Robert-Jan Wille
@rbwille.bsky.social
Assistant professor @ Utrecht University. History & Philosophy of Science. Global History of Climate, Earth and Life Sciences in the Field. Atmospheric Humanities. 19th and 20th centuries. Europe / Indonesia. Environmental History of Knowledge
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Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
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Nederland geeft fossielen Dubois-collectie terug aan Indonesië.
Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...
Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...
September 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Nederland geeft fossielen Dubois-collectie terug aan Indonesië.
Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...
Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...
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Breaking news: Netherlands to return the Dubois collection of fossils to Indonesia
Nederland geeft fossielen Dubois-collectie terug aan Indonesië.
Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...
Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...
September 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Breaking news: Netherlands to return the Dubois collection of fossils to Indonesia
Important news. www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/m...
Museum Naturalis geeft topstukken terug: befaamde oermensfossielen gaan weer naar Indonesië
Museum Naturalis doet afstand van enkele topstukken. De Nederlandse overheid geeft 28 duizend objecten terug aan Indonesië. Ze werden daar eind 19de eeuw vergaard door de arts Eugène Dubois. Tot de co...
www.volkskrant.nl
September 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Important news. www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/m...
I hope it is not Mads Mikkelsen.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘Professional actor’ behind attacks that closed Danish airports, defence minister says
Drones overfly four more airports forcing Aalborg to halt traffic two nights after shutdown at Copenhagen terminals
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I hope it is not Mads Mikkelsen.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
If we are undoing what the Dutch did to the world, I could suggest a few more things www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years
Thousands of dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences, a ‘de-extinction’ company – but experts warn of ‘moral hazard’
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If we are undoing what the Dutch did to the world, I could suggest a few more things www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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like, sorry, daddy feyerabend said "anything goes" but most people aren't good at it as galileo
September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
like, sorry, daddy feyerabend said "anything goes" but most people aren't good at it as galileo
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Final ms ready for submission:
May 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Final ms ready for submission:
Stockholm is the city the Prussians would have built if they wanted a San Francisco of their own. After having drank too much Scotch.
August 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Stockholm is the city the Prussians would have built if they wanted a San Francisco of their own. After having drank too much Scotch.
On my way to #ESEH2025 in Uppsala. Happy to chair two sessions and present on history of German weather & climate science. Took the train via Hamburg/Copenhagen, and very happy that I had time to do slow travel. A bit sad because the train before us hit an elk.😭 #envhis #hisstm
August 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our colonial history project of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts @knaw-nl.bsky.social made it into the @timeshighered.bsky.social l! #highered #academicsky #hisstm #colonialhistory
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
Dutch probe of colonial science ‘about present as much as past’
Researchers hope examining history of scientific academy can help create a more ‘just’ organisation in the modern day
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our colonial history project of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts @knaw-nl.bsky.social made it into the @timeshighered.bsky.social l! #highered #academicsky #hisstm #colonialhistory
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
Goed wetenschapshistorisch zomernieuws! Ons onderzoeksconsortium mag het koloniale verleden van de Akademie onderzoeken! #hisstm #historici www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-...
KNAW laat eigen koloniale verleden onderzoeken door breed consortium - KNAW
Het interdisciplinair team van onderzoekers 'Koloniale macht en kennis' start in september 2025 een groot onderzoek naar het koloniale verleden van de KNAW.
www.knaw.nl
August 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Goed wetenschapshistorisch zomernieuws! Ons onderzoeksconsortium mag het koloniale verleden van de Akademie onderzoeken! #hisstm #historici www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-...
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"Life is like a sewer--what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."
Tom Lehrer, mathematician & #ColdWar satirist, has passed away. His albums warped my comedic & political sensibilities at a young age, and I'm pleased to report that I've never fully recovered.
#RIP #TomLehrer #comedy
Tom Lehrer, mathematician & #ColdWar satirist, has passed away. His albums warped my comedic & political sensibilities at a young age, and I'm pleased to report that I've never fully recovered.
#RIP #TomLehrer #comedy
Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
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July 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Life is like a sewer--what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."
Tom Lehrer, mathematician & #ColdWar satirist, has passed away. His albums warped my comedic & political sensibilities at a young age, and I'm pleased to report that I've never fully recovered.
#RIP #TomLehrer #comedy
Tom Lehrer, mathematician & #ColdWar satirist, has passed away. His albums warped my comedic & political sensibilities at a young age, and I'm pleased to report that I've never fully recovered.
#RIP #TomLehrer #comedy
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Kennis die knecht, verschijnt a.s. oktober:
June 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Kennis die knecht, verschijnt a.s. oktober:
hope.
June 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
hope.
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Link here: amocscenarios.org?lat=-53&lon=...
Credits to van Westen’s research group for releasing this as part of their knowledge mobilization work.
Credits to van Westen’s research group for releasing this as part of their knowledge mobilization work.
AMOC Collapse Visualisation Map
The interactive map that shows you the effects worldwide of climate change scenarios and the AMOC current collapsing
amocscenarios.org
June 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Link here: amocscenarios.org?lat=-53&lon=...
