Martin van Gelderen
@erasmianmartin.bsky.social
intellectual historian • citizen -'old' republican • inspired by erasmus and grotius • member of the academia europaea • erasmianmartin.world
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When a book arrives, it feels special: years of life, hard work,. passion.
This one feels very special, thanks to all contributors, Ivan Gaskell, Gert, and our book designer, Sigrid, who does wonders with chiaroscuro.
Last but not least, it feels special, because, well, it's about #Rembrandt!
This one feels very special, thanks to all contributors, Ivan Gaskell, Gert, and our book designer, Sigrid, who does wonders with chiaroscuro.
Last but not least, it feels special, because, well, it's about #Rembrandt!
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Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle and subject of today's broadcast, was a fascinating polymath. Check out her radical vision of equality at Philosophers Corner, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/margare...
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
Margaret the First - Philosophy Talk
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle in the 17th century, was a fascinating polymath. And she had a radical idea about the universe: everything in it thinks. Amoebas, rocks, trees, dust—you name i...
philosophytalk.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Margaret Cavendish, the 17th-century Duchess of Newcastle and subject of today's broadcast, was a fascinating polymath. Check out her radical vision of equality at Philosophers Corner, and tune in at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in the SF Bay Area: philosophytalk.org/blog/margare...
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#PhilSky #WiseWomen
#Weihnachten mit #Rembrandt
Ein Treffen zwischen der Radierkunst des 17. Jahrhunderts und der neuesten Scan und Drucktechnologie des 21. Jahrhunderts.
#Ausstellung in #Göttingen
Mehr Info:
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Ein Treffen zwischen der Radierkunst des 17. Jahrhunderts und der neuesten Scan und Drucktechnologie des 21. Jahrhunderts.
#Ausstellung in #Göttingen
Mehr Info:
www.gvdkunst.de/c/ausstellun...
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#Weihnachten mit #Rembrandt
Ein Treffen zwischen der Radierkunst des 17. Jahrhunderts und der neuesten Scan und Drucktechnologie des 21. Jahrhunderts.
#Ausstellung in #Göttingen
Mehr Info:
www.gvdkunst.de/c/ausstellun...
Ein Treffen zwischen der Radierkunst des 17. Jahrhunderts und der neuesten Scan und Drucktechnologie des 21. Jahrhunderts.
#Ausstellung in #Göttingen
Mehr Info:
www.gvdkunst.de/c/ausstellun...
When a book arrives, it feels special: years of life, hard work,. passion.
This one feels very special, thanks to all contributors, Ivan Gaskell, Gert, and our book designer, Sigrid, who does wonders with chiaroscuro.
Last but not least, it feels special, because, well, it's about #Rembrandt!
This one feels very special, thanks to all contributors, Ivan Gaskell, Gert, and our book designer, Sigrid, who does wonders with chiaroscuro.
Last but not least, it feels special, because, well, it's about #Rembrandt!
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
When a book arrives, it feels special: years of life, hard work,. passion.
This one feels very special, thanks to all contributors, Ivan Gaskell, Gert, and our book designer, Sigrid, who does wonders with chiaroscuro.
Last but not least, it feels special, because, well, it's about #Rembrandt!
This one feels very special, thanks to all contributors, Ivan Gaskell, Gert, and our book designer, Sigrid, who does wonders with chiaroscuro.
Last but not least, it feels special, because, well, it's about #Rembrandt!
No, not 'Waiting for Godot',
much worse, waiting for #LandRover ...
22-8: diagnosis ad blue tank to be replaced
End of August: #CyberAttack !
Since then: waiting, waiting, waiting...
70 days, and counting.
#Landrover in utter chaos.
Incompetence?
Waiting.
much worse, waiting for #LandRover ...
22-8: diagnosis ad blue tank to be replaced
End of August: #CyberAttack !
Since then: waiting, waiting, waiting...
70 days, and counting.
#Landrover in utter chaos.
Incompetence?
Waiting.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
No, not 'Waiting for Godot',
much worse, waiting for #LandRover ...
22-8: diagnosis ad blue tank to be replaced
End of August: #CyberAttack !
Since then: waiting, waiting, waiting...
70 days, and counting.
#Landrover in utter chaos.
Incompetence?
Waiting.
much worse, waiting for #LandRover ...
22-8: diagnosis ad blue tank to be replaced
End of August: #CyberAttack !
Since then: waiting, waiting, waiting...
70 days, and counting.
#Landrover in utter chaos.
Incompetence?
Waiting.
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Young man in a yellow robe, painted around 1630 by Jan Lievens. Today was his birthday.
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Young man in a yellow robe, painted around 1630 by Jan Lievens. Today was his birthday.
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Register now for Tolerance and Tension: New York and Amsterdam in the 17th Century, NNI's Annual Conference on Sat., November 15. View the program here: www.nyhistory.org/programs/new....
If you are a graduate students or have graduate students, be in touch for a registration deal.
If you are a graduate students or have graduate students, be in touch for a registration deal.
Tolerance and Tension: New York and Amsterdam in the 17th Century | The New York Historical
A day-long conference brings together leading scholars, thinkers, and artists for a day of discovery and debate.
www.nyhistory.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Register now for Tolerance and Tension: New York and Amsterdam in the 17th Century, NNI's Annual Conference on Sat., November 15. View the program here: www.nyhistory.org/programs/new....
If you are a graduate students or have graduate students, be in touch for a registration deal.
If you are a graduate students or have graduate students, be in touch for a registration deal.
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A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists
artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...
artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...
October 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists
artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...
artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...
In the 18th century the University of #Göttingen was given a set of #Rembrandt prints--a wonderful treasure!
We've selected 33 for a special exhibition.
On show is an encounter between Rembrandt's fabulous engraving techniques and the wonders of modern scan/print technology.
Doors open: 13 November.
We've selected 33 for a special exhibition.
On show is an encounter between Rembrandt's fabulous engraving techniques and the wonders of modern scan/print technology.
Doors open: 13 November.
October 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In the 18th century the University of #Göttingen was given a set of #Rembrandt prints--a wonderful treasure!
We've selected 33 for a special exhibition.
On show is an encounter between Rembrandt's fabulous engraving techniques and the wonders of modern scan/print technology.
Doors open: 13 November.
We've selected 33 for a special exhibition.
On show is an encounter between Rembrandt's fabulous engraving techniques and the wonders of modern scan/print technology.
Doors open: 13 November.
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We will be running an ERC Consolidator Grant webinar on 24 November for UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for the ERC Consolidator Grants. Find out more and register your interest: https://bit.ly/46RDnVV
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We will be running an ERC Consolidator Grant webinar on 24 November for UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for the ERC Consolidator Grants. Find out more and register your interest: https://bit.ly/46RDnVV
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
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Falmer House on the University of Sussex campus, September 2018
September 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Falmer House on the University of Sussex campus, September 2018
De studie van de Nederlandse geschiedenis staat in Duitsland op een wel heel erg laag pitje, lager dan ooit. Het Haus der Niederlande is dus belangrijk en alle steun is welkom.
Er zou best nog zo'n Haus bij kunnen, in Postdam natuurlijk, bij het Holländerviertel.
Er zou best nog zo'n Haus bij kunnen, in Postdam natuurlijk, bij het Holländerviertel.
Bij het werkbezoek van de koning aan Münster. Wat kun je daar als journalist nou eigenlijk mee? Antwoord: niet zo heel veel. Een verslag. chrisaalberts.nl/2025/09/26/r...
Royalty-verslaggeving: serieuze journalistiek? - Chris Aalberts
Internationale betrekkingen zijn belangrijk en daar kan ons staatshoofd een belangrijke rol in spelen. Dit brengt ons donderdag naar de Duitse stad Münster, waar koning Willem-Alexander een werkbezoek...
chrisaalberts.nl
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
De studie van de Nederlandse geschiedenis staat in Duitsland op een wel heel erg laag pitje, lager dan ooit. Het Haus der Niederlande is dus belangrijk en alle steun is welkom.
Er zou best nog zo'n Haus bij kunnen, in Postdam natuurlijk, bij het Holländerviertel.
Er zou best nog zo'n Haus bij kunnen, in Postdam natuurlijk, bij het Holländerviertel.
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Interesting job opportunity at my alma mater Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University share.google/hEFeXF6kHjGj...
Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University share.google/hEFeXF6kHjGj...
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!
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September 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Interesting job opportunity at my alma mater Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University share.google/hEFeXF6kHjGj...
Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University share.google/hEFeXF6kHjGj...
Revived and revamped my 'intellectual history blog'.
Info about recent and new projects, including:
Rembrandt Radiert
Exhibition + catalogue, a glorious one, exploring how Rembrandt engraved 'him Self, his Town, his Time'.
With Göttinger Verlag der Kunst.
erasmianmartin.world/2025/09/01/r...
