A post I wrote recently for the @chromotope.bsky.social Chromobase, on the aesthetic implications of Patrick Syme's colour charts in Victorian Britain: chromobase.huma-num.fr/narratives/o...

Applications for our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships close on 5th January 2026, so don't delay! ⏳ We’re welcoming applications from scholars from across the globe to work with our unique research collections. Apply now: glasgow.ac.uk/library/rese... #UofGLibraryFellows

Happy New Year #18thCists #skystorians! We can't wait to welcome you to @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social NEXT WEEK for #BSECS2026. You can register FOR THE CONFERENCE ONLY [no accommodation or meals] at the registration desk from 8am, 7 January. Programme available here: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

Le Rollier à longs brins (Coracias caudatus) by Jacques Barraband for ‘Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus’ by François Levaillant. Paris: Chez Denné le jeune, 1806. University of Chicago Special Collections. #rarebooks #birdart

Delighted to have an article published in The British Journal for the History of Science, on Charles Darwin's chromatic vocabulary on the Beagle voyage. With enormous thanks to @sgsah.bsky.social, @edincollegeofart.bsky.social, @sochistnathist.bsky.social

Thanks @philipcball.bsky.social for the lovely endorsement!

Heading home from the workshop ‘The Hand-Colouring of Natural History Illistrations in Europe, 1600-1850’. Huge thanks to @sochistnathist.bsky.social, @bsecs.bsky.social, @uni-konstanz.de and @tuberlin.bsky.social for making it possible.

⏰ Reminder: The deadline to submit your proposal for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 at the University of Cambridge (8–10 July 2025) is TOMORROW! 💡 Individual papers & sessions on any HSTM topic are welcome. 📅 Friday, 10 Jan 2025 🌐 Submit here: conference.bshs.org.uk 🔁💚

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