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muntera.bsky.social
Niels Petersen
@muntera.bsky.social
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Historian @uni-goettingen.de
The medieval maritime, pre-modern transport and urban history. 🗃️ And Banthas. ❤️project: @viabundus.bsky.social
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maxweberstiftung.de
#MWStopics | Piratinnen, Kapitänsfrauen, Gefangene – Frauen prägten die #Seefahrt weit mehr als gedacht 🚢

Am @dhi-paris.fr erforscht Jan Simon Karstens ihr Leben in den männlich geprägten Räumen auf See (1650–1850).

🔗 Jetzt im MWS-Themenportal: www.maxweberstiftung.de/themenportal...
Auf der Suche nach maritimen Frauen - Ein anderer Blick auf die Geschichte neuzeitlicher Seefahrt
www.maxweberstiftung.de
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Like a time capsule: a #Roman tile marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where...🧵1/2

#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
A tile with well-preserved surface impressions: three distinct outline of shoes with hobnail patterns in the center, a animal paw prints nearby, and a rectangular maker's stamp with worn lettering and an imprint of a foot. And finger lines. The tile surface shows additional small impressions and chips.
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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jofhistgeog.bsky.social
‘Signs related to the safety of navigation on late medieval and early modern nautical charts of the Adriatic Sea, circa 1270-1824’, by Julijan Sutlović.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.11.006

(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)

7/16
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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hsozkult.bsky.social
Konf: The Strained Empire: Resources, Conflict, and Collapse in the Premodern Empire

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158622

Hannover, 15.04.2026-17.04.2026, Dr. Matthisa Berlandi, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
muntera.bsky.social
Regionale Identität hat Konjunktur, auch in der Forschung zur niedersächsischen #landesgeschichte
hsozkult.bsky.social H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 6d
Konf: Mythos – Tradition – Geschichtsbilder

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158589

Oldenburg, 28.11.2025-29.11.2025, AG Landes- und Regionalgeschichte der Oldenburgischen Landschaft; Abteilung Oldenburg, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv
www.hsozkult.de
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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kim-todzi.de
Unser Sammelband "Hamburg: Tor zur kolonialen Welt. Erinnerungsorte der (post-)kolonialen Globalisierung" ist jetzt als open access Version vollständig frei verfügbar: www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...

@juergenzimmerer.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
Hamburg. Tor zur kolonialen Welt | Wallstein Open Library
Als wichtigster Hafen Deutschlands war Hamburg auch zentrale Kolonialmetropole. Das »Tor zur Welt« war über Jahrhunderte ein Tor zur kolonialen Welt. Man hatte Handelsbeziehungen zu Kolonialmächten un...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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pastandotherplaces.bsky.social
Beware of anyone who refers to delivering rather than teaching. #education
ruthholliday.bsky.social Ruth Holliday @ruthholliday.bsky.social · 8d
We do not perform scripts, or give Ted Talks. We get to know students, build learning relationships, build knowledge over a semester, adjust our teaching to meet the needs of particular cohorts. This is how we are taught to teach and what makes teaching good 3/
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Storm at sea whale: eagerly awaiting scraps this ship may soon become. Fantastic rendering by Joos de Momper, 1610. It's his day today.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
this is what will show up if you invite me to your ai & copyright law conference
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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viabundus.bsky.social
Shoutout to our friends from itiner-e.org Great work, as always!
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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nikolaiokunew.bsky.social
Onions and Mustard.
Olfactory Violence and the making of the modern United States
jamieson.bsky.social Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 9d
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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hsozkultservice.bsky.social
Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Projekt Culture Cloud" (Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Hannover)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158459

