Jacqueline Hylkema

"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”

Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.

Princeton fellowship for LUC historian Jacqueline Hylkema Jacqueline Hylkema, a cultural historian at LUC, will be appointed at Princeton University from January to June 2026. There, she will conduct research on the concept of truth in Dutch political forger...

And the Tiger is out of the bag: I will be joining Princeton University next year as a Shelby Cullom Davis Fellow and go in search of Truth in the Dutch Republic.

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025...

Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB) – unified access to early European printed works (c.1455–1830) from major European and North American libraries.

Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.

Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...

Congrats, Rebecca! Very much looking forward to reading this! @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social

Rebecca Menmuir stands in a bar holding a book titled "Authenticity in Medieval and Early Modern Literature."

Emily Winkler, Rebecca Menmuir, and Eva Locher stand together indoors, smiling at the camera. Rebecca Menmuir in the centre holds a book titled "Authenticity in Medieval and Early Modern Literature." A dried wreath hangs on the wall behind them.

We've had a lovely time celebrating the publication of "Authenticity in Medieval and Early Modern Literature," edited by @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social, at this year's #IMC2025. Congratulations to everyone involved in this fantastic book! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Harvard’s unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946

Brilliant! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Academiedrukkers @unileiden.bsky.social hadden een belangrijke rol in de verspreiding van kennis.
Bekijk zeldzame en bijzondere oude boeken uit #450jaar universitaire geschiedenis!

In contact met collecties #workshop
🕑Vr 16 mei | 14.00-15.00u of 15.30-16.30u
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Aanmelden: ➡️ edu.nl/m7akx

Wist je dat eten en drinken een geheime rol speelden in vroegmoderne Nederlandse diplomatie? Ik schreef er een bijdrage over in 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘴. Kom te weten hoe een Engelse graaf 'schurfthoofden' at in Alkmaar en hoe een koningin-moeder nootmuskaat proefde in Amsterdam.

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A photograph of the broadside 'The Marshall's humble offering to each gentleman soldier in the company commanded by James Miller esq., captain in the Green regiment of trained bands of the city of London.'

Broadsides were once the most prevalent printed materials, serving as single-page carriers of news, propaganda, entertainment, and ads.

Guildhall Library has a large collection, including a 1760 piece on James Miller's victories (BSIDE 25.9).

Explore more broadsides in our catalogue!

Fun detail: to underline the deceptive nature of the painting, painters like Edward Collier would include fake versions of existing magazines and almanacs. 2/2

I have written about this genre: these paintings were known as 'Deceptions' or, in Dutch, as 'Schijnbedriegers' - they were so realistic that viewers would be deceived - even for just a moment - into thinking that they were looking at an actual rack rather than a representation. 1/2

New #OA article in @urbanhistory.bsky.social by Erika Kuijpers, @alielassche.bsky.social, @judithpollmann.bsky.social, Carolina Lenarduzzi and Theo Dekker on early modern chronicle(r)s from the Low Countries!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Early modern peeps loved a good optical illusion. Popular at many a Kunstkammer was the #anamorphosis: a distorted projection that appears to viewers in natural form when using optical devices. Here's a 1650 one, from the Historisches Museum in Basel, of a fool seducing an innocent Basler housewife.

You're welcome! I think the diversity angle works very well to engage the students and prepare the ground for in-depth discussions of particular aspects of different faiths.

I teach my classes on the Reformation in the context of diversity and emphasize how religious diversity in the Dutch Republic was connected to a range of different discourses and social, cultural and political identities. This is something that my students understand and connect to today's world.

To put it mildly.

Ja! Ik woon aan de Vliet en zie ze daar regelmatig - prachtige vogeltjes.

Wonderful - many thanks, Liesbeth!

Could you please add me too?

Filming a promo today for the Nacht van de Lobbyist at the Special Collections @ubleiden.bsky.social, with the wonderful Hans Hordijk and a table full of 17th-century fakes. @unileiden.bsky.social www.nachtvandelobbyist.nl

In Utrecht? Nothing here in Leiden!

An introduction to @universalstc.bsky.social: an open access database of early modern print culture. To find out more visit our website: www.ustc.ac.uk

Starter packs (verzamelingen van mensen die een interesse/veld delen) kunnen heel handig zijn om snel contacten te vinden maar verder is het volgens mij een kwestie van Twitterlijst in één tab en dan stuk voor stuk je contacten zoeken.

A man is holding a flying dragon on a line.

Take your dragon out for a fly.

This is an #earlymodern advice (from Athanasius Kircher), on how to and when to use your private #dragon to make an impression. The image is part of Kircher's 1678 "Mundus Subterraneus" (access: www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb1... ), and ...

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I have just migrated and started a Forgery, Fakes & Fake News pack for Forgery scholars to find each other on Bluesky. All disciplines and periods welcome - please join, spread and follow! go.bsky.app/MH6Y8Fh @remcobreuker.bsky.social @stefanbauer.bsky.social @josephhone.bsky.social

Impressed by Plantin | Museum Plantin-Moretus The Plantin-Moretus Museum keeps an extraordinary collection of 14,000 woodblocks. 14,000 examples of true craftsmanship, drawings masterly cut in wood. We are supplying this impressive collection of ...

Impressed by Plantin offers the prints of 14,000 woodblocks, freely available for creative reuse.
museumplantinmoretus.be/en/impressed...

Hi Christine, I have joined Bluesky too now - could you please add me to this pack?

Collecting bookbindings made from reused medieval manuscript fragments offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of recycling and craftsmanship. Each cover tells a dual story: the book it protects and the manuscript it once was. #BookHistory #RareBooks #MedievalManuscripts