Lucas Mueller
@lumu.bsky.social
MIT PhD '19 | Science Studies #histSTM History Geography | Department of Geography & Environment #UNIGE | @youngacademy_ch | Environment ❄️ Experts 👩🔬 Political Economy | More at https://avalanche.hypotheses.org/
Very much looking forward to deepen and open up the discussion about "Expert Multiplicity and Scientific Authority in the Anthropocene" at our Roundtable with Jessica Wang, Sabine Clarke, David Demortain, and Etienne Benson at #HSS2026 #eshs2026 in July in Edinburgh: hssonline.org/page/Edinbur...
2026 HSS Annual Meeting - History of Science Society
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February 18, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Very much looking forward to deepen and open up the discussion about "Expert Multiplicity and Scientific Authority in the Anthropocene" at our Roundtable with Jessica Wang, Sabine Clarke, David Demortain, and Etienne Benson at #HSS2026 #eshs2026 in July in Edinburgh: hssonline.org/page/Edinbur...
This morning, the municipality of Orsière ordered around 50 people to evacuate their houses in the blue and red hazard zones, as an addition 80cm of fresh snow are expected, and the Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche (SLF) set the danger of avalanches to the category of 4+
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This morning, the municipality of Orsière ordered around 50 people to evacuate their houses in the blue and red hazard zones, as an addition 80cm of fresh snow are expected, and the Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche (SLF) set the danger of avalanches to the category of 4+
Today, an avalanche cut off railway and road to the Lötschental. www.lenouvelliste.ch/valais/haut-...
Avalanche: le Lötschental coupé du trafic
Une avalanche a coupé l’entrée du Lötschental, peu après le tunnel routier du Lötschberg. Le trafic est interrompu au moins jusqu’au début de la soirée.
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February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Today, an avalanche cut off railway and road to the Lötschental. www.lenouvelliste.ch/valais/haut-...
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Davos gave us globalism and now offers a front-row seat to its collapse.
With Grace Ballor, we examine both its historical momentum and weaknesses.
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In an issue on the post-neoliberal order by @quinnslobodian.com @llchristyll.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
With Grace Ballor, we examine both its historical momentum and weaknesses.
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In an issue on the post-neoliberal order by @quinnslobodian.com @llchristyll.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Davos gave us globalism and now offers a front-row seat to its collapse.
With Grace Ballor, we examine both its historical momentum and weaknesses.
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
In an issue on the post-neoliberal order by @quinnslobodian.com @llchristyll.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
With Grace Ballor, we examine both its historical momentum and weaknesses.
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
In an issue on the post-neoliberal order by @quinnslobodian.com @llchristyll.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social
Tonight!
Looking forward to Anna Ahlers "Demystifying China’s Authoritarian Environmentalism - and Its Local and Global Nuances" on 8 December 2025, 17h15, at Uni Mail, M1170. Public talk - join if you are in Geneva!
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Tonight!
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Applications open for Ischia Summer School!
Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
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Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
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About the school - Ischia Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences
Ischia 2013 Summer School on the History of the Life Sciences: About the summer school.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Applications open for Ischia Summer School!
Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
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Confirmed faculty: Daryn Lehoux (Queen’s), Dániel Margócsy (Cambridge), He Bian (Princeton), Patrick Anthony (Uppsala), Alison Bashford (UNSW), Hannah Landecker (UCLA), Edna Suárez-Díaz (UNAM), Sabina Leonelli (TUM) #STS #HPS
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Great program for HSSuisse25 this Friday in Lucerne! See you there! hssuisse.ch/meetings/202...
HSSUISSE - History of Science Switzerland
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December 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Great program for HSSuisse25 this Friday in Lucerne! See you there! hssuisse.ch/meetings/202...
Looking forward to Anna Ahlers "Demystifying China’s Authoritarian Environmentalism - and Its Local and Global Nuances" on 8 December 2025, 17h15, at Uni Mail, M1170. Public talk - join if you are in Geneva!
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Looking forward to Anna Ahlers "Demystifying China’s Authoritarian Environmentalism - and Its Local and Global Nuances" on 8 December 2025, 17h15, at Uni Mail, M1170. Public talk - join if you are in Geneva!
