Geoff Belknap
@curatorgeoff.bsky.social
Keeper of Science and Technology at National Museums Scotland. Historian of photography, science, museums and visual culture. He/him. Views my own.
Great job in a great department
we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social!
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly.
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
Assistant Professor Science, Technology and Society Studies
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Great job in a great department
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Want to level up your library career this year?
We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026
We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026
January 6, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Want to level up your library career this year?
We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026
We’re looking for international mid-career library and archive professionals to join us this summer at our International Library Leaders Programme.
Learn more link.bl.uk/ILLP2026
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The Science Museum Group is looking for a Systems and E-Resources Librarian, FT permanent post based at one of our sites in #Bradford #London #Manchester #Wroughton (nr Swindon) or #York #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #MuseumJobs ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...
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January 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
The Science Museum Group is looking for a Systems and E-Resources Librarian, FT permanent post based at one of our sites in #Bradford #London #Manchester #Wroughton (nr Swindon) or #York #LISjobs #LibraryJobs #MuseumJobs ce0111li.webitrent.com/ce0111li_web...
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JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
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Special issue (OA) of British Art Studies on James VI & I, including a multi-authored section on the Ramsay-Kerr watch @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social main--britishartstudies-29.netlify.app/issues/29/
(see also www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...)
(see also www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...)
A watch for King James VI and I's favourite | National Museums Scotland
In around 1615, James VI and I presented his favourite courtier, Robert Kerr, Earl of Somerset, with an elaborate pendant watch. Within a year, Kerr had sp
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December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Special issue (OA) of British Art Studies on James VI & I, including a multi-authored section on the Ramsay-Kerr watch @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social main--britishartstudies-29.netlify.app/issues/29/
(see also www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...)
(see also www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...)
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What if there was a way to link museum collections based on the way an object looks? Kaspar Beelen and I have a paper out now talking about 'Heritage Weaver,' a project that used multimodal AI to link and explore museum data across collections: doi.org/10.63744/txx...
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What if there was a way to link museum collections based on the way an object looks? Kaspar Beelen and I have a paper out now talking about 'Heritage Weaver,' a project that used multimodal AI to link and explore museum data across collections: doi.org/10.63744/txx...
This is the best kind of use of the Internet.
Thus begins the #dadjoke thread for 2025 bsky.app/profile/hist...
Hey did I tell y’all what my New Year’s resolution is?
1024 x 768
1024 x 768
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is the best kind of use of the Internet.
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2026 photo research fellowships now open. Come to Toronto to work with the amazing collections at TMU’s Image Centre!
theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/
theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/
Fellowship | The Image Centre
theimagecentre.ca
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
2026 photo research fellowships now open. Come to Toronto to work with the amazing collections at TMU’s Image Centre!
theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/
theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/
Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh!
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
IASH-National Museums Scotland Fellowship | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh!
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...
I know it often feels like yelling into the void, but at least you can yell loudly here and with occasional free text boxes if you are horrified by the proposed immigration changes.
If, like me, this utter betrayal by Labour is making your blood boil, can I ask you let them know your feelings here www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I know it often feels like yelling into the void, but at least you can yell loudly here and with occasional free text boxes if you are horrified by the proposed immigration changes.
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits: fab to see the peer-reviewed results of our online mass experiment for the Manchester Science Festival with @comadork.bsky.social and his team from @westernu.ca in @plosone.org! blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/why-treadmil...
Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits | Science and Industry Museum
Detailed findings of a pioneering 'brain and body' study developed for the Manchester Science Festival have just been published, reports Science Director, and study co-author, Roger Highfield.
blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Why treadmills soothe our minds and joysticks sharpen our wits: fab to see the peer-reviewed results of our online mass experiment for the Manchester Science Festival with @comadork.bsky.social and his team from @westernu.ca in @plosone.org! blog.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/why-treadmil...
Really interesting read on AL and cultural heritage
ICYMI: 11 changes historians and archivists need to make in response to generative AI. Now with a new and improved reading list.
#dh #digitalhumanities #history #archives #ai #highered #pedagogy
foundhistory.org/2025/07/gene...
#dh #digitalhumanities #history #archives #ai #highered #pedagogy
foundhistory.org/2025/07/gene...
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Really interesting read on AL and cultural heritage
🔔🔔JOB KLAXON🔔🔔🔔
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
Head of Collections Services
careers.nms.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🔔🔔JOB KLAXON🔔🔔🔔
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
Come and join the team at NMS - we're looking for a new Head of Collections Services. It's a brilliant role and a great team.
Details
Salary - £70.692-80,152
Hours - FT 35 Hours per week
Deadline - Nov 9th, 2025
careers.nms.ac.uk/job/780754
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Are you doing #19thC attribution research? Do you have DH skills and nowhere to use them? YOU could be the next editor of the Curran Index! We're still accepting applications thru next week on 15 Oct. Lead this ongoing + fully supported DH project into its next iteration! rs4vp.org/curran-edito...
Lead the Curran Index as Our New Editor – RSVP
RSVP seeks a new Editor or Editors to lead the Curran Index! Applications should be sent to VP Alison Chapman by October 15.
rs4vp.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Are you doing #19thC attribution research? Do you have DH skills and nowhere to use them? YOU could be the next editor of the Curran Index! We're still accepting applications thru next week on 15 Oct. Lead this ongoing + fully supported DH project into its next iteration! rs4vp.org/curran-edito...
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Join us as Chair of The National Videogame Museum!
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Join us as Chair of The National Videogame Museum!
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
Are you passionate about videogames, culture, and education? Do you have the strategic vision and experience to lead a growing national charity? Join us and help shape the future of our work.
thenvm.org/about/work-w...
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Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
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Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
Job Klaxon!
Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Job Klaxon!
Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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Science Museum is looking for a Curator of Chemistry.
Job Details
Salary - £41,177.63
Full Time
London
Deadline - 29/09/2025
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#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10
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Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - External Relations - 81775 - Grade 10
The Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement will provide strategic leadership and oversight of the University’s cultural and public engagement initiatives, supporting the University’s S...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#JobFairy University of Birmingham is looking for a Director of Culture, Collections and Public Engagement - senior hire at Grade 10
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What do all of these things have in common? Each has been embroiled in debates over censorship and moral panic in the USA. I'm going to be talking about these themes on Wednesday as part of the "Otherworldly Entertainment" workshop @ucph.bsky.social!
August 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
What do all of these things have in common? Each has been embroiled in debates over censorship and moral panic in the USA. I'm going to be talking about these themes on Wednesday as part of the "Otherworldly Entertainment" workshop @ucph.bsky.social!
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In-person tix for this #photography talk @nationalgalleries.bsky.social are nearly gone - but a livestream is available to hear Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray discuss Format, the agency est in 1983 (closed 2003) to represent women photographers. 🗃️📜📷📸🔥
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
Resistance | Format: the Women’s Photography Agency (in person) | National Galleries of Scotland
Join Resistance photographers Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray for a discussion about Format, the agency founded as a collective to represent women photographers. Format was established in 1983 and op...
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August 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In-person tix for this #photography talk @nationalgalleries.bsky.social are nearly gone - but a livestream is available to hear Pam Isherwood and Maggie Murray discuss Format, the agency est in 1983 (closed 2003) to represent women photographers. 🗃️📜📷📸🔥
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
Tuesday, Aug. 12th, 12.45-1.30 pm in Edinburgh
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I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️
Metropolitan Science
Exploring distinctive practices in the artisanal, mercantile, and governmental sites of London, Metropolitan Science offers a new perspective on the development…
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August 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️
If you are interested in Transport collections (trains, planes, automobiles etc..) or the ethics and implications of AI in museums - this conference is for you: www.iatm.museum/conferences/...
The AI shift - IATM
REGISTER NOW Register now! We are looking forward to welcoming you in Frankfurt/Main and Mannheim!From 14-17 September 2025, we will gather in Frankfurt am Main and Mannheim for the next IATM Conferen...
www.iatm.museum
August 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
If you are interested in Transport collections (trains, planes, automobiles etc..) or the ethics and implications of AI in museums - this conference is for you: www.iatm.museum/conferences/...
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Two #photography jobs at the V&A London, 3-yr full-time posts to work on the Royal Photographic Society collection. Deadline July 18th. Project Archivist in link below, Project Cataloguer in the next post. 📜🗃️📷📸
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!
RPS Project Archivist - Cromwell Road, London
The V&A is a family of museums dedicated to the power of creativity. Our mission is to champion art, design and creativity in all its forms, for everyone. We share a 5,000-year-old story of creativity...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Two #photography jobs at the V&A London, 3-yr full-time posts to work on the Royal Photographic Society collection. Deadline July 18th. Project Archivist in link below, Project Cataloguer in the next post. 📜🗃️📷📸
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!
Not great pay for London - but fantastic opportunities otherwise!