Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n

Really enjoyed discussing Erased with Selma Sondern on the "Roots and Branches" podcast @standrewsiih.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/76f2...

Science writer @philipcball.bsky.social calls nanotech an ‘oneiric technology’: a technology that quite probably cannot exist, but fulfils a deep-rooted dream, or a nightmare, or both. Read his Essay here:

Our research associate Luke Kemp on societal collapse in human history, with insights from his book Goliath’s Curse 👇

Our research associate Luke Kemp on societal collapse in human history, with insights from his book Goliath’s Curse 👇

Anthropologists (and others! 🙏): If SAPIENS Magazine has mattered to you—as a reader, writer, teacher, or student—now is the time to speak up. Write to Wenner-Gren today. Tell them why public anthropology matters. #SaveSAPIENS #AnthroSky Link to petition: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...

A good thread from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social on the issues with critiquing science and expertise as simply “political”; as with his reference to Epstein’s excellent work, we can see that there are ways to rigorously study and critique the production of knowledge without defaulting to a simple

📣 Exhibit at the ARB in 2026! The @artatarb.bsky.social art committee is looking to support innovative curatorial ideas for group exhibition projects that will foster discussion and engage members of the University and the public alike The deadline has been extended to 31 July buff.ly/jwL4Xvn

Must read on the crisis of the (UK) university from @unsocialtheory.bsky.social janabacevic.net/2025/05/23/t...

I'm looking for #researchers, #writers and #ContentCreators seeking #transcription and closed caption services, or support with the #accessibility of their digital audio and video assets, in June, July and August. If that's you, message my team via -- we'd love to learn more about your project!

A near-encounter with Mario Biagioli when I was a student was big for me. He heard I had given a talk at Harvard and asked me to send it to him; he then sent it on to Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and it became my first publication. Such generosity, from a scholar I had never met.

(Exposition) Histoire(s) de la médecine histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/05/hist... #histmed

A very interesting interview with anthropologist Charles Stépanoff on his new book about human-nonhuman relations Attachements. Enquête sur nos liens au-delà de l’humain @philomag.com www.philomag.com/articles/les...

Tesla is @historyextra.bsky.social's Life of the Week. So here I am talking about why it's never been so important to understand the origins of his myth.

Join us (online/in person) on 16 April to discuss Social Theory & the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge w/ the authors/eds of 3 fantastic new books in our Global Epistemics series w/ Rowman & Littlefield (Bloomsbury) edited by @berytia.bsky.social. Info & registration here: tinyurl.com/nonhege

📣 Applications are open for the @theUL and @cambridgeuni.bsky.social collaborative doctoral studentship: The history and heritage of the discovery of environmental change and the interpretation of place in the East of England 📅: 16 May 2025 Apply here: loom.ly/tXuIqK8 @camglamresearch.bsky.social

Join us (online/in person) on 16 April to discuss Social Theory & the Promises of Post-Hegemonic Knowledge w/ the authors/eds of 3 fantastic new books in our Global Epistemics series w/ Rowman & Littlefield (Bloomsbury) edited by @berytia.bsky.social. Info & registration here: tinyurl.com/nonhege

JOB: Assistant Professor in South Asian Political/ Intellectual History (3-year post) @Cambridge_Uni www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50694/

The Berlin History of Knowledge Course List (KVV) for summer semester 2025 is now available online! This list conveniently compiles all history of knowledge and science courses @humboldtuni.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social, and @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. 🔗 bit.ly/438eouS #HistSci

"The Territory of the Vocabulary and the Vocabulary of Territory: Emile Benveniste" - a short piece exploring the spatial aspects of this book. progressivegeographies.com/2025/03/30/t...

Want to learn about values in the Anthropocene? Check out this open web resource: rethinkingvalue.github.io/anthropocene/ With entries on Lake Titicaca, the Carribean, Georgia, India, and Marseille! It was a pleasure to work on this with Simone Schleper, Paul Merchant, Dan Finch-Race and Leo Steeds

If you missed the launch of the Sustainability Technology (SusTech) Group our CIRR colleague Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn recently launched at the Rudolph Agricola School for Sustainable Development, watch it here!

Congrats to Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler & their authors for this superb Encyclopedia of IR. Delighted to see CIRR members @jcostalopez.bsky.social (Benchmark dates); Filipe dos Reis (State), @berytia.bsky.social (Behaviouralism) & many CIRR collaborators 👏 | www.elgaronline.com/display/book...

🎉 Out now (open access) in Progress in Economic Geography: CIRR member Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Ludovico Rella's paper on AI-blockchain intersections and their implications for labour and value 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👏 Out in the journal Politics in open access: CIRR member Julia Costa Lopez @jcostalopez.bsky.social with Katharine Millar's @drkmillar.bsky.social paper on Conspiratorial Medievalism: History & Hyperagency in the Far-Right Knights Templar Security Imaginary 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

On 10 April we publish 'Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England', by Hannah Jeans bit.ly/4c7Oufy Hannah's is the next (and 22nd) title in the RHS New Historical Perspectives book series for early career historians, with @ihr.bsky.social & @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

📣 Call for Papers: Graduate Symposium - Doing International Political Sociology @doingips.bsky.social organised by our PhD students @kawezel.bsky.social & Federico Petris in Groningen 4-5 June 2025. A fantastic opportunity to present your work! Deadline 4 April 👇 www.rug.nl/research/ico...

