We have two jobs at KCL History! 16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l... And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l... (both to start in January 2026)

Hey you. Wanna apply for a fellowship on collections? the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural & heritage institutions are open! The Natural History Museum priorities are below. If you wanna talk birds, hit me up. Collectors, colonialism, Canada, Australia & more www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

For #FossilFriday - advert for Kühnscherf Museum Cabinets, for when you need a display case for your indeterminate fossil reptile in early Weimar Germany From Natur und Museum (1920)

Hugely looking forward to this, and enamoured of the sloths already

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Cover featuring what is probably my favourite of Bob's many brilliant artworks!

If you want to learn about dinosaur palaeontology on Skye (and are in the UK), then BBC Alba have put 2021 documentary "Eilean nan Dìneasar" back up for this month Featuring appearances from @stevebrusatte.bsky.social and @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social ! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

UC Berkeley Depart of History tenure-track asst prof job in Global History of Technology. History of technological artifacts & infrastructures through a global & transnational lens. All fields, areas, & periods of #HistTech considered For more info: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065 #HPS 🗃️

The Cincinnati Museum Center is housed in a restored art deco train station from 1933. I love how Torvosaurus and Allosaurus kinda look like they’re waiting for a train. #FossilFriday

One of the highlights of the year - live coverage of the annual weighing of the animals at London Zoo: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

This looks like a brilliant resource - (it's going straight on the reading list of my histories of objects and collecting module!):

I was interviewed for this article. It's pleasing that a Moroccan fossil dealer confirms what I said the law was and clarifies that it isn't 'a grey area'. It's got nothing to do with UNESCO, btw John. www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/s...

Visited the Mikasa Ammonite Museum in Hokkaido today. What a cool place! Yes that’s a literal pile of ammonites.

Very much looking forward to this conference on extinction & sustainable futures in Manchester in a few weeks! I'm talking about the construction of narratives of "the Great Dying" at the end of the Permian Places still available if you'd like to attend in a non-presenting capacity (link below):

#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Some classic Church decoration commentary at St Giles' Church in Wrexham:

Went to Chester Zoo and saw a sleepy rhino and a magnificent hornbill

A proper 12-month replacement post with decent salary (for UKHE, at least) in modern European history. Belfast is a decent place to live - relatively affordable apart from extortionate pint prices - and I can personally vouch for what a great & friendly School we have. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE451/l...

You’ll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it is seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. A 🧵 1/n

Currently prepping these wooden beauties for a new display on Richard Owen’s science, art and legacy going into the NHM’s Images of Nature gallery tomorrow! #woodengraving #megatherium #bones #specialcollections

My annual reminder to people thinking about applying for these or @leverhulme.ac.uk ECFs: you do NOT have to go to Oxbridge or Russell Gp unis to make a successful application. I went to Edge Hill with my Leverhulme and moved it to Staffordshire when I was offered a permanent job. 1/?

Job Opening at the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at TUM! Research Fellow for 3 years (renewable). Preferably philosopher w interest in plant, crop & agricultural research (& their history and social studies) All details: www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci #sts

The ferret at Surrey Docks Farm definitely has the right idea in this weather

It's nice to see us get a link in the Guardian editorial from last week - that also features our friend @chrismanias.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hot damn, the Palaeontology in Public book by @chrismanias.bsky.social is the subject of an article in @theguardian.com, following a theme in recent Jurassic World films that the public are bored with dinosaurs. (Fact: Chris has not watched a single JP sequel!) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Calling medieval Europeanists! We have a 12-month lecturing job coming up for next academic year at KCL History: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Setup of the >Special Exhibition< about PALAEOART IN PUBLIC in the final round of editing. We are starting with an online talk by @chrismanias.bsky.social on June 20 at 1pm (UTC+1). Join us from anywhere online by getting your ticket at eventfrog.de/PalInPub. more in thread #palaeoart #scicomm

We're hiring for two 12-month lecturing jobs at King's History --- History of political thought, especially focusing on Indian & anticolonial perspectives: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru... & early American history: my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

If you’d like to know more about extinction and empire, some upcoming book events: 18 June, with Gary Younge, KCL www.kcl.ac.uk/events/vanis... 26 June, Linnean Society, London www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-unnatu... 9 July, with Helen Macdonald, Cambridge www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vanished-a...

