Sebastian Felten
@sebastianfelten.bsky.social
Early modern historian @univienna — Mints, mines, and queers. Homepage: bit.ly/3MVYATO
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 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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
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Wer aus der Geschichte verdrängt wird, muss sie eben selber machen: Am 11. Juni feiern wir nicht nur Eröffnung, sondern auch Vernissage unserer ersten Ausstellung!
📍 Ramperstorffergasse 39, 1050 Wien
📅 12. Juni - 09. Nov 2025
Di-So 10-18, Do 10-20
📍 Ramperstorffergasse 39, 1050 Wien
📅 12. Juni - 09. Nov 2025
Di-So 10-18, Do 10-20
June 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Wer aus der Geschichte verdrängt wird, muss sie eben selber machen: Am 11. Juni feiern wir nicht nur Eröffnung, sondern auch Vernissage unserer ersten Ausstellung!
📍 Ramperstorffergasse 39, 1050 Wien
📅 12. Juni - 09. Nov 2025
Di-So 10-18, Do 10-20
📍 Ramperstorffergasse 39, 1050 Wien
📅 12. Juni - 09. Nov 2025
Di-So 10-18, Do 10-20
"While the significance of mining is indisputable, the processes and mechanisms that made it so central to the political economy of diverse regions remain less explored." Still accepting paper proposals till May 26! 👇
📢 Save the date! — The CfP for our FWF-SCARCE workshop “Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World”, organized by @eclaaire.bsky.social & @gbba.bsky.social ⛏️🌍 is open until May 26!
🔗 Details here: bit.ly/scarcews1cfp
#MiningHistory
🔗 Details here: bit.ly/scarcews1cfp
#MiningHistory
Call for Papers: Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World
University of Vienna
September 25-26, 2025
Deadline for Submission: May 26th 2025
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May 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"While the significance of mining is indisputable, the processes and mechanisms that made it so central to the political economy of diverse regions remain less explored." Still accepting paper proposals till May 26! 👇
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Kolleg:innen aus Wissenschaftsphilosophie und Technikgeschichte aller Länder, bewerbt Euch!
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Professur / Assistenzprofessur (Tenure Track) für Technikgeschichte und Professur / Assistenzprofessur (Tenure Track) für Wissenschaftsphilosophie
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April 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Kolleg:innen aus Wissenschaftsphilosophie und Technikgeschichte aller Länder, bewerbt Euch!
ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...
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Forty-one years since @gaystheword.bsky.social was raided by Her Majesty's Customs, I am thinking again about all the queer and marginalised people who have tirelessly resisted attempts to suppress and eradicate knowledge, art and literature created by and about them www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
Seized Books! The (Risographed, DIY) Catalogue
Read about the Risographed exhibition catalogue
www.london.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Forty-one years since @gaystheword.bsky.social was raided by Her Majesty's Customs, I am thinking again about all the queer and marginalised people who have tirelessly resisted attempts to suppress and eradicate knowledge, art and literature created by and about them www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
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📆Don’t miss – join us tomorrow for our 2nd colloquium this semester as we join forces with History of Science & Knowledge! Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger discuss “Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows”. Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 🚀
Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows
Research Colloquium History of Science and Knowledge & SCARCE Colloquium (Joint meeting)
Speakers: Julie Klinger and Eleanor Armstrong
University of Vienna
Hybrid event
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April 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📆Don’t miss – join us tomorrow for our 2nd colloquium this semester as we join forces with History of Science & Knowledge! Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger discuss “Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows”. Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 🚀
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MPIWG is hiring postdocs in Dept "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" (includes working groups RTAWD, Heavens in Your Hand, Common Kg, Metals&Minerals) + Dept "Knowledge Systems + Collective Life" and @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social ! Do check "career" page for closing dates: tinyurl.com/2usszea9
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MPIWG is hiring postdocs in Dept "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" (includes working groups RTAWD, Heavens in Your Hand, Common Kg, Metals&Minerals) + Dept "Knowledge Systems + Collective Life" and @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social ! Do check "career" page for closing dates: tinyurl.com/2usszea9
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🚀 The 2nd SCARCE colloquium of this semester is almost here! Join us on April 10 as we team up with History of Science & Knowledge. Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger present "Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows". Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 📚
Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows
Research Colloquium History of Science and Knowledge & SCARCE Colloquium (Joint meeting)
Speakers: Julie Klinger and Eleanor Armstrong
University of Vienna
Hybrid event
bit.ly
April 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚀 The 2nd SCARCE colloquium of this semester is almost here! Join us on April 10 as we team up with History of Science & Knowledge. Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger present "Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows". Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 📚
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Dieser Tage wurde von einer Wiener Forschungsförderungseinrichtung die Social Media-Kampagne #IchForscheGernInWien lanciert - und es gibt tatsächlich einige (wenige) Kolleg*innen, die sich mit Copy/Paste der ausgeschickten Textvorlage daran beteiligen. www.nuwiss.at/9-statt-%c2%...
9 statt §109: Neun Vorschläge für eine gute Uni - Netzwerk Unterbau Wissenschaft
Der §109 des Universitätsgesetzes ist nicht zu Unrecht besonders starker Kritik ausgesetzt (auch von NUWiss). Die Probleme des Universitätsgesetzes gehen aber weit darüber hinaus. In regelmäßigen Tref...
www.nuwiss.at
April 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Dieser Tage wurde von einer Wiener Forschungsförderungseinrichtung die Social Media-Kampagne #IchForscheGernInWien lanciert - und es gibt tatsächlich einige (wenige) Kolleg*innen, die sich mit Copy/Paste der ausgeschickten Textvorlage daran beteiligen. www.nuwiss.at/9-statt-%c2%...
