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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 8h

A history of economics perspective on economic history in yesterday's Nobels.
It's interesting in seeing Mokyr as an outlier. For instance, that he has not published in "top 5" journals. In that, he is very much a historian.

undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 21h

What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?

A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 11h

As the agricultural cycle starts to wind down for the winter, my next post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' looks forward to its resumption in the new year, when...

‘Ploughmen go whistling to their toils’

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England III: ‘Ploughmen go whistling to their toils’

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 23h

As it happens, I did think of something relevant from my work that I think works for that theme. Now we'll see if the conference chairs agree...
Just two days til the deadline, if you are interested.

John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · Jul 18

I feel a great deal of loyalty to FNI. I was there at the first conference some 30 years ago. And it sure would be great to spend some time in Wolfenbüttel. But it is going to take some work to connect my current research to that theme...

H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Jul 18

CFP: The Mobility of People, Ideas and Objects between the German-speaking Lands and the World beyond Europe

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-156453

Wolfenbüttel, 20.05.2026-22.05.2026, Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär (FNI) and Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel (HAB);
Organizers: …

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Sophie BOUDAREL @sophieboudarel.bsky.social · 1d

Galligeo, un outil en ligne pour géoréférencer les plans et cartes de Gallica cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2025/10/gall...

#cartographie

Galligeo, un outil en ligne pour géoréférencer les plans et cartes de Gallica

Cartographie numérique, Géomatique, SIG, Geoweb, Bigdata, Opendata, Data visualisation

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 1d

That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...

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Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · 1d

A magnificent exhibition: "Nürnberg Global, 1300-1600," showcasing stunning #MedievalSky & #EarlyModern objects—paintings, engravings, goldsmithing & scientific objects, woodcuts, books (of hours), architectural models, sculptures, armor, textiles, coins. It's SO good!
🗃️ #HistSci #ArtHistory 🏛️

Entrance to the new exhibition "Nürnberg Global, 1300-1600" at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg.

Albrecht Dürer's famous woodcut of the Rhinoceros.

Partially disassembled Schlüsselfelder Ship from 1503, to show how the nef can be filled with wine.

The Archangel Raphael and Tobias in limewood made by Veit Stoß, 1516.

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Sur le Champ @surlechampfr.bsky.social · 2d

Marion Trévisi fait partie des historiennes qui nous ont motivés avec @vbarrier.bsky.social à nous lancer dans le docu sur les femmes dans les armées. Elle continue ses recherches dans le domaine et entendre sa voix après l'avoir autant lu, ça fait quelque chose.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEhf...

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 2d

More than 60% of Australia's population live in its five most populous metropolitan areas. The figure for Canada is about 40%. And for the US it is less than 20%.
(Adelaide and Edmonton, the respective #5s, have close to the same population)

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

If you like my work, please share and subscribe. I'm trying to override a variety of shadowbans and broken algorithms. Thank you!

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 3d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...

PanoptiCon Artists: Your Questions Answered

On digital surveillance, ICE city raids, the need for new parties, and more.

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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 5d

CFP: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns

🗓️ 22 May 2026
📍 European University Institute, Florence
👩‍🏫 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni
🎤 Keynote: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick)

Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 20 Dec 2025 👉

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Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns

Call for Papers Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns European University Institute, Florence 22 May 2026 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni Keynote Speaker: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick) Violence puts th…

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 4d

Unlike the Frankie Valli and Frank Sinatra/Led Zeppelin connection, I think I know how this one fits.
I hope we hear clips of both Cast Your Fate to the Wind and Linus and Lucy.
Will be intrigued to see on whose head judgement will fall.

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 4d

Gee. I don't know if I posted the cfp or not. But looks like it was a very interesting conference. www.hsozkult.de/conferencere...

(I'm working now on a proposal that might have been relevant.)

Atrocity and Normativity in Early Modern War (I)

The brutality of the Thirty Years’ War had a long afterlife in the European imagination. Yet contemporaries struggled to conceptualize the boundaries between lawful violence in warfare and the transgr...

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Fabrizio Baldassarri @fabribald.bsky.social · 4d

This Monday, October 13. The event is blended - at 2 pm (Italy time). Contact me or email for link and details

#environmentalhistory #envhist #plantstudies #botany #histsci #histphilo #agriculture #rustics_philo

Manipulating Flora @manipulatingflora.bsky.social · 6d

As a part of the EU-funded project led by @fabribald.bsky.social , this is a first event - Constructing the Environment #ConEnvHist on Monday 13th afternoon in Milan - speaking about practices and theories in premodern studies of nature #nature #histsci #histbotany #environment #environmentalhistory

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vor400 (1625) @vor400.bsky.social · 5d

Weser, 9. Oct 1625
Samstag [4.10.] sind 18 Cornet kaiserl. Reiter wieder von Hameln nach Minden zurück gezogen, die eingelegte Garnison zur Bärenburg abzufordern. Zusammen zur Grafschaft Lippe gezogen.
Tilly mit der ganzen Armda durch Hameln durch fort marschiert. ... 1/2

eine Karte 1764 von Wesel bis Magdeburg, von Bremen bis Eger / Frankfurt. Die Akteure aus den Texten mit Pfeilen eingezeichnet, fast alle fokussieren sich nach Braunschweig, Göttingen, Eichsfeld.

