Een nieuwe blogtekst van Christiaan Engberts over 600 jaar KU Leuven! 📜🌎 Met deze keer: een Bijbels Museum, een Heilig Land, een katholieke tussenpersoon in Palestina en een verrassende kelder. 📖 ▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/het-heilige-...

In November 1915, the “emergency university” of Amersfoort closed — a Dutch university created for Belgian refugees during WO I. Its classes offered not just education, but also served a moral purpose and had to maintain a lasting bond with home. NL: bit.ly/49bm3OB FR: bit.ly/47TOgam

In the new #openaccess companion on student notes from Latin Europe (@leuvenup.bsky.social), our own Lorenz Demey, together with collaborators, contributes a chapter arguing that student notes hold great promise as sources for intellectual #history 👇 lup.be/book/student... #HPS #earlymodern #philsky

For the next two days, I will be at 'The human phenomenon. Plessner's crossroads' conference in Cologne, talking about Helmuth Plessner's reception history in Dutch philosophy of technology and science #hopot #hopos #philsci #philtech philevents.org/event/show/1...

The botanical garden of Meise is hosting an exhibition on Belgian biologist Jean Massart, a pioneer of nature preservation, and his photography. Long before the word “ecology” existed, he captured our natural world with his camera. More information via the link below! 👇 bit.ly/4oLxbWI

The journal History of Humanities invites proposals for Special Issues aka Theme Issues. A Theme can comprise, for instance, 8-10 papers of 10,000 words each, by different authors on a coherent theme of current interest in history of the humanities. See: www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/hoh...

[NL] ✨Enkele weken opende de tijdelijke tentoonstelling FLIGHT geopend in het Koninklijk Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen! [FR]✨Il y a quelques semaines, l'exposition FLIGHT temporaire a ouvert ses portes à l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles ! @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social

Pour bien commencer la semaine, voici la vidéo de l'intervention de Nathalie Grandjean, PhD, philosophe de l' #UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain sur l'Intelligence artificielle et ses rapports avec la médecine youtu.be/Ks3TryfHaZw #IA #AI #medsky 👩‍🔬

Who was Katharine Way, and how was she involved with John A. Wheeler and nuclear physics? In today's post, Stefano Furlan tells us about an unknown nuclear physicist with a large impact on others. Read it on the blog: www.shellsandpebbles.com/2025/10/22/t...

CFP: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158042 Leiden, 22.01.2026-23.01.2026, Fenneke Sysling; Caroline Schep, Leiden University, Bewerbungsschluss: 01.11.2025

Call for papers! The times, they are a-changin’. But is research changing with them? At the 11th Gewina Woudschoten Conference, Gewina will investigate how daily research routines are affected by shifting world orders, environmental disasters, pandemics, wars and other types of fun. More info 👇

A century ago, Irène Van Der Bracht (1891-1941) became the first female professor in Belgium, at the University of Ghent. Read more about this pioneer on Bestor: NL: bit.ly/4oEh51c FR: bit.ly/4302wNf

My department (Computer science) is recruiting a postdoc (18 months) on any topics related to trust and AI (could be a philosophical project or a more empirically minded one). Belgian postdoc salaries are competitive. To apply: jobs.unamur.be/emploi.2025-...

🎙The DHST has launched a podcast designed to support early career scholars. Each episode features conversations with experts in the history of science and technology on a wide range of topics relevant to academic life today. Give it a listen via the link. 👉 bit.ly/4hq7hFR

We are excited to share our latest paper contributing to the debate on the representational status of model organisms! Drawing on and refining the DEKI account of scientific representation, we argue that MOs are best understood as 'model carriers' 👇📃 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPBio

Collection of essays on HIV viruses now in open access, including a chapter on the Emergence of HIV-1 in Colonial Kinshasa. ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/69/

The Quarterly Review of Biology turns 100! We are celebrating our anniversary with free-to-read articles from the archives, through 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/xXli50X7Z5B

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

#AcademicJob Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine joint between Departments of Sociology and History & Philosophy of Science at University of Cambridge. Apply by 17 November #HPS #STS #Sociology #SocMed #HistMed #MedHum #MedAnth #MedEthics #PhilJobs

#OTD in 1564, Andreas Vesalius died. Born Andries van Wesel in Brussels, he became one of the fathers of modern anatomy after publishing ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem’ in 1543

Does Bestor have a lemma on Joseph Plateau and on his monument in Brussels, "Le Centenaire du Cinéma", in the Rue Joseph Plateau? Of course we do! 👉 www.bestor.be/wiki/index.p... Thanks @vincenzodm.bsky.social for refreshing our memory.

De "Nobelprijs voor de verpleegkunde" gaat dit jaar naar de Belg Walter Sermeus! Luc De Munck vertelt u in zijn nieuwe blog meer over de geschiedenis van de Florence Nightingale-medaille. 🏥🇧🇪 cultuurgeschiedenis.be/nobelprijs-v...

📣 Gezocht: jonge topwetenschappers of kunstenaars, mét visie én engagement, die 5 jaar lang impact willen maken op samenleving, beleid en de academische wereld! Kandidaten uit alle disciplines en kunstvormen welkom. ❗ Deadline 21 nov. 2025. www.jongeacademie.be/oproep-nieuw...

What happens when you ask ChatGPT questions about homosexuality? What does this tell us about biases in AI? Read all about it today on the blogpost by Paola Altomonte: www.shellsandpebbles.com/2025/09/23/a...

🌐 Online Lecture: Artemis Project 📅 Wed 15 Oct, 12:00 CEST CUH member Iason Jongepier presents “A Digital Bridge to Historical Landscapes and Maps” as part of the Environmental Digital Humanities Seminar series. 🎟️ Free attendance! More info + tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artemis-pr...

Nobel Prize week! A good occasion to re-read our article on Belgian Noble Prize laureates like Christian de Duve and Ilya Prigogine. NL: bit.ly/42PIwwL FR: bit.ly/4pZ38MO

Een nieuwe blogtekst van @christiaanengberts.bsky.social over 600 jaar KU Leuven! 📜🌎 Deze keer duikt hij de zee in, om te onderzoeken hoe het grootste zeemonster ooit (of dat leek het toch even) in de collectie van een Leuvense zoöloog terechtkwam. 🦈 ▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/een-amerikaa...

Biologist Jane Goodall, renowned for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees and as a trailblazing female scientist, passed away yesterday. 👩‍🔬Read more about pioneering Belgian female scientists like Hortense Van Risseghem or Isala Van Diest in our file on science and gender. Link in comments!👇

⏳FINAL FINAL CALL! Don't forget to hand in your abstract for the the Ninth Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science! Topic? (Mis)Trust in Science When? 15-16 December 2025 Where? KU Leuven Abstract deadline? Tomorrow! Abstracts to [email protected]

Very happy to announce that the @jhokjournal.bsky.social special issue "Knowledge and Power: Projecting the Modern World," edited by Vera Keller, Kelly Whitmer, and me, is starting to be published: the first three articles are here, the rest to follow. journalhistoryknowledge.org/Knowledge_an...

Join this proposal for an exciting collected volume with CUP. All open access fees would be covered.

FINAL CALL! 🤔Why trust science? The Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science 2025 will address (historical) trust relationship between science and the public and the role of science communication. Trust us: the 9th YRD will be good! One week left to send in your abstract.

🔭‍⭐The Planetarium of Brussels participates in the 👩‍🔬WiseNight 🔬🧪 Science Festival, on Friday, September 26. Don't hesitate to register for their activities. It's free! More information on the activities at the Planetarium 👉 www.astro.oma.be/en/...

On 20 September 1945, Joseph Bidez passed away. A classical philologist at the University of Ghent, he was also an important historian of science. Bidez taught Georges Sarton, who considered him his mentor. He was the first chairman of the Belgian Comity for the History of Science.

Themanamiddag over wetenschappelijke integriteit op 7/10, 14–16u! Met o.a. Ineke Sluiter Bert Seghers & Gert Storms Panel: Isabelle Huys, Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe, Jan De Houwer, Ilse Boeren Inschrijven: bit.ly/4nC7wiQ @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social

👇 "Open Science in History," fantastic workshop co-organized by LHST associate research Simon Dumas Primbault! #histSTM #histsci

Ontdek het Paleis der Academiën van binnenuit! Tijdens Heritage Days / Open Monumentendagen op 20 & 21 september 2025 zetten we onze deuren open voor het publiek met een gratis rondleiding. Inschrijven: heritagedays.urban.brussels/nl/programma... #brussels #urbanbrussels #heritagedays

Consider visiting (for free!) the Medical History Museum in Brussels this weekend for Heritage Days 2025.

On 11 September 1905, Isabelle Gatti de Gamond passed away. She had a pioneering role in the introduction of education for Belgian women. In 1864, Gatti de Gamond founded the first Belgian secondary school for girls. Later, she initiated a preparatory program for women to enter universities.👩‍🎓

Vacancy: Editor-in-chief💼 JHoK seeks a new co-editor-in-chief affiliated to a Belgian or Dutch institution to join Professor Sven Dupré. Deadline to submit your job application: 26 September, 2025. More information on the application process: journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...

I will soon be hosting an interdisciplinary workshop at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social on "Heritage: A Concept at the Crossroads of Biology and Culture" (Sept 19th), co-organized with Giovanna Targia. Programme here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

🍍Want to know more about the Leuven botanical garden? @cultuurgesch.bsky.social just published a nice blogpost on its long history!

Yesterday was the first “World Radiotherapy Awareness Day”. Belgium played an important role in the first usage of radium for medical purposes, such as radiotherapy. In the interwar period, Belgium dominated the world market for radium, which it imported from the Belgian Congo.

The Call for Papers for the Ninth Young Researchers Days is now online! Central topic: (Mis)trust and Science When? 15-16 December 2025 Where? KU Leuven Abstract Deadline? 1 October More information and full call via the link below! 👇 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📣Are you a #histmed scholar whose book proposal belongs in our Social Histories of Medicine series? The @sshmedicine.bsky.social Annual Book Development Prize Competition is open for submissions!🥳 Secure £2,000 in funding to help turn your idea into a published monograph or collection! Details👇

The English edition is now also available to pre-order! www.walburgpers.nl/nl/book/9789...

For more details see: brill.com/edcollbook-o...

On 16 August 1925, the Belgian botanist Jean Baptiste Massart passed away. He was a pioneer of biological fieldwork and of nature conservation. As early as 1912, he founded a league dedicated to the protection of nature. After WOI, he did research into the ecological restoration of the Yser region.

De ene ziekte is de andere niet: Esmée Joly legt uit waarom endometriose maar moeilijk uit de vergetelheid kruipt. ▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/een-vrouwenziekte-in-een-mannenwereld/

Looking for some fun and short reads for over the holiday? Why not follow @shellsandpebbles.bsky.social on Bluesky, our long-running blog on interesting finds in the history of science!