair met de collega’s bij Italiaans in Leiden en teken deze petitie voor behoud van de vakgroep.
Looking forward to this!
Am looking forward to chairing Kate Gibson’s paper on ‘Illegitimacy & Unmarried Parenthood in 18thC England’ on 11th February- why not join us? Online and all welcome, more details and registration here: www.history.ac.uk/events/illeg.... @kategibson.bsky.social
Illegitimacy and Unmarried Parenthood in Eighteenth-Century England
www.history.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Looking forward to this!
Arsenic to combat pulmonary tuberculosis; 1883's Ivermectine? 😷💀 www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/ar...
January 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Arsenic to combat pulmonary tuberculosis; 1883's Ivermectine? 😷💀 www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/ar...
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Before Ken Barbie there was...
December 18, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Before Ken Barbie there was...