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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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📣Today @sebastianfelten.bsky.social speaks at the Nouveaux chantiers en histoire moderne (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): "Thinking of the Descendants": Time and Temporality in Early Modern Mining”⛏️✨
🕧When? 5 pm
📍Salle Perroy, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
🔗More info: bit.ly/4rk4wK9
“Moon looking at ore veins. Image from Ulrich Rülein von Calw, "Eyn wolgeordent und nützlich büchlin, wie man Bergwerck suchen un finden sol" (1518)”. In the image you see a mountain with veins, 3 trees moving in the wind, the moon looking through the clouds, and around the picture, the times of day (morning (ist written twice), midday, midnight).
February 16, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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📣 Today @eclaaire.bsky.social speaks at the CSG Lunch Seminar (University of Antwerp):
“Conducing to the Knowledge of the Universe and Trade: The Role of Goldsmiths in Materializing the Early Modern Globe, c. 1600–1700” ✨🌍
🕧 When? 12:30 pm
🔗 More info: bit.ly/46iFLpc
Conducing to the knowledge of the universe and trade: the Role of Goldsmiths in Materializing the Early Modern Globe c. 1600-1700
Weekly Seminar Presentation by Claire Sabel Center for Urban History University of Antwerp
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February 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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Congratulations to Sebastian Leitner, who successfully delivered a public presentation of his PhD dissertation proposal on the political ecology of the wood and charcoal supply in early modern mining in Lower Hungary. 🎓🎉
Go and read more about it here: bit.ly/4c5O4bw
Holz- und Holzkohleversorgung als politische Ökologie. Das Beispiel der niederungarischen Bergstädte im langen 16. Jahrhundert (ca. 1495 - ca. 1620)
Congratulations to Sebastian Leitner for holding the public presentation on his dissertation proposal!
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January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Thank you Dana Murillo for this stellar presentation!🙌
This wraps up our Colloquium series on Mineral Expertise, we are truly grateful for everyone who who came, shared, and debated!💡🙏
See you at upcoming SCARCE events—stay tuned 🔔👀
#Scarce #mininghistories
Dana Murillo on Zoom
January 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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🚨Don’t miss Dana Murillo’s talk “Roaming in Various Forms: The Wandering Women of New Spain’s Silver Mining District (1600-1800)” 👣✨🔎
🗓️ Mon, Jan 26, 2026
🕘 17:30–19:00 CET
👉 Register now: bit.ly/WanderingWomen
#womenshistories
'Roaming in Various Forms': The Wandering Women of New Spain’s Silver Mining District (1600-1800)
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Dana Murillo (UC San Diego) University of Vienna Hybrid Event
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January 22, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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✨Some time has passed since our Septmeber workshop "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World", organised by @eclaaire.bsky.social & @gbba.bsky.social. Curious about the discussions and insights?💡 Read the report witten by our PhD student Sebastian Leitner for @hsozkult.bsky.social! 📖🔎
hsozkult.bsky.social H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Jan 16
Tagber: Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World

https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/fdkn-159519

Wien, 25.09.2025-26.09.2025, Claire Sabel / Gabriele Marcon, Universität Wien; ERC-Stg Project SCARCE and the FWF-ESPRIT project "Mining the Earth, Roaming the World" …
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January 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Join us for our last Colloquium this semester!🎓
Dana Murillo will present: “Roaming in Various Forms: The Wandering Women of New Spain’s Silver Mining District (1600-1800)”✨👣
🗓️ Jan 26, 2026
🕘 17:30–19:00 CET
Learn more and register: bit.ly/WanderingWomen
#womenshistories
'Roaming in Various Forms': The Wandering Women of New Spain’s Silver Mining District (1600-1800)
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Dana Murillo (UC San Diego) University of Vienna Hybrid Event
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January 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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Whoever is in Innsbruck tomorow, be sure not to miss @sebastianfelten.bsky.social guest lecture „Mit Gott im Silberrausch: Zeittechniken im Bergbau der Neuzeit“ at the @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social. ⛏️⌛
⏰ Time: 5:15 PM CET
📅 Date: January 13, 2026
More info here: bit.ly/BergbauZeittechniken
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Mit Gott im Silberrausch: Zeittechniken im Bergbau der Neuzeit
Talk by Sebastian Felten Department of German Studies University of Innsbruck
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January 12, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Happy winter days from SCARCE!❄️🕯️

