Today!

The decline of academic history in Australia: an interesting & important article in SMH by @nickbryantoz.bsky.social Much more to be said, but a good start. Includes @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social @michellearrow.bsky.social Anna Clark et al #history @austhistassoc.bsky.social

A recording of the launch of @hanspols.bsky.social Indonesian book - notable for Hans's eloquence in Behasa Indonesia www.youtube.com/live/EotCixE...

Launch of Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine at HoMSEA meeting, Yogyakarta, June 25. Book available open access at www.cambridge.org/core/books/m... Dr Sudirman Nasir, public health, Makassar, launched it with aplomb. With @hanspols.bsky.social & @ahlie.bsky.social & me

And there's more:

Another image, with Hans equally animated. I believe one of the others is Peter Carey, formerly of Oxford, now Jakarta. Both photos by Tias Suci.

Launch of @hanspols.bsky.social book, Obat Ilmu dan Kuas (Medicine, Knowledge, Power) - with KOMPAS - today in Jakarta at Academy of Sciences/National Library. Hans talking with historian and physician Rushdy Hoesein (who seems sceptical). #histstm #histmed @humanitiesau.bsky.social

This Friday at the (Indonesian) National Library

The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person

To be published very soon in Indonesia: Uncovering National Trauma, edited by Tyas Suci and me.

Medicine, Knowledge, Power

From Arthur Kleinman: 'Medicine on a Larger Scale is ... a step forward in imagining a counter-biomedicine that can better connect social suffering and healing with interpretive social science, post-colonial imaginings, and some of the more serious problems of the world. Impressive!’

Early bird rate for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) ends May 1. Register soon for the Jogjakarta meeting! #histmed #histstm #histsci #STS @sshmedicine.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @anzshm.bsky.social sejarahkesehatan.net/history-of-m...

I think Gemma, a graduate student here at Sydney, shows us all how we must speak up. She refers here to the current Australian election campaign, where the Trump-lite party is in retreat....

The (excellent) program and registration for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) in Yogyakarta 24-27 June 2025 - now available on the website #histmed #histstm @sshmedicine.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @anzshm.bsky.social

As Craig Santos Perez writes: 'Land of Famished Beings is a must-read for students and scholars of environmental anthropology and multispecies ethnography. Moreover, it is essential reading for anyone passionate about justice in the Pacific, a region hungry for justice'

The program and registration is now available for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA), held at UGM in the ancient Javanese city of Yogyakarta, June 24-27, 2025. Thanks to @hanspols.bsky.social and the local team. Impressive program and some wonderful excursions #histstm #histmed #STS

Too late to offer a paper but soon registration for HoMSEA in Yogyakarta will open. An interesting article in the NYT on Yogya in the past day or so. While it's not as magical as in 1978, when I first visited, still worth experiencing. Not to forget Solo, only a few hours away, and much quieter....

Bunga bankai at Sydney Botanical gardens

We now have a cover for Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine (CUP 2025), eds. @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me. Many brilliant contributors give alternative genealogies and futures for social medicine - never so necessary, so urgent as now #histstm #histsci #STS

I wonder why we keep hearing about plagiarism committed by Indonesian academics

Call for papers for another great southern conference: The ANZ Society for the History of Medicine meeting at the University of Sydney, July 8-12, 2025. Closes February 28, 2025. Convenors Cate Storey, @hanspols.bsky.social, et al will surely make it a great occasion #histSTM #histmed #histsci

This will be a great conference. Abstract deadline 1 Dec. All come!

Congratulations to Geoff Bowker and Annemarie Mol, awarded the Bernal Prize of the Society for Social Studies of Science - for distinguished contributions to science and technology studies. This is the Society's lifetime achievement award. Nice images accompanying the announcement! #STS #histSTM

Superb Iain McCalman lecture last night by Sophie Chao on multispecies mourning amid environmental catastrophe, courtesy of the Sydney Environment Institute. Along with gracious introductions by Dany Celemajer and thoughtful comments from Ngarigo scholar Jakelin Troy. #envhum #anthro #STS

(Leçon inaugurale) Une historienne en médecine. De la santé de l’Asie du Sud-est colonisée aux pandémies contemporaines histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/01/une-... #histmed

I recommend Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia, the latest in the History of Medicine in SEA (HoMSEA) series from NUS Press: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/fig...

Great news - congratulations to @hanspols.bsky.social

Congratulations to @hanspols.bsky.social awarded the now Triennial Medal in History and Philosophy of Science from the Royal Society of NSW! The RS (estab. 1820) is supposedly the oldest learned society in Australia. President Susan Pond giving him the good news. #histsci #STS

2023 Bernal Prize ceremony and lectures - from Joan Fujimura and me. Also with outgoing 4S President Emma Kowal. I've known Joan more than 30 years and Emma close to that. What a wonderful event. Images: Hans Pols #STS #histsci #4S2023 #4sHonolulu23

Supervisor of the year 2023!