I delved into military history by placing units on a map. I'm now continuing into the private day-to-day lives of ordinary individuals. What a ride so far. Wallachia under Russian occupation (1828-1836). A story still to be told.

1842 Bucharest - Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, Portrait of Madame Filipescu clasate.cimec.ro/Detaliu.asp?...

Nouvelle lecture : Anne Rolland-Boulestreau, "Guerre et Paix en Vendée (1794-1796)". #lecture #Vendee #Revolution #CivilWar #GuerreCivile 📚📖

Volver a la libreta con un apunte turquesa :) #illustration #bicillustration #drawing #doodling #sketchbook

Bucharest. Old and new.

A colorized photograph of a column of Romanian mountain troops advancing down a valley in Crimea during WW2.

Look at this tree we found in the forest, it has all the colours of the rainbow 🌲

[Wallachia, Russian occupation] After so many reports of violence, shortages and army misconduct, finally something positive to read. A Don Cossacks squadron commander saving a pregnant woman and 2 children from drowning. Ialomița district, 1832.

Romanian painter Alexandru Phoebus (1899-1954). I generally dislike this style (too modernist for me), but this might be one of the best styles to capture Bucharest's eclectic spirit. From Romania's National Museum of Art Collections.

Bourgeois Bucharest cat.

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

Innovateur passionné, le photographe Léonard Misonne (1870-1943) a créé le mediobrome, un procédé mêlant bromure d'argent et retouches à base de charbon et d'huile. « Le sujet n'est rien, la lumière est tout », disait-il. 🔽

'The Lancashire Plague Petitions: Life after the Plague in Early Modern England' by @rach-anderson.bsky.social in the AHR. Finding 'resilience' in local petitions, with photos & transcriptions. The latest addition to the #PowerOfPetitioning bibliography 🗃️: petitioning.history.ac.uk/2019/05/13/p...

Hello, everyone! Sorry for my long silence! X is sill my main SM account, since I find it hard to migrate or manage accounts on two platforms. I simply lack the time. However, since it's becoming unbearable, I will be gradually moving here, or at least be more active here. Cheers to all!

Details of an online talk I'm giving on #mămăligă to DOR, a Romanian diaspora group in UK (Nov 24): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-dialogu...

don't miss the chance to come and join us at our new department! info on application procedure, deadlines, and everything else available at the link below.

Romania, "The Peak of Nostalgia": 1. The painting 2. The street 3. The actual peak 4. The peak viewed from the 👆street

Looking for people to follow who research: victimhood/victimisation (all disciplines), nationalism (same), identity/memory (same). Feel free to let me know if you’re one of these people! ✨ Also interested in anyone in: social psychology, IR/diplomacy, Jewish studies, (e)migration, Queer studies.

Scouring through probate records from Bistrita, Transylvania, and came across this well-fitting quote: should you lose everything, preserve your good name.