Drones dominate today’s battlefield, but history suggests their prominence may say more about failing institutions than revolutionary technology.
06.02.2026 14:45 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Drones dominate today’s battlefield, but history suggests their prominence may say more about failing institutions than revolutionary technology.
06.02.2026 14:45 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 01500- ja 1600-luvun tutkimuksen päivät Helsingin yliopistolla @uudenajanalku.bsky.social järjestäminä! Mattias Lundbergin keynote alkamassa ”The Long Reformation in Sweden: A Negotiation of Sounds and Beliefs”. Esitys sisältää myös 1500- ja 1600-luvun musiikkiesityksen!
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Coming up!
'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530–1765' provides a holistic overview of continuity and change in the supply of #war over the course of three centuries.
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Paikkatietoon erikoistunut Positio-lehti on julkaissut Katrina Virtasen @utu.fi artikkelin Viabundus Finland 1350-1650 -karttajulkaisusta. Uutinen on kirjoitettu hankkeessa sovellettujen paikkatietomenetelmien näkökulmasta.
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Yes, this is a good addition. However I wonder if you start adding such specific cases for every field of research, then how long will the list become? This of course is a finding of its own.
10.12.2025 22:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0CfP: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences and Experiences at the Military Periphery From enslaved soldiers in republican-era Rome to foreign mercenaries in the Thirty-Years War and commonwealth soldiers in the World Wars, militaries have never been monolithic organisations. they have served as key sites in the formation of state power and different kinds of collective belongings. Yet the boundaries that determine who may serve, under what conditions and on whose behalf have never been fixed as these boundaries have shifted in response to changing configurations of citizenship, empire, class, gender, race/ethnicity, religion, physical capacities and national identity. Militaries have functioned both as mechanism for producing social hierarchies, and as arenas in which such hierarchies are negotiated, contested and reconfigured. This conference explores how lines of inclusion and exclusion have been drawn, negotiated and experienced within military organisations across diverse historical periods and geographical contexts. The aim is to foster a nuanced conversation that broadens our understanding of military institutions by focusing on the experiences and narratives of those often marginalised within them. We welcome contributions which examine how distinctions such as the following have been historically constructed, negotiated and embodied/experienced within and/or in relation to military institutions, organisations and structures: Race, ethnicity and minority status: Gender, gender-identity/non-conformity and sexuality Nationality, migration and statelessness: Religion: Disability status: While the emphasis is on historical perspectives, proposals are invited from scholars working in adjacent fields (political science, cultural studies). It will be held 22-23 October, 2026 the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden. We are applying for funding to hold it fully in person, but depending on the outcome, it could be a hybrid event.
Please submit a preliminary title of maximum 150 characters and an abstract of maximum 350 words to MarginalMilitaries@gmail.com by no later than February 28. If you have any questions, please get in touch! Regards, Natalie Smith & Daniel Stridh
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Marginal Militaries: Navigating Historical Boundaries, Differences, and Experiences at the Military Periphery
Conference date: 22-23 October, 2026
Location: @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social Stockholm, Sweden (hybrid participation tbc)
Cfp Deadline: 28 February, 2026
Tervetuloa Pätkätyön pitkä historia -projektin päätösseminaariin huomenna klo 14 Tampereen yliopistolle! Tiesitkö, että koko aikuisiän kestävät työsuhteet yleistyivät vasta teollistumisen yhteydessä? @Trivium_Tampere @TampereUni @koneensaatio.fi
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Ohjattavieni väitöskirjat vuodelta 2025. Monenlaista teemaa! Linkit:
hdl.handle.net/10138/590212
hdl.handle.net/10138/594718
hdl.handle.net/10138/597941
hdl.handle.net/10138/601696
hdl.handle.net/10138/601708
hdl.handle.net/10138/601707
hdl.handle.net/10138/602077
hdl.handle.net/10138/601709
Suoratoisto- ja äänikirjapalvelut paremmalla sääntelyllä tukemaan kotimaisen kirjallisuuden tekijöitä, ja kirjan arvonlisävero alas osana kotimaisen kulttuurin pelastusohjelmaa.
