Medieval IKEA church roof found in Almere, the Netherlands. The pack of at least 80 beams date to the 15th century and were likely being transported by ship when they fell overboard (or sank). When fitted together, the beams would have formed a pointed roof www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/71248
Today marks the beginning of my British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship studying female collaboration in the early modern book trade- unbelievably excited to get started! I'm going to be better about posting highlights here, watch this space 👀 (USTC 6110476)
For a change, exciting & positive news for UK Humanities: 'In a corner of the Warburg Institute’s new exhibition space is a haunting tribute to lost libraries and exiled authors. Designed by Edmund de Waal, the small pavilion lies scattered with books by displaced writers'. 1/4
A £14.5 million revamp of the unusual Bloomsbury library has also prompted a rethink about its mission, says director Bill Sherman
Over precies een week wordt Leidens Ontzet gevierd en herdacht. In ons nieuwste nummer, Holland Belegerd, 1572-1574, staan een artikel en een interview over de belegering en het ontzet van Leiden! tijdschriftholland.nl/product/holl...
PRE-ORDER Verschijning: 14 september Redactioneel | Holland belegerd, 1572-1574 Anja van Zalinge | Haarlem onder vuur. Op zoek naar archeologische sporen van het beleg (1572-1573) Interview | Beleger...
In de covered market in Oxford hing rond 2000 nog altijd het wild en de kalkoenen buiten de winkel.
I know it from this wonderful Schubert song youtu.be/LFiNjMr9B_Q?...
YouTube video by DG
Welcoming the new, updated website for rural history diaries! A unique resource - 243 diaries of rural life, more than 1/3 written by women. The first began in 1789. More added every month. 📉📈🗃🏺📗 📜🐳 #history#AcademicSky#polisky#geosky#sociology#histsci#HistIR#philhist#Indigisky#c19#c18
@willpooley.bsky.social@ihr.bsky.social short course "Sources to Data: Recording, Sorting, and Analysing Historical Sources Digitally" to fill this gap!
3-year postdoc at Sciences Po 'with the research programme on economic and environmental history...supported by the Cambridge, Harvard and Paris Centres for History and Economics. For further information...see histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehc/.' The annual gross salary will be 45 000 €.' 31 Oct deadline
Are we entering a period of digital retrenchment? Me on a digital database tool that went offline recently and some pessimistic thoughts about broader patterns 🗃️ williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/a...