Historian addicted to premodern stuff, especially to bodies and knowledge...https://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mywfufns2k2c"Wir sind keine beliebig verfügbare Verschubmasse in den Budgetplänen der Bundesregierung. Wir sind die Menschen, die dieses Universitätssystem seit Jahrzehnten am Laufen halten. Ohne uns gibt es keine Forschung, keine Lehre, keine Entwicklung der Künste. Wir sind 68.000!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywfufns2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3myweunyba22bGrieving the loss of academic identity: "It was a genuine vocation, a life of the mind that taught me to think slowly and carefully. But it was also, as I came to realise, a way of living safely at one remove from where actual life takes place." (Derek van Zoonen) 1/2 https://aeon.co/essays/we-need-a-language-to-name-the-grief-that-comes-without-death28 Oct 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3myweunyba22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3myw6dxeos22r#earlymodern diplomacy and global history [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Oct 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3myw6dxeos22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3myumattp2s2g„Bildung ist eine zentrale Zukunftsinvestition“, schreibt das Bundeskanzleramt. Doch jetzt plant die Bundesregierung massive Kürzungen bei den Universitäten. Das gefährdet Forschung, Lehre und damit unsere gemeinsame Zukunft. https://mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/unisretten-keine-kurzungen-bei-den-universitaten?source=bluesky&utm_source=bluesky&share=4baeb763-5529-4c68-a8cc-3eb1fa7b1d2d27 Oct 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3myumattp2s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3my7mhz3umc2a#earlymodern extravagance [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Oct 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3my7mhz3umc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mxvk53gxz22v"AI is only the latest iteration of this ancient impulse to escape the vulnerability of the body. […] The irony is that a project motivated by the desire to overcome bodily fragility is helping to produce more fragile bodies." (1/2) https://aeon.co/essays/the-more-we-rely-on-tech-the-more-we-deskill-our-bodies15 Oct 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxvk53gxz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mwni74flyk2eIt is still body-mind-blowing to me to learn more about how body and mind are intertwined and deeply affect each other. Humanities' 'affective turn' will benefit a lot from collaborating with neuroscience. #AcademicSky, #NeuroSky, #SciSyk Are there any transdisciplinary works u can point me to? [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwni74flyk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mvhvebbdis2bThe deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language https://theconversation.com/the-deaf-blacksmith-who-married-in-1576-and-the-history-of-sign-as-a-legal-language-276686?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton #DisabilityHistory #DeafHistory #DisHist by @rosamundoates.bsky.social14 Sep 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhvebbdis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mvhuzpbbak2kForthcoming fascinating book on medieval guide dogs #DisHist #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityStudies [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvhuzpbbak2khttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mv5pau2wt22lAn urgent appeal to sometimes just do nothing — and do it with verve! "It’s not that we killed play; we captured it and harnessed it to a productivity framework. Then we packaged and sold it for passive consumption. The magic circle was instrumentalised into a dopamine hit." https://aeon.co/essays/play-is-doing-its-work-even-if-were-not-keeping-score10 Sep 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5pau2wt22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mv5jzpmkd222#earlymodern [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5jzpmkd222https://bsky.app/profile/juliagebke.bsky.social/post/3mujgisdnm224Thank you for sharing! The different uses of the drops for men and women sound fascinating 👏. The place where you can buy them also reveals a great deal about the versatility and flexibility of the #earlymodern medical market. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:hxcz467bbojaydt7e5eo7yj7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujgisdnm224