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Dr. Marianne C.E. Gillion
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• Research Coordinator at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
• Musicologist & book historian
• MSCA Alumna
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#TinyJoys on a blustery Saturday morning: hot chocolate, cake, knitting, good conversation.
I am sitting in a coffee shop with several people (not pictured). My knitting is balanced on my knee and a large ball of teal wool sits next to a large, empty cup that held a hot chocolate. Out of frame is a plate that held carrot cake. The vibe is cozy.
October 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I purchased a #nuntastic print from @emilyscartoons.bsky.social and I absolutely adore it!

#TinyJoys
A framed print by Emily McGovern about a nun’s life sits on a white bookshelf. Books peep from behind and the shelf above, along with yarn and a trailing tendril of pathos.
September 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Day two of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Presidency Conference! Today the focus is diversity, equity, inclusion and well-being. I am very excited for these conversations!

#MSCA #MSCA2025DK
A stone coloured notebook that says “Danish Presidency of the Council or the European Union” sits on pale teal folder. Beside is a coffee cup, an iPhone (with a pale teal case) and a pencil. I am in an auditorium.
September 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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I got a Marie Skłodowska-Curie baseball cap and am inordinately pleased by this. (Mandatory bathroom selfie.)

#MSCA #MSCA2025DK
A white woman with long brown hair and big tortoiseshell glasses models a black baseball cap with the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and EU logos.
September 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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“A purpose-driven uni utilises its resources, talents & people to continuously work with its stakeholders to create a net positive impact through research, education & service.”

Prof. Haski-Leventhal

#MSCA #MSCA2025DK
A slide saying: “A purpose-driven uni utilises its resources, talents & people to continuously work with its stakeholders to create a net positive impact through research, education & service.” A white woman with brown hair and a wearing a blue dress stands beneath it on a stage.
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Here we go: the Marie Skłodowska-Curie 2025 Presidency Conference!

(I don’t know whether research support and policy people hang out on here. But I’ll live-skeet some highlights anyway. Because I think it’s crucial that researchers also understand policy developments.)

#MSCA #MSCA2025DK
Three roll ups for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie 2025 Presidency Conference at the Danish Technical University.
September 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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So much fun ending a Monday with a rehearsal of our new #EarlyMusic ensemble! And for a little while forgetting all my cares except “Why can’t I count to 2?” & “Why is it so hard to sing a falling 4th?”

Hosted by Uppsala Uni’s Musicology Dept. tonight!
#ScholaUpsaliensis #NeverTooLateForEarlyMusix
A large roll-up in a hallway advertising Uppsala University’s Musicology Department. The text is all in Swedish.
September 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Chose my morning coffee mug in honour of them this morning. I wish I had known their community existed when I lived in Salzburg; I would definitely have visited!
A coffee mug with a stylized nun on it that says “#TeamNun” sits on a broad windowsill by some framed dried lavender.
September 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Today it’s a decade (how?!) since I submitted my PhD. And what a decade it’s been! Three European postdocs, national and EU funding, much time in libraries, beautiful books, beautiful music, wonderful colleagues, and now a fulfilling new career helping other researchers achieve success!
#BookHistory
Three copies of my thesis (6 volumes total) in front of a stained glass window.
September 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Today was the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action application deadline!

I always tell researchers that submitting a proposal is a huge accomplishment that should be celebrated. So I’m celebrating for all our applicants (and for myself) tonight! Pizza, root beer, and a mix of secondhand CDs.
Close up of a coffee table. There is pizza, A&W root beer, and four secondhand CDs: Dolly Parton and Friends, Ella Fitzgerald, the Hilliard Ensemble, and Grinderman.
September 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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First rehearsal of Uppsala’s newest (and coolest and most musicological) early music ensemble!

This is the first time I’ve sung in an ensemble in … a while, and it was so fun! I’m excited to see (hear) how we develop over the coming months.

#EarlyMusic #Sweden #NeverTooLateForEarlyMusic
A hand holding a folded pamphlet that says: Josquin des Prez | Salve Regina 4 voc. | Beta | Schola Upsaliensis
September 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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My week ended with a lovely email from an applicant whose proposal I’m supporting and eponymous gelato from the best gelato place in Uppsala. (Marianne = a mint-coated chocolate candy from Finland.)
A small cup overflowing with two scoops of gelato, a small wooden spoon stuck on top. The bottom flavour is Daim (vanilla with chunks of chocolate coated toffee). The top is Marianne (vanilla with crushed chocolate and mint candy).
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Three work days before the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action deadline breakfast of champions (Swedish Style).
A small gluten- and lactose-free cinnamon bun on white plate. Behind the plate is a white mug that says “The Struggle Club” in green serif lettering. The mug contains very strong coffee. Both the mug and the plate are on a dusky blue placemat on a wooden dining table. This was for the picture. I ate the pastry while sitting on the sofa.
September 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Sustenance for the week ahead from the best coffee shop in Uppsala.

