In the second installment of our “10 Questions for the Historian of Science,” I interviewed Audrey Truschke about her research, the state of the history of science, and public engagement within broader global debates. www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-stor... @mpiwg.bsky.social

Last few days to apply! Deadline 30/01/2026

The call for the 2026 Training Week: Global History of Astronomy on Primary Sources – A Focus on Cosmology, Physics and Astrology is now open! eida.hypotheses.org/seminars-2/2... June 8-12 2026 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Observatoire de Paris Deadline: 30/01/26 #historyofastralsciences

The call for the 2026 Training Week: Global History of Astronomy on Primary Sources – A Focus on Cosmology, Physics and Astrology is now open! eida.hypotheses.org/seminars-2/2... June 8-12 2026 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Observatoire de Paris Deadline: 30/01/26 #historyofastralsciences

#CallForApplications ✨🔭 Short term #Fellowships with a stipend and self-funded #ResearchStays in #HistSci, #PhilSci, and #SocSci are open to applicants of any nationality 🌏 🔗 bit.ly/4od8Jx5 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15 and Sep 15 (rolling basis) 📍 Berlin, Germany #CfA #AcademicCareer

This little manuscript contains a treatise on cosmography that describes and illustrates the Ptolemaic model of a spherical earth at the center of the concentric spheres of the universe, and includes diagrams of eclipses and an astrolabe (UPenn LJS 26) #medievalsky 🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa

Today we're celebrating History Day in Senate House w/ @senatehouselib.bsky.social & @ihr.bsky.social! For #HistDay25 we're also celebrating 25 titles in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series (with the 25th #OpenAccess title publishing tomorrow!). Explore the series: uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...

New issue of Journal for the History of Astronomy Vol. 56, No. 4 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhaa/56/4 @sagepub.com

Razieh S. Mousavi has been awarded the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize for her dissertation "Al-Farghānī’s Elements of Astronomy (c. 860 CE): An Interplay of Meaning & Form at the Intersection of Astronomical & Medical Tradition." Congratulations! 🔗 bit.ly/3Lbfotv #HistSci

The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December. We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians

It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘

How does #AI contribute to the study of history today, and how can historians make better use of it? 🗂️ Matteo Valleriani talks to Jessica Hughes of detektor.fm about AI-based methods, his project "The Sphere," and the importance of nonprofit large language models. 🔗 bit.ly/44MVD (GER) #HistSci

📢 Our next High Gravity Talk entitled "Fieldnotes from Battles over Indian History, Society, and Sciences" will be given by @audreytruschke.bsky.social on November 20, 2025, 16:00 at the Leibniz Hall, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2jrnz5 @mpiwg.bsky.social

Thanks to @stephenaj.bsky.social's fabulous article (still available at link below) I have had a look at this equally fabulous interactive astrolabe alexboxer.com/astrolabe/. It's a really useful tool for understanding what the instrument does and a lot of fun to play with! #histsci #astronomy

Latest open-access issue of the Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage includes this Milky Way / Nut piece, plus articles on Thomas Digges, colonial Mexican astronomy, medieval comet IDs by @comethunter.de, & book reviews on Henrietta Leavitt & Athanasius Kircher: www.sciengine.com/JAHH/issue 🔭

CHAMA Executive Committee (2025–2029) Assumes Office The newly elected Executive Committee of the CHAMA for the term 2025–2029 has officially assumed their roles. This transition took place during the CHAMA Business Meeting held ICHST in New Zealand.

The International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST) has officially begun! #historyofscience #historyofscienceandtechnology

The upcoming International Congress of History of Science and Technology will take place from June 28 to July 5 in Dunedin, New Zealand. CHAMA is sponsoring two panels and co-sponsoring a third one in collaboration with CHOSTIS. Check out the programme: 🔗 innovators.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe...

Le 25 juin en librairie, découvrez le grand entretien de Françoise Combes dans le magnifique @le1hebdo.bsky.social hors-série consacré aux étoiles 💫!

#AI should be publicly owned: Max Planck scientist Matteo Valleriani calls for freely accessible large language models (LLMs). Ethics, not profit, should drive development. theguardian.com/technology/2... #LLM #OpenAccess @theguardian.com

PhD position available in the field of history of astronomy from Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages Università di Pavia, Italy Deadline June 30, 2025 More details available at the following webpage: phd.unipv.it/call-41/ Please share!

On commence! Kicking off the Paris training week in global history of astronomy at @labnf.bsky.social with Matthieu Husson and Alexandre Tur @tur-alexandre.bsky.social. More at eida.hypotheses.org/seminars-2/t...

www.rensoc.org.uk/event/mediev... Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts 3–5 December 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Deadline for submission/application: June 30, 2025

New issue of the Journal for the History of Astronomy Vol. 56, No. 2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhaa/56/2 @chama-dhst.bsky.social @sagepub.com

histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/04/eshs... 🚨 Call for Papers: ESHS Early Career Network Meeting 🚨 The 2025 ESHS Early Career Network Meeting will be held at the University of Manchester (UK) on 9-10 September 2025! Proposal should be sent to [email protected] no later than 15th of May 2025.

