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Collection Ecologies
@collecol.bsky.social
historical ecology and environmental history • humanities approaches to collections & collecting

#collections #museums #histsci #histstm #histknow #envhum #envhist
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Hello new followers! We're Collection Ecologies 👋

We investigate histories of #collections to understand how collections can serve as archives + knowledge repositories in #envhist, & by reflecting on collections as ecologies themselves.

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🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨

This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)

#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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I will actually miss this, unfortunately, because I’m giving a workshop at the @icomdeutschland.bsky.social conference in Hamburg at the same time but y‘all should definitely not miss Thomas‘s presentation about his fabulous project.
#HistNatHist
#Collections
#EnvHist
🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨

This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)

#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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CollEcologies is back this week with another great discussion on how THINGS are also NATURE and what is all this about collecting and preserving, and where is "knowledge"?
🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨

This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)

#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Join us this coming Thursday! You won’t regret it; well, you will if you dont join us 🤭✨✨✨✨
for the reconstruction of natural history practices and networks of early modern Pietism, and it can be analyzed as an archive of historical biodiversity, providing insight into climate change 🌿

We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
for the reconstruction of natural history practices and networks of early modern Pietism, and it can be analyzed as an archive of historical biodiversity, providing insight into climate change 🌿

We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thomas is lead researcher on the project entitled "A Testimony to Ecclesiastical Natural History and an Archive of Historical Biodiversity. The Herbarium Ruperti (1700) of the Herzog August Bibliothek". This botanical collection, compiled by a prominent Protestant clergyman around 1700, allows /2
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨

This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)

#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨
@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Looks like a great reading group for those interested in natural history + history of collections! 🏛️🌿🦓
Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨
@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨
@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🚨🚨 This is a quick notice to let you all know that we have had to cancel this session!

But, we have moved it to 6 November! We hope you'll join us then! ✨🪴
@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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What a great roundtable! @collecol.bsky.social!
July 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Had a fabulous time at #BSHS2025 @bshsnews.bsky.social . #HistSTM

So much on #museums , #collections , #envhist #HistNatHist . 😍

Great seeing friends & meeting new people. Esp. @camglamresearch.bsky.social

Thanks everyone for attending our @collecol.bsky.social roundtable. Join please:
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www.chstm.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Greatly looking forward to #BSHS2025 and esp. our @collecol.bsky.social roundtable on Wednesday, 11.30 am.
Already very happy about the accommodation because I get to walk past this gorgeous #ceramics art work by one of my favourite artists. Thanks @bshsnews.bsky.social 😍 #DuncanGrant #HistSTM
July 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿

#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums
🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
June 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿

#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums
🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
June 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Join us & let‘s workshop together!
#envhum #collections #museum
🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
June 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
June 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Where does our food come from and is it safe? My article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science explores the history of plant #genetics and concerns over #food in the BSE crisis and #GMO controversy: doi.org/10.1093/acre... #histSTM #envhist #aghist #EnvSci
April 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Starting shortly. I was so much looking forward to @nathanbossoh.bsky.social ‘s presentation but I can’t attend after all. 😩 one of those days . 🙄
Don’t be like me !
Don't forget ⬇️ In just a few hours! ⏰

Join us today to hear from @nathanbossoh.bsky.social on three core themes of access, exploitation, & curation as a way of opening further dialogue on the role of museums in the creation (& curation) of new botanical futures.

We look forward to seeing you! ✨🌿
🚨 @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on 10 April @ 12pm EDT/5pm BST! ✨

Dr @nathanbossoh.bsky.social will discuss 'Imperial Exploitation, & the Curation of New Botanical Futures' & his co-curated exhibition at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social.

We hope you'll join us! ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
April 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Our own @arnoldke.bsky.social will host a workshop at this event on how to work with + read natural history specimens with colleagues at the Liverpool World Museum! 🪲

Information on schedule, bursaries, & sign-up available in the link below ⬇️🌿
We are excited to announce that @liverpooluni.bsky.social will host the next big @ihr.bsky.social workshop - IHR@Liverpool! The topic is 'Difficult Histories' ✨

This is geared toward PGRs + early career folks & there are bursaries available!

Sign-up + more info ➡️ www.history.ac.uk/events/ihrli...
IHR@Liverpool: Difficult Histories
www.history.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Don't forget ⬇️ In just a few hours! ⏰

Join us today to hear from @nathanbossoh.bsky.social on three core themes of access, exploitation, & curation as a way of opening further dialogue on the role of museums in the creation (& curation) of new botanical futures.

We look forward to seeing you! ✨🌿
🚨 @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on 10 April @ 12pm EDT/5pm BST! ✨

Dr @nathanbossoh.bsky.social will discuss 'Imperial Exploitation, & the Curation of New Botanical Futures' & his co-curated exhibition at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social.

We hope you'll join us! ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM