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Alexander C.T. Geppert
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Space and planetary historian, and tricontinental European history professor at New York University and NYU Shanghai
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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · Sep 9
Out now: 'Rocket Stars: Astrocultural Genealogies in the Global Space Age.' Seven contributions to this special BJHS issue chart the genesis, appeal and afterlives of technocelebrities in Sri Lanka, China, India, East and West Germany and Cuba.

➡️ tinyurl.com/2p5aekmu

#astroculture #spacehistory
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Just in case somebody happens to hang out in the Emirates on 6 October 2025
September 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Coming up on Tuesday, 16 Sept. 2025: a roundtable in honor of the great Martin Collins, featuring John Krige, Teasel Muir-Harmony, James Schwoch, James Merle Thomas, Heidi Voskuhl and myself.

For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com
#spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #airandspacemuseum
September 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Out now: 'Rocket Stars: Astrocultural Genealogies in the Global Space Age.' Seven contributions to this special BJHS issue chart the genesis, appeal and afterlives of technocelebrities in Sri Lanka, China, India, East and West Germany and Cuba.

➡️ tinyurl.com/2p5aekmu

#astroculture #spacehistory
September 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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A roundtable in honor of Martin Collins, cosmic imaginaries in China, adaptation strategies in post-Soviet Russia and multiplanetarity in contemporary US astroculture – the NYU Space Talks lecture series goes into its tenth season.

➡️ www.space-talks.com 🚀

#spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory
July 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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🎉 We’re celebrating our 50th birthday on 30 May! For half a century, we’ve been serving Europe, inspiring its citizens and exploring the cosmos. Check out our #50YearsOfESA web site for stories, archive images and details of events coming up in the year.

🔗 esa.int/About_Us/50_...
The European Space Agency 1975-2025 anniversary logo, white text on deep space blue background, large five and zero figures.
May 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Tomorrow!
actgeppert.bsky.social Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · May 11
Final NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on 20 May 2025: "Space on Display", a conversation with Doug Millard (Science Museum), Aron Schöpf (Deutsches Museum) and Margaret Weitekamp (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum).

For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Final NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on 20 May 2025: "Space on Display", a conversation with Doug Millard (Science Museum), Aron Schöpf (Deutsches Museum) and Margaret Weitekamp (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum).

For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Saddened to hear of the passing of Martin Collins. Martin was a curator and historian at the National Air and Space Museum. He wrote histories of the RAND Corporation as well as the Iridium satellite network.

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April 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Third NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on 15 April: Laurence Guignard (Paris) on 'The Société Astronomique de France: A Global Popular Astronomy Network in the Belle Époque'

For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com
#spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #astronomy
April 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Bielefeld calling!
actgeppert.bsky.social Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · Feb 15
geschichten: Die Produktion historischen Wissens.”

Jubiläumstagung des Arbeitskreises Geschichte und Theorie (AG+T) am Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZIF) der Universität Bielefeld, 27.-29. März 2025

www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...

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March 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Konf: geschichten: Die Produktion historischen Wissens

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-153533

Bielefeld, 27.03.2025-29.03.2025, Arbeitskreis Geschichte + Theorie (AG+T); Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Universität Bielefeld
www.hsozkult.de
February 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Second NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on 18 March : Robert Poole on 'Where Were They? The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the First Space Age'

For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com
#spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #seti #aliens
March 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Studentische:r Mitarbeiter:in in Berlin gesucht! Bewerbungsschluss 15. März 2025. Deutlich übertarifliche Bezahlung. Details unter www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1....
February 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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🎉The European Space Agency is celebrating its 50th anniversary!

Did you know the Historical Archives of the European Union is an important site for the preservation of Europe’s space history? 📂

🚀 Find out why the EUI & @esa.int agreed to host certain ESA archives at the HAEU!

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35 years preserving the European Space Agency legacy
Just over 35 years have passed since the European Space Agency and the European University Institute signed a deposit agreement for the preservation of the Ag
www.eui.eu
February 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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geschichten: Die Produktion historischen Wissens.”

Jubiläumstagung des Arbeitskreises Geschichte und Theorie (AG+T) am Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZIF) der Universität Bielefeld, 27.-29. März 2025

www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge...

geschichte-und-theorie.de/geschichten
February 15, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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‪Alexander C.T. Geppert‬ ‪@actgeppert.bsky.social‬

First NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on Tuesday, 18 February: Tonio Savina on China's space program.
See www.space-talks.com for details and to RSVP

#astroculture #spacetalks #spacehistory #planetaryhistory
February 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Space in China, early SETI, astronomy in turn-of-the century France, and a conversation among museum curators — the NYU Space Talks lecture series goes into its ninth season. The spring 2025 program starts on 02/18/25. www.space-talks.com

#astroculture #spacetalks #spacehistory #planetaryhistory
January 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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If you are interested in temporality, the problem of ‘decadology’ and every historian’s bread-and-butter, periodization, join us for the ‘Ages in History’ panel at #AHA25 on Monday, 6 January 2025, at 9am.
January 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Vorl: NYU Space Talks: History, Politics, Astroculture

http://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-141686

New York City, 21.02.2024-08.05.2024, New York University/NYU Shanghai
NYU Space Talks: History, Politics, Astroculture
www.hsozkult.de
February 2, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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Tagber: Thinking Outer Space: Philosophy, Astroculture and the Histories of Planetarity

http://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-139615

Berlin, 19.07.2023-21.07.2023, Alexander C.T. Geppert, New York University / NYU Shanghai; Rory Rowan, Trinity College Dublin
Thinking Outer Space: Philosophy, Astroculture and the Histories of Planetarity
www.hsozkult.de
October 31, 2023 at 5:15 PM
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Final NYU Space Talk of the fall 2024 season coming up on 4 December 2024: NASA Chief Historian Brian Odom on 'New Directions in NASA History.'

For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com

#spacetalks #astroculture #NASA #spacehistory
November 30, 2024 at 8:06 AM