Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy
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CHAMA - Official social page. Exploring the History of Astronomy from Ancient to Medieval times.
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This little manuscript contains a treatise on cosmography that describes and illustrates the Ptolemaic model of a spherical earth at the center of the concentric spheres of the universe, and includes diagrams of eclipses and an astrolabe (UPenn LJS 26) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This little manuscript contains a treatise on cosmography that describes and illustrates the Ptolemaic model of a spherical earth at the center of the concentric spheres of the universe, and includes diagrams of eclipses and an astrolabe (UPenn LJS 26) #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
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Today we're celebrating History Day in Senate House w/ @senatehouselib.bsky.social & @ihr.bsky.social!
For #HistDay25 we're also celebrating 25 titles in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series (with the 25th #OpenAccess title publishing tomorrow!).
Explore the series:
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For #HistDay25 we're also celebrating 25 titles in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series (with the 25th #OpenAccess title publishing tomorrow!).
Explore the series:
uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Today we're celebrating History Day in Senate House w/ @senatehouselib.bsky.social & @ihr.bsky.social!
For #HistDay25 we're also celebrating 25 titles in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series (with the 25th #OpenAccess title publishing tomorrow!).
Explore the series:
uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...
For #HistDay25 we're also celebrating 25 titles in our #NewHistoricalPerspectives series (with the 25th #OpenAccess title publishing tomorrow!).
Explore the series:
uolpress.co.uk/book-series/...
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New issue of Journal for the History of Astronomy Vol. 56, No. 4 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhaa/56/4 @sagepub.com
Journal for the History of Astronomy - Volume 56, Number 4
Table of contents for Journal for the History of Astronomy, 56, 4
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November 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New issue of Journal for the History of Astronomy Vol. 56, No. 4 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhaa/56/4 @sagepub.com
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Razieh S. Mousavi has been awarded the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize for her dissertation "Al-Farghānī’s Elements of Astronomy (c. 860 CE): An Interplay of Meaning & Form at the Intersection of Astronomical & Medical Tradition."
Congratulations!
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#HistSci
Congratulations!
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#HistSci
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Razieh S. Mousavi has been awarded the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS) Prize for her dissertation "Al-Farghānī’s Elements of Astronomy (c. 860 CE): An Interplay of Meaning & Form at the Intersection of Astronomical & Medical Tradition."
Congratulations!
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#HistSci
Congratulations!
🔗 bit.ly/3Lbfotv
#HistSci
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The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
October 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians
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It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘
September 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘
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How does #AI contribute to the study of history today, and how can historians make better use of it? 🗂️
Matteo Valleriani talks to Jessica Hughes of detektor.fm about AI-based methods, his project "The Sphere," and the importance of nonprofit large language models.
🔗 bit.ly/44MVD (GER)
#HistSci
Matteo Valleriani talks to Jessica Hughes of detektor.fm about AI-based methods, his project "The Sphere," and the importance of nonprofit large language models.
🔗 bit.ly/44MVD (GER)
#HistSci
detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio
detektor.fm konzentriert sich auf die Vermittlung hintergründiger Informationen und ist somit eine Plattform für anspruchsvollen Hörfunk-Journalismus im Internet. Die national relevanten Themen…
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June 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
How does #AI contribute to the study of history today, and how can historians make better use of it? 🗂️
Matteo Valleriani talks to Jessica Hughes of detektor.fm about AI-based methods, his project "The Sphere," and the importance of nonprofit large language models.
🔗 bit.ly/44MVD (GER)
#HistSci
Matteo Valleriani talks to Jessica Hughes of detektor.fm about AI-based methods, his project "The Sphere," and the importance of nonprofit large language models.
🔗 bit.ly/44MVD (GER)
#HistSci
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📢 Our next High Gravity Talk entitled "Fieldnotes from Battles over Indian History, Society, and Sciences" will be given by @audreytruschke.bsky.social on November 20, 2025, 16:00 at the Leibniz Hall, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
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Fieldnotes from Battles over Indian History, Society, and Sciences | MPIWG
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July 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📢 Our next High Gravity Talk entitled "Fieldnotes from Battles over Indian History, Society, and Sciences" will be given by @audreytruschke.bsky.social on November 20, 2025, 16:00 at the Leibniz Hall, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2jrnz5
@mpiwg.bsky.social
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2jrnz5
@mpiwg.bsky.social
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Thanks to @stephenaj.bsky.social's fabulous article (still available at link below) I have had a look at this equally fabulous interactive astrolabe alexboxer.com/astrolabe/. It's a really useful tool for understanding what the instrument does and a lot of fun to play with! #histsci #astronomy
July 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thanks to @stephenaj.bsky.social's fabulous article (still available at link below) I have had a look at this equally fabulous interactive astrolabe alexboxer.com/astrolabe/. It's a really useful tool for understanding what the instrument does and a lot of fun to play with! #histsci #astronomy
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Latest open-access issue of the Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage includes this Milky Way / Nut piece, plus articles on Thomas Digges, colonial Mexican astronomy, medieval comet IDs by @comethunter.de, & book reviews on Henrietta Leavitt & Athanasius Kircher: www.sciengine.com/JAHH/issue 🔭
July 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Latest open-access issue of the Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage includes this Milky Way / Nut piece, plus articles on Thomas Digges, colonial Mexican astronomy, medieval comet IDs by @comethunter.de, & book reviews on Henrietta Leavitt & Athanasius Kircher: www.sciengine.com/JAHH/issue 🔭
CHAMA Executive Committee (2025–2029) Assumes Office
The newly elected Executive Committee of the CHAMA for the term 2025–2029 has officially assumed their roles. This transition took place during the CHAMA Business Meeting held ICHST in New Zealand.
