This begins in a few hours. Zoom available, I believe....

This is surprising. Nice of course, but an unexpected endorsement from The Australian, the Murdoch flagship. Delightfully ironic also that I'm now in an anthropology program! And no doubt many colleagues could challenge the claim... @austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social

Also delighted that Paul Turnbull is today elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities: 'Professor Turnbull has dedicated himself to applied research in collaboration with First Nation communities to facilitate repatriation of their Ancestors' @humanitiesau.bsky.social

Delighted that @capandgown.bsky.social is today elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social humanities.org.au/fellows/fell...

For the Aussies, the zoologists and the architects out there. 💩🧊🧪 By @chazhutton.com

In doing some research for a talk on the influence of 1980s radical Sydney (esp corporeal feminism) and AIDS activism on the work in STS of @cwaldby.bsky.social, learned about her 1st academic talk (1983) at the annual Marxist summer school - see poster #STS @aussts.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social

Looking forward to the celebration of Cathy Waldby's brilliant career in Canberra next week. Though I'm inclined to speak on radical Sydney and AIDS last century - not biovalue and reproduction! #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social @sonjavw.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social

Job in feminist/queer STS at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo: #STS @4sweb.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social

Proofs of the Afterword by @cwaldby.bsky.social and me for the social survey in global perspective book have arrived. Edited by Charlotte Greenhalgh, @clarecorbould.bsky.social and me, published in 2026 by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...

We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT

The Academy endorses the Science20 (S20) 2025 meeting communiqué titled ‘Climate change and well-being’, calling for immediate, science-driven action to safeguard people and ecosystems. https://bit.ly/43nVIZU

Assistant Prof job in history of science (related to water?) at Madison. Strong program, nice town (aside from winter) jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69456

And I'll zoom in (again) to speak on Friday....

A fascinating thread on Watson, from an expert historian - though I wonder if farce would be a more effective motif than tragedy

We have two upcoming guest lectures with Professor Ghassan Hage (@manchester.ac.uk). Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html Friday, 14 Nov 2025: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html #envhum #envhist #environmentaljustice @anthroprofhage.bsky.social

Shocked to learn that Alison Isenberg has died, far too young. What a terrible loss. A lovely person and an outstanding urban historian. I first met her when we were graduate students at Penn, around 35 years ago. My condolences to her family

Sorry to miss this on Nov 11 - past my bedtime

"Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines" by Warwick Anderson is a history of how U.S. science and medicine were used to control and "civilize" the Philippines from 1898 to the 1930s. From @dukepress.bsky.social A few days left in FALL25 sale, 50% off

A prince among editors!

Honored to be awarded the 2025 Arthur J Viseltear Prize for lifetime achievement in public health history from @apha.org Sadly, wasn't in DC to receive it - worried about crossing the border. Sent a video acceptance! #histmed #STS @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social

#ResistanceRoots Eugene V. Debs was born on this day in 1855 in Terre Haute, Ind. Debs was a prominent labor leader, political activist and five-time Socialist Party candidate for President of the U.S. He opposed capitalist wars and was a vocal advocate for workers’ rights and social justice. /1

It's been... some time in coming. But ehh it's a history book so the topics are just all a little longer ago than planned. "The Social Survey in Global Perspective." Coming soon; but for now, please recommend it to a librarian for purchase! ftp.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...

Congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! You ignited a grassroots campaign, built on the radical idea that everyone deserves to live in dignity. This is a seismic victory — not only for the people of New York, but for all those who believe that humanity & hope can prevail.

My father, a Marxist till his end, used to say that in his youth, radicals on the left could look to the US for political inspiration. Perhaps that day will come around again. In my life, its forces of reaction have been more impressive. But maybe the progressive engine is restarting.... We'll see

'As Eugene Debs once said...' My heart's a flutter!

Good to see this bad boy out in the world!! New article from me on drone delivery, AI testbeds, and the long history science and technology testing in the colony. Online first and gloriously open access ✨ doi.org/10.1177/2976...