Tonight!
Next week! Join for David Jones's talk about urban air pollution this Wednesday, as the autumnal fog sits upon Geneva and the Swiss plateau 🌫️
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Tonight!
Next week! Join for David Jones's talk about urban air pollution this Wednesday, as the autumnal fog sits upon Geneva and the Swiss plateau 🌫️
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Next week! Join for David Jones's talk about urban air pollution this Wednesday, as the autumnal fog sits upon Geneva and the Swiss plateau 🌫️
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L’approche néo-schumpeterienne de Philippe Aghion a largement inspiré les politiques économiques en Europe depuis le tournant des années 2000. Et singulièrement celle d’Emmanuel Macron 1/
🏆 Le prix Nobel d'économie a été décerné à l'Américano-Israélien Joel Mokyr, au Français Philippe Aghion et au Canadien Peter Howitt pour leurs travaux sur l'impact des nouvelles technologies sur la croissance économique.
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
L’approche néo-schumpeterienne de Philippe Aghion a largement inspiré les politiques économiques en Europe depuis le tournant des années 2000. Et singulièrement celle d’Emmanuel Macron 1/
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
If you want to hear more about avalanches (and avalanche dogs 🐶 ), you have three opportunities in three languages across Switzerland this:
21/10, Chur, "Lawinen und soziale Ordnung. Graubünden als Labor des Umgangs mit Naturgefahren, 1867–1972," historia-gr.ch/veranstaltun...
21/10, Chur, "Lawinen und soziale Ordnung. Graubünden als Labor des Umgangs mit Naturgefahren, 1867–1972," historia-gr.ch/veranstaltun...
October 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
If you want to hear more about avalanches (and avalanche dogs 🐶 ), you have three opportunities in three languages across Switzerland this:
21/10, Chur, "Lawinen und soziale Ordnung. Graubünden als Labor des Umgangs mit Naturgefahren, 1867–1972," historia-gr.ch/veranstaltun...
21/10, Chur, "Lawinen und soziale Ordnung. Graubünden als Labor des Umgangs mit Naturgefahren, 1867–1972," historia-gr.ch/veranstaltun...
We have two great talks coming up in the Geneva Environmental Lecture series this term.
22/10 – David S. Jones (Harvard): "Particulate Matters: How PM2.5 Became a Cause of Death, and a Matter of Concern," 17h15, E712, Bd. Carl-Vogt 66
22/10 – David S. Jones (Harvard): "Particulate Matters: How PM2.5 Became a Cause of Death, and a Matter of Concern," 17h15, E712, Bd. Carl-Vogt 66
October 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
We have two great talks coming up in the Geneva Environmental Lecture series this term.
22/10 – David S. Jones (Harvard): "Particulate Matters: How PM2.5 Became a Cause of Death, and a Matter of Concern," 17h15, E712, Bd. Carl-Vogt 66
22/10 – David S. Jones (Harvard): "Particulate Matters: How PM2.5 Became a Cause of Death, and a Matter of Concern," 17h15, E712, Bd. Carl-Vogt 66
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1/12 - In our book, The Mask, we show 58 striking images.
Remember those depictions of plague doctors wearing a beaked mask? Such visual elements were common in the 17th C and were always satirical.
Here is one by F. Bertelli, from Il Carnevale Italiano…1642 (The Met, NY).
tinyurl.com/uvzjs9py
Remember those depictions of plague doctors wearing a beaked mask? Such visual elements were common in the 17th C and were always satirical.
Here is one by F. Bertelli, from Il Carnevale Italiano…1642 (The Met, NY).
tinyurl.com/uvzjs9py
August 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
1/12 - In our book, The Mask, we show 58 striking images.
Remember those depictions of plague doctors wearing a beaked mask? Such visual elements were common in the 17th C and were always satirical.
Here is one by F. Bertelli, from Il Carnevale Italiano…1642 (The Met, NY).
tinyurl.com/uvzjs9py
Remember those depictions of plague doctors wearing a beaked mask? Such visual elements were common in the 17th C and were always satirical.
