Historian of e. m. science, medicine, & the environment. Author of The Duke and the Stars (@Harvard_Press). 2 kids. 1st Gen. A/Prof. Unibo #womenalsoknowhistory
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Looking for a postdoc? The Faculty of History at Oxford is holding an Expression of Interest competition to select candidates for support through the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme. More information here: history.ox.ac.uk/article/bri…
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Come attend a celebration of James Hutton 🎉 On Sunday, 14 June 2026, Leiden will commemorate Hutton, reaffirming its historic role in advancing earth sciences. This celebration recognises an alumnus whose ideas continue to shape research and education worldwide.
ALT Graphic containing information regarding the event. Event Description: A celebration of James Hutton in Leiden, where Hutton earned his degree in 1749. Accompanied by the Red Rose of Lochbuie Pipes and Drums, participants will take a short walk to Hutton’s former residence at Langebrug 101 for a tribute. Location: Van der Werfpark, Leiden, The Netherlands. When: 14th June, 2-3pm. Cost: Free. Suitable for: Families. Image: Bronze plaque with writing “James Hutton, Founder of Modern Geology, Lived in a House on this site (1749)”.
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May 25
"Review of Robert Morrison's 'Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire and Renaissance Europe'," in Isis academia.edu/167684433/_Revi… via @academia
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May 23
Proposals for our Forecasting conference are due in just over a week! We are really keen to see more abstracts from those working on premodern weather forecasting, so please do pass on our CFP to anyone who you think might be interested 🌧️🌦️🌤️☀️ @SimonDolet
New CFP: Forecasting the weather, between divination and science, 9 Oct 2026, Oxford @TORCHOxford
If you're working on the history of weather forecasting, please do send us an abstract! ⛈️⛈️⛈️
More info here: tinyurl.com/5n6c8thj
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May 19
📣 Apply now for the Quentin Skinner Lectureship 2027
The Lectureship will suit an early career scholar who is able to visit Cambridge in Spring 2027, and hold a lecture on a subject in the broad field of intellectual history since 1500
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Apply by 15 June
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📢 The second seminar in the SISS Meets Early Careers Seminars 2026!
"Star Power: Astral Magic at the Gonzaga Court”
By Brenna McWhorter (University of Virginia)
5th May 2026, 4.30pm CET
💻 Online:
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Info 👉🏻 societastoriadellascienza.it…
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Apr 21
Bu twitter hesabını yaklaşık 10 sene önce doktora araştırmamı yaparken açmıştım. O zamandan beri birçok kişinin yeni çalışmalarından haberdar oldum, faydalı notlar da edindim. Ama şu an burada akademik içerik neredeyse bitmiş durumda. Hala eski twitter gibi olmasa da Bluesky akademik içerik için şu an en iyisi gibi.
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Apr 20
Call for Papers:
"Technologies of Making and Knowing"
Hosted jointly at Getty, LACMA, and UCLA
Los Angeles, California, March 4 - 6, 2027
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New CFP: Forecasting the weather, between divination and science, 9 Oct 2026, Oxford @TORCHOxford
If you're working on the history of weather forecasting, please do send us an abstract! ⛈️⛈️⛈️
More info here: tinyurl.com/5n6c8thj
Apr 7
🔴CFP: Very pleased to announce the workshop "Forecasting the Weather between Divination & Science (Antiquity to the Present)" organised with @michpfeffer, University of Oxford, UK, 9 October 2026. Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026, academia.edu/165392068/CFP_F…
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A hugely impressive moment in history when countries which had been enemies for centuries united in common purpose.
On this day in 1957, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Rome.
They laid the foundations for today’s European Union.
United in diversity, then and now 🇪🇺
ALT General high up view of delegates from the six European Nations seated during the signing ceremony: In the front row from left to right, the signatories, for Belgium, Paul-Henri Spaak, Jean-Charles Snoy et d’Oppuers, for France, Christian Pineau, Maurice Faure, for Germany, Konrad Adenauer, Walter Hallstein, for Italy, Antonio Segni et Gaetano Martino, for Luxembourg, Joseph Bech, Lambert Schaus, and for the Netherlands, Joseph Luns and Johannes Linthorst-Homan
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The JIAS Writing Fellowship is back for its ninth edition.
Running from 1 April – 30 June 2026, the fellowship brings scholars, writers, and creative practitioners to Johannesburg to focus on long-form research and creative work.
#JIAS #JIASWritingFellowship #JIAS2026Fellows
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Inspiring scholars; inspiring women scholars who are models for other women who are trying to make their mark.
Mar 17
Lyndal Roper, Emeritus Regius Professor of History at Oxford University, has been announced as the winner of the prestigious @HolbergPrize for 2026.
Congratulations, Prof Roper 👏
Find out more ⬇️
ox.ac.uk/news/2026-03-17-oxf…
ALT Professor Lyndal Roper. Credit: John Cairns
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Mar 18
My department in Bologna invites applications for visiting fellowships of 1-2 months in sept-dec 2026, for historians and scholars working on history and memory. Deadline 31 March 2026. More info via link centri.unibo.it/memorylab/en…
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Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Researcher - Member of the REVENANT (Revivals of Empire: Nostalgia, Amnesia, Tribulation) Research Group. buff.ly/hsiYoiN
Deadline: April 5, 2026.
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How this week felt for me! Still smiling at the end of it.
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CFP: Invisible.Things unseen in science. Prague, 08.-09.09.2026
(Please note that this cfp is aimed at early career scholars, i.e. at MA students, PhDs and early postdocs)
More: hpscesee.blogspot.com/2026/0…
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What a terrible, terrible - senseless! - decision!
An announcement from last week: ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advan…
It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the Institute of Advanced Studies on 31 July 2026.
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#FundingFebruary opportunity for doctoral candidates in the historical humanities: the @HenkelStiftung offers funding for individual doctoral research projects 👉 sohub.io/yjc3
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Animals sometimes do better than humans. They see what unites them more than what divides them.
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Look at the joy of two animals that were raised together and then separated, look at the joy of being reunited, this is so beautiful.
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This video is AI-generated fiction, not a real animal reunion. Similar clips are explicitly labeled as created with AI tools for entertainment.
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From 28 April to 9 June 2026, the New Voices Network invites you to its Spring Online Talk Series 2026, hosted by the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists.
The full program and registration are now online:
historyofwomenphilosophers.o…
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