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Julia Gebke
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Historian addicted to premodern stuff, especially to bodies and knowledge...
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Julia Gebke @juliagebke.bsky.social · Nov 28
Just received the message from our Publisher Aschendorff that our anthology about "The Diplomatic Self in Early Modern Times" is now available Open Access. For all #skystorians interested in #earlymodern diplomacy and questions of self-fashioning, have a look here: doi.org/10.17438/978...
Book cover for the anthology the Diplomatic Self, blue border left and right, picture shows an early modern painting: a diplomat, Thomas Hees, in a red attire sitting on a chair in his study, behind him on the right a young black boy, Thomas, and on the left a young white boy, his nephew. On the right, the second nephew, a young man, is bowing and delivering dispatches. The whole study seems to be filled with oriental luxury objects hanging on the wall or a red richly ornamented carpet on the floor.
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lc-beguines.bsky.social
I'm honored to have been invited to contribute to the "AGENART: La agencia artística de las mujeres de la Casa de Austria, 1532-1700" blog. Please do check out their website & all of the project's wonderful scholarly contributions!
#FlemishArt
#WomensHistory
#ArtHistory
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The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia in the Park at Mariemont | AGENART
AGENARTPieza del mes: noviembre 2025Autora invitada: Sarah Moran Cómo citar este artículo/How to cite this article: Sarah Moran, "The Infanta Isabel Clara
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November 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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ndh-network.bsky.social
Our latest issue of #Diplomatica is out ! Volume 7.2 is here, with great contributions on topics such as Ferrante I of Naples, and Chinese literary diplomacy. It includes a debate around a manifesto for new diplomatic history written by some of our members. Check it out here: tinyurl.com/Diplomatica
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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dehypotheses.bsky.social
Die #Hofzwergin Luisa wendet sich im 16. Jh. an die spanische Königin: Ihr Bruder durfte wegen seiner Größe nicht dem #Franziskanerorden beitreten. @juliagebke.bsky.social über die Verhandlung von körperlichen Normvorstellungen & sozialen Grenzen.

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Die „Hofzwergin“ und die Königin
Ein Memo aus dem 16. Jahrhundert hält mehr als eine Überraschung bereit von Julia Gebke Die „Hofzwergin“ und die Königin? Das klingt schon fast nach einem Romantitel. Bevor wir aber beide Protagonistinnen genauer kennenlernen,...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
juliagebke.bsky.social
Liebe #earlymodern #skystorians, habt ihr Lust auf eine kleine Zeitreise an den spanischen Königshof im 16. Jahrhundert? Und wollt ihr wissen, was Luisa, die "Hofzwergin", und die spanische Königin, Anna von Österreich, umtrieb? Dann schaut mal hier👇
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Die "Hofzwergin" und die Königin
Ein Memo aus dem 16. Jahrhundert hält mehr als eine Überraschung bereit
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October 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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hlaehnemann.bsky.social
📯 Netzwerke der Nonnen are a material object AND open access available! www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/netzwer...
Grinning woman holding a fat grey book in front of a house door with a skeleton graffiti Screenshot of a publisher's website
May 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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prizepapers.bsky.social
Francisco Ortiz, originally from Santoña, was appointed as shipmaster of the Fort de Nantes by the Spanish charterer, Francisco Sánchez de Madrid. His personal archive, comprising more than 500 documents, reveals many details about his personal life and his social relationships.
The text and metadata were produced by Alejandro Salamanca - @desvelandooriente.com. Prize Papers Project, National Archives, ref. HCA 32/111D/4/ORT53. Images reproduced by permission of The National Archives, UK. Photographer: Maria Cardamone The text and metadata were produced by Alejandro Salamanca - @desvelandooriente.com. Prize Papers Project, National Archives, ref. HCA 32/111D/4/ORT53. Images reproduced by permission of The National Archives, UK. Photographer: Maria Cardamone
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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kaydaly.bsky.social
Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.

#earlymodern #witches #halloween #scholar #academic #gothic #horror #history

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Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920
Explore five centuries of English witchcraft and magic with records from leading archives, tracing trials, folklore, belief, and cultural change.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social
#earlymodern ads are never boring!

An ox on the way to slaughter ran into a house... created a mess! Good on you Mr Ox! 🐂 🩲👖👗🧦🪟

St James's evening Post, May 6, 1729.
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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mrfw17thc.bsky.social
How was Robert Knox, son of an EIC Captain and captive in Sri Lanka for nineteen years, immediately identified as an outsider aboard ship when it was inspected on his arrival in England in September 1680?

His beard was long and old-fashioned. #earlymodern #skystorians
October 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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ctcallisen.bsky.social
A great presentation from Lyndal Roper, now Q&A time. Did you know that between 70,000 and 100,000 people died in just two to three months during the German Peasants' War? This map shows the extent of the destruction - hundreds of castles, convents, and monastaries were attacked

#16thC #EarlyModern
October 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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tinahartfiel.bsky.social
Whoop, Whoop! Verrückt und freudig!

doi.org/10.24894/978...
Schwabe online
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August 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
OA, #earlymodern #bookhistory:

Visuelle Geschichtsvermittlung
Zur Medialität historischer Lehrwerke für Kinder und Jugendliche im langen 18. Jahrhundert.

