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Heidi Hakkarainen

@heidihakkarainen.bsky.social

Historian affiliated with the University of Turku, Finland. Interested in history of emotions, book history, press history, history of children's literature and 19th century studies.

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Today we celebrate International Children's Book Day. Our ongoing project Becoming a Reading Nation? Children's Books and Educational Literature in Finland, 1790-1850 investigates literature for children and young people in the early 19th century sites.utu.fi/luka/en/

02.04.2025 07:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Call for Papers for our next biennial conference is now open! Submit your proposals by 1 October 2025 so you can join us at the University of Arizona in Phoenix/Tempe, Arizona on 22-23 May 2026. More information can be found at the link below ✨
nachemotion.wordpress.com/conference/t...

25.03.2025 17:14 — 👍 7    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 4
Call for Papers: Children, Youth, and the Making of International Society | H-Net In the twenty-first century, the mobilization of young people around issues such as climate change, democracy and peace has drawn global attention. And in recent decades, the United Nations and the gl...

CFP: Children, Youth, and the Making of International Society.
Deadline 23 April 2025
#histchild
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

11.03.2025 11:26 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Red roses

Red roses

Happy International Women's Day

08.03.2025 12:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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US-Vizepräsident: J. D. Vance fordert Zusammenarbeit deutscher Parteien mit der AfD Bei der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz will US-Vizepräsident Vance mehr Kooperation mit Parteien wie der AfD fordern. Die Bundesregierung weist seinen Vorstoß ab.

Good God. In Munich, fascist Vance calls for cooperation between German parties and the fascist AfD. The new Axis forms.
J.D. Vance fordert Zusammenarbeit deutscher Parteien mit der AfD
www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

14.02.2025 13:07 — 👍 485    🔁 164    💬 53    📌 42
Vintage Valentine's Day card - gold-edged card with small gold heart in each corner;  in the centre a small blue and russet bird perched on twigs with pink apple/cherry blossoms that frame a gold-edged heart shape in which the simple greeting of 'St. Valentine's Day' in gold appears.

Vintage Valentine's Day card - gold-edged card with small gold heart in each corner; in the centre a small blue and russet bird perched on twigs with pink apple/cherry blossoms that frame a gold-edged heart shape in which the simple greeting of 'St. Valentine's Day' in gold appears.

Happy Valentine's Day - may today be a bright spot in a darkening world.

14.02.2025 06:39 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Viipurin lukion kirjaston kokoelmaluettelo vuosilta 1805–1860 kasvatus- ja kirjahistoriallisena lähteenä Vuonna 1805 perustettu Viipurin lukio oli Vanhan Suomen alueen ja myöhemmin Viipurin läänin merkittävä koulutusinstituutio, mutta sen kirjastosta säilyneet tiedot ovat pitkään olleet puutteellisia ja ...

My article discussing the catalogue of the library of the German-language Gymnasium in Vyborg (Wiburg) 1805-1860 has been published (in Finnish) in the journal Kasvatus & Aika: journal.fi/kasvatusjaai...

29.01.2025 18:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Trends in Digital Culture Studies, Online Workshop 1: Creation of the Digital Archive - DIGHT-Net

Our EU-funded project DIGHT-Net organises a series of online workshops. The first one on digital archives will be on 21 Feb 2025, with @gerbenzaagsma.bsky.social as one of the speakers. #digitalarchive #digitalhistory #culturalheritage More info on registration: dight-net.tlu.ee/event/online...

24.01.2025 12:51 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Detail of a page from a printed publication titled: Abbild oder Vorstellung der Gemüths Regungen / nach Abzeichnung des vortrefflichen le Brun u. von le Clerc in Kupffer gebracht. Joh. Christoph Weigel excudit. The image shows a young woman looking confident. She signals hope. Source: https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/content/pageview/5922498

Detail of a page from a printed publication titled: Abbild oder Vorstellung der Gemüths Regungen / nach Abzeichnung des vortrefflichen le Brun u. von le Clerc in Kupffer gebracht. Joh. Christoph Weigel excudit. The image shows a young woman looking confident. She signals hope. Source: https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/content/pageview/5922498

Hope.

In times of trouble you can always rely on your hope. This seventeenth-century copperplate print of an original handdrawing is titled (in French and German):

l'Esperance. Die Hoffnung.

#earlymodern #hope #skystorians

22.01.2025 07:49 — 👍 44    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0

It took me some time to get here, but here I am.

21.01.2025 18:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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