Christos Lynteris
@visualplague.bsky.social
Professor of Medical Anthropology (St Andrews) researching and writing on zoonoses, plague, epidemics, history of colonial medicine, animal studies, and visual culture
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/cl1
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthropology/people/cl1
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So great to see my new book How Plague Got Rats:
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Some Pieter Bruegel for Martinmas
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Some Pieter Bruegel for Martinmas
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.
What we lose when we surrender care to algorithms | Eric Reinhart
A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... when it is installed in a health sector that prizes efficiency, surveillance and profit extraction, AI becomes not a tool for care and community but simply another instrument for commodifying human life.
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Something from me on the dangers of A.I for historians and the neverending cycle of job cuts www.historyworkshop.org.uk/practice-his...
Artificial Intelligence: A Warning for History
Does Artificial Intelligence have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it might mean for the his...
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Something from me on the dangers of A.I for historians and the neverending cycle of job cuts www.historyworkshop.org.uk/practice-his...
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
«Maintenant que l’inspiration, si elle vient, des vers, elle n’en produit pas»
50 ans après la mort de Pasolini, le dernier recueil du poète et cinéaste italien est enfin traduit en français. Un ensemble de textes inédits auxquels s’ajoute une biographie.
50 ans après la mort de Pasolini, le dernier recueil du poète et cinéaste italien est enfin traduit en français. Un ensemble de textes inédits auxquels s’ajoute une biographie.
«Transhumaner et Organiser» de Pasolini : poésie du crépuscule
Cinquante ans après sa mort, le dernier recueil du poète et cinéaste italien est enfin traduit en français aux éditions Lanskine. Un ensemble de textes inédits auxquels s’ajoute une biographie.
www.liberation.fr
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
«Maintenant que l’inspiration, si elle vient, des vers, elle n’en produit pas»
50 ans après la mort de Pasolini, le dernier recueil du poète et cinéaste italien est enfin traduit en français. Un ensemble de textes inédits auxquels s’ajoute une biographie.
50 ans après la mort de Pasolini, le dernier recueil du poète et cinéaste italien est enfin traduit en français. Un ensemble de textes inédits auxquels s’ajoute une biographie.
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
Join us today for this talk about my book Ghosts Behind Glass published with @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Join us today for this talk about my book Ghosts Behind Glass published with @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
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"Filming Capital," a special issue of SAQ, examines how Marxism can be used to illuminate the problem of the visual representation of contemporary global capitalism. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/am3ZXVx
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Filming Capital," a special issue of SAQ, examines how Marxism can be used to illuminate the problem of the visual representation of contemporary global capitalism. View the TOC and read the introduction, freely available: buff.ly/am3ZXVx
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
In this week's #GlobeColloquium, @samuelcoghe.bsky.social explores the history of cattle farming in Africa: How did colonial intervention, capitalist exploitation, and scientific practices change traditional livestock farming, give rise to new conflicts, and shape global economic interdependencies?
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In this week's #GlobeColloquium, @samuelcoghe.bsky.social explores the history of cattle farming in Africa: How did colonial intervention, capitalist exploitation, and scientific practices change traditional livestock farming, give rise to new conflicts, and shape global economic interdependencies?
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📕 Review / Compte rendu
Jane Spencer, Writing About #Animals in the Age of #Revolution, Oxford, @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, 2020.
par Anne Simonin (@doccespra.bsky.social)
👉 doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
Jane Spencer, Writing About #Animals in the Age of #Revolution, Oxford, @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, 2020.
par Anne Simonin (@doccespra.bsky.social)
👉 doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
📕 Review / Compte rendu
Jane Spencer, Writing About #Animals in the Age of #Revolution, Oxford, @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, 2020.
par Anne Simonin (@doccespra.bsky.social)
👉 doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
Jane Spencer, Writing About #Animals in the Age of #Revolution, Oxford, @oxfordacademic.bsky.social, 2020.
par Anne Simonin (@doccespra.bsky.social)
👉 doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
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CFP: XIV Michel Foucault International Colloquium - 50 years of The History of Sexuality, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 26-29 May 2026
michel-foucault.com/2025/11/09/c...
michel-foucault.com/2025/11/09/c...
CFP: XIV Michel Foucault International Colloquium: 50 Years of The History of Sexuality (2025-6)
Call for papers XIV MICHEL FOUCAULT INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM: 50 YEARS OF THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY May 26 to 29, 2026 Federal University of Bahia, in Salvador, Brazil. Instagram contact: foucaultna…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
CFP: XIV Michel Foucault International Colloquium - 50 years of The History of Sexuality, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 26-29 May 2026
michel-foucault.com/2025/11/09/c...
michel-foucault.com/2025/11/09/c...
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This SI places plant and multispecies studies in dialogue with anthropological debates on emplacement, displacement, mobilities and migration. Highly recommend!
The latest Open Access issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has been published! View the TOC for this Special Issue on "Making Place with Plants: Intimacy, Mobility and Displacement," here: bit.ly/4qLWERG
@lianachua.bsky.social
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social
@heikedrotbohm.bsky.social
@lianachua.bsky.social
@giuliacarabelli.bsky.social
@heikedrotbohm.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This SI places plant and multispecies studies in dialogue with anthropological debates on emplacement, displacement, mobilities and migration. Highly recommend!
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
#MedievalSky #histmed Please welcome Anna Gili (@gi-anna97.bsky.social) to Bluesky. And check out her talk on 11 November, too! She talking about my favorite guy in #MedievalMedicine, Constantinus Africanus.
Reminder
𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
#CSMBR #OnlineLectures #CompoundMedicamentes #ConstantinetheAphrican
𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭' 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞!
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...
#CSMBR #OnlineLectures #CompoundMedicamentes #ConstantinetheAphrican
The Science of Compound Medicaments - CSMBR
This lecture explores al-Majūsī’s "Kitāb al-Malakī" and its Latin translation, showing how Book X on compound medicaments was reshaped into a new synthesis of pharmacology and philosophy.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
#MedievalSky #histmed Please welcome Anna Gili (@gi-anna97.bsky.social) to Bluesky. And check out her talk on 11 November, too! She talking about my favorite guy in #MedievalMedicine, Constantinus Africanus.
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
Our forthcoming volume on the environmental history of China's era of high socialism has a cover.
Paul Pickowicz, who took the photo when he visited China in 1971 as part of a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars delegation, also contributed the book's epilogue.
Paul Pickowicz, who took the photo when he visited China in 1971 as part of a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars delegation, also contributed the book's epilogue.
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Our forthcoming volume on the environmental history of China's era of high socialism has a cover.
Paul Pickowicz, who took the photo when he visited China in 1971 as part of a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars delegation, also contributed the book's epilogue.
Paul Pickowicz, who took the photo when he visited China in 1971 as part of a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars delegation, also contributed the book's epilogue.
A very interesting article by Piotr Daszkiewicz on Georges Vandalin Mniszech's entomological collection books.openedition.org/cths/20866
La collection entomologique de Georges Vandalin Mniszech (1822-1881) à la lumière des archives parisiennes
Dans la seconde moitié du xixe siècle, Georges Mniszech, aristocrate polonais, constitua à Paris une collection de coléoptères considérée comme la plus grande d’Europe ; Henri Deyrolle fut conservateu...
books.openedition.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A very interesting article by Piotr Daszkiewicz on Georges Vandalin Mniszech's entomological collection books.openedition.org/cths/20866
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
#VendrediLecture 📚 Le @cths.bsky.social publie «Collections de sciences naturelles : collecte, étude, conservation», sous la direction d’Éric Buffetaut et de Jérôme Tabouelle. À découvrir en accès libre sur OpenEdition Books ➡ https://urls.fr/90yOmi @openedition.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
#VendrediLecture 📚 Le @cths.bsky.social publie «Collections de sciences naturelles : collecte, étude, conservation», sous la direction d’Éric Buffetaut et de Jérôme Tabouelle. À découvrir en accès libre sur OpenEdition Books ➡ https://urls.fr/90yOmi @openedition.bsky.social
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“Before 2023, it was impossible to think that a healthy population like the one in Peninsula Valdés could become endangered from one year to another," says biologist Valeria Falabella…”This is a warning," she adds, noting that climate change brings additional risks and uncertainties for the species”
'It was a horrible scene to witness': How bird flu has decimated elephant seal populations
The sudden decimation by bird flu of the world's largest seal species has sent shockwaves through the scientific community, and the ecosystems shaped by these majestic animals.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“Before 2023, it was impossible to think that a healthy population like the one in Peninsula Valdés could become endangered from one year to another," says biologist Valeria Falabella…”This is a warning," she adds, noting that climate change brings additional risks and uncertainties for the species”
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Public Anthropology with focus on #envhum
University of Bremen, Germany
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University of Bremen, Germany
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Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
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November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Public Anthropology with focus on #envhum
University of Bremen, Germany
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
University of Bremen, Germany
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Great to see this glowing review of @clementfabre.bsky.social's groundbreaking book on colonial medicine in late imperial China: À l’ombre de la race: Chine, XIXe siècle www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/hi...
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see this glowing review of @clementfabre.bsky.social's groundbreaking book on colonial medicine in late imperial China: À l’ombre de la race: Chine, XIXe siècle www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/hi...
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
Our Digital Archival Photography workshops are back on 17 and 24 November 📷
Join Maciej Pawlikowski, Head of the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory @theul.bsky.social, to explore advanced techniques for digitising and preserving archival material.
Registration: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40883/
Join Maciej Pawlikowski, Head of the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory @theul.bsky.social, to explore advanced techniques for digitising and preserving archival material.
Registration: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40883/
Digital Archival Photography in-depth - CDH
Convenor: Maciej Pawlikowski, Head of the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory, Cambridge University Library Following the introductory Methods Workshops, held on 17 November 2025, this session will f...
www.cdh.cam.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our Digital Archival Photography workshops are back on 17 and 24 November 📷
Join Maciej Pawlikowski, Head of the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory @theul.bsky.social, to explore advanced techniques for digitising and preserving archival material.
Registration: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40883/
Join Maciej Pawlikowski, Head of the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory @theul.bsky.social, to explore advanced techniques for digitising and preserving archival material.
Registration: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/40883/
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This is a great time to get your Covid booster shots!
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is a great time to get your Covid booster shots!
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
Reposted by Christos Lynteris
Interesting issue with listing species status in this article - rediscovering species thought extinct causing conservation difficulties
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
This tiny native mouse is legally considered both dead and alive
Animals and plants aren't automatically taken off most national and state extinct species list in Australia if they are rediscovered, leaving them without protection as threatened species.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Interesting issue with listing species status in this article - rediscovering species thought extinct causing conservation difficulties
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Du 7 au 9 novembre, vivez l'inventaire Deleuze ! 📣
À l’occasion du centenaire de Gilles Deleuze, ce week-end explore la manière dont sa pensée continue d’inspirer la création contemporaine.
Rendez-vous au @mk2.com Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou et à @labnf.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/CP_LInventaireDeleuze
À l’occasion du centenaire de Gilles Deleuze, ce week-end explore la manière dont sa pensée continue d’inspirer la création contemporaine.
Rendez-vous au @mk2.com Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou et à @labnf.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/CP_LInventaireDeleuze
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Du 7 au 9 novembre, vivez l'inventaire Deleuze ! 📣
À l’occasion du centenaire de Gilles Deleuze, ce week-end explore la manière dont sa pensée continue d’inspirer la création contemporaine.
Rendez-vous au @mk2.com Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou et à @labnf.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/CP_LInventaireDeleuze
À l’occasion du centenaire de Gilles Deleuze, ce week-end explore la manière dont sa pensée continue d’inspirer la création contemporaine.
Rendez-vous au @mk2.com Bibliothèque x Centre Pompidou et à @labnf.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/CP_LInventaireDeleuze
For those lucky enough to be in Paris this Monday, Librairie La Compagnie is running an event with Philippe Descola on his new book, Politiques du faire-monde at 19:00 www.seuil.com/ouvrage/poli...
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For those lucky enough to be in Paris this Monday, Librairie La Compagnie is running an event with Philippe Descola on his new book, Politiques du faire-monde at 19:00 www.seuil.com/ouvrage/poli...
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📕 Review / Compte rendu
Sarah R. Cohen, Enlightened #Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge, New York, @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, 2021.
par Malou Bozec (@psl-univ.bsky.social)
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
Sarah R. Cohen, Enlightened #Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge, New York, @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, 2021.
par Malou Bozec (@psl-univ.bsky.social)
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
📕 Review / Compte rendu
Sarah R. Cohen, Enlightened #Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge, New York, @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, 2021.
par Malou Bozec (@psl-univ.bsky.social)
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...
Sarah R. Cohen, Enlightened #Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge, New York, @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, 2021.
par Malou Bozec (@psl-univ.bsky.social)
dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...