If anyone has any news, events, publications, etc. that you would like included in NNI's next newsletter, let me know!

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Wow. What a job.

A Revista @pesquisafapesp.bsky.social publicou uma nota a respeito dos estudos que fiz sobre a Assembleia dos Potiguara e da representação que escreveram para o governo neerlandês, em 1645: revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/protesto-ind... Os links para os artigos estão na nota.

How do people do those book launch party cakes where the cake has a reproduction of the book cover on the front? (For an NNI event, not for me...)

Albany County American Revolution History Grants: small grants available to individuals and non-profits to research Albany in the Revolution. NNI would be happy to sponsor scholars interested in working on the Dutch in the Revolution in Albany. For more info, visit: www.albany.org/albany-rev250/.

Correspondence, 1659-1660 (vol. 13 of our New Netherland Documents Series) is finally available for free on the New Netherland Institute's website. Lots of great material here. Visit www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/research/onl... to check it out!

Team: Martha Howard @oieahc.bsky.social & I are pleased to say that the Omohundro Institute Digital Projects Coffee House Series is returning this fall. If you are a scholar of #vastearlyamerica with a digital project to share, we want to hear from you! Reply or DM. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Join me at the Albany Institute of History & Art on Sunday, 9/28 for a conversation with Dr. Elisabeth Funk about her new book The Dutch World of Washington Irving: Knickerbocker's History of New York and the Hudson Valley Folktales (Cornell, 2005). Details: www.albanyinstitute.org/event/the-du...

A Curatorial Roundtable on Collecting and Presenting Women Artists of the Low Countries, with Jacqueline Coutré, Katrin Dyballa, Virginia Treanor, Maureen Warren & Laurien van der Werff Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art, Vol 17.1 jhna.org/articles/jhn...

REGISTRATION OPEN! Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade. Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade #rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜

FYI, the New York State Museum is reconstructing a revolutionary era gunboat in public in one of the back galleries; it's fantastic.

If you need more incentive, Nancy describes her October Seminar paper! (It's fantastic.)

As promised, the NNI Seminar schedule is here! Visit www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/sch... for all of the details. Please remember that we're happy to see you whenever it fits into your schedule to attend.

Took advantage of this great sale to stock up on some books on the Lenape, including Nicky Kay Michael and Camilla Townsend's new book, On the Turtle's Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren!

Just put the finishing touches on the schedule for the NNI seminar for 2025-2026, and let me tell you: it is absolutely fantastic. I'll be emailing it out next week to all on our mailing list. (And if you aren't on the mailing list and would like to be, let me know!)

Check out the call for papers for the next WMQ/USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute workshop in Jan. 2026. Convened by Alison Games and focused on Early America and the World before 1700, it is going to be fantastic. (Dutch historians, ESMI pays for travel). oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...

Big haul (documentary editors edition). (Thanks Southampton College).

I think some of Leo Herskowitz's library may have ended up at my local public library's book store. Herskowitz was a renowned historian of colonial New York. I wasn't in a position today to investigate everything that was there, but I'm going back tomorrow to take a look.

This dog is currently in my house. Her name is Lara, and she's adoptable through Lucky Dog Animal Rescue in DC/MD/VA. Her bio is here: toolkit.rescuegroups.org/javascript/v.... She loves dogs, kids, and is chill with cats.

Fostering my first *dog* this weekend. Best dog tips?

Spelling Bee isn't spending enough time in the early modern period. How is wenching not a word??

Today in unimportant news: I binge watched The Pitt over the weekend, and I was genuinely glad to see Noah Wyle on screen again.

Great opportunity!

Haven't had a foster cat in a while, so meet Frank, an absolutely adorable and extremely devoted work associate. As always, available through Lucky Dog Animal Rescue. Read Frank's bio here: toolkit.rescuegroups.org/javascript/v... (and, yes, he does love people).

Lots of new stuff here from some of the best scholars around! (And the ter Borch album finally getting the attention it deserves!)

This is absolutely fantastic!

