Stephan Friedrich Mai
LightNews LightNews
banner
wicquefortdiary.bsky.social
Stephan Friedrich Mai
@wicquefortdiary.bsky.social
690 followers 990 following 8 posts
Privat hier. Historian (early modern period). Knowledge, diplomacy, politics/conflict and war, gender, and history represented in digital games. PhD project: social construction of diplomatic knowledge (A. de Wicquefort)
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
socialhistsoc.bsky.social
CFP: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns

🗓️ 22 May 2026
📍 European University Institute, Florence
👩‍🏫 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni
🎤 Keynote: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick)

Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 20 Dec 2025 👉

socialhistory.org.uk/shs_event/ge...
Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns
Call for Papers Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns European University Institute, Florence 22 May 2026 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni Keynote Speaker: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick) Violence puts th…
socialhistory.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
juliagebke.bsky.social
Dear #skystorians, do you sometimes struggle to bring those historical voices that were silenced and unheard until now to life? I've been ruminating on #earlymodern voices and #disability history. You can read more here:
www.public-disabilityhistory.org/2025/09/disa...
Dis/ability: The Complex Search for Voices in the Pre-Modern Era
Public Disability History is a blog journal and a forum for exchange between the diverse actors involved and invested in issues regarding disability.
www.public-disabilityhistory.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
hist4dem.bsky.social
Was uns sorgt: u.a. schrumpfende Studizahlen in den Geschichtswissenschaften und wenig Bereitschaft zu echter Debatte.
Was uns Mut macht: Engagierte Kinder und Jugendliche und gesellschaftliches Engagement!
Danke für Eure rege Diskussion zu unserer Tagesfrage! ❤️
Morgen geht’s weiter #Historikertag
Pinnwand mit Antworten der Besucher*innen des hist4dem-Standes am ersten Tag des Historikertages 2025
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
sharonhoward.bsky.social
I've updated #EarlyModern Resources earlymodernweb.org/resources/ Quite a few new links but also a big overhaul of the site to be more usable + a visual refresh.

(If you can't see a change, you may need to clear your browser cache and refresh hard. 😬)
Welcome to Early Modern Resources – EMR
earlymodernweb.org
September 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
wicquefortdiary.bsky.social
Spontaneous visit to the Bavarian National Museum in Munich: great exhibits! I was so impressed that I didn't manage to see all the objects before the museum closed its doors. I'll be back! 🥳
The exterior of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich: statue, trees, 19th century building in the style of historicism. Angels winning over hell (Italy, 17th century). Highly delicate sculpted out of ivory. A pair of amusing porcelain figurines, each depicting a noblewoman and a nobleman (17th century). White and gold room of a German aristocratic family with paintings and furniture: the so-called “Landshut Room” (first half of the 18th century). Landshut is a town in Bavaria.
September 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
hekabeohnename.bsky.social
Der @akgwds.bsky.social hat jetzt auch ganz offiziell eine eigene Website als Verein! 🥳
akgwds.bsky.social AKGWDS @akgwds.bsky.social · Sep 7
News in eigener Sache: die Website des AKGWDS ist nun unter akgwds.de als zentrale Anlaufstelle und unser Blog gespielt.hypotheses.org spezifisch für Fachartikel online.

Unser Verein zählt außerdem bereits über 60 Mitglieder! Ihr wollt auch mitmachen? 🥳Anmeldung hier: akgwds.de/mitglied-wer...
Arbeitskreis Geisteswissenschaften und Digitale Spiele
akgwds.de
September 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
akgwds.bsky.social
News in eigener Sache: die Website des AKGWDS ist nun unter akgwds.de als zentrale Anlaufstelle und unser Blog gespielt.hypotheses.org spezifisch für Fachartikel online.

Unser Verein zählt außerdem bereits über 60 Mitglieder! Ihr wollt auch mitmachen? 🥳Anmeldung hier: akgwds.de/mitglied-wer...
Arbeitskreis Geisteswissenschaften und Digitale Spiele
akgwds.de
September 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
kurtishanlon.bsky.social
If accusations of any "bias in classrooms" are true, it's a result of the epistemological ways that we establish truth. This thread does a good job explaining why so-called "viewpoint diversity" is actually an attack on truth by those that simply don't like the truth our methodologies lead us to.
lmacthompson1.bsky.social Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · Aug 24
There was an interesting question I saw from someone recently that was asking why there are no historians writing "for the other side." Essentially, why are there no "pro-Trump Heather Cox Richardsons?" The answer lies in our training.
August 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
lmacthompson1.bsky.social
There was an interesting question I saw from someone recently that was asking why there are no historians writing "for the other side." Essentially, why are there no "pro-Trump Heather Cox Richardsons?" The answer lies in our training.
August 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
romainvincent.bsky.social
Très heureux de vous annoncer le retour d'une programmation Recherche et Jeux Vidéo au prochain Rendez-Vous de l'Histoire de Blois.

