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
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/...
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
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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
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Reminder: submit to the Historical Materialism London Conference!
From 6-9th of November - with a Postgrad pre day on the 5th.
We're running a stream with Notes from Below on Workers and Capital!
Get in touch for more info and submit here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
From 6-9th of November - with a Postgrad pre day on the 5th.
We're running a stream with Notes from Below on Workers and Capital!
Get in touch for more info and submit here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism
Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025
www.historicalmaterialism.org
May 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reminder: submit to the Historical Materialism London Conference!
From 6-9th of November - with a Postgrad pre day on the 5th.
We're running a stream with Notes from Below on Workers and Capital!
Get in touch for more info and submit here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
From 6-9th of November - with a Postgrad pre day on the 5th.
We're running a stream with Notes from Below on Workers and Capital!
Get in touch for more info and submit here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...
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Would you like to become a KCL UCU caseworker? The branch is hosting a training session on casework on 19 May 2-5pm followed by a social event. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... We are each other’s strength
Fill | KCL UCU Casework training and social
Register for the casework training and social. The training will run 2-5pm on the 19th of May. The social will start afterwards. After registration, we will invite you to the outlook event with…
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May 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Would you like to become a KCL UCU caseworker? The branch is hosting a training session on casework on 19 May 2-5pm followed by a social event. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... We are each other’s strength
This morning’s Gmail inbox counter was a monument to the endless tide of either empty or strictly functional words - or both.
May 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This morning’s Gmail inbox counter was a monument to the endless tide of either empty or strictly functional words - or both.
As someone who's spent many years studying an Augustinian who wrote about the lives of the popes, I’m really happy to see an Augustinian become pope.
May 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As someone who's spent many years studying an Augustinian who wrote about the lives of the popes, I’m really happy to see an Augustinian become pope.
A propos of the conclave, here is a review I wrote a few years ago on a book about the 1559 conclave www.academia.edu/61052515/Wai... #conclave
Waiting for the White Smoke
A review of Mary Hollingsworth, 'Conclave 1559: Ippolito d’Este and the Papal Election of 1559', Literary Review, November 2021, pp. 37-38
www.academia.edu
May 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A propos of the conclave, here is a review I wrote a few years ago on a book about the 1559 conclave www.academia.edu/61052515/Wai... #conclave
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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*Branch anti-casualisation workshop*
Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm)
❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign.
📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm)
❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign.
📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Microsoft Forms
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April 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
*Branch anti-casualisation workshop*
Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm)
❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign.
📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Join us on Friday 2nd of May for a workshop on anti-casualisation (2-4pm)
❔Open to all members on a precarious contract or an open ended contract who want to support the campaign.
📝 Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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You can now order 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 in paperback 📖🤓
www.routledge.com/Reading-and-...
#EarlyModern #history #Renaissance #Machiavelli #GeorgCalixtus #ChristianThomasius #LeonardoBruni #RobertGraves #biography #translation #NaturalLaw #humanism #books
www.routledge.com/Reading-and-...
#EarlyModern #history #Renaissance #Machiavelli #GeorgCalixtus #ChristianThomasius #LeonardoBruni #RobertGraves #biography #translation #NaturalLaw #humanism #books
Reading and Writing History from Bruni to Windschuttle: Essays in Honour of Gary Ianziti
Featuring work by researchers in the fields of early modern studies, Italian studies, ecclesiastical history and historiography, this volume of essays adds to a rich corpus of literature on Renaissanc...
www.routledge.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:21 AM
You can now order 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 in paperback 📖🤓
www.routledge.com/Reading-and-...
#EarlyModern #history #Renaissance #Machiavelli #GeorgCalixtus #ChristianThomasius #LeonardoBruni #RobertGraves #biography #translation #NaturalLaw #humanism #books
www.routledge.com/Reading-and-...
#EarlyModern #history #Renaissance #Machiavelli #GeorgCalixtus #ChristianThomasius #LeonardoBruni #RobertGraves #biography #translation #NaturalLaw #humanism #books
The journal "Annali d'Italianistica" has received a review copy of "L'Invenzione della storia papi" and are looking for a reviewer. Scholars interested in reviewing the book should contact them at annali@elon.edu www.academia.edu/128322571/Bo... #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern #reformazing
www.academia.edu
April 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The journal "Annali d'Italianistica" has received a review copy of "L'Invenzione della storia papi" and are looking for a reviewer. Scholars interested in reviewing the book should contact them at annali@elon.edu www.academia.edu/128322571/Bo... #skystorians #16thC #EarlyModern #reformazing
At first, I thought how thoughtful of Waterstones to pair "Smart Thinking" with "History". Then it occurred to me - what if they’re actually contrasting the two?
April 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
At first, I thought how thoughtful of Waterstones to pair "Smart Thinking" with "History". Then it occurred to me - what if they’re actually contrasting the two?
Nice to be featured in King's Essentials today, though my light blue folder on the table is featured more prominently than my face
April 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nice to be featured in King's Essentials today, though my light blue folder on the table is featured more prominently than my face
Way to go Guardian, this catchphrase is just so mellifluous
April 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Way to go Guardian, this catchphrase is just so mellifluous
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of illegally pirated material, to train its AI models. This includes most of our academic books. www.alcs.co.uk/news/alcs-co...
ALCS comment on Meta and LibGen
It was recently revealed by The Atlantic that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of pirated material, to train its AI models.
www.alcs.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has used LibGen, a vast database of illegally pirated material, to train its AI models. This includes most of our academic books. www.alcs.co.uk/news/alcs-co...