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Tina Asmussen

@tinasmussen.bsky.social

historian of early modern science and culture | past, present and future of publishing

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I’m just so proud to have an article in this issue alongside scholars whose work I admire so much. Many thanks to RenΓ©e Raphael and Tina Asmussen for their vision & to the editorial staff of the RQ for the exceptional editorial care with which they brought this special issue to fruition!

03.01.2026 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much πŸ₯°

21.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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new & onlineπŸ’₯

cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen

β€³Wir trΓ€umen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.β€³

cache.ch/verwalteteum...

16.10.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Podcast-Folge ΓΌber unsichtbare Arbeit im wissenschaftlichen Publizieren, mit intercom-Mitglied und traverse-Redakteurin @tinasmussen.bsky.social πŸ‘€

15.09.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for posting! πŸ’œ

29.08.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Minescapes | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine is organising a MINESCAPES working group. Convened by @tinasmussen.bsky.social and others. Details, membership, and participation here: www.chstm.org/group/minesc...

#mininghistory #envhist #minescapes #extraction

29.08.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m so excited to share that I will be working as a Postdoctoral Researcher on the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de project β€˜Mining frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary
(16th-18th century)’ at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (PI @tinasmussen.bsky.social). I can’t wait to join the team and get started!

04.07.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Minescapes 2025 in the mine

Minescapes 2025 in the mine

Scarce was in the Ore Mountains! β›οΈπŸ”οΈ
We spent an unforgettable week with Minescapes 2025 in the Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains), exploring mining history in Saxony and Czechia with a fantastic group of scholars.

26.05.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

No, unfortunately not.

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I’ve just been informed by my publisher that my book on Athanasius Kircher is now sold out. If you’re still interested in reading it, you can download the open access e-book via Zenodo: doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... Thanks to everyone who has shown interest in the book! #AthanasiusKircher

31.03.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations Davide!! Fantastic

19.03.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Klaxon: Postdoctoral Position on Mining Frontiers in Eastern Europe! www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

18.03.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks πŸ’

17.12.2024 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much. Yes, I do have this wonderful volume. We unfortunately only discovered the book after we had already submitted the proposal. Nevertheless, it is of great importance to us, and we are still in the process of reading the articles. You've done amazing work!

17.12.2024 08:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Job Klaxon 🚨 1 PhD position for 3 years a the German Mining Museum Bochum in the interdisciplinary DFG/AHRC funded project "Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall". More details: karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2.... Please share!

17.12.2024 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ apply and work with brilliant @smueller.bsky.social and her teamπŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

06.12.2024 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much πŸ’

06.12.2024 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks a lot for sharing πŸ’œ

05.12.2024 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸš¨π—π—’π—• π—”π—Ÿπ—˜π—₯𝗧 🚨1 PhD position for 3 years in the research project β€œMining Frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary (16th-18th Century)” at the German Mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources. karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/0...

04.12.2024 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

With the twitter exodus: welcome, and here are some #earlymodern historians posting about early modern stuff (though I should update it now it’s more than 50 in those things) go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF

07.11.2024 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 177    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 14
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Tina Asmussen has shared some great photos of the MINSCAPES Summer School, in the Harz Mountains, to explore the history of human-environment relationships and interaction through its mining legacy.

12.06.2024 02:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Haupt - Monday, Monday, was bringst du mir ?
Peter Haupt - Monday, Monday, was bringst du mir ? Deutsche Aufnahme von "The Mamas & The Papas - Monday, Monday"aus dem Jahr 1966 Peter Haupt - Monday, Monday, was bringst du mir ?

Was fΓΌr ein Wochenstart... erst war der Kaffee alle, dann die Nachricht vom erneuten Streik der Bahn. #Montagmorgen
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cxSs...

22.01.2024 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us virtually or in Bochum on December 7 and 8 for the public lecture by Timothy LeCain and the workshop on resources and sustainability. If you wish to attend via zoom, register here: reform@ressourcencampus-bochum.de #mining #resources #extractivism #sustainability

22.11.2023 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How coerced was β€œfree” #wage labour in early modern Europe? And how did the #mobility of #workers can be explained through the prism of #coerced #labour?

Excited to see this out and in #OA!
A special πŸ™ to the incredible work of the editors and the other contributors (tinyurl.com/mrpjymrx)

28.09.2023 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CALL FOR PAPERS!!!
We are thrilled to release our CFP for an ECR conference dedicated to 'Global Recipes in the Early Modern World' (with the generous support of the SSHM and BSHS)!

If you are a PG/ECR working on any aspect of EM global recipe-making, don't forget to apply by 15 December!

15.11.2023 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Public lecture by Timothy LeCain and workshop on December 7 & 8 in Bochum on sustainability and (geo-)resources. Perspectives from History and Archeology. #Sustainability #Anthropocene #Pollution #Resources

09.11.2023 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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thinking technΔ“. Three days of discussing artistic processes, materials, making and thinking. Including fantastic exhibition visits and tours to sites of artistic production. Thanks for inviting me! techne.hypotheses.org/3873

03.11.2023 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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cache 03: 🌿 Shadow of the Tree:

Fiona Vicent on genealogical practices of the 19th-c. Basel high bourgeoisie: cache.ch/shadowofthet...

Marianne Sommer on the layering of iconicity and forms (tree, scale, series) in human phylogeny:
cache.ch/shadowofthet...

03.11.2023 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨Fellowship Application Alert 🚨
Heinrich Winkelmann Fellowship 2024 @Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum: Leibniz Forschungsmuseum fΓΌr Georessourcen. karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/8...

27.10.2023 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Impressions from the mining history/archeology field trip to the Siegerland with our guests Pamela Smith and Amelia Hutchinson. We visited a celtig iron smelting site (Gerhardsseifen), a medieval mining settlement (Altenberg) and the Landeskrone mine (Wilnsdorf). πŸ’₯βš’οΈ πŸͺ¨. tbc!

26.10.2023 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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