Really heartening that the city of Vienna makes a big effort to honour its cultural sector! Queuing up for kaiserschmarrn I had a chat about Samuel Pepys' diary with a member of a noise rock band who also got a prize

Wer aus der Geschichte verdrängt wird, muss sie eben selber machen: Am 11. Juni feiern wir nicht nur Eröffnung, sondern auch Vernissage unserer ersten Ausstellung! 📍 Ramperstorffergasse 39, 1050 Wien 📅 12. Juni - 09. Nov 2025 Di-So 10-18, Do 10-20

"While the significance of mining is indisputable, the processes and mechanisms that made it so central to the political economy of diverse regions remain less explored." Still accepting paper proposals till May 26! 👇

Kolleg:innen aus Wissenschaftsphilosophie und Technikgeschichte aller Länder, bewerbt Euch! ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...

Forty-one years since @gaystheword.bsky.social was raided by Her Majesty's Customs, I am thinking again about all the queer and marginalised people who have tirelessly resisted attempts to suppress and eradicate knowledge, art and literature created by and about them www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...

📆Don’t miss – join us tomorrow for our 2nd colloquium this semester as we join forces with History of Science & Knowledge! Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger discuss “Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows”. Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 🚀

MPIWG is hiring postdocs in Dept "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" (includes working groups RTAWD, Heavens in Your Hand, Common Kg, Metals&Minerals) + Dept "Knowledge Systems + Collective Life" and @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social ! Do check "career" page for closing dates: tinyurl.com/2usszea9 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢

🚀 The 2nd SCARCE colloquium of this semester is almost here! Join us on April 10 as we team up with History of Science & Knowledge. Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger present "Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows". Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 📚

Dieser Tage wurde von einer Wiener Forschungsförderungseinrichtung die Social Media-Kampagne #IchForscheGernInWien lanciert - und es gibt tatsächlich einige (wenige) Kolleg*innen, die sich mit Copy/Paste der ausgeschickten Textvorlage daran beteiligen. www.nuwiss.at/9-statt-%c2%...

Publications (on their way) out! Join us for this a slightly festive session for discussion and cake

In our latest #valuepast blog post, Amelia Hutchinson (University of Cambridge) explored the early modern mining in Germany and how the workers sought to understand, protect, and regulate their bodies and the environment. valuepast.hypotheses.org/1295

Mit diesem Ziegelstein von Buch gilt es nun die jüdische Aufklärung im Breslau des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts neu zu entdecken! Synonymik, Grammatik, Kabbala, Pädagogik, Bibelübersetzung - alles dabei! #JewishStudies www.waxmann.com/waxmann-buec...

Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory

Please apply or share with potential candidates -- great project + supervisor in excellent research environment!

🌍✨ On December 17th, @eclaaire.bsky.social presents “Conducing to the knowledge of the universe and trade': the Role of Goldsmiths in Materializing the Early Modern Globe”. at the the AG Wissenschaftsgeschichte at 11:30am (CET) in Kolingasse 14–16, room 15. bit.ly/3ZJbop9 #GemTrade

📅Third meeting of our hybrid seminar series! Join us on December 12th for a discussion with Oliver Tappe on “Tin Mining in Laos: Colonial Legacies Global Extractvism and Local Livelihoods” Please register: bit.ly/49j5XQW

Europeana are working on their search tools, and have a survey open on how easy it is (or not) to find things. If you use Europeana for your research, as a data source, image source, source of texts etc, let them know your thoughts: survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/xGBPc7

Please share/repost— great project, wonderful supervisor, excellent research environment

Tenure track position in Anthropocene History at very active department — still over a month till the deadline

Hello Bluesky! This is my first post, it's nice to see that many friends and colleagues have made it over here. Looking forward to (re)connecting!