Made it again to the Holy Grail of Libraries: the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. This study view will forever be one of my favourites. #PhDlife #Vatican #ReligiousHistory #Renaissance

A good start of my 6-month research period in Italy: giving a talk at The Medici Archive Project in Florence about the sensorial aspects of power relations in early modern food rituals - i.e. the Festa della porchetta in 16th-17th c. Bologna. Now it's back to Bologna & from April, Rome!

👉🏼 New book on street life in preindustrial Europe with contributions from Fabrizio Nevola Melissa Calaresu Catherine Richardson @Maartje_Gelder Suzanna Ivanic 🇺🇦 I stand with Ukraine @MarionPluskota Sanne Muurling 🟥 & Anne Montenach. routledge.com/Early-Modern-S…

From 25 June to 3 July 2023 the KNIR, in collaboration with UvA Amsterdam and Utrecht University, organizes a workshop for PhD and Master students about archival politics. For more info and the application procedure: knir.it/en/course/work… Deadline for applications is 15 March 2023!

Last day in Bologna - spent well in my all-time favourite archive the Archivio Arcivescovile. Friendly archivist and a wealth of material. Pictured are sources for a dissertation chapter on early modern Corpus Christi processions of Bologna's urban parishes. #twitterstorians #PhD

To commemorate the Italian Liberation Day from Nazifascism, Giulia Cartini will highlight the history and actualities of Italian fascism in a lecture hosted by the Società Dante Alighieri. For info and tickets (€5): dante-amersfoort.nl/activiteiten/a… #fascism #history #twitterstorians

Happy to be back at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome the KNIR for the next few months to write up my dissertation. Couldn’t wish for a better writing retreat 😊

Session 4 of #PaSym23 is on Processions beginning with Klaas Van Gelder (Vrije Universiteit Brussels/State Archives in Brussels), ‘The Parish as the Main Stage: Seigneurial Joyous Entries in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands’ Beat Kümin My-Parish

Continuing session 4 of #PaSymp23 Eva Van Kemenade (University of Warwick/ ), ‘Corpus Christi processions in the parishes of Post-Tridentine Bologna examples from northern Italy My-Parish Beat Kümin

Enjoyed speaking at the Parish & Performance Symposium about football and 'ball-money' as a type of marriage due and charivari. ⚽️👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️🏉 🪙 Many thanks to My-Parish REED Project Beat Kümin & the organizers of #PaSymp23 for a great event!

We are excited to announce that WarwickHistory has a new base in Venice, with it's grand opening today! Our teaching and research will now be located in the Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, one of the most distinguished palaces on the Grand Canal. University of Warwick

We (Eva van Kemenade and I) have posted a CFP for the 2024 The Renaissance Society of America conference in Chicago for a panel on ‘Emotions, Senses, and Space: Experiencing Performances in the Renaissance City’. Please share: rsa.org/forms/FormResp…

Great news that the two panels Eva van Kemenade and I proposed have been accepted for #RenSA24 The Renaissance Society of America in Chicago! Looking forward to our sessions on Emotions, Senses, and Space: Experiencing Performances in the Renaissance City. Thanks to Renaissance Studies for sponsoring our panels!

Interested in doing a History PhD in Travel Writing? The University of Warwick has received a fantastic donation from Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, enabling us to offer four funded studentships! University of Warwick 🙏✍️🧳

#vacature Aspirant PhD kandidaten gezocht! Bij Renaissance Studies zoeken wij (minimaal) 2 niet-Britse kandidaten voor open posities (3.5 jaar, 100% gefinancierd, eigen onderzoeksvoorstel). Deadline is snel, 17 nov. Solliciteer via: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/p… Delen van dit bericht=graag!

any Ottomanists out there looking for a permanent post? We are hiring, at Warwick!! Come and work with us! Please circulate far and wide--the closing date will be upon us very soon (14 January). #globalhistory #Ottoman #History jobs.ac.uk/job/DEX988/ass…

31 januari in Den Haag. Bias: Pressing Voices, paneldiscussies n.a.v. tentoonstelling ‘Gordel van Papier’ in Huis van het boek (deels Engelstalig) shorturl.at/dBRW9 UvA Geesteswetenschappen Huis van het boek UvA Boekwetenschap

Proud of another successful Mining Library Treasures course at the KNIR and especially of our talented students! Check out the website they made in Rome to discover which rare books were uncovered from the KNIR's special collections library: …inglibrarytreasures2023.wordpress.com

A warm welcome at the Graduate Reception of the Newberry Library - what a great way to start the conference! #RenSA24

Come join us tomorrow for our panel series ‘Emotions, Senses, and Space: Experiencing Performances in the Renaissance City’. At 2.30-4pm and 4.30-6pm 🎭 #RenSA24 The Renaissance Society of America Sophie Hartles