Credits to van Westen’s research group for releasing this as part of their knowledge mobilization work.
Credits to van Westen’s research group for releasing this as part of their knowledge mobilization work.
Very happy to read about the Erasmus Prize for Donna Haraway! erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
Erasmusprijswinnaars - Praemium Erasmianum Foundation
The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2025 to the American philosopher and historian of science Donna Haraway. The theme of this year’s prize is “the pursuit of what binds u...
erasmusprijs.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Very happy to read about the Erasmus Prize for Donna Haraway! erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
in Germany gen Z climate activists call themselves 'the last generation'. I think they have given up. Let us all dress as if we are retired, mow our gardens (not on Sunday) and watch the world burn with a glass of beer in our hands.
June 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
in Germany gen Z climate activists call themselves 'the last generation'. I think they have given up. Let us all dress as if we are retired, mow our gardens (not on Sunday) and watch the world burn with a glass of beer in our hands.
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80 years after the liberation, we still know little about science during the German occupation. Wonderkamer now devotes a special to this history.
Pre-order the new issue until 26 May at a reduced price of 10 euros by sending an email to gewinamagazine@gmail.com (ovv "Wonderkamer 11")!
Pre-order the new issue until 26 May at a reduced price of 10 euros by sending an email to gewinamagazine@gmail.com (ovv "Wonderkamer 11")!
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
80 years after the liberation, we still know little about science during the German occupation. Wonderkamer now devotes a special to this history.
Pre-order the new issue until 26 May at a reduced price of 10 euros by sending an email to gewinamagazine@gmail.com (ovv "Wonderkamer 11")!
Pre-order the new issue until 26 May at a reduced price of 10 euros by sending an email to gewinamagazine@gmail.com (ovv "Wonderkamer 11")!
Very happy with today's presentations until sofar, excited about giving mine later today, hopefully warming up the audience for @naomioreskes.bsky.social keynote in the Institution's famous theatre! Thanks @katysduncan.bsky.social and @miguelohn.bsky.social for organizing this!
On Monday, the Royal Institution is hosting a workshop on the #histsci of geophysics, with a livestreamed keynote by @naomioreskes.bsky.social on plate tectonics.
Read @katysduncan.bsky.social on how she and @miguelohn.bsky.social put the event together, and see who's presenting here:
Read @katysduncan.bsky.social on how she and @miguelohn.bsky.social put the event together, and see who's presenting here:
May 9, 2025
Workshop Program: Decoding Our Planet: The Making of Geophysics
www.aip.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Very happy with today's presentations until sofar, excited about giving mine later today, hopefully warming up the audience for @naomioreskes.bsky.social keynote in the Institution's famous theatre! Thanks @katysduncan.bsky.social and @miguelohn.bsky.social for organizing this!
It is easy to mix up Leo and Louis. I pity the poor students taking history exams in the future, mixing up popes and French kings. 'Leo the Fourteenth? Ah, you mean that guy from 'L'Eglise, c'est moi'? Did you know he inherited a lot of benefices from Francis I?'
May 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It is easy to mix up Leo and Louis. I pity the poor students taking history exams in the future, mixing up popes and French kings. 'Leo the Fourteenth? Ah, you mean that guy from 'L'Eglise, c'est moi'? Did you know he inherited a lot of benefices from Francis I?'
Young pope, old name. The last Leo modernized the Church, published the Rerum Novarum, had to deal with Bismarck and capitalism, and became one of the longest sitting popes. They have voted in office a US pope who will be there for a while, saying hi to one American president after another.
May 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Young pope, old name. The last Leo modernized the Church, published the Rerum Novarum, had to deal with Bismarck and capitalism, and became one of the longest sitting popes. They have voted in office a US pope who will be there for a while, saying hi to one American president after another.
When I feel like I need energy to teach, I will use Wagner's opening of Das Rheingold, but instead of having the sopranos sing I immediately skip to this song by David Bowie, here performed live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuDJ...
David Bowie - Queen Bitch (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)
YouTube video by David Bowie
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
When I feel like I need energy to teach, I will use Wagner's opening of Das Rheingold, but instead of having the sopranos sing I immediately skip to this song by David Bowie, here performed live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuDJ...
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NSC is zoveel meer dan alleen Pieter Omtzigt, het is óók een verzameling opportunistische conservatieve Kamerleden zonder duidelijk plan.
April 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
NSC is zoveel meer dan alleen Pieter Omtzigt, het is óók een verzameling opportunistische conservatieve Kamerleden zonder duidelijk plan.
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Climate TRACE shows you where and when greenhouse gas emissions are occurring.
Al Gore’s Real-Time Climate Data Just Went Live—Here’s Why It Matters
How Real-Time Climate Data from Climate TRACE is transforming emissions tracking—bringing transparency, speed, and accountability to global climate action.
www.forbes.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Climate TRACE shows you where and when greenhouse gas emissions are occurring.