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Sarah-Maria Schober
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early modern historian, following civet cats and other species - humans included - through time and space, animal resources, racialization of hair, multispecies history / assistant professor , University of Lucerne
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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · Nov 21
Extreeemly happy to announce that the @snsf-ch.bsky.social awarded me a „starting grant“ to work on early modern hair, race, trade and multispecies history! 🥳🥳🥳
The project starts mid-next year at @uniluzern.bsky.social! Keep an eye out for #modi.hair. Still working on civet cats though too!
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caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
Some thoughts:

1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.

2. History professors are qualified nominators.

3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.

4. He would be so mad.
Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org
A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...
www.nobelprize.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:56 PM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
are YOU a university professor, professor emeriti or associate professor of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion?
Did you know you can nominate people for the Nobel Peace Prize?
caitlindeangelis.bsky.social Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d
Some thoughts:

1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.

2. History professors are qualified nominators.

3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.

4. He would be so mad.
Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org
A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...
www.nobelprize.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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sabinehermisson.bsky.social
Dass ein 21-Jähriger wegen schwerster Krankheit, dramatisch fehlender Versorgung und mangelnder Hoffnungsperspektive keinen anderen Weg sieht als Sterbehilfe, ist Ausdruck eines kollektiven Versagens.
#MECFS
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Samuel, 21: Wie schlimm es sich anfühlt, wenn man an ME/CFS leidet
Samuel ist nach einer Covid-Infektion erkrankt. Weil es keine Hoffnung auf Besserung gibt, hat er sich für Sterbehilfe entschieden. Er will Aufmerksamkeit schaffen für die hoffnungslose Lage der Betro...
www.derstandard.at
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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m-azzolini.bsky.social
Work with me! 2-year postdoc (1+1) within COLUMN: Colonial Legacies of Universities: Materialities and New Collaborations (HORIZON_HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01-04). Topic: “Research of university botanical collections in relation to Italian and European colonialism”. Call at: shorturl.at/aurdS
Procedura di valutazione comparativa per titoli e colloquio per il conferimento di n. 1 incarico post-doc presso il Dipartimento di Filosofia - SSD PHIL-02/B - GSD 11/PHIL-02- Cod. Pica incarichipd202...
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January 21, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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cemskcl.bsky.social
Delighted to announce the launch of a new seminar - Race and the Early Modern - in collaboration with @folger.edu.

A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.

Sign up to attend!

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...
Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog
kingsearlymodern.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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hkohle.bsky.social
Petition an den Bundesrat und die Schweizerische Bundesversammlung für die Erhaltung der Bibliothek Werner Oechslin

Ohne Unterstützung muss die Bibliothek Ende 2026 schliessen.

Sie helfen uns, wenn Sie diese Petition mit Ihrer Unterschrift unterstützen.

www.bibliothek-oechslin.ch/toppetition/...
January 9, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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celinecamps.bsky.social
We are picking a new meeting date for this month, so if anyone wants to join, or knows of someone that might, let me know! 🙂
It's a small group of 9 people, and we offer a warm, informal and safe space to share your work. #SkyStorians #HistSci #MaterialCulture #EarlyModern #MedievalSky 🗃️
celinecamps.bsky.social Celine Camps @celinecamps.bsky.social · Nov 20
I've been hosting online meetings for PhD students & postdocs who work on #MedievalSky & #EarlyModern metal. We're meeting once a month to informally discuss our work (e.g. a chapter, article, presentation draft). If anyone wants to join: let me know! 🙂 We're reconvening in January 🗃️ #SkyStorians
January 8, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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woz.ch
Mit libidinöser Grausamkeit gegen Menschen mit Behinderung: Die Historikerin Dagmar Herzog geht einem Merkmal der #noAfD auf den Grund, das bisher vergleichsweise wenig Beachtung gefunden hat.

Von @davi-cath.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy
Sachbuch: Mit lustvoller Feindseligkeit
Alte Auslöschungsfantasien neu lanciert: In einem konzisen Essay geht die Historikerin Dagmar Herzog einem Merkmal der AfD auf den Grund, das bisher wenig Beachtung gefunden hat.
www.woz.ch
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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queerfink.bsky.social
Es fehlen noch 7 400 Unterschriften und es sind noch 9 Tage Zeit. Das muss doch zu machen sein!

Keine Führng eigener Register zur Erfassung von trans* und nichtbinärer Personen

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Petitionen: Verwendung von Cookies nicht aktiviert
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January 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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ctimmermann.bsky.social
H-Science, Medicine, and Technology (H-SMT) is looking to recruit new editors and advisory board members.

networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Screenshot of the page that the URL in the post points to: H-Science, Medicine, and Technology (H-SMT) is looking to recruit new editors and advisory board members to join its existing team. New editors and advisory board members will play an integral role in shaping the identity of the network as current network staff look to refresh the network and the vital functions it serves. This includes the standard work of disseminating information about CfPS, funding opportunities, etc., as well as taking on new initiatives, like blog authoring, resource page-building or project-building. H-SMT editors are volunteers who share in the network’s responsibilities as List Editors, who manage memberships, the listserv, and blog content on a rotating basis; Special Projects editors who can develop a short-term or long-term project to serve the network; and Advisory Board Members, who consult with all the editors about larger questions and practices to develop the network as needed. This range of positions also allows for volunteers to engage at different levels of commitment and duration. H-Sci-Med-Tech is a network for scholars who apply humanities and social science methods to study science, medicine or technology across a wide variety of periods and regions of the world. While rooted in history, ours is a very interdisciplinary field, bringing together theories and methodologies from across the humanities and the social sciences. With more than 6,200 subscribers, H-SMT is one of H-Net's larger networks and has the benefit of an existing editorial workflow for a new editor to step into or to support an editor focused on special projects. If you would like to be a part of our team, please submit an application by February 1, 2026. We anticipate that newly hired editors will begin their duties in February 2026. Applications should consist of a cover letter indicating the position you are interested in (List Editor, Special Projects Editor, or Advisory Board Member), a curre…
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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bgissibl.bsky.social
Mensch-Werden, Mensch-Sein am IEG Mainz! Wir bieten ab Februar 26 eine Promotionsstelle zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte der Menschwerdung, mit @jpaulmann.bsky.social und @mwilckens.bsky.social im Rahmen von @sortingpeople.bsky.social
Deadline 4. Januar 2026

www.ieg-mainz.de/job/wissensc...
Wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) im Sonderforschungsbereich 1482 "Humandifferenzierung" - IEG-SFB-2026-F01 - Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG)
Am Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte (IEG) in Mainz ist ab 1. Februar 2026 oder zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche:r Mitarbeiter:in (m/w/d) (65% TV-L EG 13) befr...
www.ieg-mainz.de
December 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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ruthdeyermond.bsky.social
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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jenniferhenke.bsky.social
weniger hilflos daneben stehen, u.a. weil Unis so KI-geil sind & Lernende sogar dazu ermuntern, LLMs zu
nutzen. Was noch viel bedenklicher ist: der Aufschrei unter Kolleg*innen müsste noch viel größer sein, denn die Illusion(!), 1 Text einfach durch 1 'KI' jagen & 'the one & only interpretation'
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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thiliel.bsky.social
To the queers, to the vegans: Strength! ✨
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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erinbartram.bsky.social
The google AI summary of my most famous piece of writing--a thousand word blog post--misunderstands it on a fundamental level. In doing so, it reproduces the way critical yet lazy scholars misunderstood it, by reading the title and filling in what they thought was the most likely meaning.
diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social Diasporic Minnesotan is a bit fussy @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · Dec 20
Are you citing things you have not read?

Knowing that LLMs are text-generation machines, not text-analysis machines, that's more than a bit irresponsible and suspect.
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
If this is already the normal procedure everywhere, i.e. a google scholar import, universities’ library catalogues will be useless tomorrow.
aryazandvakili.bsky.social Arya Zandvakili @aryazandvakili.bsky.social · Dec 21
When viewing the fake article in Google scholar on my university network, there is a link to access the article via my uni's library. That link sends me to a library page that makes fake article appear real... Turns out library page is made programmatically from info on Google scholar 🤦
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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tsasson.bsky.social
please share!
tsasson.bsky.social Tehila Sasson @tsasson.bsky.social · Nov 26
🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford!

We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History.

This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance”

Deadline: 17 Dec 2025

Please share widely!
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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modomodo.bsky.social
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Vergewaltigung in der Ehe: So lange dauerte der Kampf dagegen
Erst 1997 wurde Vergewaltigung in der Ehe strafbar. Hannah Davies hat den zwanzig Jahre langen Kampf um den Paragraphen 177 dokumentiert – und die kruden Argumente gesammelt, mit denen er verteidigt w...
www.faz.net
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
smschober.bsky.social
Die Traverse - einmalig - in violett! Check it out!
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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sabinepitteloud.bsky.social
Check this timely issue!!!
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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realscientists.de
Wozu sind sie dann da, diese Sprachmodelle, die Kultur modellieren? Industrialisierung der Sprache.

Es geht darum, die Logik der Massenproduktion in Märkte zu bringen, in denen eigentlich Einzelfertigung vorherrscht: Die Produktion von Sprachobjekten. Essays, Therapiesitzungen, Nachhilfe, usw. 1/8
realscientists.de Ronja @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · Dec 4
Das ist natürlich in vielerlei Hinsicht interessant. Hier wird nicht Kognition modelliert, sondern sprachliche Kultur. 4/4
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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cleocz.bsky.social
[Job] Postdoctoral researcher in history, Brig (CH) but flexibility and possibility of remote work

Project: Organised Business and Environmental Governance in Western Europe [1945–1995]

Deadline: January 4, 2026
December 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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matthewjkuiper.bsky.social
Ergo: humans, don’t adopt.
karoline.bsky.social Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · Nov 29
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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smittermeier.bsky.social
Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM