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SCARCE aka Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resource Extraction in Central Europe (1550–1850), hosted by @univie.ac.at, funded by ERC
PI: Sebastian Felten @sebastianfelten.bsky.social
https://scarce.univie.ac.at
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Check out the latest episode of Time to Eat the Dogs! @eclaaire.bsky.social dives into the fascinating history of the gem trade in South-East Asia 💎✨
#HistoryOfScience #Scarce #SouthEastAsia
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Today at 4:30PM(CET) @sebastianfelten.bsky.social and Sebastian Leitner present "Was Mining Once Sustainable? Resource Management as a Case for Applied History" at the conference "Convergences and divergences in the relationship between industries and forestry in Europe"🌲
More info: bit.ly/47ce01e
Was Mining Once Sustainable? Resource Management as a Case for Applied History
Talk by Sebastian Felten and Sebastian Leitner International Conference "Convergences and divergences in the relationship between industries and forestry in Europe: conservation, management, uses and ...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Our PI, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social, and our PhD student, Sebastian Leitner, are in Regensburg for the kick-off workshop of @tinasmussen.bsky.social project, 'COMFREE'. Congratulations on this milestone, and best wishes for productive discussions! 🌍✨ #History #Environment
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Commodity Frontiers in Eastern Europe: Environment and Societies at Global Risk, 16th-21th centuries (COMFREE)
Das Forschungsprojekt COMFREE untersucht die historischen und gegenwärtigen Dynamiken der Rohstoffgewinnung und ihre sozioökologischen Auswirkungen. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Leibniz-Institut für Ost-...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the first SCARCE colloquium of the semester! 🙌 We had a lively discussion on 'reorganisation' in Mining Knowledge in Late Imperial China. Special thanks to @chensinotech.bsky.social for their inspiring work and input. Stay tuned for our next meet-up! ⛏️✨
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October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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🌟 Don't forget to join us today for the first talk of this semester's colloquium series! @chensinotech.bsky.social is presenting "Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China"
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Hailian Chen (Ruhr-Universität, Bochum) University of Vienna Hybrid Event
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October 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Did you know that, in early modern Asia, gems often travelled the same routes as spices? A new essay by @eclaaire.bsky.social explores how the gem trade shaped global power, science, and commerce. 💎✨
Go give it a read in the @iias.bsky.social periodical, "The Newsletter": bit.ly/GemsEssay
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Trading Gems and Knowing the Earth in Early Modern Eurasia | IIAS
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October 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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🌟 Join us for the first talk of this semester's colloquium series! 🌟Hailian Chen is presenting "Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China"
📅 Date: October 20, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
#histSci
Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Hailian Chen (Ruhr-Universität, Bochum) University of Vienna Hybrid Event
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October 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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🎉The new semester starts and so does our Colloquium Series! This time, we explore "Mineral Expertise" – the different approaches to knowledge in the history of mining. 🌍💎 Join us in person or online, our meetings are open to all with prior registration. More info here: bit.ly/ScarceCollWS 🖥️📚
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SCARCE Colloquium Winter Semester Series: "Mineral Expertise"
Join the upcoming Colloquium series on "Mineral Expertise" this semester — our hybrid meetings are open to all with previous registration!
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October 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🔎 How Europe’s mining history – from cobalt as waste 🗑️ to lithium as a strategic resource 🔋 – offers fresh insights into today’s resource politics 🌍.
Our PI @sebastianfelten.bsky.social explores past lessons for the future in the Junge Akademie Blog, @derstandard.at.
Read more here: bit.ly/ErzGeo
Vom Erz zum geopolitischen Faktor
Wie Europas Montangeschichte hilft, die heutige Rohstoffpolitik neu zu verstehen
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October 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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⛏️🌍That’s a wrap on our 1st workshop, "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World"!
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
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September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🚀 Day 2 of our FWF-SCARCE workshop begins!
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
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September 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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✨Day 1 of our workshop was a great success! ⚒️🏔️We explored mining's role in sovereignty, state management & labor, using case studies from pre-hispanic Mexico, Japan, China & Sweden, and ended with an engaging archives roundtable on Central European mining collections. On to Day 2! 🏛️🔍 #Scarce
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September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Grey, rainy morning in Vienna brightened by attending a workshop on mining history.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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🌍⛏️ Kicking off our FWF-SCARCE workshop “Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World”! Mining shaped pre-modern economies, driving global networks, commerce & power. We’ll explore its role across Africa, Asia, Latin America & Europe. Let’s dig into its global and historical impact! 💡📜
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September 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🚨Don't miss our workshop "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World" @univie.ac.at organised by @eclaaire.bsky.social and @gbba.bsky.social.
📅 25–26 September 2025
!Please register!
📃 Program & info: bit.ly/4pslQfs
#Scarce #histsci #histeco #mining
Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World
Workshop Organizers: Claire Sabel and Gabriele Marcon University of Vienna September 25-26, 2025
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September 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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✨ Tomorrow @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social dives into "The Use of Garlic to Maintain the Balance of Metalworker’s Body" 🧄 at the conference “Protecting Bodies at Work” in Geneva 🌍🛠️

📍 University of Geneva
🗓️ September 18, 2025
🕘 9:10 AM

📄 Programme & info: bit.ly/UseofGarlic

#Scarce #HistMed
The Use of Garlic to Maintain the Balance of Metalworker’s Body
Presentation by Sarah Seinitzer Conference "Protecting Bodies at Work. Technical Devices, Materialities of Health, and Political Imaginaries" University of Geneva Hybrid Event
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September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🌏Tomorrow @eclaaire.bsky.social is presenting “The Jewels in Ground: The Geopolitics of Knowledge in the Early Modern Eurasian Gem Trade” at the workshop The Geological Turn in Asia!
📅4 Sept | 🕓 16:00 SGT / 10:00 CET
🔗Info + Programme: bit.ly/4lV3Oj2
📍Join via Zoom (registration required)
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September 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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@eclaaire.bsky.social had a great time in Uppsala last week, diving deep into early modern environmental history. Always a pleasure to connect with colleagues and explore new research directions! 🌍📜
city centre of Uppsala
August 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Don’t miss @eclaaire.bsky.social presenting “Knowing the earth: The role of the early modern goldsmiths' trade in mediating colonial environments” at the Panel Colonial Climates and Environments (Part 1) chaired by @gianamar97.bsky.social at #ESEH2025 in Uppsala!
🗓️ Fri, 22 Aug | 🕘 9:00–10:30
August 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Summer might be here, but we’re still buzzing! 🌞🐝 Today we spent the day together diving deep into a SciComm workshop, clearing out our housekeeping list, and building up plans for the months ahead. There’s so much we’re excited to share with you—follow along and stay tuned!" ✨
July 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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🎉 Congrats to our PI @sebastianfelten.bsky.social on winning the 2025 @wien.gv.at City of Vienna Prize in Social Sciences & Humanities! 🏅 His research connects Central European ore extraction (1550–1850) with today’s challenges in securing strategic resources. ⛏️🧠 #MiningHistory #ResearchMatters
July 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🪨On July 3 at 1:00PM(CET), Sebastian Leitner presents
“Berichte als Quellen des Informationstransfers im Ressourcenmanagement frühneuzeitlicher Bergbaugebiete”
at the workshop “Der Bericht. Geschichte und Theorie einer prozeduralen Textform” @unibremen.bsky.social. 📜
More info: bit.ly/45Pawmi
Workshop „Der Bericht. Geschichte und Theorie einer prozeduralen Textform“
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July 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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🪨 New blog post alert!
Join Sebastian Leitner on a deep dive into the “geology” of Vienna’s archives as he unearths Hungary’s early modern mining past ⛏️📚
Read his entry "Mining for precious documents in Vienna’s archives" now on our blog: assay.univie.ac.at
#MiningHistory #Archives #EarlyModern
Blog - The Assay
Blog - The Assay
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June 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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💫Night owls & global gem fans! @eclaaire.bsky.social will talk about goldsmiths, geography & early modern science at the International Congress for the History of Science & Technology —June 30, 11am–12:30pm NZT 🕰️
That's June 29, 7–8:30pm EST / 1–2:30am CET 🌍
More info: bit.ly/3GgeNEY
Program - A15 | 066 Gems and the Science of Place
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June 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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🌟 Thank you to everyone who joined us for Philipp Rössner’s talk “Teutocapitalism: How German Thinkers Made the Modern Economy” 🧠💸

Whether in person or online, we enjoyed the thoughtful questions and engaging discussion.

Our colloquium series continues next semester — stay tuned & see you then! ✨
June 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM