Deep-sea animals have two modes: absolutely unbothered or deeply committed to chaos.

I will join with a talk that sides with the Orcas, but not for misanthropic reasons, promise. Looking forward to this!

💡📚 #CfP: 17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science (Jun 19, 2026) 👩‍🎓 Early career scholars are invited to submit and discuss their works-in-progress in #HistSci, #HistLit, and related topics 👀 Feedback will be provided by experts in the field 🔗 bit.ly/9JWS 🗓️ Deadline: Feb 16, 2026

✍️ Dr Zeina Maasri (History of Art) introduces us to Decolonizing the Page, a digital archive & online exhibition of Arabic book arts (1950s-80s), a time when creative expression flourished Read more about this incredible resource featuring 250+ books 👉 brnw.ch/21wYhgS

Anyone here who can recommend where to start exploring the link between biological theory and environmental crisis? Thinking Levins & Lewontin, niche construction, or biologists engaging climate debates "through" biological theory. HPLS suggestions? Key works to follow?

A great short read about metaphor and narrative in science, and why they matter (i.e., why my research field matters 😉).

*SAVE THE DATE* On Tuesday December 16 at 11am Eastern we will have virtual book launch of The Paradox of the Organism. It will be hosted by the great @athenaaktipis.bsky.social. Please join! Zoom link here: internalconflictsstn.wordpress.com/seminars/

Save 30% on #NewBook "Inhabitants of the Deep" by Jonathan Howard, which undertakes a black ecocritical study of the deep (oceans, rivers, lakes) in African American literature. #BlackStudies buff.ly/ejHedv7

In their new 📃, @elisj.bsky.social & Vincent Cuypers argue that the marine sciences, with their extreme environmental constraints, offer revealing cases for #philsci that can sharpen our understanding of scientific generalization & the role of values 🌊🪸👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #HPBio #HPS

fascinating research via @projectceti.bsky.social

Cities turn vast amounts of food into waste—but when does food actually become waste, and for whom? Our upcoming EHN talk + discussion with Arabist, historian, and mealworm farmer Willem Flinterman! For online participation, please send us an e-mail at [email protected]

On the 22nd of October, Jackson Tamunosaki Jack will give our next EHN talk+discussion. His talk, based on ethnographic research in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, reimagines crude oil not just as a capitalist commodity, but as a force deeply woven into local spirituality, ritual, and identity.

Very happy to get this in the mail today! Looks nice! 😀📖 #philsci #HPS #hpbio

🐋 1 month left! CFP for #EASLCE2026 – Join the Orca Uprising! (14–17 April, Utrecht University). Deadline for abstracts: 15 Sept 2025. Keynotes: Greg Garrard, Kate Rigby, Eva Meijer. Full details here: easlce2026.sites.uu.nl @easlce.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

Out now: Seeing the unseen: problematic narratives and the microbial worlds of the deep-sea. HPLS 47, 32 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s406... Though written some time ago, it feels more relevant than ever, especially now, as Trump sidesteps international jurisdiction to fast-track deep-sea mining.

Out now: Brandt, T. J. (2025). Forms of life: A literary formalist view on biological individuality. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 47(2), 24. link.springer.com/article/10.1...