Stefan Bauer
@stefanbauer.bsky.social
Research Integrity Facilitator at King's College London. Author 'The Invention of Papal History' (Oxford University Press) http://bit.ly/PapalHistory. Historian interested in fakes and forgeries. Bsky since 23/10/23
Gift idea: Surprise Alarm Clock
December 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Gift idea: Surprise Alarm Clock
On Thursday, 11 Dec, 5:30pm London time (12:30pm New York/6:30 Brussels), Joshua Rushton (Manchester) will speak about ‘Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture’. Online-via Zoom ONLY.
All welcome - Please share. To register, see www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome - Please share. To register, see www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture
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December 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
On Thursday, 11 Dec, 5:30pm London time (12:30pm New York/6:30 Brussels), Joshua Rushton (Manchester) will speak about ‘Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture’. Online-via Zoom ONLY.
All welcome - Please share. To register, see www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome - Please share. To register, see www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture
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December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On Thursday, 11 Dec, 5:30pm London time (12:30pm New York/6:30 Brussels), Joshua Rushton (Manchester) will speak about ‘Human and Environmental Entanglements in Early Modern Italian Shrine Culture’. Online-via Zoom ONLY.
All welcome - Please share. To register, see www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome - Please share. To register, see www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
I was pleased to name my "Books of the Year" for History Today magazine: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi... @historytoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I was pleased to name my "Books of the Year" for History Today magazine: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi... @historytoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I was pleased to name my "Books of the Year" for readers of History Today magazine: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Books of the Year 2025: Part 1
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November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I was pleased to name my "Books of the Year" for readers of History Today magazine: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Caravaggio's Cupid - painted in 1602, censored on public transport in 2025
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Caravaggio's Cupid - painted in 1602, censored on public transport in 2025
Modest goal of the day - "skimmed that tastes like semi-skimmed"
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Modest goal of the day - "skimmed that tastes like semi-skimmed"
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On Thursday, 27 Nov 2025, 5:30pm London time, Antonio Pattori (Oxford) will speak about ‘An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy’. Via Zoom & IHR London
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy
www.history.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On Thursday, 27 Nov 2025, 5:30pm London time, Antonio Pattori (Oxford) will speak about ‘An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy’. Via Zoom & IHR London
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
On Thursday, 27 Nov 2025, 5:30pm London time, Antonio Pattori (Oxford) will speak about ‘An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy’. Via Zoom & IHR London
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy
www.history.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
On Thursday, 27 Nov 2025, 5:30pm London time, Antonio Pattori (Oxford) will speak about ‘An Early Modern Strategy of Tension? Conspiring with the Ottomans in Mid-Sixteenth Century Italy’. Via Zoom & IHR London
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
All welcome - Please share invitation
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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NEXT MONTH: The Baptistery in Florence and its Bronze Doors at the British Museum in London (study session), Wednesday, 3 Dec 2025, 11.00-13.00 London, UK, time. Send DM for details and to register! #florencebaptistery #britishmuseum
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
NEXT MONTH: The Baptistery in Florence and its Bronze Doors at the British Museum in London (study session), Wednesday, 3 Dec 2025, 11.00-13.00 London, UK, time. Send DM for details and to register! #florencebaptistery #britishmuseum
On Thursday, 30 Oct 2025, 5:30pm London time (1:30pm New York/6:30pm Brussels), Alex Lee (NYU London) will speak about ‘Disability and Community: Healing Miracles and the Bianchi of 1399’.
Free! Online-via Zoom & IHR Senate House, London
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Free! Online-via Zoom & IHR Senate House, London
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Italy 1200-1700
Seminar
www.history.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
On Thursday, 30 Oct 2025, 5:30pm London time (1:30pm New York/6:30pm Brussels), Alex Lee (NYU London) will speak about ‘Disability and Community: Healing Miracles and the Bianchi of 1399’.
Free! Online-via Zoom & IHR Senate House, London
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Free! Online-via Zoom & IHR Senate House, London
To register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians
October 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians
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See here: pureinfotech.com/disable-ai-o... However, one of the steps didn't work and I had to modify it. In Step 11, for the Edge browser, I had to add "https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s" rather than the recommended "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" in the URL setting. Works now.
