Voor NRC besprak ik Vrouw en meid van Caroline Hanken, een geschiedenis die tastbaar maakt hoe onmisbaar - en tegelijk onzichtbaar en ondankbaar - huishoudelijk werk vaak is. Lees mijn recensie hier: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Het zit erop! Vandaag deed ik de hele dag verslag van mijn werk als projectcoördinator bij @preservare.bsky.social, voor onze rubriek #ADayInTheLife. Nieuwsgierig hoe mijn maandag eruit zag? Lees het draadje hieronder 👇

Today’s the day! I’m sharing a day in my life as a PhD researcher on early modern food preservation. Follow along in this thread to see what it’s like to investigate historical knowledge about pickling, brining, and curing!

12:35 - Not all sources are in pristine condition. Water damage, loose pages, and holes this page has it all. While the damage makes it harder to read the source, you really sense the history of the text …

Today, I am very excited to share with you one of the best things about my internship at the @Preservare project: diving into archival sources! As a research master’s student of history, I get very excited exploring past societies through examining both their textual and material remains. – Jakob

Dag allemaal, wie wil er een doctoraat komen doen bij Andreas Stynen en mij? Over hoe de heksenvervolgingen in de Lage Landen nazinder(d)en! www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Reminder! Our online seminar series on historical food preservation kicks off tomorrow with a session on fermentation. 📅 Tuesday, February 25 🕒 15:30–17:00 (CET) / 09:30–11:00 (EST) Speakers: Justin Linds & Carmen Schmechel Register here: www.nybg.org/event/histor... Hope to see you there!

Exciting things are happening at the PRESERVARE project! We’re welcoming fresh talent to the team and launching a series of seminars. Want to know more? Our latest #newsletter has all the details: preservare.substack.com/p/coming-up-.... Don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already!

Save the dates and spread the word! In collaboration with the New York Botanical Garden’s Humanities Institute (@nybg.bsky.social), we’re launching an online seminar series. Check out the program below 👇 Stay tuned for registration details. We hope to see you there!