Research shows that ‘Long-unburnt snow gum forests (now) comprise ~1% of snow gum forests in the Alps’. The forests that our parents knew are now largely gone. It’s strange how quickly this calamitous state of affairs has become ‘normal’. themountainjournal.com/2025/11/04/s...

Available March 2026 from @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, but pre-order possible. The real editing has been done by Charlotte Greenhalgh and @clarecorbould.bsky.social #histsci #histstm #STS @austhistassoc.bsky.social

Hello it’s not just the sciences. The reason we’re in this mess is because they (and I also mean universities themselves) already killed the humanities and social sciences in subservience to the basic sciences and no one has a critical thought to bless themselves with

Our Fall Sale begins today! Save 50% on books & journal issues now through November 9 with coupon code FALL25. buff.ly/Bk390cu

Available in paperback on 6 Nov. Nurturing Indonesia!

20 years! Happy anniversary to the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare Join them on Weds 29 October for two public lectures #histmed

FREE, RSVP here⤵️ australiainstitute.org.au/event/delive...

Interesting discussion (more monologue) from Steve Shapin @hpspodcast.bsky.social My rival for the shortest PhD period in HSS at Penn.... I doubt some claims - like the absence of history in current #STS - but always worth a listen @historyscience.bsky.social @aahpsss.bsky.social #histsci #histstm

If you want to understand the deeper pathology of Trump's AI-generated "poop video," I suggest you read Spectacles of Waste: www.wiley.com/en-ae/Specta...

Today is #WorldFoodDay. Sophie Chao, author of "Land of Famished Beings" writes about how we can reimagine hunger and nourishment through indigenous philosophies in a guest post on our blog. buff.ly/BRkUi4G

Delighted that long-term research fellow in planetary health humanities at USyd, Dr James Dunk, is moving upwards to be director of the St James Institute, a humanities and policy institute associated with the Sydney Anglican Church. #histmed #histstm @anzshm.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social

Unexpectedly, there's an 'education focused' job in HPS at Sydney! At snr lecturer/assoc prof level, which means associate professor in US terms. You'll need to scan down below ruminant science etc to see it, though (perhaps a message there?): #STS #bioethics #histstm #histsci #histmed

My latest article for Health and History @anzshm.bsky.social explores how emotion helped establish new hygienic norms in turn-of-the-century Sydney, revealing how disgust and pride motivated both compliance with and resistance to public health policies on plague and TB: dx.doi.org/10.1353/hah....

📞AAC 📍Seeing Like and Beyond James C. Scott (1936-2024)📍 📅Deadline : 28.11.25 👥Thomas Caubet, Pablo Corroyer, Donatien Costa, Coralie Douat, Léo Grillet, Guillaume Fauvel, Soline Schweisguth @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr , Margot Verdier ▶️ crh.ehess.fr/index.php?10...

‘Completely flawed’: Monash University is scrapping its flagship sustainability institute www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/07/m...

Fabulous. The much maligned 'suppressor' T cell of Gershon has resurfaced as the T reg with the Nobel Prize. The marvelous ebbs and flows of immunology. Echoes of Burnet's 'homeostatic mechanisms '... as described in Intolerant Bodies... #Nobel #immunology #STS #histstm #histsci #histmed

Sad to learn of the death last week of Kerin O'Dea, an outstanding nutritional epidemiologist, who advanced the study of chronic diseases, especially type 2 diabetes, and Indigenous health. A model for engaged & activist epidemiology. I first met her some 40 years ago... Lancet profile here:

Interesting confirmation (and specification) of the role of autoimmunity in ALS published yesterday in Nature, open access. Still, not enough attention is given to the contributions of autoimmunity in disease causation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our Lancet viewpoint, 'Bioethics for the Planet', seems ever more timely. Caring for humans and all life forms demands we care also for the planet. Viewable with registration www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #climate #planetaryhealth #globalhealth #STS #ethics