The newly elected Executive Committee of the CHAMA for the term 2025–2029 has officially assumed their roles. This transition took place during the CHAMA Business Meeting held ICHST in New Zealand.
July 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
CHAMA Executive Committee (2025–2029) Assumes Office
The newly elected Executive Committee of the CHAMA for the term 2025–2029 has officially assumed their roles. This transition took place during the CHAMA Business Meeting held ICHST in New Zealand.
The newly elected Executive Committee of the CHAMA for the term 2025–2029 has officially assumed their roles. This transition took place during the CHAMA Business Meeting held ICHST in New Zealand.
The International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST) has officially begun! #historyofscience #historyofscienceandtechnology
June 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST) has officially begun! #historyofscience #historyofscienceandtechnology
The upcoming International Congress of History of Science and Technology will take place from June 28 to July 5 in Dunedin, New Zealand. CHAMA is sponsoring two panels and co-sponsoring a third one in collaboration with CHOSTIS.
Check out the programme:
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Check out the programme:
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June 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The upcoming International Congress of History of Science and Technology will take place from June 28 to July 5 in Dunedin, New Zealand. CHAMA is sponsoring two panels and co-sponsoring a third one in collaboration with CHOSTIS.
Check out the programme:
🔗 innovators.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe...
Check out the programme:
🔗 innovators.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe...
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Le 25 juin en librairie, découvrez le grand entretien de Françoise Combes dans le magnifique @le1hebdo.bsky.social hors-série consacré aux étoiles 💫!
June 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Le 25 juin en librairie, découvrez le grand entretien de Françoise Combes dans le magnifique @le1hebdo.bsky.social hors-série consacré aux étoiles 💫!
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#AI should be publicly owned: Max Planck scientist Matteo Valleriani calls for freely accessible large language models (LLMs). Ethics, not profit, should drive development. theguardian.com/technology/2... #LLM #OpenAccess @theguardian.com
Large language models that power AI should be publicly owned | Letter
Letters: The future of public knowledge rests on building open-access LLMs driven by ethics rather than profit, writes Prof Dr Matteo Valleriani
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May 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#AI should be publicly owned: Max Planck scientist Matteo Valleriani calls for freely accessible large language models (LLMs). Ethics, not profit, should drive development. theguardian.com/technology/2... #LLM #OpenAccess @theguardian.com
PhD position available in the field of history of astronomy from Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages
Università di Pavia, Italy
Deadline June 30, 2025
More details available at the following webpage: phd.unipv.it/call-41/
Please share!
Università di Pavia, Italy
Deadline June 30, 2025
More details available at the following webpage: phd.unipv.it/call-41/
Please share!
Call for applications to access PhD courses – 41st cycle – a. y. 2025/2026 – Dottorati di Ricerca
Phd University of Pavia
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June 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
PhD position available in the field of history of astronomy from Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages
Università di Pavia, Italy
Deadline June 30, 2025
More details available at the following webpage: phd.unipv.it/call-41/
Please share!
Università di Pavia, Italy
Deadline June 30, 2025
More details available at the following webpage: phd.unipv.it/call-41/
Please share!
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On commence! Kicking off the Paris training week in global history of astronomy at @labnf.bsky.social with Matthieu Husson and Alexandre Tur @tur-alexandre.bsky.social. More at eida.hypotheses.org/seminars-2/t...
June 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
On commence! Kicking off the Paris training week in global history of astronomy at @labnf.bsky.social with Matthieu Husson and Alexandre Tur @tur-alexandre.bsky.social. More at eida.hypotheses.org/seminars-2/t...
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Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts
3–5 December 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Deadline for submission/application: June 30, 2025
Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts
3–5 December 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Deadline for submission/application: June 30, 2025
Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts – Society for Renaissance Studies
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May 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts
3–5 December 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Deadline for submission/application: June 30, 2025
Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts
3–5 December 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Deadline for submission/application: June 30, 2025
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New issue of the Journal for the History of Astronomy Vol. 56, No. 2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhaa/56/2
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May 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New issue of the Journal for the History of Astronomy Vol. 56, No. 2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhaa/56/2
@chama-dhst.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@chama-dhst.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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🚨 Call for Papers: ESHS Early Career Network Meeting 🚨
The 2025 ESHS Early Career Network Meeting will be held at the University of Manchester (UK) on 9-10 September 2025!
