Bernhard Leitner
@bmleitner.bsky.social
Historian of brain science, psychiatry and neurology in the Habsburg and Japanese Empires.
Interested in history and philosophy of science and medicine.
医学史・精神神経学史・科学哲学・学術史
https://meduniwien.academia.edu/BernhardLeitner
Interested in history and philosophy of science and medicine.
医学史・精神神経学史・科学哲学・学術史
https://meduniwien.academia.edu/BernhardLeitner
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Join our next #DIJStudyGroup with Liliane Höppe @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social who will present her research on “The Construction of Culture & Identity in Shimao Toshio's Writings About the Ryūkyū Islands”, online & onsite at the DIJ.
📅 Nov 6, 6.30 pm JST/10.30 am CET
www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...
📅 Nov 6, 6.30 pm JST/10.30 am CET
www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Join our next #DIJStudyGroup with Liliane Höppe @jstudiesvienna.bsky.social who will present her research on “The Construction of Culture & Identity in Shimao Toshio's Writings About the Ryūkyū Islands”, online & onsite at the DIJ.
📅 Nov 6, 6.30 pm JST/10.30 am CET
www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...
📅 Nov 6, 6.30 pm JST/10.30 am CET
www.dijtokyo.org/event/the-co...
18.10.2004 R.I.P.
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
18.10.2004 R.I.P.
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A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
I love how the National Taiwan University Library Special Collections brochure looks like a menu. And they do have delicate stuff, I can tell you that...
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I love how the National Taiwan University Library Special Collections brochure looks like a menu. And they do have delicate stuff, I can tell you that...
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Michel Foucault says hi! [especially if we also include aspects of knowledge creation associated with colonialism in the equation]
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests
Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Michel Foucault says hi! [especially if we also include aspects of knowledge creation associated with colonialism in the equation]
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Black Religion in the Madhouse
Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake nyupress.org/978147982978...
Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake nyupress.org/978147982978...
August 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Black Religion in the Madhouse
Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake nyupress.org/978147982978...
Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake nyupress.org/978147982978...
Finally, there is a comprehensive database for the victims of biomedical research under National Socialism, including the cases of brain samples shamelessly used by psychiatrists and neurologists well after 1945. Never forget!
ns-medical-victims.org
ns-medical-victims.org
Victims of Biomedical Research under National Socialism
ns-medical-victims.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Finally, there is a comprehensive database for the victims of biomedical research under National Socialism, including the cases of brain samples shamelessly used by psychiatrists and neurologists well after 1945. Never forget!
ns-medical-victims.org
ns-medical-victims.org
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“I knew nothing about my family history until then...Nobody ever spoke about it.” But that day, she explains, she knew she wanted to find the truth, no matter how dark and shameful.
📰Our latest exhibition was featured in this weekend's @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8752340...
📰Our latest exhibition was featured in this weekend's @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8752340...
‘I tracked down the family of the estate my Nazi great grandparents looted. Here’s what I told them’
After discovering a hidden family history – and some stolen furniture – one woman was determined to make amends
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“I knew nothing about my family history until then...Nobody ever spoke about it.” But that day, she explains, she knew she wanted to find the truth, no matter how dark and shameful.
📰Our latest exhibition was featured in this weekend's @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8752340...
📰Our latest exhibition was featured in this weekend's @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8752340...
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Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
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Here's another example of a "secular relic:" a lock of Sir Isaac Newton's hair at the Royal Society of London.
Interestingly, during the exhumation, a sample of hair was taken. Scientists discovered that he also had 15x the normal range of mercury in his body.
Interestingly, during the exhumation, a sample of hair was taken. Scientists discovered that he also had 15x the normal range of mercury in his body.
May 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Here's another example of a "secular relic:" a lock of Sir Isaac Newton's hair at the Royal Society of London.
Interestingly, during the exhumation, a sample of hair was taken. Scientists discovered that he also had 15x the normal range of mercury in his body.
Interestingly, during the exhumation, a sample of hair was taken. Scientists discovered that he also had 15x the normal range of mercury in his body.
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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!’
April 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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!’
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Some Florence truth-telling… 🙏 to these deadly sisters ❤️💛🖤 #FirstNations #Nurses www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
No more Nightingale
Published in Contemporary Nurse (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Some Florence truth-telling… 🙏 to these deadly sisters ❤️💛🖤 #FirstNations #Nurses www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Please consider donating to the fantastic volunteers at www.changesforwomen.at
They support unwanted pregnant women with abortions and are the only organisation in Austria that takes on this important task!
They support unwanted pregnant women with abortions and are the only organisation in Austria that takes on this important task!