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 4d

The Nobel's track record on recognizing dissidents in repressive regimes has held up a bit better than I might have guessed.
By contrast, few laud their track record on signatories and facilitators of peace agreements.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 5d

One week to go until Lyndal Roper's talk at @ihr.bsky.social!

Register for the hybrid event here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

And check out our other talks by @emilymayvine.bsky.social and @nailyas.bsky.social here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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vor400 (1625) @vor400.bsky.social · 5d

Bremen, 8. Okt 1625
Braunschweiger liegen auf dem Eichsfeld. Schon 2x mit den Wallensteinschen geschlagen.
Diese sind nicht durchgekommen, wieder in die Schanzen zurück gewichen.
Tilly Lager sterben viele Soldaten Hunger, viele meutern - haben Kloster Fischbeck geplündert. [1] ... 1/4

alte Karte mit Orten an der Weser, links oben Hameln mit "Tilly", rechts unten vor dem Eichsfeld "Wallenstein", bei Göttingen und auf dem Eichsfeld "Braunschweiger Bauern"

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vor400 (1625) @vor400.bsky.social · 6d

Niedersachsen, 8. Oct 1625
Tilly hat die letzte Nacht, bevor er vor Nienburg aufgebrochen, 50 Zentner Pulver in die Stadt hinein geschossen 💣
Inzwischen befindet er sich zu Münden.
Der Braunschweigische und Holsteinsche Ausschuss, 3.000 stark, haben viel Tilly Volk vertrieben und erschlagen ... 1/3

zeitgen. Porträt Tilly, Johann T'Sercales, Graf von Tilly, kath. Liga, Herrführer Max von Bayerns

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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 6d

An amazing opportunity for a PhD and a 4-year postdoc on this important project with the brilliant and lovely @smschober.bsky.social - hair, race, trade and multispecies history!

#EarlyModern 🗃️

Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 7d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 7d

Almost certainly "Gallica," not "Gublican."

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 7d

This would take a while to work through. I will note, however, that the first four lines are in German, while the rest is a quote from someone in French.
(French handwriting and German handwriting at the time are a little different, so this is French written in German hand.)

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John Theibault @jtheibault.bsky.social · 7d

These threads are fun so far.
It is interesting to see which Nobels most frequently fail to honor the deserving or end up honoring the undeserving.
Neither Lippmann nor Dalen really count as "undeserving" so much as less obviously deserving than some others who were also eventually honored.

Margaret Harris @drmlharris.bsky.social · 8d

Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵

PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1

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A photo of the Matterhorn rising above an Alpine landscape. The colours are a little washed out, but do not appear artificially tinted

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 10d

Registration is free, and low-cost university housing available.

I'm excited by the theme, encouraging philosophical reflection. Organizers ask not just how sources influence network thinking, but how network thinking influences how we see sources. It'll be a fun conversation.

2026 Conference Focus: Networks and their Sources

The 2026 edition of the conference will focus on the theme Sources, exploring their role in historical network research.

Since the so-called network turn, formal network research has transformed scholarship across the sciences and humanities. Applied to history, it has expanded research methods, encouraged interdisciplinary dialogue, and opened new perspectives on both past and present. Yet historical sources remain challenging: they are often fragmented, incomplete, shaped by bias, or considered inadequate for network analysis.

This conference invites participants to reflect on how sources — whether people, books, ideas, organizations, archaeological remains, archival documents, artworks, or other forms of evidence — make network research possible and meaningful. We aim to foster debate on the opportunities and limits that sources present, while encouraging innovative methodologies and cross-disciplinary perspectives. We encourage submission of all kind of papers regarding historical networks research, and we particularly welcome papers addressing: the identification, retrieval, and use of sources;

challenges of abstraction in network analysis and possible solutions;
case studies demonstrating the heuristic value of network methodologies;
theoretical and empirical reflections on how network thinking reshapes sources;
data extraction, modeling, and visualization from historical sources (including experimental treatment of sources with so-called AI (LLM, NLP));

We especially encourage interdisciplinary approaches and contributions that combine methodological reflection with empirical research.

The HNR conference continues to be open to all subjects involving network analysis in historical disciplines

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.bsky.social · 7d

It’s unsettling to work at an institution that is this dedicated to global collaborative and critical knowledge work and feel the contraction nearly everywhere, in small and big ways.

Mischa Honeck @honeckmischa.bsky.social · 7d

I’m a German historian of the US, and I remember how I said to myself a few years ago man it must suck to be a German historian of Russia with all the repression bearing down on the GHI in Moscow and the dangers of doing critical scholarship there and all.

Well…

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Marios Richards @mariosrichards.bsky.social · 7d

But I just noticed that BES Wave 30 (May 2025) is the first time in this dataset (2014-2025) that the electorate 'perceived' the Green Party to be more Economic Left than the Labour Party.

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