We are so grateful to all of you for supporting our project and all the engaging conversations this year! Wishing you a restful break and steady discoveries in 2026.📚✨
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December 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Huge thanks to everyone who joined today’s talk!🙌 We really enjoyed working together with the History of Science & Knowledge Colloquium and listening to Christophe Bonneuil’s fascinating talk!
Stay tuned for more events!📚✨
#histSci
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December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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🚨Join Christophe Bonneuil’s online talk “Historicizing Planetarity: Trans-imperial Circulations, Western Elites and Planetary Environmental Knowledge and Alerts around 1900”! Co-hosted by SCARCE and History of Science & Knowledge. 🎓✨
⏰ Tomorrow, 11:30 CET
More info: bit.ly/3Ml9OFw
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Historicizing planetarity. Trans-imperial circulations, Western elites and planetary environmental knowledge and alerts around 1900
Joint meeting with the History of Science and Knowledge Colloquium Speaker: Christophe Bonneuil (CNRS-EHSS) University of Vienna Online Event
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December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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We are thrilled to share this! 🎉 Our PhD student & Santorio Fellow @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social has a new post on @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social blog Forma Fluens: “Bergsucht and Miner’s Chest” ⛏️🫁—about miners’ health, morbi metallici, & early social care. Go give it a read! #HistMed #Mining
csmbr-pisa.bsky.social CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · Dec 2
Forma Fluens: New Article

'𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐓' 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
Sarah Seinitzer

Read all about it here: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../health-a...

#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Miners #Bergsucht #Germany #Mining
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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A big thank you to Nuno Castel-Branco and to everyone who joined today’s lively talk!🙌
We hope you enjoyed this joint event with History of Science & Knowledge as much as we did!
Stay tuned for more events in our colloquium series. 📚✨
#histSci
Zoom Screenshot of the speaker and the title page of his presentation.
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Our next Colloquium, again co-hosted with the History of Science & Knowledge Colloquium, features Christoph Bonneuil’s talk “Historicizing Planetarity: Trans-imperial Circulations, Western Elites and Planetary Environmental Knowledge and Alerts around 1900.”📚✨
📅Join us Dec 9: bit.ly/3Ml9OFw
#histSci
Historicizing planetarity. Trans-imperial circulations, Western elites and planetary environmental knowledge and alerts around 1900
Joint meeting with the History of Science and Knowledge Colloquium Speaker: Christoph Bonneuil (CNRS-EHSS) University of Vienna Online Event
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December 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🚨 Join us tomorrow at 11:30 CET for Nuno Castel-Branco's online talk: “Problematizing Polymathy: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science.”✨ Co-organized by SCARCE and History of Science & Knowledge.📚

Don’t miss out – register now: bit.ly/Problematizi...

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Problematizing Polymathy: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science
Joint meeting with the History of Science and Knowledge Colloquium Speaker: Nuno Castel-Branco (All Souls, Oxford) University of Vienna Online Event
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December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Join us for our next Colloquium, a joint meeting with the History of Science & Knowledge Colloquium! 🎓 On Dec 2, Nuno Castel-Branco will present “Problematizing Polymathy: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science.” 📚
👉 Register here: bit.ly/Problematizi...
#histSci
Problematizing Polymathy: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science
Joint meeting with the History of Science and Knowledge Colloquium Speaker: Nuno Castel-Branco (All Souls, Oxford) University of Vienna Online Event
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Thank you to everyone who joined today’s talk! 🙌
@mininghistory.bsky.social’s insights on historians’ role in the mining industry sparked amazing discussions💡⛏️
Stay tuned for more events! 📚

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November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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🚨Join us this monday for the second talk in this semester’s colloquium series. @mininghistory.bsky.social presents:
“Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”

📅 Nov 24, 2025
⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM CET

Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time: bit.ly/MiningThePast
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Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Duncan Money (Independent scholar) University of Vienna Online Event
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November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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We are excited to welcome our new student assistant, Leonie Müller! 🎉 With a multidisciplinary background in History & Law at the University of Vienna, her focus spans legal history, postcolonial studies, gender history, and sustainability. 🌍📜 Welcome to the team, Leonie! 👏
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Again, huge congratulations to our PI, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social, for winning the 2025 City of Vienna Prize in Social Sciences & Humanities! 🎉✨
And a big thank you to @wien.gv.at for celebrating Vienna's incredible cultural and intellectual legacy and hosting such a wonderful award ceremony. 🏆👏
sebastianfelten.bsky.social Sebastian Felten @sebastianfelten.bsky.social · Nov 17
Really heartening that the city of Vienna makes a big effort to honour its cultural sector! Queuing up for kaiserschmarrn I had a chat about Samuel Pepys' diary with a member of a noise rock band who also got a prize
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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✨For our second talk in this semester’s colloquium series, @mininghistory.bsky.social will present “Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”⛏️📜

📅 Date: November 24, 2025

⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET

Learn more and register: bit.ly/MiningThePast

#histSci
Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?
SCARCE Colloquium Speaker: Duncan Money (Independent scholar) University of Vienna Hybrid Event
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November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Tomorrow, @eclaaire.bsky.social will present "A Global Approach to Women in Early Modern Mining" at HSS 2026, on the panel she co-organised with @gbba.bsky.social: "Women’s Knowledge and Agency in Early Modern Resource Management" ✨
🕓 4 PM (GMT-6)
🔗 Link: bit.ly/3WPv9Jv
#HSS2025 #HistSci #Scarce
A Global Approach to Women in Early Modern Mining
Talk at the Panel: Women’s Knowledge and Agency in Early Modern Resource Management Organizer and Speaker: Claire Sabel History of Science Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, USA
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November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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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