I’d happily join you if I were in the US. I grew up playing board games with my father and sisters, but I rarely come across people who still like it.

And yet, there are many respectable historians who happily resort to a machine to do it all for them 🙁

Haha, merci! Zeer zeker mooi! 🙂

@karlgalle.bsky.social I don’t know if they sell it an a store somewhere, but if its cheaper to get if for you and ship it to the US than ordering it online: let me know.

I can send you the e-book version, if you still need it :)

Story of my dissertation life, really. My topic just doesn't fit in with the popular themes, so I am having trouble finding venues to present my work.

Thank you @hagenilda.bsky.social, for thinking of me ❤️ I saw the CfP but I don't work on the environment & couldn't make that work; otherwise I would have applied in a heartbeat. I also just submitted an abstract for a different session, on a non-dissertation related subject.

That's kind, thank you!

My pleasure!

One of the great things about being a member is that you get access to and can browse their archive of all bulletin articles! And I've seen a couple of online events too.

Haha, it took me a while to find it again too after I had first spotted it. It's at the bottom of page 288.

I also owe you an email—I haven't forgotten and will get to it soon!

I'm sure I will (already am). I can answer the question you raise in footnote 30, if Turner ever used the term 'eyeballing' in print: He does, in the appendix you cite. See the screenshot attached. I spotted it while looking at Turner's work for the ivory nocturnal (after your recommendation) :)

You can join through their website:
scientificinstrumentsociety.org/join/

Yes, they are interesting! There aren't many preserved early modern locks. Such a shame. A few years ago, a curator of arms and armor from the Met told me that locksmiths really were the jack of old trades in this period—they really are a fascinating group of metalworkers.

The Met has some really great objects that I'd love to get my hands on 🔩, but with everything going on in the US right now, coupled with the insane rent in New York (and I'm assuming elsewhere), I'd much rather stay in beloved Germany.

Yes, "of the right mind" is the key phrase here. The scholars, curators, and conservators in Munich (as well as in Berlin) have been incredibly helpful, generous, and welcoming.

I saw, but my main sources are in Germany, and I'm not particularly eager to go back to the US (certainly not now).

Haha, I have been informed about it by various people and through multiple channels (from/through people at the museum itself, you, Thony, several newsletter). I didn't really have much of a choice but to apply 🙃