Von @tinahartfiel.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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techpolicypress.bsky.social
Studies are beginning to reveal fissures in the argument that AI boosts productivity, writes Tech Policy Press fellow @eryk.bsky.social. Nonetheless, companies and governments are pouring investments into speculative growth without ample evidence.
Generative AI’s Productivity Myth | TechPolicy.Press
People may be using artificial intelligence, but that doesn’t mean it’s useful, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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oxfordcourtstudies.bsky.social
It’s that time of year again! Here is the term card for the upcoming talks. As always, everyone is welcome! Fortnightly, 4:30pm in the Memorial Room, @jesusoxford.bsky.social
Term card for Oxford Court Studies seminars: 13 October Elizabeth Norton (Independent Researcher) ‘Constructing a Queen: The Career of Jane Seymour from Gentlewoman, to Queen, to Central Dynastic Figure’ 27 October Elena Taddei (University of Innsbruck) ‘A Princess of House d’Este at the English Court: Mary of Modena Between Religious-Political Alienation and Cultural Transfer’ 10 November Susannah Lyon-Whaley (University of York) ‘Her Material World: Queens’ Stuff in the Global Seventeenth-Century’ 24 November Liesbeth Geevers (Lund University) ‘Male Marriage Gaps, Dynastic Centralisation and Habsburg Trust Fund Babies: Analysing Early Modern Dynasties from a Long(er)-Term Perspective’ The seminar will take place at 4:30pm at Jesus College. All are welcome, and wine reception to follow.
September 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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jenniferhenke.bsky.social
#PDprekär #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan
juliahauser.bsky.social Julia Hauser @juliahauser.bsky.social · Oct 13
"Arbeiten Sie ohne Gehalt und ohne soziale Absicherung? Pendeln Sie jahrelang an einen Arbeitsplatz ohne jeglichen Arbeitsvertrag, ohne Büro und ohne dauerhafte E-Mail-Adresse und bezahlen Fahrt und Unterkunft aus eigener Tasche? 1/5
Petition unterschreiben
An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!
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October 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
juliagebke.bsky.social
Liebe #EarlyModern #Skystorians, am 14.10.2025, 17 Uhr, werden meine Kolleginnen vom @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social und ich gemeinsam die Frage nach #agency von Frauen in der Geschichte diskutieren. Wir freuen uns auf euch! Online-Teilnahme ist möglich, gerne hier anmelden 👇
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Wie lässt sich die Handlungsmacht von Frauen in der Geschichte erforschen?
Im Rahmen der hybriden "Gender & Diversity Lectures" geben Forscherinnen der ÖAW Einblick in ihre Projekte zur Handlungsmacht von Frauen in unterschiedlichen Epochen der Geschichte. Im Anschluss an de...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social
#earlymodern ads are never boring!

Diana Maccartney dismissed servant taking revenge pretending be the wife of her former employer and running him into debt!

Post Boy, May 7, 1720.
October 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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hsmurphy.bsky.social
An amazing opportunity for a PhD and a 4-year postdoc on this important project with the brilliant and lovely @smschober.bsky.social - hair, race, trade and multispecies history!

#EarlyModern 🗃️
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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smschober.bsky.social
Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne
Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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rijksmuseum.bsky.social
What would you do if you won the lottery? 💵💰💸

In the 18th century, people allready loved the lottery. Here they’re fighting eachother to enter the lottery agency in the Kalverstraat, in Amsterdam. 

👁️ https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200110487
September 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
juliagebke.bsky.social
Dear #skystorians interested in experiences and #DisabilityHistory, The 8th annual HEX Conference, Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures is coming soon (9–11/03/2026). The deadline for proposals is 30/11/2025. For the CfP, take a look here: events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...
Call for Papers | History of Experience | Tampere Universities
Histories of Experience in Society: Frictions, Margins, Ruptures 8th Annual Conference March 9-11, 2026 Research Council of Finland’s Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences Tampere Univers...
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October 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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drnaomibaker.bsky.social
Ch 6 of Voices of Thunder tells the inspiring story of the London lace woman Elizabeth Attaway, the first C17th woman to preach publicly to a mixed-sex congregation. Her Baptist church did not let women preach, but Attaway did not allow her low social status or her sex to be a barrier … 1/2
October 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
juliagebke.bsky.social
Today, I accidently delved into the world of gambling in 16th-century Netherlands. Apparently, King Philip II of Spain believed that if his governor-general, Margaret of Parma, had no means of securing money, she could always draw from the lottery. #earlymodern #skystorians
A page with text in sixteenth century French. The central passage says: "Except that if you see for yourself that it must have caused too many inconveniences to the affairs of my Netherlands by having spent the money, which I hope is not the case, given that, if necessary, you still have the deposit of two hundred thousand écus for the lottery." The original version: "Si ce n'est que vous voyez de vous-même qu'il en doit venir de trop grands inconvénients aux affaires de mes Pays-Bas, par s'être dénoué de l'argent, que j'espère toutefois que non, vu que, au besoin, vous avez là encore le dépôt de deux cent mille écus pour la loterie." From: Correspondance de Marguerite d'Autriche, duchesse de Parme, avec Philippe II (1842), p. 178, https://archive.org/details/correspondanced00philgoog/page/n8/mode/1up
October 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
juliagebke.bsky.social
Dear #skystorians, do you sometimes struggle to bring those historical voices that were silenced and unheard until now to life? I've been ruminating on #earlymodern voices and #disability history. You can read more here:
www.public-disabilityhistory.org/2025/09/disa...
Dis/ability: The Complex Search for Voices in the Pre-Modern Era
Public Disability History is a blog journal and a forum for exchange between the diverse actors involved and invested in issues regarding disability.
www.public-disabilityhistory.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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amreibahr.bsky.social
#Hochschulkommunikation — macht bald auch KI?! Diese (berechtigte) Sorge war heute ebenfalls Thema. Kürzungen drohen an vielen Orten. Aber: Kommunikator_innen sind unersetzlich! Von vielen Gründen dafür hab ich hier nur 1 rausgegriffen: KI hat keinen politischen 🧭 & den braucht’s dringend! #WissKomm
September 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM