Liesbeth Corens
@onslies.bsky.social
Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
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Liesbeth Corens
@onslies.bsky.social
· Nov 10
About me: I'm really interested in how (Catholic) minorities persevere.
Confessional Mobility: oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093...
Archives & Information: britishacademy.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5871...
Social History: academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...
Confessional Mobility: oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093...
Archives & Information: britishacademy.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5871...
Social History: academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...
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Social media manager is embarrassingly late, but delighted to have to sit on the floor because of HOW MANY PEOPLE are here to come and listen to the brilliant @araujohistorian.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Social media manager is embarrassingly late, but delighted to have to sit on the floor because of HOW MANY PEOPLE are here to come and listen to the brilliant @araujohistorian.bsky.social
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"Dieses Mal lasse ich Barmherzigkeit walten", verkündete der Propst Markus Grasl via SN. Das ist der Vertragsentwurf, den er den #NonnenvonGoldenstein vorgelegt hat.
Es kann sich jeder selbst einen Eindruck verschaffen.
@diedunkelkammer.bsky.social
Es kann sich jeder selbst einen Eindruck verschaffen.
@diedunkelkammer.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Dieses Mal lasse ich Barmherzigkeit walten", verkündete der Propst Markus Grasl via SN. Das ist der Vertragsentwurf, den er den #NonnenvonGoldenstein vorgelegt hat.
Es kann sich jeder selbst einen Eindruck verschaffen.
@diedunkelkammer.bsky.social
Es kann sich jeder selbst einen Eindruck verschaffen.
@diedunkelkammer.bsky.social
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"Dieses Mal lasse ich Barmherzigkeit walten", verkündete der Propst Markus Grasl via SN. Das ist der Vertragsentwurf, den er den #NonnenvonGoldenstein vorgelegt hat.
Es kann sich jeder selbst einen Eindruck verschaffen.
@diedunkelkammer.bsky.social
Es kann sich jeder selbst einen Eindruck verschaffen.
@diedunkelkammer.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
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If you're cutting programmes based on 'income' but not taking into account cost, you're going to cut a lot of humanities programmes that have been cross-subsidising STEM programmes that are stupidly expensive to run.
But hey, don't listen to staff, we might be biased. #UKHE
But hey, don't listen to staff, we might be biased. #UKHE
yup. yup. yup. Here Nous did our portfolio review framework has only three benchmarks: market outlook, student experience (NSS), income (NOTE NOT COST). Based on that, programmes are being cut.
Nothing about research, nothing about strategic needs, nothing about long-term planning.
Nothing about research, nothing about strategic needs, nothing about long-term planning.
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If you're cutting programmes based on 'income' but not taking into account cost, you're going to cut a lot of humanities programmes that have been cross-subsidising STEM programmes that are stupidly expensive to run.
But hey, don't listen to staff, we might be biased. #UKHE
But hey, don't listen to staff, we might be biased. #UKHE
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The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
Forgot to add the key bit: #nuntastic!
In case anyone needed any reminder that those with power still are scared of those who draw public attention to their abuses and refuse to be turned into a stereotype without the ability to speak for themselves.
Rebel nuns who busted out of Austrian care home win reprieve – if they stay off social media
Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials say
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Forgot to add the key bit: #nuntastic!
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they could still start a zine
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
they could still start a zine
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LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL ARCHIVE BAG!
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL ARCHIVE BAG!
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Could TNA market this?
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Could TNA market this?
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OMG THIS IS A GENIUS PLAN.
@nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, I'd buy a totebag and a handbag in a heartbeat! #YayArchives
@nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, I'd buy a totebag and a handbag in a heartbeat! #YayArchives
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
OMG THIS IS A GENIUS PLAN.
@nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, I'd buy a totebag and a handbag in a heartbeat! #YayArchives
@nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, I'd buy a totebag and a handbag in a heartbeat! #YayArchives
#BringBackBeguinages!
I do love the playfulness in keeping the old buildings and making them suitable to current needs.
I do love the playfulness in keeping the old buildings and making them suitable to current needs.
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
#BringBackBeguinages!
I do love the playfulness in keeping the old buildings and making them suitable to current needs.
I do love the playfulness in keeping the old buildings and making them suitable to current needs.
In case anyone needed any reminder that those with power still are scared of those who draw public attention to their abuses and refuse to be turned into a stereotype without the ability to speak for themselves.
Rebel nuns who busted out of Austrian care home win reprieve – if they stay off social media
Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials say
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
In case anyone needed any reminder that those with power still are scared of those who draw public attention to their abuses and refuse to be turned into a stereotype without the ability to speak for themselves.
ELIOT!! Excited to hear what @ebenbow.bsky.social’s been up to since his brilliant PhD @qmul.bsky.social!
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
ELIOT!! Excited to hear what @ebenbow.bsky.social’s been up to since his brilliant PhD @qmul.bsky.social!
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Very much looking forward to presenting at the Low Countries History Seminar at the IHR this evening. I'll be talking about merchants from the Low Countries who specialised (and excelled) in supplying London's goods market with everyday stuff in the later Middle Ages. 😊
TONIGHT!!! You can still make your way to Bloomsbury! Or you can bat your eyelashes at me sweetly and I can send you the zoom link. Either way, don't miss this. Eliot is fabulous!
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Very much looking forward to presenting at the Low Countries History Seminar at the IHR this evening. I'll be talking about merchants from the Low Countries who specialised (and excelled) in supplying London's goods market with everyday stuff in the later Middle Ages. 😊
TONIGHT!!! You can still make your way to Bloomsbury! Or you can bat your eyelashes at me sweetly and I can send you the zoom link. Either way, don't miss this. Eliot is fabulous!
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
TONIGHT!!! You can still make your way to Bloomsbury! Or you can bat your eyelashes at me sweetly and I can send you the zoom link. Either way, don't miss this. Eliot is fabulous!
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And yet the minister claims she refuses to think about student number distribution work.
Time to change her mind. #UKHE
Time to change her mind. #UKHE
'Bols and Maguire trace the current financial problems higher education institutions are facing back to the government’s decision to remove the limit on student numbers in 2015-16 and deregulate student recruitment, while maintaining caps on tuition fees, thus limiting universities’ income.' 2/3
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
And yet the minister claims she refuses to think about student number distribution work.
Time to change her mind. #UKHE
Time to change her mind. #UKHE
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Publishing in February from @sunypress.bsky.social , a co-edited volume with the wonderful Lisa DiBartolomeo. It contains 25 chapters from an outstanding group of authors, and each one is a certified banger. 🙂✊
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
The Campus Crisis Toolkit
sunypress.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Publishing in February from @sunypress.bsky.social , a co-edited volume with the wonderful Lisa DiBartolomeo. It contains 25 chapters from an outstanding group of authors, and each one is a certified banger. 🙂✊
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
(gotta finish reviewing the galleys though--next week, @rcolesworthy.bsky.social!)
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In some of his commentary he describes just going for broke visually when he can't think of a good plot.
This might be one and I believe that the other is when he sneezes and can't believe the size of what came out.
This might be one and I believe that the other is when he sneezes and can't believe the size of what came out.
November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In some of his commentary he describes just going for broke visually when he can't think of a good plot.
This might be one and I believe that the other is when he sneezes and can't believe the size of what came out.
This might be one and I believe that the other is when he sneezes and can't believe the size of what came out.
OMG. I supervised a brilliant MA dissertation on Grace O’Malley’s afterlife. And am now the owner of Grace O’Malley’s gin. 🤩
This is amazing. It is too early right now to check how female pirate gin tastes, right?
This is amazing. It is too early right now to check how female pirate gin tastes, right?
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
OMG. I supervised a brilliant MA dissertation on Grace O’Malley’s afterlife. And am now the owner of Grace O’Malley’s gin. 🤩
This is amazing. It is too early right now to check how female pirate gin tastes, right?
This is amazing. It is too early right now to check how female pirate gin tastes, right?
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*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A Provincial Market in Second-Hand Books: Book Sales in Devon, 1688–1725
Abstract. Comparatively little is known about England’s early book-auction trade outside of London and the university towns, with few catalogues surviving
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
*small embarrassed voice*
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s.
doi.org/10.1093/libr...
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Basically, come and get the preview of exciting future publications! We can be time travellers together!
I *adore* it when we get to see a paper we hosted a version of at an @ihr.bsky.social seminar! This time; @annalunapost.bsky.social’s brilliant work on expert resistance & environmental thought @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social:
Exciting work for #SkyStorians into #EarlyModern #EnvHist or #LowCountries
Exciting work for #SkyStorians into #EarlyModern #EnvHist or #LowCountries
Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic*
Abstract. Historical scholarship has long highlighted the extensive landscape interventions initiated by state agents, early capitalists and experts in the
academic.oup.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Basically, come and get the preview of exciting future publications! We can be time travellers together!
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THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
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Who, pray tell, is worshipping the liberal arts? Where is the mythical university alluded to here where STEM and business courses are criticized and somehow disincentivized by those in power?
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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That was a good strip.
I can't remember off hand how many years it and The Far Side overlapped.
I was gifted the 3 vol, full-colour harcover collection.
I could never decide it I was more Calvin or Hobbs, esp. with ones like this...
I can't remember off hand how many years it and The Far Side overlapped.
I was gifted the 3 vol, full-colour harcover collection.
I could never decide it I was more Calvin or Hobbs, esp. with ones like this...
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
That was a good strip.
I can't remember off hand how many years it and The Far Side overlapped.
I was gifted the 3 vol, full-colour harcover collection.
I could never decide it I was more Calvin or Hobbs, esp. with ones like this...
I can't remember off hand how many years it and The Far Side overlapped.
I was gifted the 3 vol, full-colour harcover collection.
I could never decide it I was more Calvin or Hobbs, esp. with ones like this...