Mikael Alm

Jag kan tyvärr inte, i dessa tider, uppbåda energin att bry mig om kaffeburkar. Jag inser att jag är tråkig.

Herregud.

Kaffeburkarna?

Årets bild.

Apropos higher education and its funding.

Medverkar i en ny antologi med ett kapitel om digitala metoder för att studera idéhistoria. Skriven för studenter på grundnivå och kan vara relevant för DH-nybörjare i andra humanistiska discipliner också (kunskapshistoria mm). Författad med Mathias Johansson på Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper.

Canadians cheating and being rude? What is the world coming to? 🥌

Around 1650, Sweden’s ships sailed beyond the Baltic for the first time. Dutch captains and lieutenants in the Swedish navy guided this expansion. Join our online lecture on Monday, 1pm CET, in the Ships & Seafaring series: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #maritimehistory #history

I am standing in the entrance area of the research depot of the German Maritime Museum. The photo is in black and white colours, in the background you can read: DSM, in the front: Gerda Henkel Foundation.

Thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded a research scholarship from @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de to continue my work at the German Maritime Museum as Senior Fellow on my new project “Convicts’ Letters” (Calcutta to Australia, 1803) including research trips to the UK and Australia #earlymodern #history

Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London

JOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...

Picture of a hand holding Marina Warner’s New book “Sanctuary: ways of telling, ways of dwelling”. It’s mostly white with a blueish door knocker on it (explained in the book as the tool to request sanctuary) and the title in golden letters

“To achieve the recognition of this common ground, this mutual need, a new xenia needs to come into being, a renewed ethic of hospitality &revived sense of sanctuary, a fresh ethos, which is composed of ideas &beliefs, formed &carried by stories.”

Check out this Postdoc position below!

Matthew Howles (Science Museum) on “Curating Versailles: Science and Splendour at the Science Museum”. Exhibition introducing the image of Versailles as a "place of serious scientific" pursuits using objects from Versailles and other institutions.

Louis XV and Louis XVI had more personal interests in science, such as botany and astronomy for the former. Matthew Howles (Science Museum) on “Curating Versailles: Science and Splendour at the Science Museum”.

Louis XVI founding the Royal Academy of Sciences in the 1660s. Matthew Howles (Science Museum) on “Curating Versailles: Science and Splendour at the Science Museum”.

Louis XIV "also understood science as a tool for diplomacy". Copies of these instruments were given as diplomatic gifts to Persia, Siam, and China. Matthew Howles (Science Museum) on “Curating Versailles: Science and Splendour at the Science Museum”.

The Versailles landscape was carefully mapped by a scientist during 1660s. Finding water sources to create reservoires. Over eight million cubic waters then channelled to the palace, largely to supply the fountains. Matthew Howles on “Curating Versailles: Science and Splendour at the Science Museum”

The Marly Machine was used to pump huge quantities of water uphill. Fountaineers would whistle to each other when fountains were to be turned on as the King was strolling in the garden. Matthew Howles on “Curating Versailles: Science and Splendour at the Science Museum”.

A large menagerie was situated at Versailles. Used both for scientific investigation and to showcase gifts sent to the French King. "Star of the show" Louis XV's rhinoceros (died in the revolution, possibly stabbed by revolutionaries...). Matthew Howles at SCS

A botanical garden was also part of Versailles. For example producing the first pineapple grown in France. Matthew Howles at SCS

By the reign of Louis XV the setablishment of the Royal Academy of Surgeons. Also included here an obstetrics model. Matthew Howles at SCS

Next week (26/01 @ 1PM), the Ships & Seafaring Talks - a Prize Papers Talks Special Edition with the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven welcomes a very special guest: underwater archaeologist Felix Rösch from the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, who is excavating a very special Hanseatic merchant ship!

Important perspective from Greenland.

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism (Venice: Venice International University, 26-28 JUN 2026) [DEADLINE: 16 JAN 2026]

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Arguspriset 2025 Årets Arguspris i humaniora har tilldelats kulturtidskriften och bokförlaget Glänta. Motiveringen lyder: ”Genom att undersöka gränsområdena för humanistiskt tänkande och att låta konst, filosofi, litt...

Tidskriften "Glänta" prisas. Alla är välkomna! 15 januari, Humanistiska teatern, Uppsala.

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BSECS 2026, Day 2, Reviewed The day for me began with a discussion of all things R.B Sheridan – R.B Sheridan the theatre dude, R.B. Sheridan the political orator, and R. B. Sheridan the cartoon. The papers that unpacked…

BSECS 2026, Day 2, Reviewed. #BSECS2026 conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/b...

LOOK!
My conference paper and my location are in perfect synch!
#BSECS2026 #foodhist #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

What Renaissance readers left behind in haircare books New biochemical techniques offer unmatched insight into early modern medicine, as traces of plants, animals and even human waste have been sampled from pages.

If you ever wondered what biochemical traces of past users of medical recipes may tell us about early modern haircare, see @uk.theconversation.com's discussion of our @historians.org article:
doi.org/10.64628/AB....

Research supported by @thejohnrylands.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.social

Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking a Lecturer in Medieval Studies to join our dynamic team within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Autumn 2026. As Lecturer in Medieval Studies you will contribute to the teaching of Medieval English literature and Medieval history across the Faculty, within our School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, and School of Historical Studies - this includes our BA English and BA History programmes, as well as postgraduate taught programmes in the two subject areas. This post is offered on a permanent contract at Birkbeck, full time 35 hours per week, with a salary of £44,247 rising to £60,858 per year. Teaching hours will vary from 6pm - 9pm, Monday to Friday. To be successful, you will bring research expertise in the literature, history and culture of the Late Medieval period (c.1300-1500), and demonstrate a capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary research and teaching, participate actively in curriculum development, supervise doctoral students, and help shape the intellectual life of our vibrant academic community. We would also welcome applicants who would be able to contribute to collaborative teaching programmes or research in the Faculty, in areas such as identity, race/ethnicity, or gender - experience of collaboration with cultural institutions, whether through research or teaching, is also welcome. Core responsibilities will initially include programme/module administration, teaching, supervision, assessment, student support and pastoral care. You will also be equipped to supervise doctoral students. With a PhD in any area of Medieval Studies, you will contribute the Faculty’s and Schools’ research impact and culture, and to the intellectual and cultural life of the institution and the various communities and partners with whom we work and serve.

Birkbeck is hiring a Lecturer in Medieval Studies (c.1300-1500), full-time and open-ended.

They will be formally based in English but expected to be able to contribute about 0.5FTE to History, including teaching and supervision.

Closing date Feb 23rd: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...