Le vendredi 10 octobre, j'organise en effet une demi-journée d'étude "La France et les jeux vidéo" en partenariat avec l' @aphg.bsky.social.
August 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
wpezemed.bsky.social
The MGH have reinstated a Dokumentlieferdienst, or reprography service, and I'm advertising it on their behalf. If don't have access to a german library, you can order PDFs of rare papers and books, directly from their online catalogue. Example below!
mgh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...
July 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
earlymodernwar.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️
Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. Martial identities, values and motivations. Notions of gender, race, class and religion. Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. Maritime violence and naval warfare. The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.
July 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
bucksarchives.bsky.social
Welcome to the archives.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
caromein.bsky.social
New study compares state-of-the-art Handwritten Text Recognition engines—PyLaia, IDA, and TrOCR—for digitizing historical documents. Findings highlight the impact of language models and diverse datasets on recognition accuracy.
Read more: rdcu.be/elLLR
#DigitalHumanities #HTR #HistoricalDocuments
Assessing advanced handwritten text recognition engines for digitizing historical documents
rdcu.be
May 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
hist4dem.bsky.social
Hallo BlueSky, wir sind hist4dem, die Historiker*innen für eine demokratische Gesellschaft! Wir finden: es ist Zeit aktiv zu werden. Daher setzen wir mit unserem Netzwerk ein klares Zeichen für demokratische Werte und gegen Ausgrenzung. Ihr wollt mehr wissen? Hier geht's zu unserem Positionspapier:
Positionspapier – Historiker*innen für eine demokratische Gesellschaft
hist4dem.de
April 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
dbellingradt.bsky.social
Es hat sich einiges getan in unserem Storytelling-Projekt, das einst "Hidden Cities" hieß - und nun "HistoryCity Apps" heisst. Es folgt eine Übersicht der Apps, Begleitbücher, Webseiten, Comics, etc.

Geschichte vermitteln und erleben: Historisches Storytelling! #skystorians #PublicHistory.

1/
Es ist Screenshots der Apps zu sehen: eine Stadtkarte der Vormoderne wird mit GPS-Ortung in die Gegenwart geholt.
May 3, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
dbellingradt.bsky.social
A social media echo chamber around 1700. The man sitting at a writing desk, positioned in a luxury room, is silently writing a letter, surrounded by a quill, an ink pot, old letters, and with sheets of fresh papers waiting for future usages. Next media echoes to arrive in his TL - not so soon.
A man sitting at a writing desk around 1700, doing his correspondence. Detail of an etching titled "Veüe de l'intérieur du cabinet de l'Amour" (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/315127001 ). A man sitting at a writing desk around 1700, doing his correspondence. This is the interior view of the Cabinet de l'Amour, in the Paris based Hôtel Lambert: a room with walls covered with paintings. Etching titled "Veüe de l'intérieur du cabinet de l'Amour" (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/315127001 ).
February 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
tomaashby.bsky.social
Louis XVI: "Did you even say thank you?"
Benjamin Franklin: "???"
A painting of Franklin meeting Louis XVI
March 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
historyhannahb.bsky.social
grapplingwithhistory.com/2025/01/20/a...
Who doesn’t love a bit of boxing history on a Sunday morning?
A quick note on A Thousand Blows, Black boxers in 1880s London, and ‘woke history’
Ching Hook (Hezekiah Moscow), Alec Munroe, Jem Haines, Jack Davenport, Albert Pearce, ‘Meat Market Charlie’ Bartlett, Violet and Rosaline Mills, Jack Watson, J. Oliver, Tom Tully, Felix Scott, Char…
grapplingwithhistory.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
hekabeohnename.bsky.social
Bis Ende der Woche läuft noch der CfP zur @paidia.bsky.social-Sonderausgabe, die Finja Walsdorff, Max Kanderske und ich zum Sims-Jubiläum herausgeben, und wir freuen uns noch immer über Abstracts aus allen Fachrichtungen! #GameStudies
paidia.de/cfp-sims-son...
CfP: ‚Die Sims‘ – Einrichtungssoftware, Lebenssimulator, „Mädchenspiel“ [07.02.2025] - Paidia
Im 25. Jahr ihres Bestehens kann die Die Sims-Reihe (Maxis 2000-) nicht nur auf vier erfolgreiche Hauptspiele und eine längst unüberschaubar gewordene Menge
paidia.de
February 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
eurogamer.bsky.social
Games preservation took steps forward in 2024 - but still has a long way to go
www.eurogamer.net/games-preser...
Stacks of old game cartridges and video game books by Lost in Cult are arranged in front of blue-shaded archive shelves.
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
hekabeohnename.bsky.social
Das ist morgen! 👋
dighistberlin.bsky.social Digital History Berlin @dighistberlin.bsky.social · Dec 17
🎮 Im letzten #DigitalHistoryOFK dieses Jahres wird Aurelia Brandenburg Einblicke in ihr Dissertationsprojekt zur Gaminggeschichte & deutschsprachigem Spielejournalismus 1980-2000 bieten.

🔜 18 Dec, 4-6 pm (CET), online
ℹ️ Info: dhistory.hypotheses....

#DigitalHistory #GameStudies #GenderStudies
December 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
mrcwarwick.bsky.social
100+ archives/special collections on Bluesky!

Welcome to this week's new arrivals:
@bishopsgateinst.bsky.social
@kresenkernow.bsky.social
@heritagewshc.bsky.social
@catalystarchives.bsky.social
@ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social
@soas-speccoll.bsky.social

& catch up with the others at go.bsky.app/4EpKvv2
December 12, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Reposted by Stephan Friedrich Mai
juliagebke.bsky.social
Just received the message from our Publisher Aschendorff that our anthology about "The Diplomatic Self in Early Modern Times" is now available Open Access. For all #skystorians interested in #earlymodern diplomacy and questions of self-fashioning, have a look here: doi.org/10.17438/978...
Book cover for the anthology the Diplomatic Self, blue border left and right, picture shows an early modern painting: a diplomat, Thomas Hees, in a red attire sitting on a chair in his study, behind him on the right a young black boy, Thomas, and on the left a young white boy, his nephew. On the right, the second nephew, a young man, is bowing and delivering dispatches. The whole study seems to be filled with oriental luxury objects hanging on the wall or a red richly ornamented carpet on the floor.
November 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM