Career opportunity at the Centre Leo Apostel (VUB)! Subject: 1 Full-Time PhD Position on Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Anti-Mathematicism and Anti-Abstractionism Deadline: 15 September

Why is doing a PhD hot? How do you stay alive in the ebb and flow of PhD life? How much coffee is too much coffee? And what do ladybirds have to do with it? The editors wrote an end-of-year post to give you some insights into our personal lives! www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/07/06/a...

We're going on a summer break. Have a relaxed and not too hot summer! But while we’re still at it, check out the call for papers for our conference Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences: philevents.org/event/show/1....

Finally have the time to put the video's of the Liebig-replications on my YouTube channel. The description of this video contains some more information about the experiment and the set-up (and what exactly you're seeing in the video). youtube.com/shorts/71K1W...

#OTD in 1517, physician and botanist Rembert Dodoens was born in Mechelen, Habsburg Netherlands. In 1554 his herbal ‘Cruydeboeck’ was published, which at the time would become the most translated book after the Bible

Podcast alert! 'Contagions' is a documentary podcast series exploring the major epidemics that have shaped human history. Through historical accounts, scientific discoveries, and expert insights, the series sheds light on our relationship with fear, science, health, and mortality.

How would you visualise the trains between Utrecht and Amsterdam? And the number of people being born in the Netherlands? Our own Marieke Gelderblom exhibits five graphs showing how this was done in the past! Enjoy our statistical visualisation exhibition: www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/06/08/m...

The 2026 #HOPOS conference is underway! Hosted by The Ohio State University. A full roster of talks begins today with sessions on logical empiricism, Aristotle, the life sciences, sociology, and neo-Kantianism. Download the full program here: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program

Our second podcast featuring Bart Lambert is a treat especially for our French‑speaking followers🎧—but it’s just as fascinating for anyone interested in the historical impact of pandemics!

An afternoon of discussions at the Royal Academy on the history of the book in Belgium, marking the release of the latest issue of "Le livre & l’estampe"! In partnership with the Royal Society of Bibliophiles and Iconophiles of Belgium and the FNRS Contact Group “Rare and Precious Documents”.

Hoe werden Belgische kunststeden als Gent afgebeeld op toeristische postkaarten? Welke elementen kregen aandacht? Elias Geysen dook in de historische verzameling van de KU Leuven, en kreeg zo inzicht in hoe steden zichzelf aan de buitenwereld presenteerden. ▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/citygoals-av...

Een nieuwe Wonderkamer is altijd feest ten huize Bestor! In editie 13 alweer lees je meer over alles wat mis kan gaan in de wetenschap, over pech, mislukkingen en bijgeloof. Maar je leert vooral veel bij over de waarde van die fouten en vergissingen.

A belated happy anniversary to the Royal Observatory of Belgium! Be sure to visit the brand-new website dedicated entirely to its 200th anniversary. There you will find all the information about upcoming activities and celebrations: 200year.observatory.be/en-gb/home2.

There are twelve days left to submit a proposal to the JHI’s fall graduate symposium. You can find the call and recommended reading here: www.jhiblog.org/2026/05/07/j...

Interested in Alberic of Paris—one of the 12th century’s leading philosophers, a rival of Peter Abelard & best known for showing that Abelard’s #logic was inconsistent? Then you are in for a treat: see the recent SEP entry by Heine Hansen & Boaz Schuman 👇 plato.stanford.edu/entries/albe... #philsky

📢 Vacature Het Departement Erfgoedstudies van de Universiteit Antwerpen zoekt een voltijdse doctoraatsbursaal voor het project 'Wroeten naar de wortels van de natie? Archeologische musea, historisch bewustzijn en identiteiten in België (ca. 1860–1940)'. Info: www.uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vaca...

🎂🎉8 June 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. To mark the occasion, we organise a wide range of activities, with events scheduled right through to 2027. These are regularly updated on our 200th anniversary website: 200year.observatory.be. www.astro.oma.be/en/...

L’Observatoire royal de Belgique a 200 ans Deux siècles d’existence! Il y a exactement deux siècles, Guillaume Ier, roi des Pays-Bas, signa le décret qui allait donner naissance à l’Observatoire. A l’origine, il ne s’agissait pas encore de l’Observatoire royal de Belgique. Et pour cause, la…

l'Académie royale organise une Séance commune des Classes sur le thème « Liberté, neutralité, université. La libre expression des sciences et des arts est-elle remise en question ? », en hommage au secrétaire perpétuel honoraire Léo Houziaux. Inscription obligatoire. Plus d'info 👉 bit.ly/4e73o7h

Seminar on "Measurement, Prediction, and Fact" (2-4 pm), tomorrow at UCLouvain (Place Cardinal Mercier 14, Salle Ladrière) or live on the Youtube channel of the CEFISES! More information via the link: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts...

We are delighted to announce that HOPOS will become a publication of Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org as of 2027. All publications starting with vol. 17 will be open access. It is an honor to join the Cambridge family of journals. #HOPOS #HPS #philsky #philosophy #histsci

(Appel à candidatures) Contrat doctoral (3 ans, 100%) à Aix-en-Provence - "Histoire de la santé, maladies infectieuses et épidémiologie dans les empires coloniaux (19e-20e siècle)" histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/06/doct... #histSTM

Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Francqui Prize! More information about the two laureates and their research can be found below or via bit.ly/4egSCwx. Read more about Émile Francqui and the history of the Prize? Take a look at Bestor: bestor.be/francqui-prize bestor.be/emile-lucien...

Félicitations à tous les lauréats des prix et subventions de la Classe des Lettres et des Sciences de l'Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique! Pour plus d'informations: academieroyale.be/fr/actualite....

📣 Epistemic Diversity in European Philosophy of Science (2nd edition) 📆 17th June 2026 (15:00 - 16:00 CEST), with Ties van Gemert (Tilburg University): From Idonéisme to Dialectica: Ferdinand Gonseth’s Program for European Philosophy of Science 🌐 Zoom link: ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/66457363449

Last call for this PhD vacancy in the history of medicine and colonialism! Two positions on the history of midwifery in Belgium and the Belgian Congo at Antwerp University, at UAntwerp and VUB Deadline for both applications: June 1, 2026. UAntwerp: bit.ly/4u39nQx VUB: bit.ly/49SkGDO

We are very happy and grateful to host prof. Charles C. Roseman (@evoroseman.bsky.social) for a lecture on "Race science, genetics, and evolution: a scientific evaluation" More info in the screenshot below. The lecture can be streamed via this link: ugent.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Conference coming up on the "Unusual Applications of Formal Logic" at UCL/ISP! When? 8–9 June 2026 Where? Auditoires Socrate, Institut Supérieur de Philosophie (ISP), UCLouvain or online Registration deadline: May 28 More via 👉 sites.google.com/view/transgr...

Check out the digest of this 📃 by Edward Roussel and @lodelauwaert.bsky.social: moralweights.substack.com/p/the-selfis... Subscribe to moralweights.substack.com for monthly philosophical reflections on technology & #AI from the Chair Ethics and AI at KU Leuven! #philsky #philtech #HPS #mathsky

And there's also a recording of this talk I gave on the topic: m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ET4...

Registrations are still open for our Beyond Neuro-compuationalism workshop in Antwerp (4/5 of June). You can check our stellar line-up of speaker and register here www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-... #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence

philevents.org/event/show/1... Philosophers of mind/cognitive science: please consider submitting your abstract to the 4th online conference of the @ispsm.bsky.social 👇 • Great line-up of keynote speakers • Deadline: 31 July 2026 • Online conference: 4-6 November 2026

Congratulations to a team from @maastrichtu.bsky.social for receiving €250,000 from @opensciencenl.bsky.social for “Invisible knowledge work & scaling Open Science practices,” led by Bart Penders. Team includes @ccmmody.bsky.social, Ewout Meijer, @marielleprevoo.bsky.social & Yannis Stavrakakis.

Kan je genezen van een ongeneeslijke ziekte? Tim Debroyer stuitte op een historische bron waarin iemand beweerde van multiple sclerose genezen te zijn. Hoe moeten historici omgaan met zulke ogenschijnlijk onwaarschijnlijke verhalen? Tim zocht het uit. ▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/kan-je-genez...

If you're still free on the 29th, then join us for the OZSW Phd-day were you can meet up with other PhD candidates and have a wonderful time! Why, you ask? Well... -It's fun -It's interesting -It's free! Attendance is free but registration is required, visit: www.ozsw.nl/activity/phd...

The Sarton Centre's HSHH network is organizing a workshop in Ghent on 21 and 22 May 2026, exploring how the sciences and humanities share overlapping practices of history-making. More information on the programme: bit.ly/4vf2lJF!

Unless I'm mistaken, I haven't shared this great post by Fons Dewulf yet. Includes the story of Fons, @janpotters.bsky.social and I doing a pilgrimage to receive the Word from Hasok Chang. /1 www.fonsdewulf.be/post/never-t...

📢 Call for Abstracts 2nd International Conference on the History of the Philosophy of Technology 📍 Maastricht University 🗓 Oct 26–28, 2026 Theme: National and Cultural Traditions in the Philosophy of Technology 📅 Deadline: May 25, 2026 #philtech #histtech fasos-research.nl/history-of-p...

It's been a year since we joined 🦋! We are a philosophy group interested in the life sciences—esp #evobio #CellBiology #PaleoSky, the behavioral & cognitive sciences and #AI. Give us a follow for research updates & highlights of exciting work across philosophy & science! #philsci #philsky #cogsci 🐋🌱

Discover our newest & forthcoming titles in #HistoryofScience & #Knowledge with this newsletter (May 2026). Browse online: bit.ly/4tcuhft #HistSci #ScienceSky #HistoryOfKnowledge #Astronomy

📢 Vacature! Het Rijksarchief in België zoekt een wetenschappelijk projectmedewerker voor ATLAS 2.0, een innovatief project dat onderzoekt hoe AI-methoden en crowdsourcing de kaartboekencollectie van het Rijksarchief kunnen ontsluiten en valoriseren. Meer info: www.arch.be/index.php?l=...

@upittpress.bsky.social currently has a discount of 40% on their books, including my Nature's Diplomats. The discount code is 29INT40, and the landing page is here: upittpress.org/intersection....

One week to submit! The JHI Blog welcomes pitches for a forum on the conceptual history of technology. Submit a proposal by May 7. Read the call for complete information: www.jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/c...

Why is there a model of a pregnant torso in Museum Boerhaave? What was the role of this phantom in medical history? Panagiota Tsoutsa tell us about her experience with obstetric dolls. Read about the phantom of the museum on the blog: www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/04/29/a...

To mark its 50th anniversary, the Belgian National Geographic Institute (NGI) is publishing a series of previously unpublished Storymaps this year, bringing together history and cartography. Discover the first one at ngi.be/en/50yearsng... !

Anyone in London on 22 July, why not join us @treadwells-books.bsky.social for a soirée about 'performing magnetism'? www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/mag...

The gradual online publication of the Mémoires of the Royal Academy of Belgium on the Persée portal has started. In the long term, more than two centuries of the institution’s literary, scientific, and artistic history will be made available in Open Access. More information: bit.ly/42xSO3I!

(Call for applications) PhD positions in the history of midwifery histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/04/doct... #histSTM

Routledge Handbook of the History of Philosophy of Science After Kant (2026). Edited by Flavia Padovani, Adam Tamas Tuboly. The 50 essays in this Handbook cover perspectives, theories, movements, and traditions in the field. Link: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

📣 We're #Hiring! #ERC Consolidator Project BOTLEG at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting: - 1 PostDoc ➡️ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/9... - 2 PhDs ➡️ jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c... 📅 Deadline: 25 May 2026 #PhDSky #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky