What is "Humanities Diplomacy"? I explore this very question in a new article about the role of the humanities in the early years of UNESCO, ahead of print, open access in Journal of Contemporary History.
Check it out!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Ik schreef het gister al: vandaag staak ik. Waarom, en waarom juist nu?
In het hoger onderwijs wordt al heel lang flink bezuinigd. Dat heeft grote gevolgen voor de kwaliteit van ons onderwijs en dus voor studenten, maar ook voor de werkdruk die docenten ervaren.
Today, university staff and students in the Netherlands are on strike! We protest against continuing budget cuts of over 1bn euros by a cabinet that has been voted out of power over a month ago.
Final update: our Special Issue on the past and present of peer review in the humanities has now been published in full as Minerva's December issue! Take a look and let us know what you think!
link.springer.com/journal/1102...
Ha, dan snap ik het wel ja :) Succes ermee!
Wat fijn dat je hier zo open op reflecteert! Ik worstel er ook mee en vroeg me af: tentamens lijken mij toch juist niet zo GenAI gevoelig? Bij LAS op de UU gaan we juist experimenteren met mondeling toetsen van literatuur-onderzoek. Misschien goed om eens ervaringen uit te wisselen!
Just published: our introduction to the history of peer review in the humanities! (with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Four articles from our Special Issue "The Past and Present of Humanities Peer Review" in Minerva are available now. Two more articles, along with a general introduction, will follow shortly! link.springer.com/collections/...
We're editing a special issue on the history of peer review in the humanities for Minerva. One of my favorite articles is out now! Sabine Seifert examines the educational context of the 19th-c. Berlin philology seminar as an early form of peer review.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The 12th Making of Humanities conference will be in Torun, Poland, at N. Copernicus Univ., Oct 7-9, 2026.
Highlighting Copernicus’ legacy, the conference will examine, among other topics, how revolutions in the humanities differ from those in science.
www.historyofhumanities.org/2025/10/09/s...
I also contributed two chapters of my own, which trace stereotypes of medieval learning into the modern period. They're called "Scholasticism as a Scholarly Vice Term" doi.org/10.1163/9789... and "Mocking Medieval Minds" brill.com/edcollchap-o...
📙 Open Access book publication!
I’m pleased to share that Vices of the Learned (edited by Sjang ten Hagen and Herman Paul) is now available open access via Brill: brill.com/edcollbook/t...
Take a look!
I reviewed Josephine Musil-Gutsch's excellent book "Vergangenheit unter dem Mikroskop" for @hsozkult.bsky.social www.hsozkult.de/publicationr...
Join us next year in Leuven for the workshop "Histories of Scholarly Evaluation, 1700–2000." Deadline for abstracts: 31 Jan 2026. hshh.ugent.be/en/news/cfp-...
Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
Extreem eenzijdig verhaal. Met Baudet als bron, want die werd ooit in België met een paraplu geslagen en dat toont aan dat je in Nederland niks kan zeggen, ofzo. Geen letter over alle bedreigingen van wetenschappers uit rechtse hoek.
En dat Brekelmans moest 'vluchten' van de UvA is een verzinsel.
🎙️ New HPS Pod!
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
Mijn collega's Simon Gusman en Annemarie Kalis organiseren een heel interessant evenement voor filosofen op ons departement, op 12 dec 2025. Stuur nu je abstracts in! www.ozsw.nl/activity/vla...
Recommended reading -- I'm glad to see the first article of the Minerva Special Issue on the history of peer review in the humanities, co-edited by Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt and me, in print!
For more details see: brill.com/edcollbook-o...
While I look forward to reading this, I anticipate feeling personally attacked
Highlight of the summer: Receiving the proofs of our forthcoming, open-access volume @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Stay tuned!
Mijn recensie van de veelzijdige bundel "The Laboratory Revolution..." van Klaas van Berkel en Ernst Homburg @amsterdamupress.bsky.social is nu te lezen (OA, 🇳🇱)! www.aup-online.com/content/jour...
"Reviewers value humility displayed in Narrative CVs, and are wary of self-aggrandisement. But what does humility mean in a hyper-competitive context like academia?"
Judit Varga & Wolfgang Kaltenbrunner @unileiden.bsky.social ask in our latest piece ⬇️
De technologie van ASML heeft inmiddels alle internationale kranten en journaals gehaald. Maar wat betekent de groei van het bedrijf voor de Nederlandse wetenschap?
Het antwoord daarop is te vinden in dit boek. Vanaf nu te bestellen, begin september beschikbaar!
www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...
Screen shot of word document detailing information about the “power couples” conference. Please email z.thomas@bham.ac.uk for more info.
Call for Papers, please share! “Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c.1750-1914” workshop to be held at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026. Deadline for expression of interest 1 Sep 2025. Please see more info in the attached & email me if any questions.
I'm very honoured with the awarding of the 2025 Stevin prize for my research. And I'm particularly pleased that this prize goes to a philosopher, as it recognizes that we not only do blue sky research, but also analyses that can make a difference to the world.
www.nwo.nl/en/prof-dr-i...
Thrilled to have spoken to the @ri-science.bsky.social podcast about stories that reveal the global and collaborative character of the sciences. Check it out!
New interesting volume out of History of Humanities, on the concept of race in cultural knowledge production (19th-20th century). Read more on www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hoh/curr....
Yes your favourite place to find gems of history of science (humanities, knowledge, etc) is now on bluesky!
Shells and Pebbles publishes (short) essays on topics ranging from a fabulous drawing found in an archive to discussions about the future of the field. Go explore (and submit your own essay!)
