📢 JOB OPENINGS at CSIC @cchscsic.bsky.social (Madrid)! As part of my ERC project WILDHIST, the Institute of History is hiring two 3-year postdoctoral researchers in the global history of rubber. Application deadline: 24 April 2026. More info 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012 @erc.europa.eu

Just discovered the wonderful covers of 'Genes to Cells', the journal of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan @mbsj-official.bsky.social – absolutely beautiful! here some examples inspired by mitosis, CRISPR, the DNA helix, and plant pigments

Join us on Friday, May 1 for Sparks After Dark 2026, an electrifying late-night celebration where science, nightlife, and purpose collide! Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3NG3j1p

How can universities shape the future of Europe? From 7–9 May, the European University Institute invites you to explore this question as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in Florence. Discover the rich programme and join the conversation: https://loom.ly/WGdu_Q4 #EUI50

For #CoffeeWithACodex on April 9 (12pm Noon ET, on Zoom), @leoba.bsky.social#CoffeeWithACodexwill bring out LJS 478, a collection of astronomical treatises, with a particular focus on the astrolabe. The copy was completed in A.H. Jumādá al-Ākhirah 625 (May 1228). #medievalsky Register here: https://bit.ly/4d0PPYh

(Parution) Misère de la psychiatrie histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/04/mise... #histpsych #philo

Ancient Egyptian scribes may have paid a price for their work: skeletal remains show signs of joint degeneration linked to prolonged sitting and repetitive writing tasks, reports Scientific Reports: spklr.io/63320EyxQO #AncientEgyptBluesky #Skystorians🏺 @natureportfolio.nature.com

🗣️"More than one million scholarly articles were cited by policymakers between 2019 and 2024" #EvidenceForPolicy #EvidenceBasedPolicy

Coming soon! Duncan Bell & Sarah Cole (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells The Table of Contents can be seen here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...

The Unfolding World: Causal & physical cognition in humans and other animals 🐦‍⬛ This workshop brings together experts from animal cognition, developmental psychology, computational modelling, and philosophy to investigate 24-25 April 2026 Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP https://bit.ly/4by8cCM

How does a cow learn to use a broom as a tool? 🐂 🧹 Join experts to explore some scientific puzzles at our event 'Thinking Through Things: How human and animal minds understand the physical world' 24 April, 3.30-5pm Selwyn College, CB3 9BN https://bit.ly/4bMLeqj

📣 Open for registration Translation networks in the decolonising world, 1950s–1970s 24-25 April King's College, CB2 1ST Join us in exploring how cultural, linguistic and political translation served as a bridge for ideas, theories, and strategies for anticolonial struggles https://bit.ly/47lMfV1

Join us for the launch of the Cambridge branch of I-CIVIC, a new network of researchers, educators, policy makers and civic organisations, rethinking how we teach, learn and exercise democracy in Europe. ✨ Monday 27 April, 5 - 7pm Book your place: https://bit.ly/47v4NlN

Translating Conflict and Refuge: Language, displacement, and the politics of representation Translators, interpreters, scholars, refugees, and NGO representatives will explore the complex realities of translating conflict and refuge 24 April 2026 West Hub, CB3 0US https://bit.ly/4bOBThO

This looks like a pretty cool and rare vacancy: the ICRC is looking for a historian #HistIR careers.icrc.org/job/Geneva-%...

Til debatten om røtter/føtter, globalist/nasjonalist: Professor Inanna Hamati-Ataya ved Groningen-universitetet skriver langt om globaliseringens lange historie. Ligger åpen og verdt å lese i sin helhet. aeon.co/essays/there...

📣 Call for art Artists and creatives - submit your work to CRASSH's 25th anniversary exhibition! The theme is 'Knowledge in a Fractured World' and can be interpreted broadly, from personal to global Deadline 31 July 2026 Find out more at bit.ly/4svggKv

🛎️ Postdoc opportunity 🛎️ 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in history of medicine and medical humanities at Johns Hopkins University. Deadline April 5th. #histmed #histstm hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2026/03/06/j...

(Colloque international) Rousseau, philosophie et médecine. Circulation et usages des savoirs médicaux au XVIIIe siècle histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/03/rous... #histmed #histphilo

Good news: not just one open job, but two! Both are postdocs in philosophy of science/ML working with my @technomoralfutures.bsky.social co-Director Dr Emily Sullivan on issues in ML scientific understanding and explanation. Ads for a 3 year post and 2 year post are linked below, apply by 20 April

Deux postes de doctorant·e·s à pourvoir au Centre Walras Pareto pour la rentrée 2026 un·e Assistant diplômé·e en Histoire de la pensée et philosophie économiques un·e Assistant diplômé·e en Histoire des idées politiques Délai de postulation : 2 mai 2026!

Cambridge Festival 💥 Shutter Hub exhibition & curator tour Exhibition 9am-7pm w/days Tour & talk 26 March 2-3pm Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP https://bit.ly/3NnbfEt Shutter Hub covered the walls of 4 floors of the ARB with hundreds of images submitted by international photographers and artists

Today we launch a call for the Society's next round of 'Public History Grants' and 'Conference Panel Grants', 2026-27: bit.ly/4lNt8ck Public History Grants support collaborative projects by historians working in / outside HE; Panel Grants enable conference attendance on a shared theme #Skystorians

📢 Doctoral and early career historians: submit your abstracts for the 1-day Cambridge-based workshop examining the history of Black health and healthcare in 20th-century Britain. Submission deadline: 1 April Workshop date: 29 May More info and contact info👉 histmed.org/call-for-par...

Ce jeudi 26 mars, je serai au Cégep André-Laurendeau, pour parler d'un projet débuté il y a presque quatre ans et qui voit un nouvel aboutissement se concrétiser sous peu (le 11 mai exactement). Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous à 12h45.

Nature Biotechnology asked a selection of leaders from across biotech to look at the future of the sector and make some predictions for the coming years. go.nature.com/4cVDFzT

📃 CALL FOR PAPERS: Imperial-HES History of Interdisciplinary Education Symposium 📆 Paper proposals due 20 April 2026; event on 17 June 2026 🎫 FREE to attend and open to all, celebrating a centenary of Imperial College’s Acland Prize in Humanities 👇 More: historyofeducation.org.uk/call-for-pap...

This week we released a select listing of 100 national history societies active in the UK & Ireland bit.ly/4rANJ52. These subject specialist societies enable research and promote the value of historical knowledge. Many are membership organisations and invite historians to join them #Skystorians

A richly detailed history of the Bacris & the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence & reputation shook the capitals of Europe & America. @juliekalman.bsky.social's The Kings of Algiers is now available in #paperback! Save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral PhD Studentship at UCL and the V&A: 'Invisible Hands: Migrant Labour and British Craft in the 18th Century' Ignore the 'top ten' hype; focus on the ace resources, environment and support. Deadline 15 April. #Skystorians

The Commemorations Grants scheme, funded by the Commemorations unit of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (TAG), has opened for applications.

📣 The Shutter Hub exhibition at the Alison Richard Building closes on 2 April! Come and see hundreds of images submitted by international photographers over four floors 📷 Shutter Hub founder Karen Harvey MBE speaks about the exhibition on Cam FM (at 40 mins) https://bit.ly/41b12Oz

Thanks so much to everyone who attended the launch of the MORPHSS catalogue of open research practices in AHSS yesterday (catalogue.morphss.work) and to our fantastic panel members for a thought-provoking discussion on openness in AHSS. We'll be sharing the recording once it's ready.

Thrilled to share our open-access 'Geopolitical Imaginations and the History of International Thought', co-authored with @lucianashworth.bsky.social, and introducing our special forum with @gsqjournal.bsky.social Geopolitics is dead. Long live geopolitics. academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Cambridge Festival 💥 Shutter Hub exhibition & curator tour Exhibition 9am-7pm w/days Tour & talk 26 March 2-3pm Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP https://bit.ly/3NnbfEt Shutter Hub covered the walls of 4 floors of the ARB with hundreds of images submitted by international photographers and artists

Ibn Khaldun by Lawrence Rosen has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4kAa0hy #Anthropology #Theory #Methodology

(Call for applications) Postdoctoral Fellowship, History of Medicine & the Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine, Johns Hopkins University histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/03/bour... #histSTM #medhum

Apply for CRASSH events funding! 💫 Have you got an idea that may: - Foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures? - Forge new collaborations ? - Bring academic research to wider publics? - Explore research and artistic practice? Apply by 17 May 2026 https://bit.ly/3CaV97M

Join us this Thursday for our final Garrod Seminar ‘Fireside Chat: Roundtable Discussions & Reflections’ with Alan Blackwell from @cst.cam.ac.uk 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026 ⏰ 4pm 👉 More info and how to join online: talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/1...

We've put together a select listing of c.100 national #history societies active in the UK & Ireland bit.ly/4rANJ52. These subject specialist societies facilitate research and promote the value of historical knowledge. Many are membership organisations and invite historians to join them #Skystorians

Quand un historien ouvre les archives, il ne trouve pas une histoire… mais des dizaines possibles. Disparu le vendredi 13 mars, Jacques Revel rappelait que le premier geste de l’historien est d’avancer dans l’incertitude. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/X6i

📖 New issue of Viewpoint (Spring 2026) This issue explores “elemental mastery” in the history of science — from Singapore’s dengue crisis and alchemical notation to water knowledge, East African soil science, and more. Find this issue and many more on our website for free: bshs.org.uk/viewpoint/

1/ Paul Ehrlich died this week at 93. The takes split into hagiography and dismissal. But the interesting question isn't whether he got it right, he didn't, it's why he got it wrong, and who was asking the right questions instead 🧵

Nouvelle édition de Marc Bloch - La société féodale Préface de Mathieu Arnoux À paraître en avril chez Albin Michel

The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West Africa. Writing Timbuktu by Shamil Jeppie is now available worldwide! Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History #ReadUP

📣Public history prize now open! 👉Read here for more information: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/03/13/p...

Postdoctoral researcher and PhD positions in visual cognitive computational neuroscience at the @cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge (Kamila Maria Jozwik) kamilajozwik.com/join_lab.html 🟢 2-year postdoc deadline 2 April 2026 🟡 4-year PhD position deadline 23 March 2026

CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Tommaso De Robertis 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: youtu.be/lbAVR5jmnmI?... #CSMBR #Renaissance #Philoponus #Aristotle

Interested in the Big Questions of human evolution, culture and society? In the Vienna area? Come join my colloquium at the Konrad Lorenz Institute on March 26 at 15:00. I will be speaking on: The Science of an Evolutionary Transition in Humans kli.ac.at/en/events/ev... Also online.