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@gloknos.bsky.social
Centre for Global Knowledge Studies | CRASSH, University of Cambridge & Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen | Founding Director: Prof. Inanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social | ERC-funded (2018-2023) | Website: www.gloknos.ac.uk
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· Jan 10
Today's featured #longreads 1/2: There are no pure cultures by @berytia.bsky.social
“This tale of globalisation is the most successful scare story of our times. And like all scare stories, it stimulates our fear of an overwhelming unknown.
But it’s all an illusion. There is no new global world.”
“This tale of globalisation is the most successful scare story of our times. And like all scare stories, it stimulates our fear of an overwhelming unknown.
But it’s all an illusion. There is no new global world.”
There are no pure cultures - we have always been global | Aeon Essays
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
aeon.co
gloknos director, Inanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social writes for @aeon.co on the deep history of globalisation | There are no pure cultures - we have always been global 👇
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Work with us 💼
Join our friendly admin team as a Research Project Administrator, and have the opportunity to develop your project management and finance skills by working alongside cutting-edge research groups
Deadline for applications is 28 February 2026
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Join our friendly admin team as a Research Project Administrator, and have the opportunity to develop your project management and finance skills by working alongside cutting-edge research groups
Deadline for applications is 28 February 2026
Find out more at https://bit.ly/4hCYbFy
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Work with us 💼
Join our friendly admin team as a Research Project Administrator, and have the opportunity to develop your project management and finance skills by working alongside cutting-edge research groups
Deadline for applications is 28 February 2026
Find out more at https://bit.ly/4hCYbFy
Join our friendly admin team as a Research Project Administrator, and have the opportunity to develop your project management and finance skills by working alongside cutting-edge research groups
Deadline for applications is 28 February 2026
Find out more at https://bit.ly/4hCYbFy
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Come work with us!
Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin.
The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions.
Deadline 28 Feb 2026
#histmed
genderinsight.eu
Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin.
The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions.
Deadline 28 Feb 2026
#histmed
genderinsight.eu
Gender Insight
Through co-creation and mixed methods research the projects will increase our understanding of the influence of biopsychosocial factors during hormonal transitions such as puberty and menopause, in th...
genderinsight.eu
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Come work with us!
Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin.
The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions.
Deadline 28 Feb 2026
#histmed
genderinsight.eu
Two fully funded 36-month PhD positions in the history of medicine at Charité Berlin.
The positions are part of the EU-funded Gender Insight network researching biopsychosocial aspects of diverse hormonal transitions.
Deadline 28 Feb 2026
#histmed
genderinsight.eu
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TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM
TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027).
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
#histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
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⏰ Deadline tomorrow!
Submit your nomination for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026—open to outstanding scholarly books in the history of science.
Anyone may nominate, including self-nominations.
Form available on the BSHS website. www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
Submit your nomination for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026—open to outstanding scholarly books in the history of science.
Anyone may nominate, including self-nominations.
Form available on the BSHS website. www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
January 30, 2026 at 10:07 AM
⏰ Deadline tomorrow!
Submit your nomination for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026—open to outstanding scholarly books in the history of science.
Anyone may nominate, including self-nominations.
Form available on the BSHS website. www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
Submit your nomination for the BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026—open to outstanding scholarly books in the history of science.
Anyone may nominate, including self-nominations.
Form available on the BSHS website. www.bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic...
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My inaugural lecture, "Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology” last October was an opportunity to share my vision for a new field of knowledge and celebrate the creation of the first ever chair in Global Political Anthropology | @facultyofartsug.bsky.social books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology
| University of Groningen Press
books.ugp.rug.nl
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 AM
My inaugural lecture, "Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology” last October was an opportunity to share my vision for a new field of knowledge and celebrate the creation of the first ever chair in Global Political Anthropology | @facultyofartsug.bsky.social books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
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🌐 How do Rapid Response Mechanisms at the UN affect the making & use of expertise?
My new article @risjnl.bsky.social, part of a special issue by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, @uribejuanita.bsky.social & Leandro Montes Ruiz on sources of expert authority beyond objectivity 👇 tinyurl.com/yzn422nn
My new article @risjnl.bsky.social, part of a special issue by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, @uribejuanita.bsky.social & Leandro Montes Ruiz on sources of expert authority beyond objectivity 👇 tinyurl.com/yzn422nn
Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Time frames: Crisis expertise and rapid response mechanisms
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January 29, 2026 at 9:51 AM
🌐 How do Rapid Response Mechanisms at the UN affect the making & use of expertise?
