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Ariane Fichtl
@threadofariane.bsky.social
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Postdoc @ucph.bsky.social, working on the intersection of religion and politics in the history of ideas with a special focus on republican & liberal theory. She/her.
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My @mihjournal.bsky.social article is now online on first view! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers
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October 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
threadofariane.bsky.social
Three more weeks until the deadline! Join us in Copenhagen to discuss religious embodiment and conversion practices in early modern Europe and beyond on the 23rd and 24th of April 2026!
threadofariane.bsky.social Ariane Fichtl @threadofariane.bsky.social · Jun 24
Thrilled to launch a call for papers for a conference I’m co-organising to take place at the University of Copenhagen from 23-24 April 2026!
The topic is “Religious embodiment and conversion practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800”.
Deadline: 26 Nov 2025

See below for more info!
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November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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mihjournal.bsky.social
Now on FirstView: The “Woman’s Seed”? Ariane Viktoria Fichtl @threadofariane.bsky.social analyzes the abolitionist cognitive tool “mental metempsychosis” that challenged the concept of the heritability of slavery and was at the heart of immediate abolitionism in Britain
The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers
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November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
threadofariane.bsky.social
My @mihjournal.bsky.social article is now online on first view! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The “Woman’s Seed”: Immediate Abolitionism’s Intellectual Mothers
www.cambridge.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
threadofariane.bsky.social
Thrilled to launch a call for papers for a conference I’m co-organising to take place at the University of Copenhagen from 23-24 April 2026!
The topic is “Religious embodiment and conversion practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800”.
Deadline: 26 Nov 2025

See below for more info!
👇🏻
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
threadofariane.bsky.social
Had a wonderful time at the @isih-blueskye.bsky.social annual conference @au.dk! Thanks to all who attended my panel for the stimulating questions and to the organizers for your hospitality!
June 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
threadofariane.bsky.social
Perfect time to re-engage with my article on Alexander Hamilton’s vs. Thomas Jefferson’s views on US foreign policy and commercial warfare! 👉🏻 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Idea(s) of Dutch Neutrality in the American Debate on Neutral Rights (1793–1807)
Since the latter part of the seventeenth century trade and war had become increasingly entangled due to the bellicose commercial rivalry of European colonial powers, who emulated one another in a s...
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April 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Part 2 of The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration is now online on
@standrewsiih.bsky.social YouTube channel!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Q3...
The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration (Part 2)
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March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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What did the Greeks do for us? March’s blogpost reflects on 20 years since the publication of ‘The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought’. www.rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2025/2/28/the-greek-tradition-in-republican-thought @threadofariane.bsky.social @standrewshist.bsky.social
The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought — Rachel Hammersley
I am currently co-teaching a module on 'The Scientific Revolution'. Consequently, Isaac Newton's famous comment to Robert Boyle about 'standing on the shoulders of giants' was already in my mind on 15...
www.rachelhammersley.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
threadofariane.bsky.social
Part 1 of 2 of The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration is now online on @standrewsiih.bsky.social‘s YouTube channel!
Speakers in that part include:
Quentin Skinner, James Hankins, @rhammersley99.bsky.social, & many more.
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The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought: 20th Anniversary Publication Celebration (Part 1)
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February 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
threadofariane.bsky.social
In-person speakers lineup of my first organised conference, Greek Tradition Twenty, which took place on Feb 15th, 2025. The recording is in preparation and will be released soon @standrewsiih.bsky.social!
February 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Thanks to everyone who participated in yesterday's event and made it such a fantastic conference. #GreekTraditionTwenty www.intellectualhistory.net/greek-tradit...
February 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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ilcrsta.bsky.social
📢 Reminder! Join the thought-provoking Intellectual History Seminar on Eric Nelson’s The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought.
🗓️ 15 Feb | ⏰ 8.30am–6pm |📍Parliament Hall, St Andrews
Discussions on republicanism, democracy, legal traditions & more! To register see details👇
February 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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josephinequinn.bsky.social
New post in Greek History at Cambridge: please encourage anyone who might be interested to apply. I'd love to get a new colleague who will take us in exciting directions, and I'd be happy to answer questions. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48963/
Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient Greek History) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient Greek History) in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
February 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
threadofariane.bsky.social
Registration (in person or online) for #GreekTraditionTwenty ends on Saturday!
Make sure to drop me a message if you’d like to attend! My mail is avf2@st-andrews.ac.uk.
February 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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CfP: How Women Shaped the Nordic Enlightenment – University of Copenhagen on 18-20 June 2025

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CfP: How Women Shaped the Nordic Enlightenment – University of Copenhagen on 18-20 June 2025
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February 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
threadofariane.bsky.social
The event will be a hybrid one! Please message me to receive the Microsoft Teams link!
January 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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emodir.bsky.social
We've now created a starter pack for those whose work/interests include early modern religious radicalism:

go.bsky.app/ArYba4T

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

#EarlyModern
January 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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emgscam.bsky.social
You still have a week to submit your abstracts - We look forward to reading them!
emgscam.bsky.social Cambridge Workshop for the Early Modern Period @emgscam.bsky.social · Dec 17
We are thrilled to announce our Lent Call for Papers- If you are interested in submitting a 20 min paper on the theme of 'Exchanging Knowledge,' please send us your abstract by 6 January!

Read below for more details or DM us for a plain text version.
A beige poster with the following details in a speech bubble: The Workshop for the Early Modern Period (WEMP) invites submissions for papers to be presented during Lent Term (February-March 2025). The theme of this term is Exchanging Knowledge, c. 1450-1800. All current graduate students at the University of Cambridge and any other institutions are encouraged to apply. Possible topics may include but are not restricted to:   Methods and sources of knowledge exchange  Transnational vs. local knowledge Microhistorical knowledge Knowledge in trade and commerce People, knowledge, and writing Goods and ideas  Authority and censorship Boundaries and borders The workshop provides a forum for graduate students (MPhil/MA and PhD) to present their research on any aspect of early modern history in a friendly and welcoming environment. WEMP aims to provide a platform to present new ideas, receive feedback on your work-in-progress, and gain experience presenting in front of an audience of fellow early modernists. The format consists of two twenty-minute papers followed by a joint Q&A, refreshments, and the opportunity to mingle and socialise.  In Michaelmas Term 2024, WEMP will be running fortnightly on Mondays at 5 pm (UK time). The workshop will also run in a hybrid format. Non-Cambridge-based speakers and members of the audience will be welcome to join us on Zoom.  If you do not want to miss any updates, do not forget to subscribe to our mailing list: https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/workshop-early-modern-period-wemp. If you are interested in presenting your work, please send a provisional title, an abstract (300 words max.), and a short bio to the convenors at camwemp2024@gmail.com by 6 January 2025
December 30, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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emsteinhauer.bsky.social
This @isih-blueskye.bsky.social ‘Women in IH’ seminar had to be cancelled last minute and is now rescheduled for 22nd January! Please join us, the sign-up link in the old post should still work 🥳
emsteinhauer.bsky.social Emily Steinhauer @emsteinhauer.bsky.social · Nov 29
Our celebration of ‘Women in Intellectual History’ with the @isih-blueskye.bsky.social continues next Wed 4th Dec. Do join us for some excellent papers and friendly discussion. Sign-up and programme of the seminar series here: forms.office.com/e/c1vecwHxjS
Screenshot of Seminar programme for 4th Dec: Tingting Wu (Jena): Sophie Mereau - From Passive Surrender to Autonomy; Brigitta Schvéd (Budapest): The Word and the Image: Early Modern Female Self-Representation in the Works of Artemisia Gentileschi and Margaret Cavendish; Commentator: Anne M. Thell (NUS)
December 17, 2024 at 10:33 AM
threadofariane.bsky.social
I was invited to present on a theme related to my first book today @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social and had chocolat chaud for breakfast! It can’t get any better than that (except for mousse au chocolat for dinner, which I also had 😅).
December 11, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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oxfordcih.bsky.social
📣 Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought 2025

Eric Nelson (Harvard): For the Way Things Are: In Search of a Defensible Conservatism | Hilary Term, 5pm, Tuesdays Weeks 3-8 | more details coming soon...
November 22, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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standrewsiih.bsky.social
Alex Long (University of St Andrews) - "Natural Law Theory in Cicero".
Wednesday 20 November 2024
17:15-18:30
Room 1.10 St Katharine's Lodge
www.intellectualhistory.net/events
November 17, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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Please make sure to follow bsky.app/profile/stan... if you want to be updated on our events and on the most recent trends in Intellectual History!
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November 18, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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threadofariane.bsky.social
The official programme for the event I’m currently organizing and which is dedicated to Eric Nelson’s first book #greektraditiontwenty is now online available (and downloadable as PDF)!
www.intellectualhistory.net/greek-tradit...

The event will be recorded and disseminated online!
Greek Tradition Twenty — Institute of Intellectual History
www.intellectualhistory.net
November 11, 2024 at 7:47 PM