Mikael Alm
@mikaelalm.bsky.social
Professor of History, Uppsala University. Eighteenth century/Age of Revolutions | Royal image making & political culture | Sartorial practices & social order | Court society & social interaction | Digitising Gustav III's private archive | Milanista 🔴⚫️
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🎄It's christmas time, and Historiska Föreningen i Uppsala offers a proper treat: Come join us for our Christmas Meeting and listen to the great Neil Price talk about the Children of Ash and Elm! Think you'll be thirsty for Glögg afterwards? Just register & let us fill your cup (like vikings.) 🎄
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🎄It's christmas time, and Historiska Föreningen i Uppsala offers a proper treat: Come join us for our Christmas Meeting and listen to the great Neil Price talk about the Children of Ash and Elm! Think you'll be thirsty for Glögg afterwards? Just register & let us fill your cup (like vikings.) 🎄
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Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’.
Register now! 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Register now! 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
www.history.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’.
Register now! 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Register now! 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Välkomna!/Welcome!
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Välkomna!/Welcome!
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Réception du jour. 😊
Le catalogue de l'exposition "Marie-Antoinette, une reine à Saint-Cloud", du musée des Avelines (13 €)
Le catalogue de l'exposition "Marie-Antoinette, une reine à Saint-Cloud", du musée des Avelines (13 €)
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Réception du jour. 😊
Le catalogue de l'exposition "Marie-Antoinette, une reine à Saint-Cloud", du musée des Avelines (13 €)
Le catalogue de l'exposition "Marie-Antoinette, une reine à Saint-Cloud", du musée des Avelines (13 €)
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What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history
#earlymodern #history
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history
#earlymodern #history
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I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
This path leads to chaos.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
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CATS? Please take good care of our books and manuscripts!
#books #manuscripts #medieval #preservation #archives #HigherEd #edchat #libraries #cats #pawprints
#books #manuscripts #medieval #preservation #archives #HigherEd #edchat #libraries #cats #pawprints
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
CATS? Please take good care of our books and manuscripts!
#books #manuscripts #medieval #preservation #archives #HigherEd #edchat #libraries #cats #pawprints
#books #manuscripts #medieval #preservation #archives #HigherEd #edchat #libraries #cats #pawprints
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"(Re)discovering diplomacy in the archives"
Check out the latest post on the Royal Studies Blog here: royalstudiesjournal.wordpress.com
Check out the latest post on the Royal Studies Blog here: royalstudiesjournal.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"(Re)discovering diplomacy in the archives"
Check out the latest post on the Royal Studies Blog here: royalstudiesjournal.wordpress.com
Check out the latest post on the Royal Studies Blog here: royalstudiesjournal.wordpress.com
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A hybrid SCS event! Charles Farris “Of Wonderful Beauty: An Inventory of the Jewels of Margaret of France in 1302”. On 9 Dec. 18:00 GMT.
If you would like to attend in-person at the Royal Anthropological Institute, email [email protected]. Pre-booking essential
If you would like to attend in-person at the Royal Anthropological Institute, email [email protected]. Pre-booking essential
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A hybrid SCS event! Charles Farris “Of Wonderful Beauty: An Inventory of the Jewels of Margaret of France in 1302”. On 9 Dec. 18:00 GMT.
If you would like to attend in-person at the Royal Anthropological Institute, email [email protected]. Pre-booking essential
If you would like to attend in-person at the Royal Anthropological Institute, email [email protected]. Pre-booking essential
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#StaircaseSaturday
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#StaircaseSaturday
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
Breathtakingly lovely.
The Palladian 'Tulip Staircase' in Inigo Jones' Queen's House in Greenwich - the first unsupported spiral stair in Britain.
Commissioned c.1616 by Anne of Denmark, Queen to James I.
Completed c.1635 for Henrietta Maria, Queen to Charles I.
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Queen Victoria's mourning dress.
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Queen Victoria's mourning dress.
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WE HAVE A FRONT COVER!! 📖📚📘
Oh, it makes me so happy!
Available to buy from the 1 June 2026, but if you can't wait til then to dig into our research, the dataset is freely available here: zenodo.org/records/8070...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️ #foodhistory #amwriting
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
Oh, it makes me so happy!
Available to buy from the 1 June 2026, but if you can't wait til then to dig into our research, the dataset is freely available here: zenodo.org/records/8070...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️ #foodhistory #amwriting
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
The King’s Dinner
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on a large, open dataset of two royal household kitchen ledgers, the authors study the role and inf...
uclpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
WE HAVE A FRONT COVER!! 📖📚📘
Oh, it makes me so happy!
Available to buy from the 1 June 2026, but if you can't wait til then to dig into our research, the dataset is freely available here: zenodo.org/records/8070...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️ #foodhistory #amwriting
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
Oh, it makes me so happy!
Available to buy from the 1 June 2026, but if you can't wait til then to dig into our research, the dataset is freely available here: zenodo.org/records/8070...
#skystorians #18thC 🗃️ #foodhistory #amwriting
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
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The fellowship application I was writing while this went down just got accepted.
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
I just had my work publicly ridiculed by a tenured prof. To all senior scholars who need to hear this: Please don't do this to students (or anyone else for that matter). You have no idea how painful it is. Yes, my topic is unusual & you may not get it, but that doesn't mean it should be made fun of.
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The fellowship application I was writing while this went down just got accepted.
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
Next year, I will be working as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Deutsches Museum in Munich for several months, researching the "Arts of Early Modern Screwmaking."
On the merits of my project! 💪
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Yes! Institutions prescribed, but the nursery decided...
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yes! Institutions prescribed, but the nursery decided...
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
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An amazing night @ihr.bsky.social making toy theatres as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 2025! Led by @pdwebster.bsky.social, we explored toy theatres as heritage reconstruction - and staged the shows of our dreams! So much joyful creativity in the room & lots of first-time visitors to the IHR.
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
An amazing night @ihr.bsky.social making toy theatres as part of @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 2025! Led by @pdwebster.bsky.social, we explored toy theatres as heritage reconstruction - and staged the shows of our dreams! So much joyful creativity in the room & lots of first-time visitors to the IHR.
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👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
sas.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
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Welcome to Bluesky @sas-news.bsky.social!
👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
sas.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Welcome to Bluesky @sas-news.bsky.social!
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In November 1749, John London walked from his home to vote in the Westminster constituency parliamentary by-election.
As Dr Gillian Williamson explores, this provides the earliest known record of a Black person voting in a British parliamentary election:
As Dr Gillian Williamson explores, this provides the earliest known record of a Black person voting in a British parliamentary election:
John London: Britain's First Black Voter? - The History of Parliament
this election could serve as the earliest known record of a Black person voting in a British parliamentary election - John London
historyofparliament.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In November 1749, John London walked from his home to vote in the Westminster constituency parliamentary by-election.
As Dr Gillian Williamson explores, this provides the earliest known record of a Black person voting in a British parliamentary election:
As Dr Gillian Williamson explores, this provides the earliest known record of a Black person voting in a British parliamentary election:
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Londoners! I'm doing a free lunchtime talk about my book at the V&A on Thursday
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
Lunchtime Lectures: Shoes and the Georgian Man - V&A Academy Talk at
V&A South Kensington · V&A
This talk is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture programme. No booking is required.
www.vam.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Londoners! I'm doing a free lunchtime talk about my book at the V&A on Thursday
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
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Enjoying this, @carolinemccaff.bsky.social!
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Enjoying this, @carolinemccaff.bsky.social!
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November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Lunch at the @helsinki.fi
Saara Hilpinen defences her dissertation on honour, reputation, and masculinities in the 18th and 19th century Finland
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
Saara Hilpinen defences her dissertation on honour, reputation, and masculinities in the 18th and 19th century Finland
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
November 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Lunch at the @helsinki.fi
Saara Hilpinen defences her dissertation on honour, reputation, and masculinities in the 18th and 19th century Finland
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
Saara Hilpinen defences her dissertation on honour, reputation, and masculinities in the 18th and 19th century Finland
urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978...
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#OpenAccess! ENCOUNTERING THE GLOBAL IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY: Microhistories of Mobility, Materiality, and Belonging, edited by Brauner, Dürr (@duerrbortolotti.bsky.social), Hahn (@philiphahn.bsky.social), Overkamp, and Siemianowski has now published.
Read more here: buff.ly/4hWFBaD
#History
Read more here: buff.ly/4hWFBaD
#History
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#OpenAccess! ENCOUNTERING THE GLOBAL IN EARLY MODERN GERMANY: Microhistories of Mobility, Materiality, and Belonging, edited by Brauner, Dürr (@duerrbortolotti.bsky.social), Hahn (@philiphahn.bsky.social), Overkamp, and Siemianowski has now published.
Read more here: buff.ly/4hWFBaD
#History
Read more here: buff.ly/4hWFBaD
#History
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