Richard Calis

Everlasting Flowers between the Pages "Everlasting Flowers between the Pages" published on 28 Aug 2025 by Brill.

Surprise publication day! Earlier than anticipated, you can now read my #firstbook (digital version in #openaccess) or order a printed copy through the link. Official announcement and info on book presentation event coming soon!

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#NatHist, #HistNatHist, #flowers

Ha leuk, onze workshop in de PZC! Komen jullie ook? Op 19 september praten we met allemaal toffe mensen in de bieb in Middelburg over oral history en de verhalen van gewone Zeeuwen. Info & aanmelden: dezb.op-shop.nl/8592/verteld...

Director's Bookshelf with Richard Calis

Had a great time talking about my book with the wonderful Dimitri Gondicas, director of the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University #earlymodern #skytorians

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Postdoc Critical University Heritages Are you interested in developing interventions addressing the coloniality of physical anthropology collections and botanic gardens? Apply now!

Come work with us! A 2,5 years postdoc on critical university heritage: you'll contribute to two curated heritage interventions, based on (1) physical anthropology collections and (2) botanical history. You'll join an international, interdisciplinary team. #skystorians #heritage #histofscience

The position is part of COLUMN, a collaborative research project about Colonial Legacies of Universities, funded by the EU under their Horizon scheme. Feel free to reach out with any questions about this job! @richardcalis.bsky.social Gert-Jan Plets and I are happy to answer any questions!

Zou graag het hele stuk lezen!

Had great fun talking about my new book for the Turkey Book Talk podcast #earlymodern #skystorians

Richard Calis on Martin Crusius and the discovery of Ottoman Greece Turkey Book Talk #244 – Richard Calis, assistant professor in cultural history at Utrecht University, on “The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter, and Belief in the Mediterranea…

From last week 📚👇

Richard Calis (@richardcalis.bsky.social) on “The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius” (@harvardpress.bsky.social)

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Check out this Wonderful CfP!

Looks great!

One for the Dutch university administrators

In meme form:

Richard Calis on Martin Crusius and the discovery of Ottoman Greece Turkey Book Talk #244 – Richard Calis, assistant professor in cultural history at Utrecht University, on “The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter, and Belief in the Mediterranea…

New episode 🚨🚨

Richard Calis (@richardcalis.bsky.social) on “The Discovery of Ottoman Greece: Knowledge, Encounter and Belief in the Mediterranean World of Martin Crusius” (@harvardpress.bsky.social)

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turkeybooktalk.com/2025/05/13/r...

Screenshot of a NYTimes Headline, which reads, An Artist Honors Extinct Plants and Animals at New York’s Swiss Institute In an East Village gallery, K Allado-McDowell has created an audiovisual tribute to species we have lost as a rehearsal for a proposed physical monument. Link to the paywall bypassed version here: https://archive.ph/h17bJ#selection-509.0-513.153

Artwashing AI includes such perverse efforts as this: using a tool whose energy needs are so extractive that it contributes to climate change, which threatens the survival of endangered species...in order to "really make ya think" about endangered species.

Meet author #BenjaminLeathley at the launch of The Open Door to Hidden Paganism in conversation with #PeterBisschop @richardcalis.bsky.social #JoanPauRubiés #CarolienStolte chaired by #JosGommans
Curious to find out more? Event: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... Book: lup.nl/publications...

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:

The History of Knowledge Conference Lund University, 8–10 October, 2025 In November 2023, the first ever international History of Knowledge Conference was organized in Porto, bringing together experts from a wide range of historical …

The second international History of Knowledge Conference will be held in Lund, 8–10 October, 2025. The deadline for abstracts is approaching: 1 May.

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Having fun preparing for today's Descartes Centre Colloquium. Eric Jorink and I will present our new books and reflect on how we can write histories of science. Date/location: 15:30-16:30 at the UniversityMuseumUtrecht - followed by drinks!

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#earlymodern #historyofscience

Call for proposals: Fellowship History of Utrecht University Een fellowship en zaaigeld is beschikbaar voor de bestudering van de Utrechtse universiteitsgeschiedenis.

And here with the correct link!

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Please share if you can!

Details:

- Low-key application
- 2000k p/m (max 2 months)
- Wonderful intellectuel community
- Amazing library collection
- Deadline: 2 june 2025

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#twitterstorians #universityhistory #historyofscience

*New University History Fellowship!*

Are you interested in university history? Do you want to explore the history of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social and its collections?

Apply for this new #fellowship that we managed to create with support of the University Library and the Descartes Center!

It’s me! I’m the expert! Had lots of fun writing this piece on The White Lotus and Shakespeare. Please read and share!

#Shakespeare #TheWhiteLotus

Looks great!

Alexander Bevilacqua · Can we speak Greek? Martin Crusius’s Project Crusius plundered contemporary travel accounts for information alongside chronicles and histories. He recognised the...

Thrilled that the @lrb.co.uk published Alexander Bevilacqua's wonderful review of my book on The Discovery of #Ottoman Greece

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#earlymodern #skystorians

oh, this is good, ye #earlymodern folk and language nerds 🐦🐦

Thanks Jennifer!

Thank Freddie!

Alexander Bevilacqua · Can we speak Greek? Martin Crusius’s Project Crusius plundered contemporary travel accounts for information alongside chronicles and histories. He recognised the...

‘Crusius studied spoken Greek carefully, treating his visitors as crucial primary sources. Yet he regarded modern vernacular Greek as a corrupt version of its classical ancestor.’

Alexander Bevilacqua on the German cleric who invented modern Grecomania:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Flattered by this @lrb.co.uk review of my book. I loved telling Crusius's story and grateful to Alex Bevilacqua for bringing it to new audiences!