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Bonjour everyone!

I'm Joël, a 27-year-old #historian (he/him) from the #Netherlands #Limburg Living in #Brussels and working in #Leuven for a #heritage #museum #glam I'm into #languages and will be posting in #Nederlands #Francais #English

My toots will probably be mostly about #writing #reading #digitalminimalism #identity #podcasts #simpleliving and #art as I paint with #watercolor #oil #acrylic and I am into #photography

In my spare time I play #jazz and #funk on the #trombone or listen to my #vinyl collection.

#Introduction #newhere

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German Historical Institute London Jun 8

#dissertation #historyphd #phdprize #historystudent #historian #germanhistory #britishhistory #colonialhistory 5/5

MusiqueNow 🇵🇸 ✡️Jun 4

#Historian #AdaFerrer on 🇨🇺#Cuba's Crisis, U.S. Sanctions & Family #History

#DemocracyNow

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/4/cuba

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Ada Ferrer on Cuba’s Crisis, U.S. Sanctions and Family Separation

The Trump administration five months ago launched an energy blockade against Cuba, coming on top of the over six-decade-long embargo, the longest in U.S. history. The expanded U.S. sanctions have exacerbated the island’s economic crisis, forcing Cubans to live with rolling blackouts, inflation and shortages of basic goods. “The situation there is dire,” says Cuban American historian Ada Ferrer. “It has been for quite some time, and it’s gotten worse and worse over the last five months.” Acknowledging the devastating effects the U.S. embargo has on the island, Ferrer says the Cuban government’s priority “is not the well-being of the Cuban people.” She points out that despite the current deterioration of the industry, Cuba continues to invest in tourism, “ignoring sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, education, health — all of which are in horrible decline.” Ferrer also discusses her new book, Keeper of My Kin: Memoir of an Immigrant Daughter.

Democracy Now!

Nikolas Kozloff Jun 3

#Ukrainians hit #Kronstadt
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/world/europe/ukraine-russia-attack-st-petersburg-putin.html For more on political and #historical significance of Kronstadt, see my interview with #Russian #anarchist #historian here
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russian-revolution-at-100-expert-highlights-overlooked_b_59f0ca47e4b056c66b8893e1 #ukraine #russia #russiaUkraineWar #ukraineWar

Ukraine Strikes St. Petersburg on First Day of a Marquee Putin Event

As an annual economic conference was set to begin, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had targeted a navy base and an oil terminal in the region that includes Russia’s second-largest city.

The New York Times

Front Page [Unofficial]May 27

Historians explain the Renaissance obsession of only wearing one pearl earring

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/historians-explain-the-renaissance-obsession-of-only-wearing-one-pearl-earring/

MusiqueNow 🇵🇸 ✡️May 26

#Historian #RutgerBergman confronts #billionaires

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/_I_HHBSKDVs

#BillionairesSUCK #Greed #Class

Historian Slams Billionaire: 'You Could Change Millions of Lives'

YouTube

History Today May 19

‘Which moment would I most like to go back to? The Resurrection. Whatever happened, there has been no more consequential moment for Western civilisation.’

🎯 #Historian Christopher de Hamel answers some quickfire questions

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/interview/spot-christopher-de-hamel

On the Spot: Christopher de Hamel | History Today

cobalt May 18

Who does a signature so intricate and unusual? (Ahem, complete opposite of you-know-who with his black Sharpie marker). I searched for information about a Portuguese historian working around 1454 as being “the first racist”. Or rather, a historian tasked with making his patron look altruistic and just by justifying the slave trade from an African colony.

It’s hard to make the claim for “first racist” when his finished journal was hidden for centuries and only found as 2 copies (one abridged) in the mid 1800’s. But this name has emerged as a racist and looking at the Wikipedia entry here is his signature. Worth zooming in to see the details. I don’t know how he derived this signature from some version he used of Gomes Eanes de Zurara. #Zurara #Historian #Portuguese #Signature