Congrats to our research associate Lukas Linsi of @cirr-ug.bsky.social! Check out Lukas’ research 👇

Since joining BlueSky we've been building a Starter Pack to highlight the work of fellow historical societies and associations. We've now reached our 150 limit, so have divided the list into 2 packs: the first covers societies in the UK and Republic of Ireland go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd ... #skystorians

What a great workshop on 'International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises' with @nfgaeckle.bsky.social at @apbtutzing.bsky.social. Big thanks to the participants, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social @hannahrichter.bsky.social as well as @ecib-dvpw.bsky.social @gloknos.bsky.social for sponsoring!

We were delighted to sponsor this excellent workshop convened by our collaborators at @cirr-ug.bsky.social. Looks like everyone had a great time, too!

Fantastic last day also for our 2nd workshop International Political Sociologies of Planetary Crises organized by @nfgaeckle.bsky.social & @kawezel.bsky.social Big thank you to our discussants @hannahrichter.bsky.social, @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social & @gloknos.bsky.social for an engaging roundtable!

CfP - Deadline 31 March! CIRR colleagues are co-organising the 2025 edition of the Annual Political Science Workshops of the Low Countries (Politicologenetmaal). Submit your proposal to one of 15 fantastic workshops and join us for a promising conference in our wonderful city of Groningen!

CIRR is also on LinkedIn! Follow us there to stay updated on our activities and our members' publications: www.linkedin.com/in/cirr-cent...

The recording of this event is now available on the @ihr.bsky.social website here www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/pla... This is a great watch for anyone interested in the possibilities of doing #place based #history research outside higher education institutions.

@aip.bsky.social is again offering Grants-in-Aid (2,500 USD) for research in the history of the physical sciences. I can't recommend this programme enough! It's open to professional and non-professional researchers at any level. Deadline: 15 April. Link for more info: ww2.aip.org/aip/awards/h...

It was a pleasure to host @janeijking.com and listen to his fascinating research on Technocratic Capture and the Rise of International Health Governance at the HTIR Chair Group’s colloquium convened by Guilherme Marques Pedro & @antoniofdo.bsky.social. We look forward to seeing the paper published!

CIRR is a unique community of researchers exploring the complexity of world politics across a wide spectrum of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Follow us for updates on our projects and events. Get in touch ([email protected]) for talks, collaborations, and more | www.rug.nl/let/cirr

Our new paper is out! In the Cambridge Archaeological Journal we present a fresh analysis of the spectacular Bronze Age cemetery at Başur Höyük and its implications for “early state formation” - open-access, #aDNA, ritual killings, teenagers, and “cosmopolitics” 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Job alert! Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world. Please help spread the word among interested candidates! Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...

In today's think piece, Parker Cotton discusses how utopian fiction of the extra-terrestrial influenced emergent ideas of tolerance in the early modern era.

💫 Cambridge Festival A History of Discovery of European Sustainability Endeavours: From collective imbalances to societal mainstreaming - A talk by Dr Cristina Blanco Sío-López 👨‍👩‍👦 An event for adults 🗓️ 24 March from 11am-12.30pm 📍 Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP 🎟️ buff.ly/OhVDCOk

Excited to be in Groningen next week to present work in progress on the c19 international sanitary conferences!

Looking forward to welcoming Jan for our History and Theory of IR colloquium this Thursday! As usual, if in Groningen or NL, all welcome. @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @gloknos.bsky.social @agricolaschool.bsky.social

Can't wait to share ongoing research on geopolitical imaginations of hydroponics, w. Maarten Meijer today @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @gloknos.bsky.social Here is a snippet, with the great logo of the erstwhile IWOSC ready to take the world by storm... (move over Audrey II)

'There are no pure cultures: All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility & exchange throughout history.' 'We have always been global, and this is our shared identity. It is our unique way of being and remaining in the world as one family.'

The new, open access volume of the "Heirs of Avicenna" sourcebook series is out! About 600 pages of translated material on later Islamic logic and epistemology! brill.com/display/titl... You can see all the original texts for this and the first volume here: www.heirsofavicenna.net #philsky

“Its the persistence of that image in contemporary culture - the notion that invention is the province of singular and remarkable individuals - that explains Tesla’s continuing attraction. He represents that alluring image of how the future is made.”

‘Misinformation was a key feature of medieval politics and society. Examining the spread of fake news, or conspiracy theories, in the centuries before even the printing press, never mind the internet, helps us understand how they flourish and their appeal’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/misinfo...

This article underestimates the number of job losses (already reported elsewhere to have exceeded 10,000) and employs the misleading adjective 'leading' universities (meaning what, to whom?), but if you've been living under a rock and need a quick introduction to the topic, you could start here.