Hannover, 01.01.2026-31.12.2030, Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.11.2025
www.hsozkult.de
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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arminwolf.at
Erstaunlicherweise erscheinen diese Bücher alle in sehr großen deutschen Verlagen und ihre Autor·innen werden von Talkshow zu Talkshow gereicht, um von ihren unterdrückten Meinungen zu erzählen.
Ev. sollte diesesPhänomen einen Namen kriegen: Precht-Paradox?
thzimmermann.bsky.social Thomas Zimmermann @thzimmermann.bsky.social · 15d
Wie viele solche Bücher braucht es noch, bis die Meinungsfreiheit gerettet und der Markt gesättigt ist?
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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rogerfreedman.bsky.social
The first (1955) Danish edition of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451. Later editions did not convert the title, so this is the only SI-compatible edition! 🎢
Cover of “233 Celsius” by Ray Bradbury
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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viabundus.bsky.social
Huh, the Blood! Legend has it, that in the 1380s, three bleeding hosts were discovered in Wilsnack in Brandenburg, which quickly became one of Northern Europe's most famous pilgrim’s destinations. The little village built an oversized church, which even today impresses by its sheer size. (1/3)
St Nicolai of Wilsnack, built around the shrine of the bleeding hosts between 1385 and 1400. The wooden shrine of the three bleeding hosts in a small separate chamber in the church. Thousands of pilgrims once stood here, including the famous Margery Kempe. A five meter high St Christopher, painted after 1460, sends off the pilgrims to a safe voyage home.
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
muntera.bsky.social
Spannende Ausstellung am Horizont: "Kinder im Mittelalter".

Promising exhibition coming up in 2028 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Childhood in the Middle Ages
hsozkultservice.bsky.social Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · 15d
Job: 1 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Bayer. Landesausstellung 2028" (Bayer. Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst / Haus der Bayer. Geschichte, Augsburg)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158372

Augsburg, -31.12.2028, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst / Haus der …
www.hsozkult.de
October 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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sealibrary.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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collapsechronicle.bsky.social
Here is the long and short of it.
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
muntera.bsky.social
Galway Girl 🎶
October 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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viabundus.bsky.social
Lets get the horses saddled and off we go! Happy you like it. We are always looking for professional and volunteer cooperation to expand the map, it is quite fun to recreate the routes.
yvonneseale.bsky.social Yvonne Seale @yvonneseale.bsky.social · 20d
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.

#medievalsky

www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
Screenshot of the Viabundus website.
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
muntera.bsky.social
Heimat und Region im digitalen Zeitalter? Ausgerechnet dann gewinnt die Kategorie Raum erneut eine besondere Relevanz zur Selbstverortung, so @maltethiessen.bsky.social auf der Göttinger Tagung "Länder und ihre Identitäten - Geschichte in den regionalen Medien" www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve...
Malte Thießen zeigt eine Website des Landes NRW aus den 1990er Jahren. Links aufmerksames Publikum. Kaffeetassen natürlich auch, in der Alten Mensa der Uni Göttingen.
October 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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giromedieval.bsky.social
Research position 24 months: Money, History, and Moral Economies (1250-1530). See:

jacozuijderduijn-miako.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/r...
Research position: Money, History, and Moral Economies (1250–1530)
The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-t…
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October 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
muntera.bsky.social
Dem @akammerer.bsky.social kann man (und sollte man) immer gut zuhören!
fovogtud.bsky.social Forschungsstelle f. Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte @fovogtud.bsky.social · 23d
Heute spricht Adrian Kammerer im FOVOG-Kolloquium über die Präsenz von Eremitinnen und Eremiten im Gebiet des mittelalterlichen Reiches von 900–1300.
Anmeldungen für eine Zoom-Teilnahme sind noch möglich.

Alle Infos hier: tud.link/wu6d
#FOVOGTUD #MedievalSky #HistMonast #Skystorians
fovogtud.bsky.social Forschungsstelle f. Vergleichende Ordensgeschichte @fovogtud.bsky.social · 25d
Am 22. Oktober gibt Adrian Kammerer im FOVOG-Kolloquium einen Einblick zur Präsenz von Eremitinnen und Eremiten im Gebiet des mittelalterlichen Reiches von 900–1300. Eine Teilnahme per Zoom ist nach Anmeldung möglich. Alle Infos hier: tud.link/wu6d #MedievalSky #HistMonast #Skystorians
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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audreytruschke.bsky.social
Fellow academics, I'm doing it. Going all in. Pulling the plug, literally.

This is on my syllabus for Spring 2026: "This is an analog class. No Canvas; this syllabus is your guide."

All readings are printed books; hand-written exams; no laptops. #academicbluesky #Highered #academia #Rutgers
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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jbenmenachem.com
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM