CatMadruga
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Still Fascinated by Museum Collections and the Tensions Between Nature and the Histories of Collecting Natural History. And Use of Capital Letters
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My entry for the SEP on externalism vs. internalism about justification is now live.
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Internalist vs. Externalist Conceptions of Epistemic Justification (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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December 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My entry for the SEP on externalism vs. internalism about justification is now live.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/just...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/just...
Yesterday heard Daniel Liu, at the
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dan-liu.net @dan-liu.net and I was so inspired by the questions left unresolved and the ones his forthcoming book is going to answer! #historyofmicroscopy is not necessarily #historyofmicroscopes
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dan-liu.net @dan-liu.net and I was so inspired by the questions left unresolved and the ones his forthcoming book is going to answer! #historyofmicroscopy is not necessarily #historyofmicroscopes
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Yesterday heard Daniel Liu, at the
@tuberlin.bsky.social
dan-liu.net @dan-liu.net and I was so inspired by the questions left unresolved and the ones his forthcoming book is going to answer! #historyofmicroscopy is not necessarily #historyofmicroscopes
@tuberlin.bsky.social
dan-liu.net @dan-liu.net and I was so inspired by the questions left unresolved and the ones his forthcoming book is going to answer! #historyofmicroscopy is not necessarily #historyofmicroscopes
CollEcologies is back this week with another great discussion on how THINGS are also NATURE and what is all this about collecting and preserving, and where is "knowledge"?
🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨
This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)
#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)
#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM
CollEcologies is back this week with another great discussion on how THINGS are also NATURE and what is all this about collecting and preserving, and where is "knowledge"?
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Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨
@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲
We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!
On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".
All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!
On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".
All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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November 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨
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for the reconstruction of natural history practices and networks of early modern Pietism, and it can be analyzed as an archive of historical biodiversity, providing insight into climate change 🌿
We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
for the reconstruction of natural history practices and networks of early modern Pietism, and it can be analyzed as an archive of historical biodiversity, providing insight into climate change 🌿
We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
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Thomas is lead researcher on the project entitled "A Testimony to Ecclesiastical Natural History and an Archive of Historical Biodiversity. The Herbarium Ruperti (1700) of the Herzog August Bibliothek". This botanical collection, compiled by a prominent Protestant clergyman around 1700, allows /2
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thomas is lead researcher on the project entitled "A Testimony to Ecclesiastical Natural History and an Archive of Historical Biodiversity. The Herbarium Ruperti (1700) of the Herzog August Bibliothek". This botanical collection, compiled by a prominent Protestant clergyman around 1700, allows /2
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🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨
This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)
#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)
#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨
This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)
#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel)
#envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1
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Join us this coming Thursday! You won’t regret it; well, you will if you dont join us 🤭✨✨✨✨
for the reconstruction of natural history practices and networks of early modern Pietism, and it can be analyzed as an archive of historical biodiversity, providing insight into climate change 🌿
We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
We hope you'll join us! To join, see below ⬇️
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Join us this coming Thursday! You won’t regret it; well, you will if you dont join us 🤭✨✨✨✨
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Couldn't apply to a post yesterday because I received my PhD more than 4 years ago.
Couldn't apply to a post today because I received my PhD less than 5 years ago.
Couldn't apply to a post today because I received my PhD less than 5 years ago.
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Couldn't apply to a post yesterday because I received my PhD more than 4 years ago.
Couldn't apply to a post today because I received my PhD less than 5 years ago.
Couldn't apply to a post today because I received my PhD less than 5 years ago.
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New episode of The HPS Podcast! 🎙️
Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas of monstrosity shaped science, empire, and what it means to be human.
@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social #hps #history #monsters
🎧 Listen here:
Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas of monstrosity shaped science, empire, and what it means to be human.
@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social #hps #history #monsters
🎧 Listen here:
S5 E2 - Surekha Davies on Humans: A Monstrous History
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
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July 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
New episode of The HPS Podcast! 🎙️
Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas of monstrosity shaped science, empire, and what it means to be human.
@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social #hps #history #monsters
🎧 Listen here:
Today, Dr Surekha Davies joins us to discuss her new book Humans: A Monstrous History – a sweeping look at how ideas of monstrosity shaped science, empire, and what it means to be human.
@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social #hps #history #monsters
🎧 Listen here:
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ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.
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🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨
@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
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@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
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June 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨
@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
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🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨
@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
June 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿
#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums
#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums
🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨
@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲
Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...
June 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿
#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums
#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums
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Hello new followers! We're Collection Ecologies 👋
We investigate histories of #collections to understand how collections can serve as archives + knowledge repositories in #envhist, & by reflecting on collections as ecologies themselves.
Check out our CHSTM seminar ⬇️ www.chstm.org/content/coll...
