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whitmerkelly.bsky.social
@whitmerkelly.bsky.social
Historian of early modern Europe, Germany in the world; pedagogy, collections, projects, #histSTM #museums; new book: Useful Natures
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@whitmerkelly.bsky.social tell us what we can learn from attitudes towards projects and 'project-making' in the 18th-century German lands

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What Makes a Project Good or Bad? Lessons from Early Eighteenth-Century Germany
Anyone who has ever written an academic project proposal will recognise the demands in this early 18th-century German work, writes Kelly J. Whitmer.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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This looks so good ! Congratulations @whitmerkelly.bsky.social , @tedmccormick.bsky.social , Vera Keller & everyone involved!

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In the early 18th century, German-speaking planners placed work as a precondition for helping young people reach happiness. What role could institutions play to facilitate this pursuit? Read more from Professor Kelly Whitmer's full Special Issue article: journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view...
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Very happy to announce that the
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special issue "Knowledge and Power: Projecting the Modern World," edited by Vera Keller, Kelly Whitmer, and me, is starting to be published: the first three articles are here, the rest to follow.
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Knowledge and Power: Projecting the Modern World | Journal for the History of Knowledge
journalhistoryknowledge.org
September 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Our special issue of Nuncius is out! brill.com/view/journal...
@whitmerkelly.bsky.social & I are grateful to our collaborators Christiana Bers, @hannahod.bsky.social, Jenny Beckman, Michael Markert, Margarete Vöhringer & Anna Kotomina. #collections #pedagogy #universities #C18 #C19 #C20
brill.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:00 AM