Info about recent and new projects, including:
Rembrandt Radiert
Exhibition + catalogue, a glorious one, exploring how Rembrandt engraved 'him Self, his Town, his Time'.
With Göttinger Verlag der Kunst.
erasmianmartin.world/2025/09/01/r...
rembrandt radiert
Weihnachten mit Rembrandt Eine Ausstellung in der Galerie des Göttinger Verlags der Kunst 12. November 2025 – 12. Februar 2026 Die Ausstellung Weihnachten mit Rembrandt zeigt Bilder aus der Götting…
erasmianmartin.world
September 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Revived and revamped my 'intellectual history blog'.
Info about recent and new projects, including:
Rembrandt Radiert
Exhibition + catalogue, a glorious one, exploring how Rembrandt engraved 'him Self, his Town, his Time'.
With Göttinger Verlag der Kunst.
erasmianmartin.world/2025/09/01/r...
Info about recent and new projects, including:
Rembrandt Radiert
Exhibition + catalogue, a glorious one, exploring how Rembrandt engraved 'him Self, his Town, his Time'.
With Göttinger Verlag der Kunst.
erasmianmartin.world/2025/09/01/r...
Geldt voor alle wetenshappen:
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www.parool.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: ‘Newton en Fleming hadden in deze tijd nooit kunnen floreren: geef onderzoekers de ruimte om écht nieuwsgierig te zijn’
Wetenschappers worden te veel gedwongen om snelle onderzoeksresultaten te boeken en binnen de lijntjes te kleuren, schrijven vijf onderzoekers in dit opiniestuk. Ze pleiten voor meer ruimte voor nieuw...
www.parool.nl
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Geldt voor alle wetenshappen:
www.parool.nl/columns-opin...
www.parool.nl/columns-opin...
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Applications are invited for the post of temporary 48-month Postdoctoral Research Associate within #UCD School of #Philosophy. Further details, along with a link to apply, may be found at www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n.... #PhilJobs #PhilSky #MoralPhilosophy #HistoryOfPhilosophy #BMoral #IrishResearch
ERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Philosophy
www.ucd.ie
August 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Applications are invited for the post of temporary 48-month Postdoctoral Research Associate within #UCD School of #Philosophy. Further details, along with a link to apply, may be found at www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n.... #PhilJobs #PhilSky #MoralPhilosophy #HistoryOfPhilosophy #BMoral #IrishResearch
Reopening on 1 September in #Siena: Lorenzetti's frescoes
-of the ideal of civic government
-and, to warn, of the reality of dreadful tyranny.
For all citizens to ponder--and act.
See: museocivico.comune.siena.it
Detail below: the citizens take the rope of/ from concord.
They hold it firmly.
-of the ideal of civic government
-and, to warn, of the reality of dreadful tyranny.
For all citizens to ponder--and act.
See: museocivico.comune.siena.it
Detail below: the citizens take the rope of/ from concord.
They hold it firmly.
August 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reopening on 1 September in #Siena: Lorenzetti's frescoes
-of the ideal of civic government
-and, to warn, of the reality of dreadful tyranny.
For all citizens to ponder--and act.
See: museocivico.comune.siena.it
Detail below: the citizens take the rope of/ from concord.
They hold it firmly.
-of the ideal of civic government
-and, to warn, of the reality of dreadful tyranny.
For all citizens to ponder--and act.
See: museocivico.comune.siena.it
Detail below: the citizens take the rope of/ from concord.
They hold it firmly.
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A Curatorial Roundtable on Collecting and Presenting Women Artists of the Low Countries, with Jacqueline Coutré, Katrin Dyballa, Virginia Treanor, Maureen Warren & Laurien van der Werff
Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, Vol 17.1
jhna.org/articles/jhn...
Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, Vol 17.1
jhna.org/articles/jhn...
A Curatorial Roundtable on Collecting and Presenting Women Artists of the Low Countries - Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art
Participants in the roundtable, April 2025 Jacquelyn N. Coutré (moderator and associate editor, JHNA), Eleanor Wood Prince Curator, Art Institute of This is the transcript of a conversation among four...
jhna.org
August 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A Curatorial Roundtable on Collecting and Presenting Women Artists of the Low Countries, with Jacqueline Coutré, Katrin Dyballa, Virginia Treanor, Maureen Warren & Laurien van der Werff
Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, Vol 17.1
jhna.org/articles/jhn...
Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, Vol 17.1
jhna.org/articles/jhn...
At best, poets in distress.
1. History is not a science, it's poems about ghosts.
come at me
July 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
At best, poets in distress.
