Saw THE BEEKEEPER (2024) last night. I, of course, loved this movie. I will watch anything with Jason Statham (I'm not the only one as it turned out after the movie was over last night. 😆).
I also got a kick out of the movie as a medievalist. Apparently, there is a secret society of assassins called Beekeepers, who protect human civilization based on the idea that it is like a beehive.
Next week, we'll be welcoming hundreds of historians from all over the world to Lisbon for the 5th conference of the International Network for Theory of History!
The final programme in now on our website: three keynotes, five round tables and dozens of parallel sessions.
“The first known calculation of the Earth’s circumference was made 2300 years ago by a man called Eratosthenes. I remember in school, how impressed I was by how accurately the Earth’s circumference was measured such long time ago. Today we’re going to take a closer look on how his calculation was made.”
One central problem that resulted from the federal nature of the #Dutch republic was secrecy: How could one keep a secret with so many actors involved? This was almost a mission impossible, although one tried several measures such as an oath of secrecy to deal with the problem.
When dealing with Dutch #emdiplomacy you inevitably come across two other big issues: the Protestant character of Dutch #earlymodern#diplomacy and the importance of trade and commercial interests. For @helmers_h and @NinaLamal these are not contradictory interests. However, they argue that “commerce, geopolitics, and protestantism were perfectly reconcilable”. (4/5)
Finally, @helmer and @NinaLamal argue that it is important to analyse #Dutch#emdiplomacy not only in its European context, but in its global dimension. The East India Company (#VOC) and its growing importance in #Asia played an important role in the rise of the Dutch republic. Unfortunately, both dimesions – the European and the global one – are far too often dealt seperately with by modern research. A problem that is generally true for research on #earlymodern diplomacy.
This leads to an overarching problem of how to competently connect national, European and global perspectives on diplomacy without blurring the focus. A question to be discussed elsewhere. (5/5)
Am Internationalen Tag der #Familie widmen auch wir uns der #Verwandtschaft, verstanden als soziales Gefüge, das in ökonom., politischen & sozialen Kontexten, nicht zuletzt bei der Übertragung von Herrschaft & Besitz, wirkmächtig, erfahrbar & beschreibbar wird - dazu der Thementeil (hg. v. Michaela Hohkamp) in #WerkstattGeschichte 46/2007 "tanten"
➡ https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/tanten
“Theodoros Doukas the leader of the Roman state of Epirus leads his people to ever greater heights in the 1220s. He captures Thessalonica and drives towards Constantinople itself. Doukas declares himself Emperor but does he have the resources necessary to reach the Hagia Sophia?”
“Theodoros Doukas the leader of the Roman state of Epirus leads his people to ever greater heights in the 1220s. He captures Thessalonica and drives towards Constantinople itself. Doukas declares himself Emperor but does he have the resources necessary to reach the Hagia Sophia?”
Deadline approaching: submit nominations for the AHA’s awards and prizes by May 15. The AHA recognizes outstanding historical work of many types, including exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring, film, and digital projects and resources. #histodons@histodonshttps://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-prizes
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
“The Romans developed Roman Medicine by leaning on the knowledge of the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Etruscans, and others. Many of their medical practices are still in use today.”
🏆 Applications for the Amílcar Cabral Prize are open until 26 May.
The prize is intended to honour an article of historical research that deals with any topic or issue relating to the history of anti-colonial resistance and colonial empires.
“Some alphabets have been developed intentionally and purposefully to be exactly what the earliest alphabets became: efficient psychotechnologies for enhanced learning, communication and community building.”
Thomas Willis (1621-1675) : Neurologist, Chemist, Physician
“Willis is not only credited to be the founder of neurology, but he is also seen as the father of comparative neuroanatomy, as his work, in particular Cerebri anatome and De anima brutorum, compare the human brain with that of other species in ‘search for specific human abilities in cognitive functions’ (Molnár, p. 334).”
Save the date! The next 19th Century Dress and Textiles Reframed "At Home" online talks will be on Sunday, June 30, "focused on photography and its connections to 19th century fashion".
Programme:
📸 Robyne Calvert: Artists & Photographic Fantasies
📸 Erika Lederman: 'Counterfeit Specimens'. Isabel Agnes Cowper's Needlework Photographs for the South Kensington Museum
📸 Beatrice Behlen: Mrs Broom's photographs of suffragettes