Sebastian Felten @sebastianfelten.bsky.social
@fesastian
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Early modern historian @univienna — Mints, mines, and queers. Homepage: https://t.co/4xc1Cq4D1o --- I no longer use this account, find me on Bluesky ---
Joined November 2017
Hello world, my book is out with @CambridgeUP. On early modern money, using #histech to understand how people shaped coins, account books, grains, and their minds to build circuits of exchange. Favourite index item: “ghost pigs in accounts, 58-60”
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🚨Open PhD position in History of Science.@univienna! 4 yrs employment, supervised by the inspiring Anna Echterhölter, very supportive colleagues. Needs good German, focus on colonial sciences or quantification a plus. Deadline Nov 14🚨Please share widely!
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RT @ProSanitate: 17 April 6pm in Vienna: SCARCE @scarcerc research project kick-off. Presentations by scholars in preindustrial mining: Tin….
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SCARCE is getting on track! Here's our project account -- please retweet, I'm the only follower so far!.
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Heute mal Frühe Neuzeit in der Zeitung -- kleiner Text von mir zu Bergbau und Nachhaltigkeit
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Der Stoff, aus dem die fossilfreie Zukunft ist, kommt aus der Erde. Bergbau im Zeichen der Nachhaltigkeit – ist das nicht ein Widerspruch?
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Great location, great approach, great convenors — please share across History, Art History, Literature, Archeology, Anthropology, Human and Physical Geography, Geology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, STS, Environmental Humanities.
Exciting opportunity for #PhD students from diverse disciplines related to Environmental Humanities: 8 day 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. Organised by the wonderful @TinaAsmussen and Pamela H. Smith @ps2270. Deadline 17 December. #summerschool #mining
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Thanks everybody for sharing!.
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Hello historians: You can still apply for 1 Postdoc and 2 PhD positions in my ERC project on early modern resources ⚒️ Deadline: 26 October ⚒️ All the infos are here:
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Thank you for posting and reposting! I feel like I'm late to my own party … Yes, I'm looking for a range of profiles, and happy to chat about proposal ideas 👉sebastian.felten@univie.ac.at.
Job 🚨 ERC project on hist of science&technology, env history, social & econ history with the amazing @fesastian . SCARCE (Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resources in Central Europe, 1550-1850) seeks to appoint 2PhD & 1 POSTDOC in Vienna.
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It's true! I'm looking for two PhD students to work on resource management in Central Europe. Language skills will be important, esp. German.
We are hiring! 2 PhD positions in Early Modern History.- be part of the @ERC_Research project - have the wonderful @fesastian as supervisor.- join the #DSHCS @univienna .- live in #Vienna! .#PhDposition #history #Mining .
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Thank you, Anne, for getting the word out to Twitter! And thanks everybody for reposting. I can be contacted here but email is best sebastian.felten@univie.ac.at.
1 POSTDOC & 2 PhD places in Vienna ERC project.SCARCE (Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resources in Central Europe, 1550-1850) re history of science and technology, social and economic history, and environmental history (.
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Eine Rezension die meine Anliegen mit dem Buch gut zum Ausdruck bringt — vielen Dank an @eric_haeusler für genaue Lektüre und treffende Formulierungen.
Soeben ist meine Rezension von Sebastian Feltens (@fesastian) "Money in the Dutch Republic. Everyday Practice and Circuits of Exchange" bei @hsozkult erschienen:
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Kleine Erinnerung: Am Donnerstag laden wir zur Vernissage von Queer Vienna ins Marea Alta. Kommt und freut euch mit am schönen Buch!.
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Tomorrow: Lecture on atmospheric politics in the Indian Ocean by Debjani Bhattacharyya. All are welcome, but you have to sign up 👇.
Next Friday at the Early Modern Financial History Seminar: Debjani Bhattacharyya @itihaashtag speaking on the financialization of cyclones. Hybrid lecture co-hosted by FSP Wissenschaftsgeschichte @univienna and @IFK_Vienna. All welcome, sign up to attend👉
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Yay! Publication on the queer history of Vienna, written entirely by my brilliant students @univienna💥 Using the archive at @QWIEN_Zentrum 🌈 Available in open-access soon, book launch in Vienna on 25/5. Join us if you can! Thanks @intercomverlag for a beautiful book off&on-line.
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Next Friday at the Early Modern Financial History Seminar: Debjani Bhattacharyya @itihaashtag speaking on the financialization of cyclones. Hybrid lecture co-hosted by FSP Wissenschaftsgeschichte @univienna and @IFK_Vienna. All welcome, sign up to attend👉
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Next Wednesday: Takashi Kawato speaking at the Early Modern Financial History Seminar. Online as usual, all are welcome! Please register at to receive the link.
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This Wednesday: Maria Fusaro speaking at the Early Modern Financial History Seminar. Online as usual, all are welcome! Please register at if you haven't received the email with the link. We'll discuss
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RT @UnterbauUniWien: #frististfrust, #ichbinhannaAT #ichbinhanna, #fairstattprekär, #109mussweg, #bildungbrennt.hier ein paar Medienbericht….
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Initiativen von Wissenschaftern starten eine Kampagne gegen die Zustände der akademischen Arbeitswelt. Die Klagen sind vielfältig, doch wer fühlt sich verantwortlich?
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