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Seb Kroupa

@SebKroupa

Historian of early modern science & medicine. Cross-cultural histories, Jesuits, drugs & curiosities. Leverhulme ECF @CambridgeHPS, JRF @WolfsonCam

 Cambridge
wolfson.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-sebestian-kroupa
Joined September 2014
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And it's off to the publisher....thank you @murphyhs2019, @PaoloGall0, @Medieval_Badger @NFaccini , @sarah_cockram, @SebKroupa and so many others. Above all, thank you @wellcometrust for your crucial support for humanities research into historical understanding and well-being.
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Come and join us in Cambridge! CfP: Indigenous Histories of Encounters in Asia-Pacific, Cambridge, June 19-20, 2023. Keynotes: @lynetterussell & Michael T. Carson. Organized by @SebKroupa and @StephMawson. Abstracts due Jan. 10! networks.h-net.org/node/2205…
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Check out Angela @SchottenhammerA and Seb’s @SebKroupa panel “C1-Transoceanic Flora and Fauna: Biological Imports and the Philippines as a Nexus” on June 24 at 12:00. Livestream 👉 bit.ly/3OgThii
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"Re-writing race in early modern European medicine": new article and first output of @MMoR_KCL is now available open access, should you feel so inclined... #histmed #histmedrace onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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So excited to announce our first @MMoR_KCL Conference: "Race and the Early Modern". Exciting keynote speakers @sourdoughchef and @Bibliophilenick, full financial support for participants, and the full glories of @CemsKcl @kingshistory . CFP through the link - do RT and do apply!!
Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720 (@MMoR_KCL) profile pictureMedicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720@MMoR_KCL16 Nov 2021
*Call for Papers* We will be showcasing a different section of our website every day this week. Today we’re highlighting our Events page which includes an exciting call for papers! Find out more here: mmor.co.uk/events #histmed #histmedrace #callforpapers
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Our next #Transpacific lecture series talk by @SebKroupa on November 19, 2021 (MET/CEST 13:30) "Philippine Medicinal Plants on the Move: Georg Joseph Kamel SJ (1661-1706) and the Making of Cross-Cultural Knowledge in the Philippines" Registration👉bit.ly/30hvOJP
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This 17th century “banquet piece” painting of Dutch colonial riches is restaged by @PeterBrathwaite with ingredients for Barbados’ Christmas drink. Explore #VisibleSkin @KingsCollegeLon on the Strand and online: ow.ly/ZMH150G3Eot #KingsCulturalCommunity #BlackPortraiture
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While the artist dressed his fictional King Caspar richly and dwelt on his nobility and status, what might the social status of his sitter have been? Explore #VisibleSkin now on @KingsCollegeLon Strand campus. ow.ly/vPIG50G2UGv #BlackPortraiture #KingsCulturalCommunity
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'Where were the paintings of Black people? I knew they existed but I couldn't find them'. Listen to @PeterBrathwaite on why he created the restaged images featuring in #VisibleSkin. ow.ly/16Nr50G7KtI @CulturalKings @KingsCollegeLon #BlackPortraiture
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From today until 10 December 2021! ‘Visible Skin: Rediscovering the Renaissance through #BlackPortraiture’, a free exhibition trail across the Strand in collaboration with @murphyhs2019 @RenSkinKCL @KingsCollegeLon @culturalkings @wiedemannlampe Funded by @wellcometrust.
Image from Peter Brathwaite (@PeterBrathwaite)
Image from Peter Brathwaite (@PeterBrathwaite)
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'Visible Skin: Rediscovering the Renaissance through Black Portraiture’, a new open-air exhibition is now on at our Strand Campus. kcl.ac.uk/news/visible-skin @RenSkinKCL @CulturalKings @PeterBrathwaite #BlackPortraiture #KingsCulturalCommunity #StrandAldwych
Visible Skin exhibition extended until February 2022 | King's College London

Visible Skin exhibition extended until February 2022 | King's College London

Visible Skin: Rediscovering the Renaissance through Black Portraiture, King’s outdoor exhibition on the Strand, has been extended until 18 February 2022 due to popular demand. 

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Launch day for #VisibleSkin @CulturalKings . The brilliant @PeterBrathwaite made something so special with his work, and I'm beyond thrilled it's materialised @kingshistory @KingsCollegeLon. Mini-thread!!
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My collaboration with the @RenSkinKCL research team at @KingsCollegeLon represents some of the stories and lives that have remained hidden from view.' @PeterBrathwaite #BlackPortraiture @CulturalKings #VisibleSkin is now on at the Strand campus: ow.ly/H5Bn50G7vsw
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Just 2 days to go until ‘Visible Skin: Rediscovering the Renaissance through Black Portraiture’ @RenSkinKCL @PeterBrathwaite @WellcomeTrust opens, and preparations on the newly pedestrianised Strand #StrandAldwych are in full swing. #BlackPortraiture #KingsCulturalCommunity
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Skin! Great piece about Maya Sialuk Jacobsen and Inuit tattooing practices… Maya participated in @SebKroupa’s recent @RenSkinKCL workshop it was such a privilege to learn from her
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Looking forward to this on Monday! Watch this space to find out more about the upcoming exhibition 👀 @RenSkinKCL @KingsCollegeLon. Rediscovering #BlackPortraiture. @GettyMuseum
King's Culture (@CulturalKings) profile pictureKing's Culture@CulturalKings3 Jun 2021
Next Monday, join 'Visible Skin: Rediscovering the Renaissance through Black Portraiture', a Q&A with @PeterBrathwaite ahead of an upcoming @RenSkinKCL @kingsartshums #KingsCulturalCommunity exhibition taking place across @KingsCollegeLon Strand Campus. ow.ly/dFE550EXD0M
Visible Skin: Rediscovering the Renaissance through Black Portraiture Q&A

Visible Skin: Rediscovering the Renaissance through Black Portraiture Q&A

A Virtual Q&A with creator Peter Brathwaite

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Job alert! Applications are open for a postdoctoral research fellow to work on the brilliant @murphyhs2019's project: Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720. See here for all the details!: bit.ly/2QJxK9v @kingshistory @kingsartshums #earlymodern
Hannah Murphy (@murphyhs2019) profile pictureHannah Murphy@murphyhs201930 Apr 2021
A job of my own! I'm *hiring* a three-year postdoctoral research associate to collaborate on my #UKRIFLF project Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720 @kingshistory Tell your #histmed friends, send me your #earlymodern ECRs jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/021…
Jobs at King’s College London | King's College London

Jobs at King’s College London | King's College London

Our vision is to make the world a better place through world-leading education, research and service.

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A job of my own! I'm *hiring* a three-year postdoctoral research associate to collaborate on my #UKRIFLF project Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720 @kingshistory Tell your #histmed friends, send me your #earlymodern ECRs jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/021…
Jobs at King’s College London | King's College London

Jobs at King’s College London | King's College London

Our vision is to make the world a better place through world-leading education, research and service.

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We are delighted to announce this term's programme for the Iberian History Seminar at Oxford! 🎉
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Today at #RenSA21 we're excited for 'Marking Difference: Tattooed Bodies in Cross-Cultural Contexts', at 3pm. Chaired by Katherine Daugue-Roth and with a talk from @SebKroupa on Tattooed Bodies in the Early Colonial Philippines, a brilliant session for the final day!
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