Pascal Firges

Early modern historian, lecturer at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Author of French Revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire (2017).

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@HistSciHum Danke Dir!

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After an absolutely fascinating year at the National Taiwan Normal University, I am happy to announce that since the beginning of October I am now based at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. As a poet wrote so truely: There is some magic in every new beginning.

[Fabian Kraemer @HistSciHum]

Wish I could, again ... Dear #twitterstorians, these fellowships are highly recommended 👇

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Out now: @HFranceWebsite Salon edited by @heuer_jennifer on @thesfhs forum "The French Revolution as an Imperial Revolution". Read thought-provoking responses by R. Markovits, @cacayne, @DavidAvromBell, J. Shovlin, @PascalFirges & S. Sivasundaram at https://t.co/G0UeWbSPIl

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Very excited to be able to participate and contribute to a fascinating conference on Marriage and Extramarital Relationships at the French Court, organized by @Pauline_FV and @L_Flavie .

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Premier jour du colloque "Conjugalités et extraconjugalités à la cour de France, Moyen Âge-19e siècle" collaboration @courdefrance_fr @CRCVersailles @CRH_ehess et @LettresSorbonne ; organisé par Pauline Ferrier-Viaud et Flavie Leroux

👉https://t.co/cLvTxTRX5I

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Premier jour du colloque "Conjugalités et extraconjugalités à la cour de France, Moyen Âge-19e siècle" collaboration @courdefrance_fr @CRCVersailles @CRH_ehess et @LettresSorbonne ; organisé par Pauline Ferrier-Viaud et Flavie Leroux

👉https://t.co/cLvTxTRX5I

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Spannende Konferenz nächste Woche am 23.-25. September. Organisiert von Elisabeth Natour und Andrea Zedler.
https://t.co/dzbffIKLPx

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Excited to start a fellowship at the National Taiwan Normal University, made possible by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology. Looking forward to twelve months of new experiences, venturing into a new project.

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After two weeks of strict quarantine in a small studio apartment, I am finally free to roam the streets - and parks - of Taipei.

[Fabian Kraemer @HistSciHum]

Sadly, the academic year at #HistorischesKolleg, #IAS is drawing to a close. Many thanks to my wonderful fellow fellows, the HiKo staff, and the magnificent garden, for making this such a productive and pleasant year! Despite the circumstances. @PascalFirges

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@JuergenFinger @VaninaMadeleine @dhiparis @webertweets Sehr sehr alter weißer Mann also. Hab auch gehört, er sei der Meinung, dass Protestanten wie er die Fleißigsten seien...

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And many thanks to Professor Schmidt-Funke for the invitation!

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Wednesday 1 July, 6:15pm, I will give an online lecture (in German) at the University of Erlangen.
Feel free to join us: https://t.co/sZLf5X18M8

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Here the original: "Quand on a essuyé tout l’ennui d’un ouvrage sec, scolastique, embarrassé, on s’aperçoit qu’on a pris une peine infinie pour entendre ce qu’on savait avant d’avoir ouvert ce livre."

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"After having suffered all the boredom of a dry, scholastic, awkward book, one realizes that one has taken infinite pains only to learn something one had already known before opening this book."

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A perfectly Twitter-compatible slate review by Guillaume-Thomas Raynal in his 'Nouvelles littéraires'. The book in question was the French translation of 'Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue' by Francis Hutcheson.

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Revenir sur les Pur avec le monumental travail, près de 5000 cas étudiés dans le corpus :
Au cœur du palais
Pouvoir et carrières à la cour de France, 1661-1789
Leonhard Horowski. Serge Niémetz (trad.)
Avec le soutien @CRCVersailles @dhiparis

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My medievalist colleague Vanina Kopp in Paris has kindly collected many of the current free online access offers for books in one thread. Thanks Vanina!

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Okay #twitterstorians #medievaltwitter #esr

If you are on lockdown #confinement like me, you might find it helpful to have a compilation of recent free online ressources (though some require institutional access). This thread is not exhaustive, but I hope it helps:

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@VaninaMadeleine Ja, aber die frisur sitzt! Inklusive hütchen.

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On 10 February at 7pm, I will give a public talk about why extramarital relationships in French court society were ‘Liaisons dangereuses’ (and why they were not). Join me at the Historisches Kolleg – Institute for Advanced Study in Munich!
(Image: ©Victoria&Albert Museum, London)

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I am pleased to announce that the lecture can take place as planned, despite the storm.

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https://t.co/cXlkUK5Q5x