Proposal should be sent to ecn.eshs@gmail.com no later than 15th of May 2025.
🚨 Call for Papers: ESHS Early Career Network Meeting 🚨
The 2025 ESHS Early Career Network Meeting will be held at the University of Manchester (UK) on 9-10 September 2025!
Proposal should be sent to ecn.eshs@gmail.com no later than 15th of May 2025.
ESHS Early Career Network Meeting
European Society for the History of Science Early Career Network Meeting Call for papers 9-10 September 2025, University of Manchester W...
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May 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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🚨 Call for Papers: ESHS Early Career Network Meeting 🚨
The 2025 ESHS Early Career Network Meeting will be held at the University of Manchester (UK) on 9-10 September 2025!
Proposal should be sent to ecn.eshs@gmail.com no later than 15th of May 2025.
🚨 Call for Papers: ESHS Early Career Network Meeting 🚨
The 2025 ESHS Early Career Network Meeting will be held at the University of Manchester (UK) on 9-10 September 2025!
Proposal should be sent to ecn.eshs@gmail.com no later than 15th of May 2025.
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We still have places for #DMSI2025 that will take place on 11 July. If you are already going to be in #Leeds for #IMC2025, stay for another day and join us for a day-long event of #learning and #networking on #DigitalMedievalStudies! First-come first-served. Apply by 1 June. tinyurl.com/DMSI-2025-UK
May 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We still have places for #DMSI2025 that will take place on 11 July. If you are already going to be in #Leeds for #IMC2025, stay for another day and join us for a day-long event of #learning and #networking on #DigitalMedievalStudies! First-come first-served. Apply by 1 June. tinyurl.com/DMSI-2025-UK
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New #StudentJob opportunity!🦸
Research Group "Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA)" seeks to hire a #StudentAssistant in #Communications and #Administration 💫🔭
🗓 Deadline: May 11, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #JobsInBerlin #Astronomy
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Research Group "Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA)" seeks to hire a #StudentAssistant in #Communications and #Administration 💫🔭
🗓 Deadline: May 11, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #JobsInBerlin #Astronomy
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April 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New #StudentJob opportunity!🦸
Research Group "Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA)" seeks to hire a #StudentAssistant in #Communications and #Administration 💫🔭
🗓 Deadline: May 11, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #JobsInBerlin #Astronomy
@astra-mpiwg.bsky.social
Research Group "Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA)" seeks to hire a #StudentAssistant in #Communications and #Administration 💫🔭
🗓 Deadline: May 11, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4
#HistSci #JobsInBerlin #Astronomy
@astra-mpiwg.bsky.social
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CfA: Short-term fellowships and research stays open for applications 📖
Scholars of any career stage are invited to apply for research visits to the MPIWG! Please visit our website for details on duration and funding options.
🗓️ Deadlines: May 1/Sept 15
🔗 bitly.cx/bepR5
#HistSci #EnvHist #Sinology
Scholars of any career stage are invited to apply for research visits to the MPIWG! Please visit our website for details on duration and funding options.
🗓️ Deadlines: May 1/Sept 15
🔗 bitly.cx/bepR5
#HistSci #EnvHist #Sinology
April 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
CfA: Short-term fellowships and research stays open for applications 📖
Scholars of any career stage are invited to apply for research visits to the MPIWG! Please visit our website for details on duration and funding options.
🗓️ Deadlines: May 1/Sept 15
🔗 bitly.cx/bepR5
#HistSci #EnvHist #Sinology
Scholars of any career stage are invited to apply for research visits to the MPIWG! Please visit our website for details on duration and funding options.
🗓️ Deadlines: May 1/Sept 15
🔗 bitly.cx/bepR5
#HistSci #EnvHist #Sinology
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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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EIDA conference 2025 (hybrid event) will take place in Paris Observatory from April 15 to April 17 - A long history of diagrammatization in the astral sciences
Third International EIDA Conference. More info at: eida.hypotheses.org/conference-2...
Third International EIDA Conference. More info at: eida.hypotheses.org/conference-2...
Conference 2025
A long history of diagrammatization in the astral sciences Third International EIDA Conference Org. Matthieu Husson, Samuel Gessner, Divna Manolova, Stefan Zieme, Florence Somer Practical aspects O...
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April 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
EIDA conference 2025 (hybrid event) will take place in Paris Observatory from April 15 to April 17 - A long history of diagrammatization in the astral sciences
Third International EIDA Conference. More info at: eida.hypotheses.org/conference-2...
Third International EIDA Conference. More info at: eida.hypotheses.org/conference-2...