Disable Google AI Overviews on Search on Chrome and Edge
To disable Google AI Overviews results in search, on Chrome and Edge create a custom search engine using "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" code.
pureinfotech.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
See here: pureinfotech.com/disable-ai-o... However, one of the steps didn't work and I had to modify it. In Step 11, for the Edge browser, I had to add "https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s" rather than the recommended "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" in the URL setting. Works now.
In the latest issue Historische Zeitschrift, there is only 1 single review on early modern history. And that one's on Goethe. What happened to German historical "science"? www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
Historische Zeitschrift Volume 321, Issue 2 -
Volume 321, issue 2 of the journal Historische Zeitschrift was published in 2025.
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
In the latest issue Historische Zeitschrift, there is only 1 single review on early modern history. And that one's on Goethe. What happened to German historical "science"? www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
See here: pureinfotech.com/disable-ai-o... However, one of the steps didn't work and I had to modify it. In Step 11, for the Edge browser, I had to add "https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s" rather than the recommended "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" in the URL setting. Works now.
Disable Google AI Overviews on Search on Chrome and Edge
To disable Google AI Overviews results in search, on Chrome and Edge create a custom search engine using "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" code.
pureinfotech.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
See here: pureinfotech.com/disable-ai-o... However, one of the steps didn't work and I had to modify it. In Step 11, for the Edge browser, I had to add "https://www.google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s" rather than the recommended "{google:baseURL}/search?udm=14&q=%s" in the URL setting. Works now.
Managed to switch off the AI answer box on my Google search -- happy days!
October 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Managed to switch off the AI answer box on my Google search -- happy days!
I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians
October 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm pleased to see Daniel Woolf's generous review of "A Renaissance Reclaimed": "the volume is uniformly excellent" @kingsartshums.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social my.bsky.social #skystorians
Many thoughtful articles on Artificial Intelligence in the autumn issue of the @indexoncensorship.org Magazine - including a piece by King's very own @drkatedevlin.bsky.social www.indexoncensorship.org/events/truth...
Truth, trust and tricksters in the age of AI - Index on Censorship
Join us for a panel discussion and launch of Index’s latest magazine issue on Wednesday 1 October at City St George’s, University of London.
www.indexoncensorship.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Many thoughtful articles on Artificial Intelligence in the autumn issue of the @indexoncensorship.org Magazine - including a piece by King's very own @drkatedevlin.bsky.social www.indexoncensorship.org/events/truth...
The IHR Italy 1200-1700 (London and online) seminar programme has been published: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Italy 1200-1700
Seminar
www.history.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The IHR Italy 1200-1700 (London and online) seminar programme has been published: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices
#AcademicPublishing #Science #AcademicJournals #WCRI2026 #WCRI
www.science.org/content/arti....
#AcademicPublishing #Science #AcademicJournals #WCRI2026 #WCRI
www.science.org/content/arti....
AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices
New algorithm could help scientists avoid publishing in shady titles
www.science.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
AI tool labels more than 1000 journals for ‘questionable,’ possibly shady practices
#AcademicPublishing #Science #AcademicJournals #WCRI2026 #WCRI
www.science.org/content/arti....
#AcademicPublishing #Science #AcademicJournals #WCRI2026 #WCRI
www.science.org/content/arti....
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For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern
May 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
For those interested in news in Early Modern Europe, this has just landed on my desk from Penguin #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern
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The new Society for the Study of the Past now has socials! 🥳🍉
You can find us on Insta or here on Bluesky: @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social
Or check out the website here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com
You can find us on Insta or here on Bluesky: @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social
Or check out the website here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com
Society for the Study of the Past
A new history of the world...
societyforthestudyofthepast.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The new Society for the Study of the Past now has socials! 🥳🍉
You can find us on Insta or here on Bluesky: @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social
Or check out the website here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com
You can find us on Insta or here on Bluesky: @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social
Or check out the website here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com
Congrats Reza and Sara!
May 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Congrats Reza and Sara!
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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
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May 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn