I am in the mood for a good, detailed microhistory on some random topic. In the past I have read books on the history of salt, the color blue, Dutch tulips, where do clothing donations actually go, soccer and it's historical relationship to global politics, history of the alphabet, etc.
So, watcha got for me?
I need a new book.
New paper on the telegraph line is out! It’s a #microhistory of Strangways Springs//Pangki Warruna, exploring its evolution from a #pastoral property to a #telegraph station to a #railway stop, and how these transitions shaped innovation in #Australia 
We also highlight the importance of #water in creating and sustaining these innovations (as is the case for technologies of today like #AI 
).
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10761-025-00788-4
On Monday, 27 January, we welcome Alejandro Salamanca @alejandrosalamanca (EUI Florence) for the Prize Papers Talks.
Paper: Microhistories of Migration - The Agata Galera, a Dutch frigate crossing the Spanish Atlantic.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prize-papers-talks-tickets-1067307006989
#earlymodern #maritimehistory @UniOldenburg @histodons @historikerinnen #microhistory
Thank you Baltimore & thank you Sixteenth Century Society for this fantastic conference - I really enjoyed it! Many thanks to Ute Lotz-Heumann, Joel Harrington & Annie Morphew for their hospitality and our great panel on microhistory!
#SCSC2023 #history #microhistory #histodons @histodons @earlymodernmaritimestudies
Looking forward to presenting my work at the annual meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference in Baltimore this year (26-29 October 2023).
"A Merchant’s Mail and Microhistory: Telling the Story of the Hamburg Merchant Nicolaus Gottlieb Luetkens based on a Forgotten Archive."
Thursday, October 26, 2023.
1:50pm, EST
Many thanks to Prof. Ute Lotz-Heumann for the invitation. Traveling to the US for the first time!
@histodons #histodons #history #prizepapers #microhistory #SCSC2023
Elisabeth Heijmans (University of Antwerp). Book Review:
The Power of Persuasion. Becoming a Merchant in the 18th Century, Bielefeld 2022.
H-Soz-Kult: https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-117334
It's great to hear that there are still people in this world who read books with 600 and more pages :)
I am very grateful for this review.
@histodons #histodons #history #merchants #letters #microhistory
I'm a little emotional today since I just heard that my book made it to the - hsozkult - starting page thanks to Elisabeth Heijmans' wonderful book review.
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-117334?title=l-haasis-the-power-of-persuasion
#history #merchants #microhistory #letters #prizepapers @histodons @earlymodernmaritimestudies #earlymodons #histodons
A recent NYT article about tracing family history from old photos (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/23/magazine/italy-photos.html) reminded me of this, and my wife pointed me to the #MicroHistory tag.
I'm realizing that most of the #OaklandHistory research I do is of this form, focusing on a single person (or family) or event or even a photo.
But part of the fun of having the Oakland Wiki to collect these assorted pieces is that eventually the pieces start to fit together. https://oaklandwiki.org/George_Turner
#Introduction #histodons
Hello. My name is Lucas Haasis. I am a postdoc & the research coordinator of the UK-German #PrizePapers Project (www.prizepapers.de). I am also a lecturer of #EarlyModern History at Oldenburg University. My research focusses on #18thcentury #letters, mercantile culture of the 18th century, #praxeological approaches, global #microhistory.
I like: #teaching #writing #cooperation #games and #organising events.
I don't like: envy, elbowing, resentment, egoism and Elon Musk.
Thinking of carrying out a #OnePlaceStudy? Interested in finding out more about this cracking combination of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory? Check out our Guide to #OnePlaceStudies, in PDF format, on our website! https://www.one-place-studies.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Guide%20To%20One-Place%20Studies.pdf
@kawulf Hi Karin, I’m am 18c. #histodon of the British Atlantic with the idea of merging military, social, and cultural histories. I have a book out, a #MicroHistory in fact. Look forward to your posts!
#introduction Hello. My name is Lucas Haasis. I am a postdoc & the research coordinator of the UK-German #PrizePapers Project (www.prizepapers.de). I am also a lecturer of #EarlyModern History at Oldenburg University. My research focusses on #18thcentury #letterwriting, mercantile culture of the 18th century, #praxeological approaches, global #microhistory.
I like: #teaching #writing #collaboration #games and #organising events. I don't like: envy, elbowing, resentment, egoism and Elon Musk.
