Uppsala’s Viking-era runestones were hard to miss - an unusual stone ordered by an 11th c woman commemorating the bridge she erected for her daughter caught @eclaaire.bsky.social‬'s eye 🌉 bit.ly/Uppland

@eclaaire.bsky.social had a wonderful time in Florence — the City of Stone. Grazie mille to @eui-eu.bsky.social and CNRS for bringing together such inspiring work on minerals as visual, economic, and intellectual resources.💎🪨

It was fun to compare notes on gemology past and present with the faculty and students at the Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie @univie.ac.at! @eclaaire.bsky.social has been sitting in their "Gems as Geometrical" course — now they see why! 💎📐 #gems #histsci

🎨🔍 Another rich session! @eclaaire.bsky.social explores how color shaped the gem trade & mineral identity in early modern Europe, with a comment by Andrea Acevedo on 19th c. watercolors—cultural trade, pigment workshops & Pancho Fierro’s art vs. Cantonese copies! 🌍🖌️ #MiningHistory #Gems #ArtHistory

Today @eclaaire.bsky.social is presenting “Transformations in the Eurasian gem trade during the long seventeenth century” at the workshop "EurAsian Materials in Central European Collections" @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social, organised by @robyndoraradway.bsky.social Programm & info: bit.ly/44al4tZ

🪨💎 Today at 5 pm (CET) @eui-eu.bsky.social (Florence, IT) @eclaaire.bsky.social presents "Crafting the craft at different scales: manufacturing stones in colonial context" at the workshop “Where the stones lie: between historical practices and spatialities”. Program & Info: bit.ly/44qCUsP

Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! on the annual meeting of the AHA and its vote against scholasticide in Gaza. @srseikaly.bsky.social, Barbara Weinstein, and @quinnslobodian.com showing how we amplify our voices as historians on the most urgent issues. @weinstein www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

🌍✨ Tomorrow @eclaaire.bsky.social presents “Conducing to the knowledge of the universe and trade': the Role of Goldsmiths in Materializing the Early Modern Globe”. at the the AG Wissenschaftsgeschichte at 11:30am (CET) in Kolingasse 14–16, room 15. bit.ly/3ZJbop9 #GemTrade

📅Third meeting of our hybrid seminar series! Join us on December 12th for a discussion with Oliver Tappe on “Tin Mining in Laos: Colonial Legacies Global Extractvism and Local Livelihoods” Please register: bit.ly/49j5XQW

🌟 Welcome Claire Sabel to our team! 🎉 As a historian of early modern science, she'll explore the links between knowledge, empire, and Central European mining in colonial settings, highlighting women's vital contributions. 🌍🔍