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Reading Whose Muse? Art Museums and the Public Trust edited by James Cuno from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Broad appeal for any museum enthusiast but also asks important questions about rapidly changing funding models, looting, illegal exports, colonialism, museum as civic center and more.
July 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reading Whose Muse? Art Museums and the Public Trust edited by James Cuno from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Broad appeal for any museum enthusiast but also asks important questions about rapidly changing funding models, looting, illegal exports, colonialism, museum as civic center and more.
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Eigenlijk wel ironisch dat @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu nu bekritiseerd wordt vanwege het feit dat zij niét kon optreden als een 'Superstaat', een Kaiserin Ursula, een dominant Brussel dat dicteert en geopolitiek als een Xi optreedt.
Krijgen ze die zo verlangde zwakke EU, is het weer niet goed
Krijgen ze die zo verlangde zwakke EU, is het weer niet goed
July 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Eigenlijk wel ironisch dat @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu nu bekritiseerd wordt vanwege het feit dat zij niét kon optreden als een 'Superstaat', een Kaiserin Ursula, een dominant Brussel dat dicteert en geopolitiek als een Xi optreedt.
Krijgen ze die zo verlangde zwakke EU, is het weer niet goed
Krijgen ze die zo verlangde zwakke EU, is het weer niet goed
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It's way too easy for EU national leaders to criticise @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu for capitulating to Trump.
The EU-US deal reflects their lack of EU-wide vision as much as the transformation of the EU Commission into the secretariat of the EU Council #EUCO
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The EU-US deal reflects their lack of EU-wide vision as much as the transformation of the EU Commission into the secretariat of the EU Council #EUCO
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US-EU trade deal is a ‘dark day’ for Europe, says French PM
Trump tariff of 15% means European exporters will face more than triple the average 4.8% levy now in force
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It's way too easy for EU national leaders to criticise @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu for capitulating to Trump.
The EU-US deal reflects their lack of EU-wide vision as much as the transformation of the EU Commission into the secretariat of the EU Council #EUCO
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The EU-US deal reflects their lack of EU-wide vision as much as the transformation of the EU Commission into the secretariat of the EU Council #EUCO
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is exactly the point. The Commission played its cards terribly but only because this is what members states pushed it to do, with neither demonstrating vision of a strong and united Europe and the courage to defend it
It's way too easy for EU national leaders to criticise @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu for capitulating to Trump.
The EU-US deal reflects their lack of EU-wide vision as much as the transformation of the EU Commission into the secretariat of the EU Council #EUCO
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The EU-US deal reflects their lack of EU-wide vision as much as the transformation of the EU Commission into the secretariat of the EU Council #EUCO
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US-EU trade deal is a ‘dark day’ for Europe, says French PM
Trump tariff of 15% means European exporters will face more than triple the average 4.8% levy now in force
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This is exactly the point. The Commission played its cards terribly but only because this is what members states pushed it to do, with neither demonstrating vision of a strong and united Europe and the courage to defend it
Voor de sefardisch-protestantse dialoog was juist het 17e eeuwse Holland van eminentbelang. Denk, wat Amsterdam betreft, bijv aan Menasseh ben Israel's vele geschriften, waaronder El Conciliador en Piedra Gloriosa uit 1654, geïllustreerd door een Amsterdamse kunstenaar (en bijna buurman), Rembrandt.
De 'joods-christelijke traditie': sinds 9/11 vaste slogan van rechtse politici. Het gekke is alleen: vóór WOII komt de term nauwelijks voor. Over de geschiedenis vh christelijke antisemitisme en de onvoorwaardelijke steun aan Israël schreef ik een essay in @groene.nl
www.groene.nl/artikel/een-...
www.groene.nl/artikel/een-...
De Maccabi-rellen, Douwe Bob: rechtse politici staan te dringen om de joods-christelijke waarden erbij te halen
Veel christenen voelen zich verbonden met de joden. Voor sommigen is Israël de plek waar de eindtijd zal plaatsvinden, anderen hechten aan de ‘joods-christelijke’ traditie – maar die miskent een lange...
www.groene.nl
July 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Voor de sefardisch-protestantse dialoog was juist het 17e eeuwse Holland van eminentbelang. Denk, wat Amsterdam betreft, bijv aan Menasseh ben Israel's vele geschriften, waaronder El Conciliador en Piedra Gloriosa uit 1654, geïllustreerd door een Amsterdamse kunstenaar (en bijna buurman), Rembrandt.