We still have places for #DMSI2025 that will take place on 11 July. If you are already going to be in #Leeds for #IMC2025, stay for another day and join us for a day-long event of #learning and #networking on #DigitalMedievalStudies! First-come first-served. Apply by 1 June. tinyurl.com/DMSI-2025-UK

New #StudentJob opportunity!🦸 Research Group "Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA)" seeks to hire a #StudentAssistant in #Communications and #Administration 💫🔭 🗓 Deadline: May 11, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4 #HistSci #JobsInBerlin #Astronomy @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social

CfA: Short-term fellowships and research stays open for applications 📖 Scholars of any career stage are invited to apply for research visits to the MPIWG! Please visit our website for details on duration and funding options. 🗓️ Deadlines: May 1/Sept 15 🔗 bitly.cx/bepR5 #HistSci #EnvHist #Sinology

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 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢

EIDA conference 2025 (hybrid event) will take place in Paris Observatory from April 15 to April 17 - A long history of diagrammatization in the astral sciences Third International EIDA Conference. More info at: eida.hypotheses.org/conference-2...

A 2-year postdoc within the project EIDA at the Observatoire de Paris. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team exploring historical astronomical diagrams. Project's languages: Chinese, Sanskrit, Byzantine, Arabic/Persian, Hebrew, or Latin: eida.hypotheses.org/postdoc-call...

📢 ASTRA postdocJacob Schmidt-Madsen recently appeared on the Five Games for Doomsday (5G4D) podcast to talk about astral sciences, board games, and our upcoming High Gravity Talk with Prof. Alex de Voogt. 🔗 www.spreaker.com/episode/jaco...

April 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM (Online) Open to the public with registration. Learn more at the link #historyofastronomy #hisci

Third International EIDA Conference, 15-17 April. More information at the link. It is possible to attend the conference both remotely and in person (upon registration). #historyofastronomy #historyofastralsciences #medievalsciences #astronomicaldiagrams #medievaldiagrams

See the whole thread for stories of women and (history of) astronomy for #IWD2025 - but nota bene historians of science: nominations sought for the 2026 RAS prize for historical research #histsci

From June 2 to June 6, 2025, the Training Week: A Global History of Astronomy on Primary Sources: New Approaches, New Digital Tools will take place in Paris. Limited number of scholarships; deadline April 18, 2025. For more details: eida.hypotheses.org/seminars-2/t...

Our Research Group “Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia” is hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar! 🌌 Applicants should work on the history of astral sciences and be fluent in at least one classical Eurasian language. 🗓️ Deadline: April 13, 2025 🔗 bitly.cx/3n5n #HistSci #Astronomy #Indology #PostDoc

Call for applications! Dept. II ("Knowledge Systems and Collective Life") seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Scholar proficient in #OralHistory and #DigitalHumanities to join the CORAL (Commoning Oral Histories of Knowledge) project 💬 🗓 Deadline: April 30, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4 #HistSci #AcademicSky

Lloyd-Dan David Research Fellowship – A three-year postdoc at the Needham Research Institute & Darwin College, Cambridge, starting October 2025. Focus: Comparative Study of Science & Civilization in the Ancient World (up to 1000 AD). Apply by 31st March 2025! www.nri.cam.ac.uk/Lloyd_Dan_Da...

Call for applications✨ Department II ("Knowledge Systems and Collective Life") offers up to two short-term fellowships (1–6 months) for scholars at any career stage to research histories of knowledge and collective life in Africa 🌍 🗓 Deadline: May 1, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4 #HistSci #AcademicSky

Final reminder: #CallForPapers IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities, October 2025 Special Issue “Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Humanities” will explore how AI unlocks new insights in the humanities. Deadline: February 15th 2025: edin.ac/40vLCE9

Excited to share the flyer for the study day 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐞<𝐬>𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐬 (14 Feb 2025). Explore medieval textual practices in Astral Sciences!📷 Full details & abstracts: www.irht.cnrs.fr/fr/agenda/jo...

Starting today at the CSMC: our workshop on ‘Mathematical Notes’ focuses on a category of written artefacts that have rarely been studied in their own right, but which provide us with important insights into research processes and scientific thought. Hybrid event, all welcome! uhh.de/csmc-mathema...

DHST Announces Early Career Scholars Workshop Series in 2025. More details and full program at: dhstweb.org/archives/1251 org. Barbara Hof and Climério da Silva Neto.

The project “The Sphere. Knowledge System Evolution and the Shared Scientific Identity of Europe” led by Matteo Valleriani is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Scholar 📚📊 🗓 Deadline: February 15, 2025 🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4 #HistSci #Jobs #DigiHum

🏆 Calling all graduate students! The John E. Murdoch Prize honors outstanding essays on ancient or medieval science, math, or natural philosophy (primary sources written in Greek, Latin, Arabic, Persian, or Hebrew). More detials at: hssonline.org/page/murdoch