Der neue #Cliocast ist draussen! Alexandra Binnenkade spricht mit Jon Mathieu über heilige Berge seit dem Spätmittelalter. Perfekt zum hören im Osterstau vor dem Gotthard oder bequem im Zug auf der Panoramastrecke...

1 April 1957. BBC TV broadcast the famous “April Fool’s Day spaghetti tree hoax” on Panorama, narrated by Richard Dimbleby. At the time, spaghetti was relatively unknown in the UK, with British people unaware that it is made from wheat flour and water.

1524 Stürmische Zeiten – Der Ittinger Sturm im Fokus dlvr.it/T5dXqY #infoclioevent

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Flatulent Flap? A previously unknown to me (aka 18th c.) flap print satire on Luther at the Johns Hopkins University George Peabody Library! #MovableMonday #Flaptastic

Tell-Mythos am Limit: Thomas Murner hat Beef mit Bern (1529)...

Ist das schon Pop? Wie man den Tell sang in der Eidgenossenschaft 1712 und warum. Nun auch OA hier: vr-elibrary.de/doi/10.7788/97…

My 50 conceptual cents on acoustic agencies in early modern urban societies: vr-elibrary.de/doi/10.7788/97…, just out OA in this fantastic new collection of essays on the Sounds of Power, edited by the great Tül Demirbas and Margret Scharrer: vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entdeck…

17th c. rhymes...: "Sagt auch wie Gott ins Schweitzerland / mit Jammer vnd mit Grausen / hab den Engel Faroiß gesandt / der drinnen rumb thet rausen / mit der erschroͤcklichen Seuch der Pestilentz / bey jhn fast in aller Grentz / insonderheit zu Basel vnd Schaffhausen."

Job alert (PhD/PostDoc positions): Killing to Keep – Violent Field Practices and Natural History in the Age of Empire - Marie Muschalek dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles/n…

📢 Job alert! Come work with me Departement Geschichte Universität Basel !📢 Three fully-funded (4yrs) positions - 2 PhD, 1 PostDoc - in my SNF project 'Killing to Keep'. dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/personen/ma…

Podcast In “Mooring the Global Archive”, Martin Dusinberre follows a steamship across Asian & Pacific waters in an innovative history of Japan's engagement with the outside world in the late 19th c. In Cliocast#25 he talks with Isabelle Schuerch about his book infoclio.ch/de/node/187429

Congratulations to @carlatroth, whose "The Talk of the Town: Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland" has been shortlisted for the SRS Book Prize 2024 #SRSlyGood global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Our next research seminar is on September 10, 14.00-15.00BST. Join Dr Jenni Hyde, @wallyberry.bsky.social Dr Una McIlvenna 💀🎶 & Jan-Friedrich Mißfelder as they discuss “Sounding the News in Early Modern Europe” emsoundscapes.co.uk/sounding-the-n…

Zweiköpfige Babys und apokalyptische Visionen: 'Wundergeburten' in der Frühen Neuzeit, und wie sie viral gingen ... Der neue #SongoftheMonth aus dem Projekt #MachtderStimme Frieder Missfelder Johannes #cojoinedtwins #monstrousbirth #vocalpower dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/aktuelles/n…

Happening today (after being rescheduled from last week) at 2pm UK time, 3pm Europe time! Tune in to hear four of us - Rachel Willie Dr Jenni Hyde, @wallyberry.bsky.social Frieder Missfelder and me - talk about Sounding the News in Early Modern Europe: emsoundscapes.co.uk/sounding-the-n…

For those unable to join us the other day, the recording of our session on 'Sounding the News in Early Modern Europe is now available, and with closed captions!emsoundscapes.co.uk/sounding-the-n… Thanks to Rachel Willie for all of her hard work organising this and wrangling with the tech!

Miffed you missed our fantastic discussion of news and song with ⁦Dr Jenni Hyde, @wallyberry.bsky.social⁩, ⁦Frieder Missfelder⁩ & ⁦Dr Una McIlvenna 💀🎶⁩ last week? Catch up with it here! Sounding the News in Early Modern Europe – Early Modern Soundscape emsoundscapes.co.uk/sounding-the-n…

Congratulations to all of our shortlisted authors for your brilliant books: you are all awesome! Unfortunately, there can be only one winner, & the winner of the SRS Book Prize 2024 is @Carlatroth for "Talk of the Town: Information and Community in Sixteenth-Century Switzerland"