Dr. Penelope K Hardy
@pkhardy.bsky.social
Historian of science, technology, & medicine, especially tech of ocean science. Associate professor of history. Book review editor for H-Sci-Med-Tech & H-Oceans. She/her/hers.
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H-SciMedTech Books for Review
Below are the books currently available for review with H-SciMedTech. Interested in reviewing one? Message Penelope Hardy @pkhardy on Twitter or @pkhardy.bsky.social, or send an email to phardy@uwlax...
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Calling all grad students, independent scholars, librarians, museum pros, academics …
✔️this list of available 📚 & DM me to review your pick for H-SciMedTech!
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#HSTM #HPS #STS #HistSci #PhilSci #HistTech #HistMed #RHM #LitMed #MedSocio #MedAnthro #MediaStudies #InfoStudies
✔️this list of available 📚 & DM me to review your pick for H-SciMedTech!
tinyurl.com/yzkcp9fa
#HSTM #HPS #STS #HistSci #PhilSci #HistTech #HistMed #RHM #LitMed #MedSocio #MedAnthro #MediaStudies #InfoStudies
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out Christopher DeCou (@umich.edu)’s review of Lan A. Li (@jhu.edu)’s book _Body Maps: Improvising Meridians & Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine_, pub 2025 @ Johns Hopkins University Press
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Check out Christopher DeCou (@umich.edu)’s review of Lan A. Li (@jhu.edu)’s book _Body Maps: Improvising Meridians & Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine_, pub 2025 @ Johns Hopkins University Press
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out Christopher DeCou (@umich.edu)’s review of Lan A. Li (@jhu.edu)’s book _Body Maps: Improvising Meridians & Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine_, pub 2025 @ Johns Hopkins University Press
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Check out Christopher DeCou (@umich.edu)’s review of Lan A. Li (@jhu.edu)’s book _Body Maps: Improvising Meridians & Nerves in Global Chinese Medicine_, pub 2025 @ Johns Hopkins University Press
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.
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February 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Well, let's give it a shot again and see what we get.
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Hi, folks. I’m looking for at least one more person to create a panel for AHA 2027. I have a working paper on the legacies of the Indian slave trade in the 20th and 21st centuries and I’m working with someone who is focusing on slave patrols and the Southern system. Anyone interested? #historians
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Hi, folks. I’m looking for at least one more person to create a panel for AHA 2027. I have a working paper on the legacies of the Indian slave trade in the 20th and 21st centuries and I’m working with someone who is focusing on slave patrols and the Southern system. Anyone interested? #historians
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Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
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February 9, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all!
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi
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Ok, let’s see what Helga Nowotny has to say about AI.
February 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Ok, let’s see what Helga Nowotny has to say about AI.
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Happy anniversary to all historians who observe.
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Happy anniversary to all historians who observe.
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Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
Old Litkinov
This story is one of my favourite things I wrote last year. I'm making it free for 24 hours, so a few more people have chance to read an example of my short fiction. If you'd like to support my writin...
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February 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Free to read, just for today: www.tom-cox.com/old-litkinov...
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another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
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millions will stream sunday’s super bowl without seeing this ad.
February 7, 2026 at 2:11 PM
millions will stream sunday’s super bowl without seeing this ad.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out @xinyueli.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)’s review of @simonnaylor.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk)’s book _The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire _, pub 2024 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out @xinyueli.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)’s review of @simonnaylor.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk)’s book _The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire _, pub 2024 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out @xinyueli.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)’s review of @simonnaylor.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk)’s book _The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire _, pub 2024 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out @xinyueli.bsky.social (@manchester.ac.uk)’s review of @simonnaylor.bsky.social (@glasgow.ac.uk)’s book _The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and Its Empire _, pub 2024 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Did another #watercolor #raven. Reference photo from Pixabay contributor "ghun."
(Or maybe its a crow. I don't know, I'm not an ornithologist. It's a corvid anyway.)
(Or maybe its a crow. I don't know, I'm not an ornithologist. It's a corvid anyway.)
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Did another #watercolor #raven. Reference photo from Pixabay contributor "ghun."
(Or maybe its a crow. I don't know, I'm not an ornithologist. It's a corvid anyway.)
(Or maybe its a crow. I don't know, I'm not an ornithologist. It's a corvid anyway.)
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In commemorating
that six years have passed
since they declared Covid
a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern,
the WHO asked:
“Is the world better prepared
for the next pandemic?”
and I can’t help but worry
that if you must ask
that question
you know the answer is no.
that six years have passed
since they declared Covid
a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern,
the WHO asked:
“Is the world better prepared
for the next pandemic?”
and I can’t help but worry
that if you must ask
that question
you know the answer is no.
