@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialThe court jurist: raw poultry and fish pinned around a syphilis-scarred face. The historian: a stack of books. Then, around 1590, Giuseppe Arcimboldo turned to Rudolf II, the most powerful man in Christendom, and reached for a pear.
@farsouthhistory.bsky.socialCheck out Samantha Wagner's review of David Bainbridge's "Geology: An Illustrated History," published in 2026 by @princetonupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #histsci
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
@minouette.bsky.socialMight not do all the prompts to avoid burnout and where they don’t really fit with my #sciart work, but you’ll find my posts here. Follow the hashtag to see all the entries.
@minouette.bsky.socialThis October I am going to use the #SpacetoberChallenge prompts as inspiration for sharing both new work and space art from my portfolio. Starting with my #linocut portrait of Félicette for the prompt “liftoff”. 🧪🐡🔭 #histsci
Félicette was a Parisian stray tuxedo cat who was recruited into the
@mpiwg.bsky.socialThe Berlin History of Knowledge Course List (KVV) for winter semester 2026 is now available online! This list compiles all history of knowledge and sciences courses from
@humboldtuni.bsky.social, @tuberlin.bsky.social, and
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ms9h5uyn
#HistSci
@rossbrooks.co.uk
@lignedescience.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gyMicrobiens avant la lettre :
https://bsky.app/profile/maitre-poulard.bsky.social/post/3mwsejorb6t2x
#histsci #histmed
@medinternational.bsky.socialCFP
🗓️ "Cold War Internationalism & Its Afterlives: Emotions, Everyday Labour, & Transnational Encounters"
📍 Monash Prato Campus, Italy + Online (Sept 9–10, 2027)
📥 Abstracts due: Dec 1, 2026
📧 [email protected]
@sthosdkane.bsky.socialToday I presented research from the final chapter of my diss. on Thevet’s recounting of the environmental impacts of colonization on Atlantic islands. Good reception. #earlymodern #histsci #envhist #atlantichistory
@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialSeventy-seven below. Teeth splitting. Sleeping bags freezing into forty-five-pound coffins. A blizzard tearing off the igloo roof. For a theory being quietly abandoned back in London. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, aged twenty-five, went anyway.
@rmathematicus.bsky.socialLutheran university professor, mathematician, Copernican astronomer and Kepler's teacher, Michael Mästlin, was born 30 September 1550 #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2018/07/11/m...
@minouette.bsky.socialwas a strong advocate for women in physics and engineering. Her 1990 National Medal of Science was awarded both for her work on the electronic properties of materials and for expanding opportunities for women in science and engineering.
@fabribald.bsky.socialroyalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
Anita Guerrini's editorial in #Notes_and_Records @royalsocietypublishing.org about the next steps of the journal! 🧾
meeting in the magnificent Edinburgh locations for #HSS26 #ESHS26 was really energizing and heartening #histsci #RoyalSociety
@lignedescience.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gyQuand isoler un nouvel élément nécessitait des milliers de litres d'urine...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=devNjX8pYK0 #histtech #histschi #histsci
@medinternational.bsky.socialUpcoming seminar!
Dr. Abraham Trejo Terreros presents: “Between geopolitical anxiety and socialist hope: František Kriegel and the transatlantic Cuban medical network (1960–1965).”
🗓️ Friday, Oct 2, 2026
📍 Monash History Research Seminar, Melbourne
@susanaramirez.bsky.socialHey there #AcademicSky … anyone heading to @4sweb.bsky.social next week? It’ll be my 1st time & I’m looking for tips. Plug your panels!
@lindaaburnett.bsky.socialPlease email [email protected] to register and for zoom link. Welcome! #skystorians #histsci #colonialism #naturalhistory #museums #collecting #envhist
@lindaaburnett.bsky.socialPlease email [email protected] to register and for Zoom link. Welcome! #skystorians #histsci #colonialism #naturalhistory #museums #collecting #envhist
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@bhgross144.bsky.socialFirst the Academy of Natural Sciences, and now the Sternberg Museum of #NaturalHistory.
In a better world, leaders would divert some of the money currently being spent on AI or data centers to maintain our libraries, museums, and archives...