Nadine Akkerman

What a dangerous thing to say 😉 Not sure I’m close enough, but I always have a need of tiny knitted animals …

Every morning a young grebe greets a companion it sees reflected in the hull of a boat moored on the canal. It calls but never receives an answer. It is one of the saddest things I've ever seen.

I'm still immensely proud of #Spycraft : Tricks & Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration @yalebooks.bsky.social , the book I wrote with Pete Langman, and grateful to Philippa Gregory for selecting it as the best nonfiction book she read this year!

Out in paperback🥳 ✨

I'm still immensely proud of #Spycraft : Tricks & Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration @yalebooks.bsky.social , the book I wrote with Pete Langman, and grateful to Philippa Gregory for selecting it as the best nonfiction book she read this year!

Out in paperback🥳 ✨

Thank you, Tony!

Re-reading this beauty today: Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Hearts, by Professor Nadine Akkerman tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/05/stua... @misswalsingham.bsky.social #Stuarts

Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

Tatoeage op 17e-eeuws portret stelt museum voor raadsel: 'Nooit zoiets gezien' Het opmerkelijke detail op het schilderij werd eeuwenlang over het hoofd gezien, maar nu geldt het als de oudste afbeelding van een Nederlandse tatoeage, uit een tijd dat die nog geen gemeengoed waren...

'Tattoo on 17th-century group portrait puzzles Amsterdam museum: 'Never seen anything like it'' via @nieuws.nos.nl nos.nl/artikel/2591...

the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!

📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

Women in early modern courtrooms: 'A cross-section of society' In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writi...

So proud of my @leidenhumanities.bsky.social colleague Lotte Fikkers, whose Open Access Book, Early Modern Women’s Life Writing & English law is out w/ @edinburghup.bsky.social ! A stunning achievement from our @erc.europa.eu project #FEATHERS. Don’t miss it
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Pete, Nadine, Stephen, Elizabeth and Jo on stage

Jo on stage

Remember remember the fifth of November 💥 Back in July I had the pleasure of chairing a panel exploding the myths of the Gunpowder Plot with @elegantfowl.bsky.social @misswalsingham.bsky.social Prof Stephen Alford and @enortonhistory.bsky.social at @harvingtonhall.bsky.social History Festival

Good evening, Oxford!

Lecturer in Renaissance Art History at Birkbeck, University of London Apply for the Lecturer in Renaissance Art History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

Lecturer in Renaissance Art History
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM388/l...

I'm unreasonably pleased that my Shakespeare find made it to Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_...

On my way to Stockholm …

On my way to Stockholm …

On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:

”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.

Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Salome looking most pleased w/ the head of John the Baptist. By Lucas Cranach, whose day is today.

🥂

Judith Pollmann krijgt op een podium een beeldje van Spinoza overhandigd

Collega @judithpollmann.bsky.social kreeg vanmiddag de Spinozapremie uitgereikt in een feestelijke bijeenkomst. Meer dan verdiend: Judith is een fantastische onderzoeker die anderen meeneemt in haar enthousiasme. Ook een enorme opsteker voor de geesteswetenschappen, geschiedenis en ons Instituut!

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

Lady costumed for the masque, as a rather racy Flora. Painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver. Today is his day.

Purse made of a walnut shell covered with embroidered silk, England, 1600-1650. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Cup & case, probably made in West Yorkshire, 1692-94 By Francis Place The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblance to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate. (V&ALondon) #InternationalCoffeeDay

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero