1/12 - In our book, The Mask, we show 58 striking images. Remember those depictions of plague doctors wearing a beaked mask? Such visual elements were common in the 17th C and were always satirical. Here is one by F. Bertelli, from Il Carnevale Italiano…1642 (The Met, NY). tinyurl.com/uvzjs9py

Switzerland will vote in late November on a popular initiative to impose a 50% tax on inheritance and donations above 50 million. The initiative, lanced by the JUSO, proposes to use the funds for socially just measures for climate protection. zukunft-initiative.ch/fr/

Submit your proposal for a presentation at HSSuisse25 in Lucerne (5 December) till 15 August! Going into its 6th year, this workshop serves as an informal, respectful, and constructive environment to present new and old projects and think through them together. More on hssuisse.ch/meetings/202...

Our book is out! The surprising history of masks worn by plague doctors, factory workers, trench soldier, hospital nurses, and the rest of us. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.socuial

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"The Mask" by @brunostrasser.bsky.social and #thomasschlich is out today. I have listened to talks and seen some papers and cannot wait to read this.

We look forward to seeing the conversations that come out of this exciting forum!

The rest of the research articles in the issue are part of a special forum on the planetary age Lucas Mueller (@lumu.bsky.social‬) and Simone M. Müller compiled a great set of articles and wrote the introduction, which is available in open access academic.oup.com/dh/article/4...

Our Forum "Visions of the Planet" is now published in Diplomatic History (49.3) - and you can find all articles in one place: academic.oup.com/dh/issue/49/3

New day, new archive. Let's see how the Swiss planners thought about avalanches and other natural dangers - and what they did about it.

The doctoral summer school of conflict in the history of capitalism continues today with a keynote by Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social. Full program: www.unige.ch/sciences-soc...

Tonight! Join for Mark Carey's talk about icebergs - not icons of climate change but a problem for commerce!

Our introduction, w/ @smueller.bsky.social, about the planetary age in environmental and international history is online! Check out the Forum articles by Perrin Selcer, Andrea Westermann, Liesbeth van de Grift & @smacekura.bsky.social Let's begin the debate about the visions of the one planet 🌍

Can activists change businesses? In this special issue, an inspiring group of colleagues explores attempts to do so, and discuss the opportunities and limitations these historical cases bring to the fore. Thanks to all of them, and to @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social for the great teamwork!

Save the date for the next talk in the "Geneva Environmental Lecture" series! On 8 May, Mark Carey (Oregon) will speak on the very mundane history of icebergs 🧊 More on avalanche.hypotheses.org/gel

"Labour has nothing to say about the forces shaping our economy and society." Listen to @davidedgerton.bsky.social on the New Economics podcast with @graceblakeley.bsky.social and Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

Andrew Barry (UCL) will speak on "Chemical Government" at the University of Geneva on April 1 at 17h00! Looking forward to seeing you at this next Geneva Environmental Lecture! More on the lecture series and my project at avalanche.hypotheses.org/gel

The first article of the Diplomatic History Forum "Visions of the One Planet" that smueller.bsky.social and I edited is online! Andrea Westermann offers an Earth-attuned - new materialist - perspective to write the history of our one planet. Watch out for more: academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...

C'est ce soir !

Rethinking Economics Geneva are organising a conference to explore innovative financial, fiscal, and monetary approaches to the ecological transition. Registration deadline: 9 March 2025 www.swissrethinkeconomics.org/re-groups/re...

📢 Voici le programme des prochains mois du séminaire avancé de recherche de l'Institut d'histoire économique Paul Bairoch ! 🔎 Check out the upcoming program for the advanced research seminar at the Paul Bairoch Economic History !

Time for tariffs on oligarchs If Tesla wants to sell cars in Canada and Mexico, then Musk should have to pay some tax in Canada and Mexico Not only a highly sensible approach to trade in general, but also the best response to the absurd Trump tariffs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Alert! Deadline for this fantastic PhD opportunity is 2nd February!

Tune in to the round table about "Risk on the Table" on 27 January! Feel free to pm for a copy of my chapter "Risk on the Negotiating Table: Malnutrition, Mold Toxicity, and Postcolonial Development," which asks whose risks, whose costs in the 1960s world of global environmentalism & decolonization

Inspiration for the final push on an article about these mystical creatures - and the question what is inside the barrel that has inspired artists of many genres: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cBw...

Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir Fabien Locher lundi prochain pour une conférence sur "Défendre la mer:Les mobilisations contre la prospection pétrolière au large des côtes françaises (1950-1980)." Au plaisir de vous voir à UNIGE!

Interested in global political economy of the energy transition? Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by @katearonoff.bsky.social in NY Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi... Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...