February 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
In commemorating
that six years have passed
since they declared Covid
a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern,
the WHO asked:
“Is the world better prepared
for the next pandemic?”
and I can’t help but worry
that if you must ask
that question
you know the answer is no.
that six years have passed
since they declared Covid
a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern,
the WHO asked:
“Is the world better prepared
for the next pandemic?”
and I can’t help but worry
that if you must ask
that question
you know the answer is no.
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Two brave Texas Tech history majors speak on the record here. One would like to ask the Chancellor, "should I drop out?" www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/t...
February 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Two brave Texas Tech history majors speak on the record here. One would like to ask the Chancellor, "should I drop out?" www.texastribune.org/2026/02/04/t...
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Cool job for any of historians of the West or California!
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February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Cool job for any of historians of the West or California!
www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5219012...
www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5219012...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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_Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik_ was edited by Patrick Charbonneau, (Duke University), Michelle Frank, Margriet van der Heijden (Eindhoven University of Technology), & Daniela Monaldi (York University, Toronto) @universitypress.cambridge.org
Women in the History of Quantum Physics | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
_Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik_ was edited by Patrick Charbonneau, (Duke University), Michelle Frank, Margriet van der Heijden (Eindhoven University of Technology), & Daniela Monaldi (York University, Toronto) @universitypress.cambridge.org
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out @sofiagb.bsky.social (Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo)’s review of the edited volume _Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik_, pub 2025 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out @sofiagb.bsky.social (Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo)’s review of the edited volume _Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik_, pub 2025 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out @sofiagb.bsky.social (Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo)’s review of the edited volume _Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik_, pub 2025 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out @sofiagb.bsky.social (Instituto de Física da Universidade de São Paulo)’s review of the edited volume _Women in the History of Quantum Physics: Beyond Knabenphysik_, pub 2025 @universitypress.cambridge.org
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Protest music of the folk variety seems to be back, reaching to a wider and wider audience again.
Seeger, Dylan, Guthrie, and Springsteen are being joined by musicians like Carsie Blanton and Jesse Welles.
Point me to others in a similar vein, please!!
Seeger, Dylan, Guthrie, and Springsteen are being joined by musicians like Carsie Blanton and Jesse Welles.
Point me to others in a similar vein, please!!
January 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Protest music of the folk variety seems to be back, reaching to a wider and wider audience again.
Seeger, Dylan, Guthrie, and Springsteen are being joined by musicians like Carsie Blanton and Jesse Welles.
Point me to others in a similar vein, please!!
Seeger, Dylan, Guthrie, and Springsteen are being joined by musicians like Carsie Blanton and Jesse Welles.
Point me to others in a similar vein, please!!
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An interesting find from our rare book collection this week 🧐
Marine architecture: or directions for carrying on a ship, from the first laying of the keel to her actual going to sea. (author unknown). Published by William Mount 1736
Marine architecture: or directions for carrying on a ship, from the first laying of the keel to her actual going to sea. (author unknown). Published by William Mount 1736
January 29, 2026 at 10:52 AM
An interesting find from our rare book collection this week 🧐
Marine architecture: or directions for carrying on a ship, from the first laying of the keel to her actual going to sea. (author unknown). Published by William Mount 1736
Marine architecture: or directions for carrying on a ship, from the first laying of the keel to her actual going to sea. (author unknown). Published by William Mount 1736
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out @pramberg.bsky.social (Truman State Uni)’s review of William H. Brock’s book _Fifth Business: A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong_ pub 2025 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out @pramberg.bsky.social (Truman State Uni)’s review of William H. Brock’s book _Fifth Business: A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong_ pub 2025 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
New on H-Sci-Med-Tech:
Check out @pramberg.bsky.social (Truman State Uni)’s review of William H. Brock’s book _Fifth Business: A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong_ pub 2025 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Check out @pramberg.bsky.social (Truman State Uni)’s review of William H. Brock’s book _Fifth Business: A Life of the Chemist and Educationist Henry Edward Armstrong_ pub 2025 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#hstm
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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A friend of mine is looking for a native English-speaking copyeditor for his history monograph. Does anybody have any recommendations? Recommending yourself is entirely welcome and encouraged! 🗃️
January 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM
A friend of mine is looking for a native English-speaking copyeditor for his history monograph. Does anybody have any recommendations? Recommending yourself is entirely welcome and encouraged! 🗃️
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Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
Now Hiring: Acquisitions Editor, History
Acquisitions Editor, History UNC Press is seeking a creative, intellectually curious, and mission-driven publishing professional who will acquire general
uncpress.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history?
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇
uncpress.org/now-hiring-a...
Ugh! I teach until ~1:30, but will try to show up late if I don't get waylaid. (Day 2 of semester, so ... no promises. )
January 26, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Ugh! I teach until ~1:30, but will try to show up late if I don't get waylaid. (Day 2 of semester, so ... no promises. )