King Tyrant - a book - now has a trailer - like a movie! I had no idea this was coming, hats off to @princetonupress.bsky.social for putting it together!

History of geology archival find this week: an 1856 lyric tribute to William "Strata" Smith, to be sung to the tune of "The girl I left behind me:"

Two weeks to go for this event! (being held at KCL in central London) If you'd like to attend, please remember to sign up on the form linked below by Monday 16 June, 16:00:

Spent the day going through the field correspondence from the Works Progress Administration’s fossil crews in Texas to the lead paleontologist, some of which are enjoyably deranged

'Reconstruction of a Swamp of Carboniferous Age' painted by Walter Ernest Spradbery, held by @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social. Spradbery is better known as a transport and railway poster artist and you can easily imagine a line like 'see the lycopods by motor bus' appearing beside the image.

Looking forward to speaking at this in a month's time! (as well as putting together a virtual exhibit to go alongside the book)

We are recruiting for a job at KCL History! 3-year early career development fellowship in Modern Britain & the World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND023/e...

Went to Crocodiles of the Wprld today, and saw a lot of crocodiles 🐊

Organising a conference on extinction with Duncan Wilson. We have enough funding to provide free registration, some support towards accommodation and limited bursaries for travel. CFP here, with the form to submit your abstract. We also have incredible speakers for the keynote and plenaries!

Join us on 12 June 2025 for a workshop on Collecting, Studying, Controlling Animals in East Asia, organised by MancHSTM's Dr Amelia Bonea with @thejohnrylands.bsky.social and the Manchester China Institute blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

Schedule for this year's Lyme Regis Fossil Festival is now up (14-15 June) and it looks like it'll be a great weekend - fossilfestival.com I'll be doing a panel on the Saturday afternoon around the Palaeontology in Public book, followed by a screening of Gertie the Dinosaur, hosted by Vicky Coules

If you can’t make the in person events, I’ll be in conversation online with the amazing Audra Mitchell, whose outstanding book Revenant Ecologies is a must read, for NACBS on 10 June. Further details here. www.nacbs.org/event-detail...

Event at King's on 18 June! Gary Younge and @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social in conversation, around Sadiah's forthcoming book Vanished. Very much looking forward to both the event and the book. If you'd like to attend, just sign up on the following form: forms.office.com/e/3ZMBirJjjr

My department at Uppsala university has just announced two open PhD positions: one in history of science and the other in history of ideas. We research, for example, colonial history of science, history of medicine, and intellectual history. Deadline: 8 April

We had a great time yesterday in Central London, for the @chrismanias.bsky.social Palaeontology in Public event, which included @markwitton.bsky.social @susieoftraken.bsky.social @tetzoo.bsky.social @toriherridge.bsky.social among others We also debuted this 1:13 scale 3D-printed Megalosaurus 1/

A great afternoon talking all things palaeontology in public, rounded off with a fairly raucous panel session. The wine may have helped.

#PalaeontologyInPublic talks have kicked off... intro by Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social, now Technothrilling Dinosaurs by Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social, starting with similarities of approaches of Doyle and Michael Crichton. Will add following comments to thread here...

The day is nearly upon us. I'll be talking about Michael Crichton, here seen in the wild lounging on a Triceratops and enjoying his own book.

Today’s random piece of nostalgic palaeoart: William Scheele’s “Balucitherium!” Painted in or before 1988, this is a classic “mega-horse/rhino” indricothere! Most depictions of this sort opted for a thick rhino hide, not so for Scheele’s! The spotty dappling and touches of red are lovely! (1/4)

A reminder of this FREE event in London, this Saturday, at which we will be in attendance 👇 A reminder also that the sunshine goes away after tomorrow. That’s it, over. Time to shake your head and sigh - and attend indoor public science book launches

Come for the mastodon, stay for the women in science history! A must read for all palaeo histsci fans, and a great aperitivo for the weekend's Palaeontology in Public launch. cc @chrismanias.bsky.social