The Autodidactic historian
@autodid-historian.bsky.social
Biologist by day, learning history in my free time.
Lover of paintings, books, classical music, architecture and everything old (except vintage values, "they can go where the pepper grows" - a german saying).
she/her from Germany
Lover of paintings, books, classical music, architecture and everything old (except vintage values, "they can go where the pepper grows" - a german saying).
she/her from Germany
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What does a Senior Researcher at the German Maritime Museum actually do? I had the chance to share my path, my work on global #maritimehistory & the Prize Papers in an interview for “Wissenschaft persönlich.” Curious how Tucholsky & Werder Bremen fit in? Have a look! (in German)
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
Wissenschaft persönlich: Dr. Lucas Haasis
Dr. Lucas Haasis ist Senior Researcher am Deutschen Schifffahrtsmuseum, Leibniz Institut für Maritime Geschichte in Bremerhaven und in den Forschungsfeldern Geschichte und Digital Humanities tätig. Ak...
www.bremen.de
August 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What does a Senior Researcher at the German Maritime Museum actually do? I had the chance to share my path, my work on global #maritimehistory & the Prize Papers in an interview for “Wissenschaft persönlich.” Curious how Tucholsky & Werder Bremen fit in? Have a look! (in German)
#earlymodern 🗃️
#earlymodern 🗃️
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Eadberht, king of the Northumbrians, died #OTD in 768. He added Cyil (Kyle, Ayrshire) to his kingdom in 750 and joined forces with the Picts to cow the Clyde Britons in 756. Days after the latter venture his army suffered an obscure and severe defeat. In 758 he became a monk. #medievalsky
August 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Eadberht, king of the Northumbrians, died #OTD in 768. He added Cyil (Kyle, Ayrshire) to his kingdom in 750 and joined forces with the Picts to cow the Clyde Britons in 756. Days after the latter venture his army suffered an obscure and severe defeat. In 758 he became a monk. #medievalsky
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Folger Library offer free online-only subscription which gets you access to JSTOR and a load of other stuff!
August 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Folger Library offer free online-only subscription which gets you access to JSTOR and a load of other stuff!
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Congratulations to the "Wrecks" project team from the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Baden-Württemberg: 31 unknown wrecks have been found in Lake Constance so far.
rp.baden-wuerttemberg.de/rps/presse/a...
🏺 #archaeology
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🏺 #archaeology
August 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Congratulations to the "Wrecks" project team from the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Baden-Württemberg: 31 unknown wrecks have been found in Lake Constance so far.
rp.baden-wuerttemberg.de/rps/presse/a...
🏺 #archaeology
rp.baden-wuerttemberg.de/rps/presse/a...
🏺 #archaeology
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#FindsFriday
In the #Saxon grave of a wealthy woman in London's Covent Garden were found silver rings, glass beads and this fine brooch, probably in a bag around her neck.
The copper brooch is decorated w gold plates + gold wire and set with polished garnets. Mid 7th C.
London Museum collections. 🏺
In the #Saxon grave of a wealthy woman in London's Covent Garden were found silver rings, glass beads and this fine brooch, probably in a bag around her neck.
The copper brooch is decorated w gold plates + gold wire and set with polished garnets. Mid 7th C.
London Museum collections. 🏺
August 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#FindsFriday
In the #Saxon grave of a wealthy woman in London's Covent Garden were found silver rings, glass beads and this fine brooch, probably in a bag around her neck.
The copper brooch is decorated w gold plates + gold wire and set with polished garnets. Mid 7th C.
London Museum collections. 🏺
In the #Saxon grave of a wealthy woman in London's Covent Garden were found silver rings, glass beads and this fine brooch, probably in a bag around her neck.
The copper brooch is decorated w gold plates + gold wire and set with polished garnets. Mid 7th C.
London Museum collections. 🏺
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#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2
#archaeology 🏺
#archaeology 🏺
August 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2
#archaeology 🏺
#archaeology 🏺
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7th century Reliquary of Theuderic, a masterpiece of silversmithing and cloissoné work. Good stuff.
At Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.
At Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.
August 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
7th century Reliquary of Theuderic, a masterpiece of silversmithing and cloissoné work. Good stuff.
At Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.
At Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.
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A fibula (decorative pin for fastening garments) decorated with a water bird, dating 5th century BC. Found at the Heidentor near Egesheim.
Water birds frequently appear as ornaments since the Bronze Age. They had a special significance in the perception... 🧵1/2
#archaeology 🏺
Water birds frequently appear as ornaments since the Bronze Age. They had a special significance in the perception... 🧵1/2
#archaeology 🏺
August 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A fibula (decorative pin for fastening garments) decorated with a water bird, dating 5th century BC. Found at the Heidentor near Egesheim.
Water birds frequently appear as ornaments since the Bronze Age. They had a special significance in the perception... 🧵1/2
#archaeology 🏺
Water birds frequently appear as ornaments since the Bronze Age. They had a special significance in the perception... 🧵1/2
#archaeology 🏺
I like summer and all, but maybe a little less heat, please...🥵
August 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I like summer and all, but maybe a little less heat, please...🥵
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Trefft mich am Freitag, 14 & 16 Uhr auf der Wissenschaftsmeile der SAiL in Bremerhaven! Entdeckt die „Welt im Postsack“: Gekaperte Briefe & globale maritime Leben 16.–18. Jh., wie Handelsschiffe legal gekapert wurden & was 250 Jahre alte Post über Geschichte verrät #Geschichte #earlymodern #SAiL2025
August 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Trefft mich am Freitag, 14 & 16 Uhr auf der Wissenschaftsmeile der SAiL in Bremerhaven! Entdeckt die „Welt im Postsack“: Gekaperte Briefe & globale maritime Leben 16.–18. Jh., wie Handelsschiffe legal gekapert wurden & was 250 Jahre alte Post über Geschichte verrät #Geschichte #earlymodern #SAiL2025
#OTD:
1759 - Schlacht bei Kunersdorf
Die Preußen unter Friedrich II. (der Große) gegen ein Bündnis von Russen und Österreichern.
Friedrich II. erleidet eine herbe Niederlage und wird vermutlich nur durch den Tod der russischen Zarin Katharina II. vor Schlimmeren bewahrt.
1759 - Schlacht bei Kunersdorf
Die Preußen unter Friedrich II. (der Große) gegen ein Bündnis von Russen und Österreichern.
Friedrich II. erleidet eine herbe Niederlage und wird vermutlich nur durch den Tod der russischen Zarin Katharina II. vor Schlimmeren bewahrt.
August 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
#OTD:
1759 - Schlacht bei Kunersdorf
Die Preußen unter Friedrich II. (der Große) gegen ein Bündnis von Russen und Österreichern.
Friedrich II. erleidet eine herbe Niederlage und wird vermutlich nur durch den Tod der russischen Zarin Katharina II. vor Schlimmeren bewahrt.
1759 - Schlacht bei Kunersdorf
Die Preußen unter Friedrich II. (der Große) gegen ein Bündnis von Russen und Österreichern.
Friedrich II. erleidet eine herbe Niederlage und wird vermutlich nur durch den Tod der russischen Zarin Katharina II. vor Schlimmeren bewahrt.
480 BCE #OTD:
Der Heldenmythos um König Leonidas I. und seine Spartaner wird mit der Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege) geboren.
Der Heldenmythos um König Leonidas I. und seine Spartaner wird mit der Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege) geboren.
August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
480 BCE #OTD:
Der Heldenmythos um König Leonidas I. und seine Spartaner wird mit der Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege) geboren.
Der Heldenmythos um König Leonidas I. und seine Spartaner wird mit der Schlacht bei den Thermopylen (Perserkriege) geboren.
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OUP's Women in Antiquity is such a good idea - with recent additions on Balthild, Radegund and Theodora.
global.oup.com/academic/con...
global.oup.com/academic/con...
August 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
OUP's Women in Antiquity is such a good idea - with recent additions on Balthild, Radegund and Theodora.
global.oup.com/academic/con...
global.oup.com/academic/con...
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For academics & scholars who've uploaded papers to Academia, this message I received this morning should be of major concern. I'll delete my account, but I assume damage is done & they've already scraped everything of mine. Should stand as a warning about sharing one's work on commercial websites
June 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
For academics & scholars who've uploaded papers to Academia, this message I received this morning should be of major concern. I'll delete my account, but I assume damage is done & they've already scraped everything of mine. Should stand as a warning about sharing one's work on commercial websites
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
"Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern."
(Konrad Adenauer zugeschrieben)
The number of times this quote pops up in my mind is exponentially increasing in the last couple of weeks.
(Konrad Adenauer zugeschrieben)
The number of times this quote pops up in my mind is exponentially increasing in the last couple of weeks.
August 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern."
(Konrad Adenauer zugeschrieben)
The number of times this quote pops up in my mind is exponentially increasing in the last couple of weeks.
(Konrad Adenauer zugeschrieben)
The number of times this quote pops up in my mind is exponentially increasing in the last couple of weeks.
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
(Vegetius, 4th century BCE)
(Vegetius, 4th century BCE)
May 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
(Vegetius, 4th century BCE)
(Vegetius, 4th century BCE)
And a little Chopin
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Evgeny Kissin: Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1, Op 11 (Tel Aviv, 2011)
YouTube video by EuroArtsChannel
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February 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
And a little Chopin
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Debussy - La Puerta del Vino | Joaquín Achúcarro at Teatro Real
YouTube video by EuroArtsChannel
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February 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Solche Schnallen (hier Dahrenstedt (Lkr. Stendal)) aus der 1. Hälfte des 5. Jh. zählen zur Sachkultur der Gepiden, einem ostgermanischen Stamm aus dem Karpatenbecken, der zeitweilig unter hunnische Herrschaft geriet. Vermutlich saß im Adlerkopf ein roter Almandin. © LDA Sachsen-Anhalt, J. Lipták.
January 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Solche Schnallen (hier Dahrenstedt (Lkr. Stendal)) aus der 1. Hälfte des 5. Jh. zählen zur Sachkultur der Gepiden, einem ostgermanischen Stamm aus dem Karpatenbecken, der zeitweilig unter hunnische Herrschaft geriet. Vermutlich saß im Adlerkopf ein roter Almandin. © LDA Sachsen-Anhalt, J. Lipták.
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A stunning #Roman amber flask, found in Aquileia, dating 1st/2nd c. AD.
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
🏺 #archaeology
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
🏺 #archaeology
January 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A stunning #Roman amber flask, found in Aquileia, dating 1st/2nd c. AD.
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
🏺 #archaeology
Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire.
📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia
🏺 #archaeology
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“She walks in beauty, like the night,
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright,
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.”
Lord Byron, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1788.
Portrait by Richard Westall 1813, National Portrait Gallery London
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright,
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.”
Lord Byron, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1788.
Portrait by Richard Westall 1813, National Portrait Gallery London
January 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
“She walks in beauty, like the night,
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright,
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.”
Lord Byron, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1788.
Portrait by Richard Westall 1813, National Portrait Gallery London
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that’s best of dark and bright,
Meet in her aspect and her eyes.”
Lord Byron, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1788.
Portrait by Richard Westall 1813, National Portrait Gallery London
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
January 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
(Martin Luther King Jr.)