I have an essay on penguin eggs in this forthcoming book edited by @farsouthhistory.bsky.social and Ximena Senatore www.berghahnbooks.com/title/McCahe...

Doctoral student in the history of polar governance in the national polar research school KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Built Environment Apply by March 12th niche-canada.org/2026/02/27/d... #envhist #polarstudies #history

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Job opening at the Royal Observatory Greenwich (3 year fixed term): Heritage Operations Officer, responsible for coordinating public engagement and events for the Heritage Fund programme associated with the First Light redevelopment of the site #scicomm 📜

The Division for the History of Science and Technology is running another ECR workshop series in the second half of 2026. I really enjoyed taking part in the first series, which covered an impressively broad list of topics, from writing book reviews and grant proposals to...

Digitalization Is the Answer…But What Is the Question? If you are interested in thinking together through making use of this magnificent collection as a source of critical historical research and engaging outreach - please reach out to me!

📣 Call for submissions: Singer Prize 2026 Submit your unpublished essay (< 10 000 words), based on original research into any aspect of #HistSTM! 🎓 Eligibility: current postgraduates or awarded a PG degree within the past 5 years 📅 Deadline: 30 April ℹ️ Learn more:

My new article, hot off the e-press: This year the cell biology journal Protoplasma celebrates its 100th anniversary! But why did its founders name it "Protoplasma" in 1926, and what does the name say about the history of the idea of the cell? link.springer.com/article/10.1... #histsci #philsci

Out today: "A Grammar of Modern Exploration," a short piece in the latest issue of Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. I share how I developed new language in my book to highlight modern exploration's epistemic and colonial activities. Gift link: track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

📢 Spannende Stelle an der TU Berlin: Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (E13, 100 %) im Berlin #Anthropocene Lab! Gesucht wird eine Person mit vertieften Kenntnissen der Forschungslandschaft und -debatten zum #Anthropozän in Umwelt- und Technikgeschichte, Env. Humanities, STS oder angrenzenden Bereichen, ...

Call for Contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather & Weathering teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c... Full details linked and here teleskopos.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜

have been looking forward to this series for a while, as Katharine Burr Blodgett has been someone I wanted to learn more about ever since I first started looking into the history of surface science, nanotech & corporate research. grateful they interviewed several real experts & also yours truly!

I just found this list of affirmations I wrote while trying to finish my book manuscript. I thought I’d post it for anyone working on any writing that they feel nervous about putting into the world. You can (and should) do it! #amwriting

We are now accepting proposals from scholars interested in applying for the EU's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships program in 2026. This is a great program for early career (<8 yrs from PhD) scholars to be with @greenhouseuis.net for 2 years on own project. www.uis.no/en/research/...

Call for Papers: @rgsibg.bsky.social | London | 1-4 September 2026 Investigating the geopolitics of private satellite infrastructure: new pathways for connectivity and conflict Full CfP: docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪 #satellites #geography #Starlink

Tomorrow, Kärin Nickelsen (Economics, LMU) will join us with a talk on “To Live Among the Stars: #ArtificialEnvironments in the Early #SpaceAge.” All talks are free and #opentothepublic. The talks may be of interest to students in Munich, or to anyone with an interest in #environmentalissues.

Intéressante chronique d' @alexandradelbot.bsky.social ce matin ! www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

If you are a grad student or early career scholar, consider applying for the @histocean.bsky.social 2026 Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History. Details here: oceansciencehistory.com/2026/01/06/c... #oceanhist #envhist

My book is out and is open access! academic.oup.com/book/61892

Laura Fumagalli has created a virtual BJA issue on the aesthetic appreciation of nature. It includes BJA papers ranging from 1963 to 2024. Check it out here. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics... #philsky

Sad to learn that fellow Tyndall correspondence editor Sir Roland Jackson (@rolandjackson.bsky.social), also Tyndall biographer and author of the recent Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State, among MUCH else, has passed away. upittpress.org/authors/rola... #HPS #histsci

Join the ESEH! As a member, you will contribute to environmental history in Europe, including our next conference in Salzburg, 2027.

2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science" www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #philosophy #philsci

The 19th Ischia Summer School in the History of the Life Sciences will take place 28 Jun - 5 July 2026. Interested graduate students should apply by 27 February. This year's theme? PROBLEMS of GROWTH! ischiasummerschool.org/theme #histSTM #histbio #histsci

Today marks my first office day at the University of Copenhagen and Niels Bohr Archive! It feels surreal to be able to write this. I've got lots to look forward to over these next few months, let alone years 😁 but right now, I am immensely grateful for everyone who helped me get this far!

Check out our CFP below! #envhist #envhum #histsci #polar #alpine #climate networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Looking for a seasonal or festive read? Check out Roisin Gilloch Boyle’s latest for EHN, on snow globes and the Anthropocene #envhist #envhum envhistnow.com/2025/12/24/o...

50. 'The Glaisher snowflakes (1855) are amongst the most recognizable images of snow crystals produced in the nineteenth century'. 🧪 #TabClosed2026

Join our new Early-Career #EnvHist Network! We have created a listserv for opportunities related to environmental history (broadly conceived), and we welcome students, PhD candidates and post-docs interested in what happens in Europe. To join, send us a Private Message. Members can also contribute!

Struggling to wrap my mind around the horrific gun violence here and the heinous terrorism in Australia, as today I’m co-hosting a group of alumni from my school in 🇨🇭. The school was founded after WWI with an idealistic mission of education for peace and global understanding.

Favorite recent or classic readings on the history of environmental movements, 19th and 20th C? This is for a senior seminar, US and Europe as geographical focus #envhist

If anyone is planning their semester and wants to add some Antarctica content, I am available to Zoom in, especially before March! Feel free to reach out.

***CfP*** Die mit der @eseh.bsky.social assoziierte D-A-CH-AG Umweltgeschichte lädt zum zweiten Nachwuchsworkshop diesmal an die @unibe.ch in der schönen Schweiz! Deadline für die Abstracts ist der 15.2.2025 #envhist #histtech Mehr unter: www.hist.unibe.ch/unibe/portal...

The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍 📜

Een ‘zondvloedland,’ zo karakteriseerde ik het beeld van de Lage Landen in 17de- en 18de-eeuwse geleerde natuurgeschiedenissen. Het denken over het verleden van de Aarde bewoog tussen Bijbelse zondvloed en de volgende dijkdoorbraak, tussen schriftgeleerden en turfstekers. 1/

📢 JOB ALERT 📢 Come work with me! @rigb.org is hiring an Archivist, full time, 2 year, fixed-term contract, hybrid working possible. Please share widely! More details 👇 www.rigb.org/about-us/wor...

Highly recommend!

We are also currently hiring a curatorial fellow to work with the papers of Rosalind Franklin and others in the History of Molecular Biology Collection! This is a 2-year staff position in the archive with a salary of $55k/year and full benefits: www.sciencehistory.org/research/fel...

We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT

Historians here: Anyone up for joining a panel on early modern translation practices in science and medicine with me and the wonderful Sare Arıcanlı? It’ll be for the 2026 ESHS–HSS Joint Meeting in Edinburgh. Let me know!

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

I’m late getting myself together for HSS in Edinburgh but is anyone still looking for a panelist or chair? Polar science, history of exploration, material & visual culture, history of skincare, working outside the academy, etc!

I am please to announce that this is the 1000th review that I have facilitated for H-Environment! Thank you so much to all of the reviewers who make this position such a pleasure! #envhist #envhum #ecrocrit #envphil #aghist #oceanhist #conservation #sustainability #plantstudies #animalhist #energy 🏞️

If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci

Call for Applications! @esehnextgate.bsky.social is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027. More info below!!

I hope Melvin Bragg's retirement will not end In Our Times. He has a lovely voice and manner but it's the people he invites that hold the show. I'll take this chance to post a thread of some of the more memorable episodes for me. Starting with Schaffer, Worrall, and @michelamassimi.bsky.social

#HPS program at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for Postdoc in History and Philosophy of Science as part of research project Human Variables in Biodiversity Assessment (PI: Joeri Witteveen): employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... #philsky #PhilJobs #philsci Deadline is November 7, 2025.

Frostbite by Nicola Twilley: "Exemplary writing showcased in a book with a very clear thesis that brings together some fascinating and unexpected tales from the history of refrigeration."

***CfP*** Spannender Workshop zur Lehre an der Schnittstelle Umwelt- und Technikgeschichte nächstes Frühjahr in Karlsruhe, siehe: www.hsozkult.de/event/id/eve... #envhist #histtech #envhum

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...