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Erika Milam
@emilam.bsky.social
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Currently obsessed with the history of fieldwork & long-term research in behavioral ecology: erikamilam.com
#histSTM #hpbio #evobio #envhist
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tedmccormick.bsky.social
Very happy to announce that the
@jhokjournal.bsky.social
special issue "Knowledge and Power: Projecting the Modern World," edited by Vera Keller, Kelly Whitmer, and me, is starting to be published: the first three articles are here, the rest to follow.
journalhistoryknowledge.org/Knowledge_an...
Knowledge and Power: Projecting the Modern World | Journal for the History of Knowledge
journalhistoryknowledge.org
September 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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lazaroillustration.bsky.social
Some dolphin sketches. Part of a commission for
@emilam.bsky.social and Princeton University Press
@princetonupress.bsky.social
#SciArt #mammals #art #dolphins
Dolphin drawings
August 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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hpspodcast.bsky.social
What happens when the old contract between science and society no longer fits?

This week, Prof. Heather Douglas unpacks the legacy of the value-free ideal, examines research ethics & funding — and proposes a new social contract for science. This was an illuminating conversation.

Listen now! 🎧
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
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August 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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carsoncenter.bsky.social
We are looking for multidisciplinary panels to be presented at our upcoming conference "Beyond Dualism—Thinking Creatively Across Worlds," which takes place in July next year.

The full call can be found in the news section on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... (1/?)
The graphic shows cultivated lands bordering on a river/wetland and collections of trees (credit: AXIO-IMAGES from Getty Images) in the background of text bubbles. The text summarizes key details of the conference. Please read the description and the full call on the RCC website for this information.
August 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
emilam.bsky.social
RIP Margaret Rossiter. She took "Science & History" at Harvard in the e.1960s. Her instructor commented “your powers of analysis are far superior to your powers of articulation." Oof, we all start somewhere & I appreciated her willingness to share! watermark.silverchair.com/hsns_2012_42...
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August 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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mpiwg.bsky.social
New special issue of OSIRIS: "Animal Mobilities" 🐫🐠🐛

The volume was edited by MPIWG Research Scholars Tamar Novick, @lisaonaga.bsky.social, and Gabriel N. Rosenberg of the working groups "Out of Place, Out of Time" and "Proteins and Fibers."

🔗 bit.ly/amv4025

#HistSci #EnvHist #STS #Zoology
Cover of OSIRIS, volume 40. The title reads "Animal Mobilities" in yellow letters on a blue background. Above there is a colorful illustration showing animals and planets on the seabed.
June 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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mpiwg.bsky.social
The "Animal Mobilities" special issue will also be discussed at this year's History of Science Society conference in New Orleans, USA.

🐫🐠🐛 The roundtable is organized by @lisaonaga.bsky.social, co-editor of the volume.

🗓️ November 14, 2025, 11:00 (CST)
📍Sheraton NOLA
🔗 bit.ly/hssam25

#HistSci #HSS
Osiris Volume 40: 'Knowing Animals, Moving Animals' Roundtable
Human societies often come to know the natural world by examining animals, even as animals, frequently both willful and animate, elude human grasps and challenge human aims. Animals and their movement...
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July 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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tespiteri.bsky.social
It was a true privilege to have had the chance to interview Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, whose work has long influenced both my research interests and engagement with this discipline.

It's this week's episode of
The HPS Podcast – out now! 🎧

@hpspodcast.bsky.social

#hps #histsci #experiments
S5 E3 - Hans-Jörg Rheinberger on Epistemic Things
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · Episode
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July 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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k-pravilova.bsky.social
New theme for 2026-27 fellowships @ Davis Center for Historical Studies “Property and Poverty.” history.princeton.edu/news-events/...
Apply Now: Davis Center Fellowship for Property and Poverty – 2026–27
The deadline for receipt of applications and letters of recommendation for fellowships is December 1, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET
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July 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
emilam.bsky.social
2-yr postdoctoral fellowship at Wisconsin in the History of Medicine and/or Public Health (19th century to the present) mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p... Review of applications to start 1 April 2025. #histSTM
Postdoctoral Fellow Accouncement: Join us July 2025-2027!
Postdoctoral Fellow: History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely rela...
mhb.wisc.edu
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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franzanth.bsky.social
This is officially my horizontally longest image to date, depicting some of the earliest complex animals on the planet from 565 to 505 million years ago and how they changed over time.

Thank you to @egmitchell.bsky.social and Steve Pates for trusting me with this gargantuan task! #Art #SciArt
the same image, repeated twice. one image is just a scenery, the other includes text and very complex arrows pointing to each other explaining the relationship between substrate, plankton, predators and other elements in a marine ecosystem. the scenery is of a seafloor split into 4 horizontal slices depicting 4 time frames. the first one is an ediacaran scene filled with frond-like organisms attached to the seafloor. the second one shows fewer fronds and more things crawling on the seafloor. the third shows a sponge reef, with herbivores and active predators lurking in the sediment. the fourth shows a very active cambrian period scene with swimmers and burrowers.
January 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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mbaldwin.bsky.social
Fellow #histSTM scholars! The "Essays and Reviews" section of Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (@hsnatsci.bsky.social) is looking for contributors to a February 2026 special section on "Historical Practices." More information in this Call for Proposals + in this thread. (1/?)
Image Text: Call for Proposals February 2026 Special Section: “Historical Practices” Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences Section Editors: Melinda Baldwin and Brigid Vance The “Essays & Reviews” editors of Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences are seeking proposals for short essays on “Historical Practices” as part of a special section to run in February 2026. We are looking for authors of recent monographs or other substantial research projects on the history of science (published/released in 2018 or later) to reflect on the historical work that led to their final product. This could include, but is not limited to: the research methods you used; languages or techniques you had to master to finish the project; how you thought about your engagement with the historiography; your approach to writing; decisions about how to present and release non-monograph works; how the project changed as you worked on it. Essays should be roughly 800-1000 words in length. Drafts of essays need to be submitted by August 1, 2025 in order to meet February publication deadlines. Short proposals can be emailed directly to the section editors, and should include: 1) The title and publication information of your book or project 2) A one-sentence articulation of the project’s central argument or contribution 3) The geographical region treated in the book/project 4) The temporal period treated in the book/project 5) The major research methods employed in the project (archival research, oral histories, engagement with physical artifacts and material culture, etc.) Send proposals or queries to Melinda Baldwin (mbaldwin@umd.edu) and Brigid Vance (brigid.e.vance@lawrence.edu). We will choose proposals with the goal of achieving broad geographical, temporal, and topical coverage. Early career scholars who have recently published a first book-length work are especially encouraged to send proposals, as are scholars outside of academia.
January 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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emilydamstra.com
For my first post here, I'm sharing a little collage of my work: three natural science illustrations and one coin design. I've been a self-employed illustrator for nearly 25 years now, so this is a small sampling. Many more examples here: emilydamstra.com

#sciart #paleoart #coindesign #fishart
Illustration of bumble bee on aster; illustration of ammonoid; illustration of rainbow trout head; image of American Silver Eagle coin
January 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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patrickmccray.bsky.social
"Earthrise"

Photo taken by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders (1933-2024) on Christmas Eve in 1968.
December 24, 2024 at 2:12 PM
emilam.bsky.social
Brigitta van Rheinberg has worked at Princeton University Press since the late 1980s, which makes her personal essay a fascinating glimpse into the ways university presses generally (and PUP in particular) have transformed academic publishing in recent decades. press.princeton.edu/ideas/pup-li...
PUP Life: 37 years and nine lives at the Press
I am often asked how long I have worked at Princeton University Press. When I respond, “37 years,” the reaction is sometimes one of surprise. But in many ways, I have not really worked at the “same pl...
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December 24, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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mpiwg.bsky.social
New "First Research Article” fellowships 🤩
Graduate students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions are invited to apply to Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" or "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life."

🗓️ Deadline: Feb 16, 2024
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4

#HistSci #ResearchOpportunities
Top right: MPIWG Summer Publications Slam held in the institute's library (2024). Photo: Marvin Müller. Bottom right: Exterior view of the MPIWG building with its three-story architecture and the institute's library located in the lower level.
December 20, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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dominikhhh.bsky.social
Are you an #ECR who incorporates #postcolonial #provenance research on #zoological #collections as a method into their historical scholarship?
Join @coloniallegacy.bsky.social in Hamburg for a workshop in March 2025. Rumour has it that yours truly will be there too. 😁
#HistNatHist
Please share.
hsozkult.bsky.social H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Dec 20
CFP: Animals and Empire. Provenance Research as a Method for Global Histories

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-152202

Hamburg, 20.03.2025-21.03.2025, Research Centre "Hamburgs (post-)colonial Legacy", Bewerbungsschluss: 19.01.2025
Animals and Empire. Provenance Research as a Method for Global Histories
www.hsozkult.de
December 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM
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smellosopher.bsky.social
Jutta Schickore: Controlled Experiments
(Cambridge University Press: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology)

(FREE/open access until Jan 1st '25!!)
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Controlled Experiments
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Controlled Experiments
www.cambridge.org
December 20, 2024 at 10:10 PM
emilam.bsky.social
Winter solstice on Princeton's campus: the shortest day and longest night of 2024 in the Northern Hemisphere.
Snowman on Princeton's Poe Field, with an emergency cone for a hat, a twig for one arm, and an orange marker flag for the other. The entrance to Firestone Library as night falls, with glowing yellow windows against a darkening sky.
December 21, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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joelblecher.com
From my dear friend andrew hui… and @princetonupress.bsky.social a marvelous study of studies to read in your study
December 15, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
I’ve finally finished my book on extinction! If you’re interested in reading how ideas of race, empire, and extinction have shaped our world and left important legacies for thinking about just conservation and the future of our planet, preorder here.

#skystorians

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/vani...
Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction a book by Sadiah Qureshi.
Anyone alive today is among a tiny fraction of the once living: over 90 percent of species that ever lived are now extinct. How did we come to think of ourselves as survivors in a world where species ...
uk.bookshop.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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ufeest.bsky.social
Workshop on Large Language Models in the history, philosphy, and social studies of science (Berlin, April 2-3, 2025)
www.tu.berlin/hps-mod-sci/...
#HPS, #philsci, #STS
Workshop "LLMs for HPSS" - TU Berlin
www.tu.berlin
December 14, 2024 at 3:38 PM
emilam.bsky.social
The illustrations are amazing! All I need now are the words...
lazaroillustration.bsky.social Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · Dec 13
Some dolphin sketches. Part of a commission for @emilam.bsky.social and Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social
#SciArt #mammals #art #dolphins
Sketches of dolphins in different positions
December 13, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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draftingthepast.bsky.social
A smattering of news here, including a reminder to send me a voicemail with your favorite history book of the year by Thursday! (I pushed back the deadline because I...lost track of time.) buttondown.com/draftingthep...
What History Book Did You Love This Year?
It's Your Turn! Some great episodes have been released lately, in case you've missed them, with Prithi Kanakamedala, Robin Bernstein, James Chappel, and Seth...
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December 9, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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ccmmody.bsky.social
CfP: How Sciences End
Oxford, 11-13 July 2025
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Submit 250-word abstracts to howsciencesend@gmail.com

[I'm broadcasting this on behalf of Joe Martin, Michelle Aroney & Alex Aylward, none of whom AFAIK are on this site yet]
CALL FOR PAPERS: How Sciences End Dates: 11–13 July 2025 Location: University of Oxford, UK Submission deadline: 31 January 2025 Conference Theme and Goals Historians have studied extensively how sciences begin—but how do they end? This is a crucial question for understanding how the labour of knowledge-making evolves. Previous attention to the founding, disciplining, and professionalisation of individual sciences has provided robust frameworks for thinking through the birth and growth of knowledge-making communities. Far less attention has been directed toward how those same communities decay, dissipate, or evolve beyond the contemporary boundaries of science. This conference seeks to cultivate case studies of the ends of sciences, and thereby to motivate a new approach to thinking about the developmental trajectories of scientific disciplines, communities, institutions, and the ordering of expert knowledge. A further aim is to strengthen the community of scholars with a shared interest in studying the ends of sciences. Submission Process Submissions should be sent to howsciencesend@gmail.com. Please title the email “SciEnds Abstract Submission” and include the following information in the body: - Full name as you would like it to appear on the programme - Email address - Affiliation, or how you would like to be identified on the programme - Presentation title - An abstract of no more than 250 words describing your proposed talk and how it fits the conference theme and goals. - An indication of whether you would like to be considered for travel support. (Limited funds are available to defray travel costs, with priority given to early career and insecurely employed scholars.) The submission deadline is 31 January 2025. We plan to circulate a draft program by the end of February 2025. Programme Committee Michelle Aroney (Oxford), Alex Aylward (Oxford), Joseph D. Martin (Durham)
November 25, 2024 at 5:22 PM