We investigate histories of #collections to understand how collections can serve as archives + knowledge repositories in #envhist, & by reflecting on collections as ecologies themselves.
Check out our CHSTM seminar ⬇️ www.chstm.org/content/coll...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
September 24, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Hello new followers! We're Collection Ecologies 👋
We investigate histories of #collections to understand how collections can serve as archives + knowledge repositories in #envhist, & by reflecting on collections as ecologies themselves.
Check out our CHSTM seminar ⬇️ www.chstm.org/content/coll...
We investigate histories of #collections to understand how collections can serve as archives + knowledge repositories in #envhist, & by reflecting on collections as ecologies themselves.
Check out our CHSTM seminar ⬇️ www.chstm.org/content/coll...
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Transcripts of Alfred Russel Wallace's Four Surviving Field Notebooks From the Malay Archipelago are now Available: tinyurl.com/29pcrzhw
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
January 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Transcripts of Alfred Russel Wallace's Four Surviving Field Notebooks From the Malay Archipelago are now Available: tinyurl.com/29pcrzhw
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
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Delighted to announce the publication of my new article with Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva. It was fantastic to write this article, we were able to combine our language skills and archival expertise to write a global history of science at the Namibia/Angolan border. Available open access here:
The latest article in our special issue on invasive species & infectious diseases in JHMAS is "Gerbils without Borders: Invasiveness, Plague, and Micro-Global Histories of Science, 1932-1939 by"@julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social & Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva, OA academic.oup.com/jhmas/advanc...
Gerbils without Borders: Invasiveness, Plague, and Micro-Global Histories of Science, 1932-1939
Abstract. In the 1930s, a series of bubonic plague outbreaks among humans cropped up in several villages at the border of Angola and Namibia. These outbrea
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January 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Delighted to announce the publication of my new article with Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva. It was fantastic to write this article, we were able to combine our language skills and archival expertise to write a global history of science at the Namibia/Angolan border. Available open access here:
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i have like six copies of this
January 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
i have like six copies of this
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Heute ist die neue Ausgabe des Magazins "Damals" erschienen, mit einem kleinen Beitrag von mir: www.wissenschaft.de/magazin/weit...
Wie der Woermann-Konzern die Kolonialgeschichte prägte
Kolonialismus hatte immer auch eine wirtschaftliche Dimension. Welche Rolle spielten Unternehmer in der Ausbeutung der Kolonien? England hatte den Wettlauf v
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December 20, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Heute ist die neue Ausgabe des Magazins "Damals" erschienen, mit einem kleinen Beitrag von mir: www.wissenschaft.de/magazin/weit...
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The year’s last author copies are here, on the first day of my holiday break. @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and I wrote an epilogue for this excellent book on Digital Ecologies. #envhum
December 20, 2024 at 11:34 AM
The year’s last author copies are here, on the first day of my holiday break. @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and I wrote an epilogue for this excellent book on Digital Ecologies. #envhum
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Love this scheme! Take note lovely DH friends, that it is a VIRTUAL fellowship.
Our Digital Research Fellowship call is also currently open: £7,500 for a 3 month project exploring our data: data.nls.uk/projects/dig...
The National Library of Scotland Fellowship in Digital Research 2025-26 – Data Foundry
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December 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Love this scheme! Take note lovely DH friends, that it is a VIRTUAL fellowship.
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Call for Proposals: Animals and Empire. Provenance Research as a Method for Global Histories, Workshop, Hamburg 20.-21. March 2025
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Call for Proposals: Animals and Empire. Provenance Research as a Method for Global Histories, Workshop, Hamburg 20.-21. March 2025 – Hamburgs (post-)koloniales Erbe
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December 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Call for Proposals: Animals and Empire. Provenance Research as a Method for Global Histories, Workshop, Hamburg 20.-21. March 2025
kolonialismus.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/2024/12/20/c...
kolonialismus.blogs.uni-hamburg.de/2024/12/20/c...
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Academic guilt season starts today, winter edition. Feel guilty if working, feel guilty if not.
December 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Academic guilt season starts today, winter edition. Feel guilty if working, feel guilty if not.
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📖To mark the 150th anniversary of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, the Baessler Archive has published a special retrospective issue.
✏️ We contributed with several articles on postcolonial provenance research.
Get a copy via: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ba...
✏️ We contributed with several articles on postcolonial provenance research.
Get a copy via: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ba...
December 10, 2024 at 10:06 AM
📖To mark the 150th anniversary of the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, the Baessler Archive has published a special retrospective issue.
✏️ We contributed with several articles on postcolonial provenance research.
Get a copy via: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ba...
✏️ We contributed with several articles on postcolonial provenance research.
Get a copy via: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ba...
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December 10, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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