I have just discovered Darren S. Layne's #review of my 2023 #book on uprisings and political mediation in the eighteenth-century British Empire. I'm honoured that he took the time to read my interdisciplinary and very continental exploration that is, indeed, "only moderately a work of #History" […]

👏 @moreba.bsky.social has received a €5,000 UM Library OpenUP Grant for her project “Data scraping and analysis for the arts and social sciences.”📊 The grant will enhance her existing tutorials and data samples for teaching and research, benefiting students and staff with minimal coding experience.

Another #openscience knowledge exchange is bringing members of the Dutch OS community together in Utrecht today. One of our goals for the day was formulating community statements for our local communities and giving each other feedback. Nice snacks for coffee help!

I am not posting directly to BlueSky often, so please check my Mastodon bridge for the most recent updates: @mob.akademienl.social.ap.brid.gy

Are there any #Kubernetes users out here who can point me to resources on how to push commits from a #pod to a #Github repository? I suppose this also depends on the individual Kubernetes set-up, which is managed by my institute. But advice, experiences and links are very much appreciated!

Stip: Gerda Henkel Fellowship "Digital History" (GHI Washington) http://www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/stip-141988 Washington, 01.09.2024-31.08.2025, German Historical Institute Washington, Bewerbungsschluss: 04.03.2024

'The Women’s Print History Project is a bibliographical database of women’s contributions to print during the long eighteenth century.' womensprinthistoryproject.com #skystorians 🗃 #c18th

#skystorians Calling all PGRs/ECRs of #18thc BSECS Communication and Exchange conference at Uppsala Uni Sweden 22nd-23rd August 2024. CfP deadline 32st March . Join us - please share ✨

I read a long Github issue on making BlueSky and Mastodon interoperable. Despite all the challenges, I at least hope for a read-and-repost connection in the nearer future. That colleagues are now on all the different platforms is a pain.

You guys have been busy... The ‘Historical Atlas o/t Low Countries (1350–1800)’ paper was published only just before Christmas and is already the journal’s most downloaded paper of 2023! I wonder how you will be using the GIS dataset in 2024… Best wishes! doi.org/10.1163/2452...

#onmydesktoday: a transregional focus upon (Armenian) diasporic mobility and entangled bookmaking in #earlymodern Europe. A nice read. Recommended for #bookhistory.

A lire, un nouvel excellent papier de Vincent Lemire. #palestine #israel 👇👇👇 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Stehe gerade in einem deutschen Drogeriemarkt und verstehe die Welt nicht mehr. Alle reden über Zero Waste und Umweltschutz, und jetzt bekommen Kleinkinder bei uns Obst aus der Plastikpackung? Hier ist eine ganze Regalwand voll davon. Verschiedene Hersteller. Ich bin gerade sprachlos!

Nach langer Zeit mal wieder in Konstanz... auch mit Datenbeispielen aus DigiKAR.

Interesting discussion about archival triage, (digital) storage costs, and the pros & cons of mass digitisation. One issue that should also be mentioned: (Digital) historians usually don't get much funding for their own technology efforts, which creates great dependence on archival services.

Nachruf auf Toni Negri: Der Autonomia größter Denker Er war einer der führenden Theoretiker der italienischen Linken. In der Nacht zu Samstag ist der Philosoph Antonio Negri gestorben. taz.de/Nachruf-auf-...

Call for Papers, EXTENDED DEADLINE! #earlymodern We are pleased to have been able to extend our deadline for Lent Term 2024. If you work on any area of Microhistories, c. 1450-1750, don't miss out on this chance! EXTENDED Deadline: 8 January 2024

CfA 8 - 10 writing-up fellowships @IEG Mainz for doctoral students working on any aspect of European History, duration 6 - 12 months starting September 2024 Application deadline: 15 February 2024 Further info: lmy.de/VESsV

What is the "best" menstruation tracker app in terms of data safety? I would like to pay for a good app with a simple and clear interface. Flo is very much about the expert advice and community discussions, which I don't need. And I have doubts about their data policy. Any recommendations?

Following a classroom debate on data ethics, I recommended this podcast to my students in the MA Digital Cultures, and I would also like to share it here. Apart from an intriguing investigation, the podcast offers insights into the data decisions that journalists make. www.dw.com/en/cannabis-...

Fresh from the mailbox courtesy of Scottish Historical Review, Bloomsbury Academic, and @moreba.bsky.social. Greatly looking forward to digging in for my next review in SHR. Thanks so much for facilitating, Clare Loughlin!

Really interesting talk and great discussion on the never-ending challenges of HTR for historical sources! I am, personally, very much interested in using OCR4all. Perhaps other researchers / historians in the Netherlands are interested in setting up a joint infrastructure and sharing training data?

Job: 1 Professur "Geschichte der Neuzeit – Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte ab dem späten 18. Jahrhundert" (Univ. Wien) http://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-140515 Wien, , Universität Wien, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.01.2024

Eine tolle Dokumentation & Hommage – ruhig und liebevoll erzählt, aber dennoch mitreißend, ausnahmslos tolle Menschen & Geschichten und alle so unfassbar bescheiden: „Spielerepublik Deutschland“, unbedingt anschauen. Danke für den Tipp @missbaybee.bsky.social! #boardgames @spiel-des-jahres.de

“Cultural Heritage and Slavery” has just been published and is fully available online. It examines slavery heritage and memory in Europe, with contributions ranging from studies on Britain, to France, the Nordic countries, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

I'd like to congratulate everyone who got the NWO Open Science Grant in the 2nd round of 2023. I didn't, but participating in a call that places emphasis on peer review was a great experience. I hope I did the projects I had to evaluate justice and am looking forward to seeing the success proposals.

Dutch newspaper NRC are featuring an article on historical emissions in the colonies, which make the Netherlands one of the greatest climate damagers (klimaatvervuilers) ever. This ties in with developing countries' complaints that the Western world has achieved industrial success on their backs.

#DigitalHumanities and #ComputerScience intersect in the 21st-century transformation, challenging traditions. This book explores combining qualitative and quantitative methods, providing insights from 10 research projects. It's a guide for cutting-edge research beyond conventional strategies.

QueerCon Maastricht, July 1-2, 2024, at Maastricht University, calls for scholarly papers on LGBTQIA+ topics. Simultaneously, a festival invites artists, activists, & community members to celebrate LGBTQIA+ inclusion. Submission deadline: December 11, 2023. Spread the word!

Wir gedenken heute Bahide Arslan, Yeliz Arslan und Ayşe Yılmaz. Sie wurden vor 31 Jahren, in der Nacht vom 22. auf den 23. November 1992, bei den rassistischen Brandanschlägen von Mölln ermordet. Weitere Mitglieder der Familie wurden zum Teil schwer verletzt. #ReclaimAndRemember #KeinVergessen 🧵

If you're also wondering how long the blue skies on BlueSky are gonna last, here is a wonderful piece by fellow historian Mareike König: zeitgeschichte-online.de/node/70045 Unfortunately, it is only in German. And if you want to get in touch with Mareike, you will have to find her on Mastodon. 🐘

The excitement when you can click the ✖️ and delete 389 #emails at once. 😅 My #Outlook needed a serious clean-up, and this isn't stuff from ages ago, but really just mail from the previous #academic year. 😪 I won't even begin to count the stuff that still requires #archiving...

The editing team of the #MosaHistoria blog, hosted by the #History Department at #MaastrichtUniversity, are delighted to present the first episode in a new #video series showcasing #research & recent #publications: youtu.be/jNCSZFX8uls I had the pleasure of interviewing @pablo1981.bsky.social. 🎤

Very interesting Call For Papers: Historical Arguments and the Digital, June 25-27 2024 (Deadline Dec 15th 2023) historicalarguments.wordpress.com/call-for-pag... #digitalhumanities #earlymodern

We heard so many great geohumanities papers today for the workshop at SIGSPATIAL! The next big spatial humanities conference will be Spatial Humanities 2024 - CFP now up: spathum.uni-bamberg.de

I think my first post on #BlueSky should be about something #positive, so here is a photo of me at the #Irish and #Scottish #dance workshop I led for #WellbeingWeek on Friday. The #MaastrichtUniversity team gave me a bottle of Greek #oliveoil as a thank you gift. Better than another bottle of #wine!