Here is one by F. Bertelli, from Il Carnevale Italiano…1642 (The Met, NY).
tinyurl.com/uvzjs9py
Switzerland will vote in late November on a popular initiative to impose a 50% tax on inheritance and donations above 50 million. The initiative, lanced by the JUSO, proposes to use the funds for socially just measures for climate protection. zukunft-initiative.ch/fr/
IPA
Les ultra-riches détruisent notre avenir avec leurs jets privés, leurs super-yachts et leurs investissements de plusieurs milliards nuisibles au climat. En quelques heures, elles et ils sont…
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August 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Switzerland will vote in late November on a popular initiative to impose a 50% tax on inheritance and donations above 50 million. The initiative, lanced by the JUSO, proposes to use the funds for socially just measures for climate protection. zukunft-initiative.ch/fr/
Submit your proposal for a presentation at HSSuisse25 in Lucerne (5 December) till 15 August! Going into its 6th year, this workshop serves as an informal, respectful, and constructive environment to present new and old projects and think through them together. More on hssuisse.ch/meetings/202...
HSSUISSE - History of Science Switzerland
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August 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Submit your proposal for a presentation at HSSuisse25 in Lucerne (5 December) till 15 August! Going into its 6th year, this workshop serves as an informal, respectful, and constructive environment to present new and old projects and think through them together. More on hssuisse.ch/meetings/202...
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Our book is out! The surprising history of masks worn by plague doctors, factory workers, trench soldier, hospital nurses, and the rest of us.
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July 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Our book is out! The surprising history of masks worn by plague doctors, factory workers, trench soldier, hospital nurses, and the rest of us.
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
@yalepress.bsky.social
@yalebooks.bsky.socuial
yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
@yalepress.bsky.social
@yalebooks.bsky.socuial
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More information about the conference's content and program:
July 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
More information about the conference's content and program:
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"The Mask" by @brunostrasser.bsky.social and #thomasschlich is out today. I have listened to talks and seen some papers and cannot wait to read this.
June 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"The Mask" by @brunostrasser.bsky.social and #thomasschlich is out today. I have listened to talks and seen some papers and cannot wait to read this.
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We look forward to seeing the conversations that come out of this exciting forum!
Our Forum "Visions of the Planet" is now published in Diplomatic History (49.3) - and you can find all articles in one place: academic.oup.com/dh/issue/49/3
Volume 49 Issue 3 | Diplomatic History | Oxford Academic
The official journal of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Examines issues relating to U.S. diplomacy, foreign relations, and security issues from the colonial period to the present...
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June 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We look forward to seeing the conversations that come out of this exciting forum!
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The rest of the research articles in the issue are part of a special forum on the planetary age Lucas Mueller (@lumu.bsky.social) and Simone M. Müller compiled a great set of articles and wrote the introduction, which is available in open access academic.oup.com/dh/article/4...
Visions of the One Planet: The Planetary Age in International and Environmental History
“We know that you don’t have the power to stop a transaction, but for goodness’ sake, we are all on the same planet.”- Congressional Representative John Co
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June 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The rest of the research articles in the issue are part of a special forum on the planetary age Lucas Mueller (@lumu.bsky.social) and Simone M. Müller compiled a great set of articles and wrote the introduction, which is available in open access academic.oup.com/dh/article/4...
Our Forum "Visions of the Planet" is now published in Diplomatic History (49.3) - and you can find all articles in one place: academic.oup.com/dh/issue/49/3
Volume 49 Issue 3 | Diplomatic History | Oxford Academic
The official journal of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Examines issues relating to U.S. diplomacy, foreign relations, and security issues from the colonial period to the present...
academic.oup.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Our Forum "Visions of the Planet" is now published in Diplomatic History (49.3) - and you can find all articles in one place: academic.oup.com/dh/issue/49/3
New day, new archive. Let's see how the Swiss planners thought about avalanches and other natural dangers - and what they did about it.
June 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
New day, new archive. Let's see how the Swiss planners thought about avalanches and other natural dangers - and what they did about it.