Spendet bitte für die tollen ehrenamtlichen Helfer*innen von www.changesforwomen.at
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!
May 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Please consider donating to the fantastic volunteers at www.changesforwomen.at
They support unwanted pregnant women with abortions and are the only organisation in Austria that takes on this important task!
They support unwanted pregnant women with abortions and are the only organisation in Austria that takes on this important task!
Spendet bitte für die tollen ehrenamtlichen Helfer*innen von www.changesforwomen.at
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!
May 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Spendet bitte für die tollen ehrenamtlichen Helfer*innen von www.changesforwomen.at
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!
Sie unterstützen ungewollt Schwangere bei Schwangerschaftsabbrüchen und sind der einzige Verein in Österreich, der sich dieser wichtigen Aufgabe annimmt!
Save the date! I am thrilled to announce our first Neuburger Lecture in 2025, at the Josephinum @meduniwien.ac.at on June 2nd in Vienna. Andreas Heinz (Charité Berlin) will give a talk on "The Colonised Brain" [in German]. www.josephinum.ac.at/.../max-neub...
#histmed #histpsy #histsci #vienna
#histmed #histpsy #histsci #vienna
May 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Save the date! I am thrilled to announce our first Neuburger Lecture in 2025, at the Josephinum @meduniwien.ac.at on June 2nd in Vienna. Andreas Heinz (Charité Berlin) will give a talk on "The Colonised Brain" [in German]. www.josephinum.ac.at/.../max-neub...
#histmed #histpsy #histsci #vienna
#histmed #histpsy #histsci #vienna
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#InverteFest jellyfish
#artAdventCalendar Happy birthday to self-taught trail-blazing Irish #marineBiologist Maude Delap (1866 – 1953), 1st to successfully breed jellyfish in captivity & document their full lifecycle. 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬 #histsci She is surrounded by blue #jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii) life stages based on her diagrams. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#InverteFest jellyfish
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Race is a social construct. But what does that mean, and why do we say this? An explainer, in the wake of Trump being racist and wrong (pt 675)
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race
As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race.
www.bbc.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Race is a social construct. But what does that mean, and why do we say this? An explainer, in the wake of Trump being racist and wrong (pt 675)
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Good job team America
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Good job team America
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Early-modern version of keeping multiple tabs open... #bookwheel
April 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Early-modern version of keeping multiple tabs open... #bookwheel
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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For anyone who believes that Russia was “provoked” into launching the full-scale invasion—or thinks that Biden and Zelensky started the war:
read my text "The Reality of Russia’s War Against Ukraine." Please share it in the U.S.
www.inved-insight.eu/narrative/c3...
read my text "The Reality of Russia’s War Against Ukraine." Please share it in the U.S.
www.inved-insight.eu/narrative/c3...
The Reality of Russia’s War Against Ukraine — Inved-Insight
Happy Russia Day," Medvedev wrote in 2024 on his official Telegram channel, showing a map of Russia that included the entire territory of Ukraine
www.inved-insight.eu
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
For anyone who believes that Russia was “provoked” into launching the full-scale invasion—or thinks that Biden and Zelensky started the war:
read my text "The Reality of Russia’s War Against Ukraine." Please share it in the U.S.
www.inved-insight.eu/narrative/c3...
read my text "The Reality of Russia’s War Against Ukraine." Please share it in the U.S.
www.inved-insight.eu/narrative/c3...
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If you're interested in philosophy of biology—particularly its intersections with #evolution, #paleosky, and comparative studies of #behavior, #cognition, and #culture —consider following @theramseylab.bsky.social! We're a cool group of philosophers with a broad range of expertise! #philsci #HPbio
April 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you're interested in philosophy of biology—particularly its intersections with #evolution, #paleosky, and comparative studies of #behavior, #cognition, and #culture —consider following @theramseylab.bsky.social! We're a cool group of philosophers with a broad range of expertise! #philsci #HPbio
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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Call for Papers: Masterclass "Truth Politics between Science and Society (1960s– today)"
Where: University of Erfurt, Germany
When: July 10, 2025
Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2025
URL: www.hsozkult.de/even...
Where: University of Erfurt, Germany
When: July 10, 2025
Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2025
URL: www.hsozkult.de/even...
April 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Call for Papers: Masterclass "Truth Politics between Science and Society (1960s– today)"
Where: University of Erfurt, Germany
When: July 10, 2025
Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2025
URL: www.hsozkult.de/even...
Where: University of Erfurt, Germany
When: July 10, 2025
Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2025
URL: www.hsozkult.de/even...