My new article @risjnl.bsky.social, part of a special issue by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, @uribejuanita.bsky.social & Leandro Montes Ruiz on sources of expert authority beyond objectivity 👇 tinyurl.com/yzn422nn
My new article @risjnl.bsky.social, part of a special issue by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet, @uribejuanita.bsky.social & Leandro Montes Ruiz on sources of expert authority beyond objectivity 👇 tinyurl.com/yzn422nn
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Du terrain au texte. Publier l' #ethnologie et ses images
Une enquête ethnographique offre toujours l’occasion d'une rencontre permettant d’appréhender différentes manières d'être au monde.
La #Lettre revient sur ces recherches et l'exposition en cours au @college-de-france.fr.
👉 urls.fr/BbGMQE
Une enquête ethnographique offre toujours l’occasion d'une rencontre permettant d’appréhender différentes manières d'être au monde.
La #Lettre revient sur ces recherches et l'exposition en cours au @college-de-france.fr.
👉 urls.fr/BbGMQE
January 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Du terrain au texte. Publier l' #ethnologie et ses images
Une enquête ethnographique offre toujours l’occasion d'une rencontre permettant d’appréhender différentes manières d'être au monde.
La #Lettre revient sur ces recherches et l'exposition en cours au @college-de-france.fr.
👉 urls.fr/BbGMQE
Une enquête ethnographique offre toujours l’occasion d'une rencontre permettant d’appréhender différentes manières d'être au monde.
La #Lettre revient sur ces recherches et l'exposition en cours au @college-de-france.fr.
👉 urls.fr/BbGMQE
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An amazing collection of primary sources on how science is represented and how these representations evolved #histsci #philsci #hps
Watch the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES archive
Watch all the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES back to 1966, when the lectures were first televised.
www.rigb.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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JOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
JOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
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🎓 The Conference of the International Network of Analytical Sociology will be hosted by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social & Oxford Sociology this July!
💡 Fee waivers for PhD students & researchers from low-income countries are available - please apply before 1 Feb ⬇️
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
💡 Fee waivers for PhD students & researchers from low-income countries are available - please apply before 1 Feb ⬇️
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
INAS Conference 2026 - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🎓 The Conference of the International Network of Analytical Sociology will be hosted by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social & Oxford Sociology this July!
💡 Fee waivers for PhD students & researchers from low-income countries are available - please apply before 1 Feb ⬇️
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
💡 Fee waivers for PhD students & researchers from low-income countries are available - please apply before 1 Feb ⬇️
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research...
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Very exciting job announcement! Permanent early medieval (Britain and/or Europe) teaching post at KCL. I know first-hand that this is a great opportunity to work with amazing colleagues and students. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Very exciting job announcement! Permanent early medieval (Britain and/or Europe) teaching post at KCL. I know first-hand that this is a great opportunity to work with amazing colleagues and students. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
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Applications open to our scholarship to study the history of science and/or technology with us at MA and PHD-level. Get in touch with a prospective supervisor to discuss your proposal.
More about how to apply, what we offer and deadlines in the link tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
#histsci #histtech #histstm
More about how to apply, what we offer and deadlines in the link tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
#histsci #histtech #histstm
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Applications open to our scholarship to study the history of science and/or technology with us at MA and PHD-level. Get in touch with a prospective supervisor to discuss your proposal.
More about how to apply, what we offer and deadlines in the link tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
#histsci #histtech #histstm
More about how to apply, what we offer and deadlines in the link tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
#histsci #histtech #histstm
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Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
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Congratulations to Professor Patricia Owens, our Fellow and Tutor in International Relations, who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust. @whitproject.bsky.social
Professor Patricia Owens awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship - Somerville College Oxford
Congratulations to Professor Patricia Owens, our Fellow and Tutor in International Relations, who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust. The Leverhulme…
www.some.ox.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Congratulations to Professor Patricia Owens, our Fellow and Tutor in International Relations, who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust. @whitproject.bsky.social
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🚨 The Changing Global Orders Oral History Collection is now live! 🚨 #HistIR @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
🌍 A while back, for the Global Shocks podcast I spoke to former officials of a range of international organisations: EU, IMF, OECD, WHO, UN peacekeeping, Greenpeace, the ICRC ... 1/4
🌍 A while back, for the Global Shocks podcast I spoke to former officials of a range of international organisations: EU, IMF, OECD, WHO, UN peacekeeping, Greenpeace, the ICRC ... 1/4
Oral History Archive
changingglobalorders.web.ox.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🚨 The Changing Global Orders Oral History Collection is now live! 🚨 #HistIR @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
🌍 A while back, for the Global Shocks podcast I spoke to former officials of a range of international organisations: EU, IMF, OECD, WHO, UN peacekeeping, Greenpeace, the ICRC ... 1/4
🌍 A while back, for the Global Shocks podcast I spoke to former officials of a range of international organisations: EU, IMF, OECD, WHO, UN peacekeeping, Greenpeace, the ICRC ... 1/4
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The cultural markers of identity we cherish most jealously – our cuisines, religions, languages, and social mores – are products of past globalisations.
aeon.co/essays/there...
aeon.co/essays/there...
There are no pure cultures – we have always been global | Aeon Essays
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
aeon.co
January 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The cultural markers of identity we cherish most jealously – our cuisines, religions, languages, and social mores – are products of past globalisations.
aeon.co/essays/there...
aeon.co/essays/there...
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CRASSH Connections 💥 open for applications
Do you want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application or start building an interdisciplinary network?
Convene an event or meeting to scope out possible collaborators
Apply by 1 Feb 2026
https://bit.ly/4pMnj01
Do you want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application or start building an interdisciplinary network?
Convene an event or meeting to scope out possible collaborators
Apply by 1 Feb 2026
https://bit.ly/4pMnj01
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
CRASSH Connections 💥 open for applications
Do you want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application or start building an interdisciplinary network?
Convene an event or meeting to scope out possible collaborators
Apply by 1 Feb 2026
https://bit.ly/4pMnj01
Do you want to find colleagues working on a related topic, plan a collaborative grant application or start building an interdisciplinary network?
Convene an event or meeting to scope out possible collaborators
Apply by 1 Feb 2026
https://bit.ly/4pMnj01
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This essay is impeccably written and as urgent as ever.
"There are no pure cultures — we have always been global"
by Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya at @aeon.co
"There are no pure cultures — we have always been global"
by Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya at @aeon.co
There are no pure cultures – we have always been global | Aeon Essays
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
aeon.co
January 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This essay is impeccably written and as urgent as ever.
"There are no pure cultures — we have always been global"
by Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya at @aeon.co
"There are no pure cultures — we have always been global"
by Dr. Inanna Hamati-Ataya at @aeon.co
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Delighted to join the podcast of the @risjnl.bsky.social - one of my favorite journals - to discuss the topic of my @mybisa.bsky.social keynote in Belfast last June - Seeing and Sensing World Politics - with my colleague @sebkaempf.bsky.social.
In this @risjnl.bsky.social podcast, @bleiker.bsky.social talk to @sebkaempf.bsky.social about ‘seeing and sensing world politics’, the title of his keynote address delivered at #BISA2025.
https://cup.org/4pPo9II
https://cup.org/4pPo9II
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Delighted to join the podcast of the @risjnl.bsky.social - one of my favorite journals - to discuss the topic of my @mybisa.bsky.social keynote in Belfast last June - Seeing and Sensing World Politics - with my colleague @sebkaempf.bsky.social.
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Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology: Inanna Hamati-Ataya's (@berytia.bsky.social) inaugural lecture introducing her vision for a new field of knowledge: Global Political Anthropology books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology: Inanna Hamati-Ataya's (@berytia.bsky.social) inaugural lecture introducing her vision for a new field of knowledge: Global Political Anthropology books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social
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📣The deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference closes TOMORROW!
We really look forward to seeing many of you there!
We really look forward to seeing many of you there!
📣You have just under a month to send in your proposal for our 2026 Social History Society Conference - where we will be celebrating out 50th anniversary!
👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
👉Find out more here: socialhistory.org.uk/conference/s...
SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
socialhistory.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
📣The deadline for applications to our 50th anniversary conference closes TOMORROW!
We really look forward to seeing many of you there!
We really look forward to seeing many of you there!
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There are still places on our 2 day writing course for PhD students . This in-person trainingwill help you with your writing skills and craft with a particular emphasis on style and structure www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Short Writing Course for PhD Students
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January 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
There are still places on our 2 day writing course for PhD students . This in-person trainingwill help you with your writing skills and craft with a particular emphasis on style and structure www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology: Inanna Hamati-Ataya's (@berytia.bsky.social) inaugural lecture introducing her vision for a new field of knowledge: Global Political Anthropology books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Humanist Yearning as Political Epistemology: Inanna Hamati-Ataya's (@berytia.bsky.social) inaugural lecture introducing her vision for a new field of knowledge: Global Political Anthropology books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/...
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social
@cirr-ug.bsky.social @facultyofartsug.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social