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Gudrun Andersson @gudrunandersson.bsky.social · Jul 21

They are chronological (The Barrøy Chronicles). Begin with The Unseen, continue with White Shadow, Eyes of the Rigel and Just a Mother (not in the image).Hope you enjoy them.

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Gudrun Andersson @gudrunandersson.bsky.social · Jul 17

Love The Place of Tides by James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social On that topic, I recommend Roy Jacobson's novels about the hardships on the islands.

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Brita Planck @planckskonstant.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hohoho.

Vilka har egentligen osvenska värderingar, Mohamsson?

Till skillnad från invandrare har denna grupp inte heller fått mer ”svenska” värderingar över tid, skriver debattörerna.

www.gp.se

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · Jul 13

Medieval church safari in Östergötland (Heda, Väversunda, Herrestad and Rogslösa) with @gudrunandersson.bsky.social

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Gudrun Andersson @gudrunandersson.bsky.social · Jun 30

Coming soon! Thanks, Mari Välimäki, for editing and organising the volume. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Godparenthood in professorial households in eighteenth-century Uppsala

This chapter studies godparenthood in professorial households in eighteenth-century Uppsala. Choosing and being chosen as godparents was a way to develop and

www.taylorfrancis.com

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Gudrun Andersson @gudrunandersson.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congratulations!

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · Jun 12

Första publikationen i nya projektet / First publication in my latest project.

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · Jun 3

The 2025 Master's Workshop is done! Fabulous two days. Now, on to planning for next year.

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · Jun 2

We're off! Two-day workshop with Master's defences. @ctcallisen.bsky.social defending his thesis, "'Our wandering letters': Maintaining Connections in the Seventeenth Century", on early modern epistolary practices in the correspondence of German theologian Georg Calixtus (1586–1656).

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · May 29

Preparations for next week's 'Early Modern Christmas' at @uu.se: the Department of History's annual Master's Workshop, with six theses (by second-year students) and seven thesis proposals (by first-year students) from the Early Modern Master's Programme. Fabulous!

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · May 9

Jag har ju länge vetat @gudrunandersson.bsky.social är värd en medalj, men nu fick hon en! #nitochredlighet

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 5

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

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Gudrun Andersson @gudrunandersson.bsky.social · Mar 29

See you in Lyon!

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Patrik Oksanen @patrikoksanen.bsky.social · Mar 28

Disrespectful to Greenlanders not to wear a suit.

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · Mar 28

A week of inspiring insights into ongoing research projects at #esshc2025 in Leiden, not least the fascinating (and challenging) realm of sources. Historic research is indeed often about drinking an ocean and peeing a cupfull.

This morning's session very much illustrated the point.

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Mikael Alm @mikaelalm.bsky.social · Mar 26

We're off! #esshc2025

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Mari Välimäki @marivalimaki.bsky.social · Mar 26

First took part in a session on the urban stage and how to order the social in #earlymodern towns with excellent papers among others from @gudrunandersson.bsky.social & @mikaelalm.bsky.social

Then it was time to go and find Het klaverblad and by some tea

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Mari Välimäki @marivalimaki.bsky.social · Mar 14

It has come to my knowledge that the pre-info (incl. table of contents) of Academic Households in #EarlyModern Northern Europe is now available, the actual book will come out after summer!

www.routledge.com/Academic-Hou...

Academic Households in Early Modern Northern Europe

This volume explores academic households in early modern (c. sixteenth- to eighteenth-century) Northern Europe, examining changing dynamics of family and gender. During the Middle Ages, Christian scho...

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Gudrun Andersson @gudrunandersson.bsky.social · Jan 27

Unfortunately not.

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Gudrun Andersson @gudrunandersson.bsky.social · Jan 26

Welcome to the lecture by Honorary Doctor Jon Stobart.

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Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · Dec 18

Last week I had the honour of giving the keynote lecture on ‘Teaching History with Games’ at the traditional ‘Julmöte’ of the Historical Society at Uppsala University. Thanks to @mikaelalm.bsky.social, Gudrun Andersson & @mouseemperor.bsky.social for the invitation & an unforgettable stay in Sweden.

Keynote speech group picture with Gudrun Andersson, Mikael Alm and Annika Raapke Öberg, powerpoint presentation in the background.

Picture with Annika Raapke Öberg in front of Uppsala Cathedral

The History department where I also studied 2010-2011 in the evening hours

Gustav Adolphs famous (or notorious) horse!

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