Anne Goldgar
Early modern historian at USC. Cultural history, Netherlands, tulipmania, arctic, history of art, history of science, history of the book, etc. Opinions expressed are mine, not USC’s.
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarAll going well w winter weather, etc., next week I'll be presenting new research at the Huntington: some material #maritimehistory that inverts our view of European-Asian trade. If you'd like to attend in person on Feb. 6, rsvp by tomorrow! calendar.usc.edu/event/emsi-e... #18c
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarJOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
- JOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarHear all about lace-makers @ihr.bsky.social on 30 January! We'll hear from David Hopkin ( @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) about "Christ in the Flemish Lace Schools: Craft, Gender and Religion" Everybody welcome, sign up for the zoom link or join us in Bloomsbury! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarA nice seminar organized in Venice/online - it remains difficult to discuss about mechanization and mechanical philosophy in the early modern period, and perhaps it is no more possible to do it with Descartes/Cartesian philo, but this is a great lineup of scholars #17thcentury #histsci #histphilo
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarApplications open to our scholarship to study the history of science and/or technology with us at MA and PHD-level. Get in touch with a prospective supervisor to discuss your proposal. More about how to apply, what we offer and deadlines in the link tinyurl.com/mw84w7py #histsci #histtech #histstm
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarThe world: it's big, it's out there, you can become rich, and powerful, and... it's all in vain. Nothing lasts. Downer! But that's Evert Collier, who was born on this day in 1642.
- FRIDAY 30 JAN! David Hopkin (Oxford) will speak on “Christ in the Flemish Lace Schools: Craft, Gender and Religion” to the IHR Low Countries Seminar 5 pm London time. In person (IHR Wolfson Rm 2) and online. To register click here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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- Reposted by Anne Goldgar'Beyond the book: recycling print in early modern England' is out in splendid & lovely English Literary Renaissance. 50 free downloads, warm & ready to go, at www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/Q2MMD... (pcis: Bodleian coffret lined w. Horace & Virgil; damasked pages in Worcester College deed box)
- Reposted by Anne Goldgar@britishacademy.bsky.social International Fellowships are now open Applications are welcome across the #humanities and #socialsciences from early career researchers anywhere in the world to come to 🇬🇧 for 2 years The deadline is 11 March www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarThe most exciting #BookHistory talk of the season is coming up next week! Join us @ransomcenter.bsky.social or online as Ann Blair delivers the 2026 Pforzheimer lecture. This talk has Erasmus, Gessner, and volumes both large &small! Learn more: www.eventbrite.com/e/pforzheime... #booksky 🗃️📜📚
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- Reposted by Anne GoldgarBarnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarNo, autistics do not “lack empathy”: “Where researchers had assumed impairment, they found autistic people applying moral principles more consistently—even to strangers, even when costly.” By Ludmila Pradlova. **This includes non-speakers &/or peeps w/ID** www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/posi...
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarLast call for anyone looking for the dream 3-year early-career college research fellowship! Closes 9am GMT Monday
- JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarPieter van Son and his lovely new wife Johanna le Maire, painted in the 1620s by Nicolaes Eliasz Pickenoy of Amsterdam. Today is his day.
- Reposted by Anne Goldgar💡📚 #CfP: 17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science (Jun 19, 2026) 👩🎓 Early career scholars are invited to submit and discuss their works-in-progress in #HistSci, #HistLit, and related topics 👀 Feedback will be provided by experts in the field 🔗 bit.ly/9JWS 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 16, 2026
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- Reposted by Anne GoldgarSmall, groundbreaking exhibition on 16th-century painter Catharina van Hemessen coming to Antwerp and London next year
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- Reposted by Anne GoldgarThe core problem with large language model AI programs like Chat-gpt or Grok or Gemini is that their “hallucinations” are a normal part of how they work. Such hallucinations reveal that they have no concept of truth and by definition cannot place value on it.
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- Reposted by Anne GoldgarSo I'll close by saying that we're still here, and we're still doing interesting and relevant things. When you hear Renaissance, think of Surekha Davies, and Paula Findlen, and Sarah Ross, and Nic Baker, and Brian Maxson, and Lydia Barnett, and Kate Lowe, and Hannah Marcus, and Ada Palmer, and more.
- Reposted by Anne GoldgarEnding the year with a striking #woodcut… This 16th-century broadside records the apparition of a comet on 11 November 1577 above the Scheldt with Antwerp’s skyline below. /1 #bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