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With contributions from sixteen international scholars, it explores various forms of entrepreneurship and the broader social, economic, political, and military significance of the interaction between public and private actors in the supply of war. (3/3)
06.12.2025 06:42 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This edited volume provides the first holistic overview of continuity and change within this business in and from the Baltic Sea region over the course of three centuries. (2/3)
06.12.2025 06:42 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0The business of war—meaning the commercial supply, financing, and organisation of soldiers and materiel for armies and navies—was one of the predominant economic sectors in early modern Europe. (1/3)
06.12.2025 06:42 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Coming next spring!
”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region 1530–1765”
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Some light evening reading.
03.12.2025 20:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Let me know what you think!
18.11.2025 17:29 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Olipas mielenkiintoinen ja kiinnostava ”Miksi sodimme?” -paneelikeskustelu Tiedekulmassa. Keskustelemassa Ilmari Käihkö, Risto Marjomaa ja Katri Pynnöniemi. Moninaisia ja syvällisiä näkökulmia sodankäynnin syihin, luonteeseen ja vaikutuksiin.
18.11.2025 17:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Drone exports are about more than sales. They are about influence, alliances, and power.
10.09.2025 04:45 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0What remains of colonial law in today’s world? What kinds of challenges do the remnants of colonial law pose for nation states? The Think Corner event on Thursday 11.9.2025 will explore these and other pertinent questions @helsinki.fi @SuomenAkatemia www.facebook.com/events/21096...
09.09.2025 12:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0CFP 1500- ja 1600-lukujen tutkimuksen päiville @helsinki.fi 22.–23.1.2026 on auki 31.10.2025 asti! Teemana on hengellisyys ja uskonto. Tutkimuspäivät järjestetään yhteistyönä @taideyliopisto.bsky.social Sibelius-Akatemian ja Historiafoorumin kanssa. www.uudenajanalku.fi/2025/09/08/c...
08.09.2025 07:38 — 👍 6 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0Uuden ajan alun tutkimuksen verkoston uusi hallitus on järjestäytynyt! Keväällä järjestön vuosikokouksessa valittiin uusi hallitus, jonka puheenjohtajana jatkaa Sanna Raninen. Hallitukseen valittiin myös kaksi uutta jäsentä, Jaakko Santavuori ja Riikka Miettinen. www.uudenajanalku.fi/2025/06/06/u...
06.06.2025 13:13 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0Kelailin Kansallisarkiston suunnitelmia ja suomalaisen historiantutkimuksen tulevaisuus alkoi näyttää pimeältä. Erityisesti kansalaistutkimuksen osalta. sukututkijanloppuvuosi.blogspot.com/2025/05/lyhy...
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Mielenkiintoinen ja ajankohtainen väitöstilaisuus tulossa HY:lla.
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Kirjoitin arvion @jaakkob.bsky.social tuoreesta väitöskirjasta Masters of War: Military entrepreneurship and foreign soldiers in early seventeenth century Sweden (Helsingin yliopisto).
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Tässä myös Suomen Historiallisen Seuran toiminnanjohtajan Sari Aallon raportti SHS:n vierailusta (johon Kirsikin viittaa) Kansallisarkistolla
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”War and Economy: Past, Present, Future” (Routledge) was published. Interesting book presentation and discussions at @helsinki.fi today. Very topical. Congratulations to @jarielo.bsky.social and the other authors and editors!
19.05.2025 15:18 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It is too early to tell, but I suspect the societal impact of drones is also not as revolutionary as the authors argue. This may be a massive change militarily - a RMA - yet have only limited impact on broader social, economic and political structures as the early modern military revolution did. 2/2
16.05.2025 14:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Interesting and welcome comparison. Very topical! However, the article perhaps overlooks other military revolutions and RMAs and places too much emphasis on the tercio itself, rather than the broader infantry and gunpowder revolution. 1/2
16.05.2025 14:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0History proves weapons alone don’t make revolutions — systems do. warontherocks.com/20...
15.05.2025 18:30 — 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 5Sebastian Schiavone defended his dissertation ”Sworn Swords and Unreliable Thieves” with eloquence and expertise. Supervising the defense was Prof. Kimmo Katajala and Prof. Emeritus Nils Erik Villstrand acted as the opponent. Congratulations!
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