Sanne Muurling

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Hamilton_Book award - Durham University

TOOOOOOOOOOM!!! @tombhamilton.bsky.social! Oh this is brilliant, humongous congratulations. The Natalie Zemon Davis Prize from the @16csociety.bsky.social! 🤩

#NZD4Eva (don't forget her birthday on Saturday, our #EarlyModern feast day)

#YayArchives

Stability and survival: Creole widowhood in St. Eustatius, 1780s-1820s This article articulates the mortality gap between non-Caribbean (foreign) men and Caribbean (Creole) women on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centurie...

New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Full Professor: Social and Economic History | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Full Professor: Social and Economic History at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!

We are looking for a new Chair in Economic, Social and Demographic History!

If this sounds like the right fit for you, or for someone in your network, do not hesitate to apply or share this call!

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This workshop explores the intersections between legal and social history for early (Dutch) colonialism. It aims to advance the dialogue with regard to practices of colonial law, slavery, inequality and racialization. For more information: iisg.amsterdam/nl/events/co...

Medio volgend jaar word ik 67. De advertentie voor een nieuwe directeur @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social staat vanaf vandaag online. Zegt het voort!

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Spot on. Ik verbaasd me ook altijd weer over managers (of collega's) die de privileges van het werken aan de universiteit alleen maar benadrukken alsof we nog in de jaren 70 zitten.

Hier zeggen ze trouwens niet Dolle Mina maar Dolle Nimma and I think that’s beautiful.
#nijmegen

The scariest and most powerful incantation known on the internet ;)

Keynote “Controlling Contagion: Epidemics and Institutions from Plague to Covid” | Radboud University In this keynote lecture, prof. Sheilagh Ogilvie will explain how societies have historically managed epidemics through various social institutions.

Looking forward talking about “Controlling Contagion” at the Radboud Conference next week, and learning more answers to its key question: “How Did We Lift the Burden?” www.ru.nl/en/about-us/... @oxford-esh.bsky.social @timriswick.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t

"we've eliminated the memory of these diseases." The most powerful argument for making sure #histmed is an element of all curricula!

Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century British History in the Long 18th Century Semianr

Great to see the video of David Turner's recent talk, 'Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century' @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social now available online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... It was a great evening.

Front cover of Working class courtship, marriage and divorce in Scotland, 1955-1939.

New book out later this year! Courtship, marriage, divorce, Scotland! All the best topics!

A-HA! The plot thickens! Zijne Majesteit heeft Trump hagelslag voorgezet, natuurlijk om hem subtiel te beïnvloeden. Hagelslaggate! Make Holland Great Again! #Hagelslagwins

That sounds great! I’m keen to read it next year :-)

From Coroners’ Rolls to the Classroom: Engaging Students with the Medieval Murder Map Dr Stephanie Brown, University of Hull s.brown6@hull.ac.uk @stephemmabrown.bsky.social How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society? In lots of ways, actually. The…

📣New blog!

How can a map of medieval homicides help teach about law, violence and society?

@stephemmabrown.bsky.social shows how mapping coroners’ rolls from London, York & Oxford can give new insights into the realities of medieval urban life 📜

Read more: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...

Congrats, Sian! 👏 I look forward to reading about your findings. Do you have anything in the pipeline that I can look out for?

Migrants, Violence, and Discrimination in Early Modern Holland Abstract. This study examines the experiences of migrants in early modern Dutch cities, focusing on violence and indications of social tensions in criminal

Fascinating article by the amazing Samantha Sint Nicolaas and colleagues about migrant crime and discrimination in the courts of early modern Holland: academic.oup.com/jsh/article-...

Vroegmoderne vrouwen: verleden tijd? Allerminst!
Tijdens 'Van marge naar middelpunt' blikken onderzoekers (waaronder collega @ninalamal.bsky.social) en erfgoedprofessionals terug én vooruit op vrouwengeschiedenis in erfgoed & wetenschap.

📅 4 juni | 17:00 | SPUI25

Info & aanmelden 👉 buff.ly/b94pHFs

Exciting to see the seven little maps I made for this book about diseases and mortality in 19th and early 20th c Amsterdam in print ✨ (Book recommendation, too! Get your copy now: libris.nl/a/owen-lamme...)

Layers of information in an archival document:

- What is said
- What is not said
- What is alluded to
- What is omitted intentionally
(and unintentionally)
- What is misleading
- What is ambiguous
- What is highlighted
- What is downplayed
- What is weaponized
- What is unintelligible today
...

Eerder regel dan uitzondering toch, of doe ik iets verkeerd? :(

Save Italian language and culture programme at Leiden University - online-petitie The Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University plans to shut down the Italian Language and Culture program. The Faculty Board justifies its decision based on the following arguments: (1) a limited glo...

Wees solidair met de collega’s bij Italiaans in Leiden en teken deze petitie voor behoud van de vakgroep.

Looking forward to this!

Followed by a remarkable Not in my backyard-kind of research on sanatoria: dangerous for their surroundings?! www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/zi... 😷

Another exciting experiment in the bid for a cure in 1887: "The treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis by the injection of gas mixtures into the rectum" www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/de... 🍑

Arsenic to combat pulmonary tuberculosis; 1883's Ivermectine? 😷💀 www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/ar...

Alexander Barbie (Amsterdam, 18th-century handwriting)

Before Ken Barbie there was...