Everyone, @cornellupress.bsky.social is having a 50% sale, icnluding many titles about New Netherland and the Dutch Atlantic world. Now's the time to get that book you've been wanting!

I'm working on the schedule for *both* next year's Live From New Amsterdam Series (NNI and New York Historical) and NNI's Scholars Seminar (www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/sch...). If you'd like to suggest someone (including yourself!) for either program, let me know!

Join me on Thursday, May 29th at noon, for the next episode of Live from New Amsterdam. I'll be speaking with Sarah Mallory, curator at the Morgan Library, about her new volume, Art Museums and the Legacies of the Dutch Atlantic Slave trade. To register, visit, rsvp.nyhistory.org/LFNAMuseumsA...

Getting serious about October's NNI conference! I can't reveal much yet, but I'm thrilled with how it's shaping up.

We are planning a festive issue for our tenth anniversary🥳. We are looking for potential contributions! #CfP, please spread this as widely as possible. And get in touch if you have questions, all details below. #LowCountries

While I certainly agree that the cuts are devastating for the humanities, I do want to point out that there are folks around here (including myself) who fundraise for humanities institutions as part of our jobs and are available to help if have questions about how to get started!

The cat from Flow is a treasure.

Excellent resource and now in English.

If you're in NYC on Friday, April 5th, check out this fantastic program at Columbia, Early Modern Women on the Move with leading lights of the field including Merry Wiesner-Hanks, @martinevanelk.bsky.social, and @ninalamal.bsky.social. (and it's free): www.eventbrite.com/e/early-mode...

A little bit off my beaten path, but I'm so excited about the New York State Museum's new exhibition on the early mycologist Mary Banning (1822-1903), including her watercolor drawings of mushrooms. (If you love Maria Sibylla Merian, you'll love Banning!) nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/...

Bought this box at an estate sale today. I was told that the owner's grandfather was Swedish and had been in the "East." Anyone know anything more to help me fill in some context? I'm guessing his name was Aug[ust?] Ljumgberg and that he was in Java. Not sure what the Himdeborg means here.

Welcome @oieahc.bsky.social to Bluesky!

I hated this book as a child and continue to hate it.

For those job hunting, the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation is looking for a new executive director - could be a great job for someone who knows New Sweden and/or maritime history. www.kalmarnyckel.org/career-oppor... (scroll down)

Het is twintig jaar geleden dat de 450 delen van de Rijks Geschiedkundige Publicatiën online raadpleegbaar werden gemaakt. Kijk vooral eens in deze waardevolle bronnenedities op het gebied van de Nederlandse geschiedenis uitgegeven sinds 1905 @huygensknaw.bsky.social: resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retro

I bought a label maker so my weekend plans are settled.

Great opportunity for early career professionals in and scholars of Jewish heritage – highly recommended! Deadline for applications: 8 April 2025.

Only ten day left to get your applications in for NNI's Research Grants! More info here: www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/res.... Image: Wallerant Vaillant, Man and Woman Reading a Letter, late 17th century. From the Collection of the Rijksmuseum

Look at this *delight* of a #LowCountries programme for @ihr.bsky.social! 🤩 So many faves! @mariekehendriksen.bsky.social Jazmine Contreras & Nicolaas Barr, Heleen Wyffels @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social @jeroenputtevils.bsky.social and Danny Noorlander Fridays 5:30 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/low...

Looking forward to this one. Check out the TOC in the original post to get a sense of the great research here.

📣 We are hiring! Research Assistant for digital data acquisition and data management (100% position until 31 December 2028) in the Oldenburg team in Germany. Become part of our team and help shape the future of the Prize Papers Project! Deadline: 15 January 2025. #earlymodern #history #DH 🗃️

Had a side quest yesterday at #AHA25 to see Mary Sully: Native Modern at the Met. It's a very small show, but her tiered vertical work and biographical pieces are unlike anything I've seen before. Particular favorite was "Leap Year." (www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...)

Where is the #AHA25 food guide that tells you where to take someone you don't know well and would like to impress for food that is moderately priced and will not involve me getting any type of sauce on my clothes? (I know that last one could really happen anywhere.)