#TinyJoys
A large hot chocolate and a lemon biskvi on a wooden table in a coffee shop. The hot chocolate is made from actual melted chocolate. It is the best hot chocolate I have ever had.
August 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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#TinyJoys: swatching in progress for my autumn knitting project. I think I might need to increase my needle size by 0.5

#AcademicKnitting #AcademicsWhoKnit
Close up of a gauge swatch in knitting. The lower border is garter, and this rest is stockinette. The wool is a fine alpaca, brown with flecks of copper and pink.
August 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#TinyJoys: went to our local independent yarn store after work to pick up some skeins for my autumn(al) project.

(I know it’s August, but summer has definitely left Sweden.)
Several skeins of coppery brown yarn are piled on top of a knitting magazine. They partially obscure the title, which is “Making Stories”.
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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One of the things I enjoy about working in Sweden is the Office Fruit. Our (small) building gets two deliveries a week throughout the academic year - although not during summer.

It makes it easy to grab a healthy snack! (Although of course I still have Emergency Chocolate and Cookies.)
Two boxes of mixed fruit (bananas and apples) on top of a very detailed recycling unit).
August 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Tomorrow I’m back at work after a lovely two-week vacation. I spent a lot of time meandering, reading, & resting.

I’m grateful for my generous Swedish vacation time (I only used a portion). I’m also grateful that my current career encourages & allows me to unplug, unlike when I was a researcher.
A view of the Baltic Sea on a beautiful summer day. The sky is blue with fluffy clouds, and the sea is various shades of blue and green. A butterfly hanging out on a purple flower. I’m sorry, even though I work at a Life Sciences university, I don’t know what this flower is. A partial view of a Viking Mound at Gamla Uppsala. It is covered with grass and there are two trees. In the foreground is a black wooden fence.
August 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Out of office: on!

In my researcher career I would work the entire summer.

In my research support career I am encouraged to use all of my holiday time - and Swedish holiday allowance is *generous*.

See you in a couple of weeks!
A picture of the name plate on my door. It says: Marianne Gillion | Research Coordinator / Forskningskoordinator | Grants Office next to an old black and white headshot. Below is a mini whiteboard where I’ve written: W[eeks] 30 & 31 SEMESTER (holiday) with a little picture of a sun wearing sunglasses.
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I really need a Playmobil Cistercian to add to my office collection. Lest anyone from my Life Sciences university forgets that I am in fact an early modern musicologist.
A deep window shelf with an eclectic display of figurines, a number of which are Playmobil: a hockey player, two 17th century figures, a monk, Martin Luther, Olaf and his destiny friend from the movie Frozen and a moose. There is also a green plush invasive bug with red eyes, a pencil case covered with fire-breathing dragons, and a cup that says “time to be a unicorn” with a unicorn riding a bike serving as a pencil holder.
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Started the day by delivering a writing webinar for our Marie Skłodowska-Curie applicants! As a former fellow myself, I am really passionate about this fellowship.
Title slide to a presentation. The slide is divided in two. On the left it says “MSCA-PF 2025 | Writing Webinar | SLU Grants Office | 9 July 2025 | Marianne Gillion”. On the right is an image of pencils in a pink pencil holder against a light blue background.
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Sweden enters the chat with “priest cheese” (used in the 18th C to pay church tax).
A nearly empty packed of sliced Swedish Präst Ost (priest cheese) on a black kitchen counter.
July 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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If you see this share a skeleton.

(The beautifully bedazzled St. Munditia, patron saint of unmarried women, at St. Peter's church in Munich.)

#EarlyModern
A small, bedazzled skeleton reclines under glass. It is the martyr Munditia, the patron saint of unmarried women.
June 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Tis the Season to eat a (gluten- and lactose-free) semla and then sign out of social media for Lent.
A window display in Ofvandahls hovkonditori filled with large and small semlor. A framed newspaper front page states (in Swedish) "Uppsala's best semla 2025". An out of focus pastry box obscures part of the window.
March 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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This day five years ago, I went to the spectacular Van Eyck exhibit in Ghent and saw the altarpiece with my own eyes. It was so incredibly crowded, and I remember wondering if it was safe. Soon it was Lockdown. I wouldn’t visit a museum for almost two years.
#FiveYearsOn
Three posters for the OMG! Van Eyck Was Here exhibit in Ghent railway station.
March 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM