Drops today: this week's ARB @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast features host Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Yossef Rapoport, author of “Becoming Arab: the Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East” @princetonupress.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/podcast-with...

As part of the @hips-project.bsky.social, PI Eyal Poleg speaking at IES…

In completely and entirely unrelated news: 🧐 wapo.st/4t3RrWy

‘After decades of presenting Egypt’s past for the international tourist market, el-Sisi has reimagined pharaonic culture to convey Egyptian prowess to domestic audiences too.’ Neal Spencer at the Grand Egyptian Museum. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

One of the key points I have presented to students is that they have to understand the difference between information & knowledge. Only then can they actually start analysing & making sense of things.

Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library

Job -- the International Science Council, a coordinating body & advocacy group for national scientific organizations, has an opening for a Junior Science Officer, based in Paris + extensive travel; must be EU national or have French work permit, apply by March 9th. council.science/news/junior-...

I think the pandemic shows that a significant portion of the country would rather die by disinformation and racism than have good medical care

Excited to be speaking at the IHR Food History seminar on 12 February 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Book a place to hear about cheesemaking and women’s dominance of the dairy in early modern England. Online via Zoom so no real cheese this time I’m afraid.

Lol, I guest lectured for a class last week on global health policy and during Q&A made a reference to work I'd done in connection with the first coronavirus pandemic (SARS, 2003), before realizing I was the only one in the room apart from the regular instructor who was even alive then. 🙄

Have you ever wondered what a Sasanian city sounded like? We can imagine the sounds of the past if we pay close attention to material, historical, & archaeological sources. Check out this new article on the soundscapes of Eranshahr-- & be sure to download the sound file for an immersive experience

#medievalsky #earlymodern

This sounds amazing!

You've got 24 hours to sign up for the official zoom link if you're not near Bloomsbury! (and then 24 hours to look for a picture of an Excellent Tree to bribe me to send you a clandestine one) #SkyStorians #HistGender #MaterialCulture

"This year ... the modern world’s infrastructure of global health is being torn apart as the result of anti-science & anti-immigrant sentiments. This 11th-century ... immigrant ... is not only a representative of science, but also a reminder of the role migration plays in human health & disease."

A couple of new open-access titles of possible interest to scholars of medieval Europe -- this one on merchants, legal pluralism, and predictability in commerce: www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde... #MedievalSky

In “Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes,” @stefanhanss.bsky.social and his research team show how scientific analysis and historical contextualization of biochemical information of early modern recipes reveals new insights into early modern medicine and material practices. #AHR

More than 10,000 PhDs in health and STEM have left the federal workforce, with more than 20% leaving from HHS. Together, this is more than 106,000 years of federal experience and leadership pushed out of public service. This is why our health agencies are no longer functioning.

Our January Sale ends this Saturday! We are currently offering 40% OFF every single book on our website, both trade and academic. Ends 31st January 2026. #booksky

I'm looking for suggestions of what to cover in a special series of interviews when I reach my 500th podcast episode: things I should have covered in past series, but missed out! More explanation here: www.historyofphilosophy.net/suggestions-... Thanks in advance! #philsky #philosophy

Our first event of this term is taking place very soon, on Thursday 5 February! Holly Fletcher (UCL) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine'. You can sign-up to attend in person and online here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

More censorship of historical and environmental information on the signage in US national parks: wapo.st/4t9mYXp [gift link]

Wait, wait, how does one join the #democracytuba chat group? @bowlerhatscience.org, you in? 🧐

The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...

Please help spread the word about our open position for a history editor in the @uncpress.bsky.social acquisitions department! This person will be overseeing exciting, key lists for the publishing program.

Wonderful to see our research receiving such wide attention

It's cold out, so it's a good time to think about racing through the searing heat of the Sun's corona at 430,000 miles per hour. In today's AIP History Weekly Edition @jowiph.bsky.social looks at the how space scientists carried the idea of a solar probe from the 1950s through to launch in 2018.

New book mail yesterday, @hrehistorian.bsky.social's translation of collected documents from medieval & Reformation Germany, via the @manchesterup.bsky.social 40% off sale: 😃 📗 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526165893/ #MedievalSky #EarlyModern

You can make #Renaissance cookies of marzipan-filled #gingerbread, and it's incredibly decadent. Recipe in today's post: www.culina-vetus.de/2026/01/23/l... #culinaryhistory #foodhistory #earlymodern #lebkuchen

Hello Everyone! I am in the process of getting our social media up and running here on BlueSky for the Scientific Instrument Society. If you like instruments, then you'll love SIS! Please follow and stay updated!

#BookHistory friends, take note! @printinghistory.bsky.social is holding its annual meeting tomorrow, and you can participate virtually. I'm particularly excited for a speech by this year's APHA individual laureate Elizabeth Savage. Details: printinghistory.org/apha-annual-... #booksky 🗃️📜📚

These strange color decisions of the 1560s do have a background story. A short 🧵 for #bookhistory.

Job -- the International Science Council, a coordinating body & advocacy group for national scientific organizations, has an opening for a Junior Science Officer, based in Paris + extensive travel; must be EU national or have French work permit, apply by March 9th. council.science/news/junior-...

Grants! We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections. Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026. Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/

Work with me! 2-year postdoc (1+1) within COLUMN: Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations (HORIZON_HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04). Topic: “Research of university botanical collections in relation to Italian and European colonialism”. Call at: shorturl.at/aurdS

More images and a link to the video of the press conference last Monday (in Italian) here. #archaeology 🏺 #architecture #Vitruvius www.centrostudivitruviani.org/studi/la-bas...

you don’t get this without years of centrist bullshit about “divisive concepts”

Haven't checked out the #Sinners syllabus yet? Well, w/ a record of 16 Oscar nominations, it's high time to do so! bsky.app/profile/disc...

It me! Online attendance also available; book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professor-...

⌛Only one week left! Apply for your Fellowship! Ever dreamed of spending 1 to 3 months fully immersed in the Leiden Special Collections? Now is the time to make that happen. Scaliger Institute offers 16 fellowship grants for 2026. 📅 Deadline: 1 February 🔗 Learn more & apply: edu.nl/3x7xg

If you missed Ann Blair’s @ransomcenter.bsky.social Pforzheimer Lecture last night, you can check it out on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/u16QHaI... I think you’ll agree that it’s both sharp and a lot of fun.

Manuscript volvelle with animal faces and a little bird cut into one of the dials 📚📜 search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9996...

Starting in an hour & a half: 👇 📚 #EarlyModern #Renaissance #BookSky

How do you transform a fragile book into carefully maintained digital images & provide free, round-the-clock access for anyone, anywhere in the world? On January 28 at 11am (CT), join us for “The Extraordinary, Ordinary Work of Building a Digital Library,” a free, virtual program: hmml.org/events

AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2026-27 research grants until February 15, 2026. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. 🗃️

The scientific instrument maker Ralph Greatorex and his connections in the mid 17th century English mathematical and scientific community. #histsci #histtech thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/t...

Meteorology Beyond Borders: Ancient and Modern Reflections / Giouli Korobili & Teun L. Tieleman, eds. brill.com/display/titl... #openaccess @inekesluiter.bsky.social @susanne-m-hoffmann.bsky.social @oh-hi-colin.bsky.social

Another one for the "so you thought *medieval* people were the ones with crazy fears around solar eclipses" crowd. 🙄

Recalling, for no particular reason, this rather good account of an earlier time when heroic Danes resisted the demands of a mad ethnonationalist invader: 👀 bookshop.org/p/books/coun...