Publications (on their way) out! Join us for this a slightly festive session for discussion and cake
🏔️ Scarce colloquium goes into its 2nd round! ⛏️ On March 24th, @gbba.bsky.social, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social and @eclaaire.bsky.social are having a roundtable discussion on “Social Histories of Mining Knowledge” at 2:30 pm (CET) in Kolingasse 14, Room 4.25. Please register: bit.ly/4bNKGzS
Social Histories of Mining Knowledge
SCARCE Colloquium
Discussion by Sebastian Felten, Gabriele Marcon, and Claire Sabel
University of Vienna
Hybrid event
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March 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Publications (on their way) out! Join us for this a slightly festive session for discussion and cake
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In our latest #valuepast blog post, Amelia Hutchinson (University of Cambridge) explored the early modern mining in Germany and how the workers sought to understand, protect, and regulate their bodies and the environment.
valuepast.hypotheses.org/1295
valuepast.hypotheses.org/1295
“In God’s name I enter”
Amelia Hutchinson (University of Cambridge) on Managing the Body and the Environment in Early Modern Mining
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July 11, 2024 at 10:26 AM
In our latest #valuepast blog post, Amelia Hutchinson (University of Cambridge) explored the early modern mining in Germany and how the workers sought to understand, protect, and regulate their bodies and the environment.
valuepast.hypotheses.org/1295
valuepast.hypotheses.org/1295
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Mit diesem Ziegelstein von Buch gilt es nun die jüdische Aufklärung im Breslau des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts neu zu entdecken! Synonymik, Grammatik, Kabbala, Pädagogik, Bibelübersetzung - alles dabei! #JewishStudies
www.waxmann.com/waxmann-buec...
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January 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Mit diesem Ziegelstein von Buch gilt es nun die jüdische Aufklärung im Breslau des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts neu zu entdecken! Synonymik, Grammatik, Kabbala, Pädagogik, Bibelübersetzung - alles dabei! #JewishStudies
www.waxmann.com/waxmann-buec...
www.waxmann.com/waxmann-buec...
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Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory
Opportunities
Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.
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December 16, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory
Please apply or share with potential candidates -- great project + supervisor in excellent research environment!
🚨 Job Klaxon 🚨 1 PhD position for 3 years a the German Mining Museum Bochum in the interdisciplinary DFG/AHRC funded project "Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall". More details: karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2.... Please share!
December 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Please apply or share with potential candidates -- great project + supervisor in excellent research environment!
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🌍✨ On December 17th, @eclaaire.bsky.social presents “Conducing to the knowledge of the universe and trade': the Role of Goldsmiths in Materializing the Early Modern Globe”. at the the AG Wissenschaftsgeschichte at 11:30am (CET) in Kolingasse 14–16, room 15. bit.ly/3ZJbop9
#GemTrade
#GemTrade
Colloquium of the Working Group History of Science
Presentations by Verena Halsmayer and Claire Sabel
University of Vienna
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December 10, 2024 at 2:02 PM
🌍✨ On December 17th, @eclaaire.bsky.social presents “Conducing to the knowledge of the universe and trade': the Role of Goldsmiths in Materializing the Early Modern Globe”. at the the AG Wissenschaftsgeschichte at 11:30am (CET) in Kolingasse 14–16, room 15. bit.ly/3ZJbop9
#GemTrade
#GemTrade
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📅Third meeting of our hybrid seminar series! Join us on December 12th for a discussion with Oliver Tappe on “Tin Mining in Laos: Colonial Legacies Global Extractvism and Local Livelihoods” Please register: bit.ly/49j5XQW
December 5, 2024 at 11:48 AM
📅Third meeting of our hybrid seminar series! Join us on December 12th for a discussion with Oliver Tappe on “Tin Mining in Laos: Colonial Legacies Global Extractvism and Local Livelihoods” Please register: bit.ly/49j5XQW
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Europeana are working on their search tools, and have a survey open on how easy it is (or not) to find things.
If you use Europeana for your research, as a data source, image source, source of texts etc, let them know your thoughts: survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/xGBPc7
If you use Europeana for your research, as a data source, image source, source of texts etc, let them know your thoughts: survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/xGBPc7
December 5, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Europeana are working on their search tools, and have a survey open on how easy it is (or not) to find things.
If you use Europeana for your research, as a data source, image source, source of texts etc, let them know your thoughts: survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/xGBPc7
If you use Europeana for your research, as a data source, image source, source of texts etc, let them know your thoughts: survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/xGBPc7
Please share/repost— great project, wonderful supervisor, excellent research environment
🚨𝗝𝗢𝗕 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨1 PhD position for 3 years in the research project “Mining Frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary (16th-18th Century)” at the German Mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources. karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/0...
December 5, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Please share/repost— great project, wonderful supervisor, excellent research environment
Tenure track position in Anthropocene History at very active department — still over a month till the deadline
My dept at the university of Vienna has opened a call for TT assistant professor in the history of the anthropocene: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Historical dimensions of the Anthropocene
Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Historical dimensions of the Anthropocene
jobs.univie.ac.at
December 5, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Tenure track position in Anthropocene History at very active department — still over a month till the deadline
Hello Bluesky! This is my first post, it's nice to see that many friends and colleagues have made it over here. Looking forward to (re)connecting!
December 5, 2023 at 10:18 AM
Hello Bluesky! This is my first post, it's nice to see that many friends and colleagues have made it over here. Looking forward to (re)connecting!