Taylor C Sherman
@taylorcsherman.bsky.social
Professor of South Asian History. Researching histories of environmental regeneration, 1940s-present. Nehru and all that, too. Working from Bidjigal land at UNSW Sydney
Privately seeking research on ADHD, ASD, OCD, ALD & ABI
Privately seeking research on ADHD, ASD, OCD, ALD & ABI
Job! Thanks to a generous donation from anonymous donors & matching funding from UNSW, we are advertising for 2 x two-year postdocs in History. Open region, period and method.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Connection to Australia or NZ, via residency or education is required.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Connection to Australia or NZ, via residency or education is required.
Postdoctoral Fellow in History
Undertake independent research and contribute to UNSW’s vibrant History program as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in any area of historical study.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Job! Thanks to a generous donation from anonymous donors & matching funding from UNSW, we are advertising for 2 x two-year postdocs in History. Open region, period and method.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Connection to Australia or NZ, via residency or education is required.
external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...
Connection to Australia or NZ, via residency or education is required.
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Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
10 AI Prompts for Academics
making those hard jobs a little easier ...
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October 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from @profserious.bsky.social profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
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Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience
A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...
A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...
Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience
A Review of “Elusive Cures” by Nicole C. Rust
www.psychiatrymargins.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience
A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...
A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...
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Fab to see another article available as part of our SI with @hisjournalha.bsky.social! Check out: Dina Freeman, ‘The Counter-Hegemonic Internationalism of Josué de Castro: A Radical Brazilian in the Mid-Twentieth Century World Government Movement’, doi.org/10.1111/1468...
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Fab to see another article available as part of our SI with @hisjournalha.bsky.social! Check out: Dina Freeman, ‘The Counter-Hegemonic Internationalism of Josué de Castro: A Radical Brazilian in the Mid-Twentieth Century World Government Movement’, doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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We shared research about things affecting us all: addiction, autism, brain injury, dementia, mental illness. This work has been arbitrarily cut or delayed.
Thats a human brain on cafeteria tray. UCLA fair shows off science cuts. @sfn.org @standupforscience.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Thats a human brain on cafeteria tray. UCLA fair shows off science cuts. @sfn.org @standupforscience.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Yes, that’s a human brain on a cafeteria tray. UCLA fair shows off science cuts under Trump
UCLA's researchers go low-tech to plead their case to the public with poster boards and props. The Trump administration has suspended more than $500 million in research grants to the university.
www.latimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We shared research about things affecting us all: addiction, autism, brain injury, dementia, mental illness. This work has been arbitrarily cut or delayed.
Thats a human brain on cafeteria tray. UCLA fair shows off science cuts. @sfn.org @standupforscience.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Thats a human brain on cafeteria tray. UCLA fair shows off science cuts. @sfn.org @standupforscience.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
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American Society for Environmental History - @aseh.bsky.social - has opened the application process for the 2026 ASEH Fellows Program to provide funding for full-time faculty as they pursue initiatives in #envhist related to research, teaching, and community engagement.
aseh.org/Fellows-Prog...
aseh.org/Fellows-Prog...
September 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
American Society for Environmental History - @aseh.bsky.social - has opened the application process for the 2026 ASEH Fellows Program to provide funding for full-time faculty as they pursue initiatives in #envhist related to research, teaching, and community engagement.
aseh.org/Fellows-Prog...
aseh.org/Fellows-Prog...
Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths is now out in paperback and it has an evocative new cover! To me, it brings to mind some of René Magritte's paintings from the 1950s and 60s. Thanks to Princeton University Press for the new design.
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths is now out in paperback and it has an evocative new cover! To me, it brings to mind some of René Magritte's paintings from the 1950s and 60s. Thanks to Princeton University Press for the new design.
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Help! I'm looking for scholarship on "the impostor" in social history. Not spies, not those who used pseudonyms, but figures who embellished their records to gain social status, entry into certain circles, or credentials among socialists, revolutionaries, or anarchists.
September 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Help! I'm looking for scholarship on "the impostor" in social history. Not spies, not those who used pseudonyms, but figures who embellished their records to gain social status, entry into certain circles, or credentials among socialists, revolutionaries, or anarchists.
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My op-ed in the @chicagomaroon.bsky.social on the University of Chicago’s appalling plans to gut the humanities and possibly eliminate the South Asian studies department chicagomaroon.com/48353/viewpo...
Lost in Extraterrestrial Translation
The University celebrates the success of area studies alumni, all the while erasing the programs that made those careers possible.
chicagomaroon.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My op-ed in the @chicagomaroon.bsky.social on the University of Chicago’s appalling plans to gut the humanities and possibly eliminate the South Asian studies department chicagomaroon.com/48353/viewpo...
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Postdoc Opportunity!
Aarhus University - 2 Postdoctoral Positions in Environmental Histories with a focus on Denmark/Mexico
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Aarhus University - 2 Postdoctoral Positions in Environmental Histories with a focus on Denmark/Mexico
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Aarhus University - 2 Postdoctoral Positions in Environmental Histories with a focus on Denmark/Mexico | H-Net
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August 31, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Postdoc Opportunity!
Aarhus University - 2 Postdoctoral Positions in Environmental Histories with a focus on Denmark/Mexico
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69029/a...
Aarhus University - 2 Postdoctoral Positions in Environmental Histories with a focus on Denmark/Mexico
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69029/a...
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‘What if it’s just good enough, useful to many without being revolutionary?’
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
‘What if it’s just good enough, useful to many without being revolutionary?’
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
Great read on the current status of genAI and how it may further develop and affect our near future
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Something to celebrate! A push for on-demand gene-editing cures for children with severe genetic diseases, supported by @cziscience.bsky.social.
What warms my heart: family advocates inspired this, and individuals who had the power to do so made it happen.
chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/cen...
What warms my heart: family advocates inspired this, and individuals who had the power to do so made it happen.
chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/cen...
Advancing Cures for Rare Diseases
With the launch of the new center, we're one step closer to making personalized CRISPR cures a reality for children born with rare genetic diseases.
chanzuckerberg.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Something to celebrate! A push for on-demand gene-editing cures for children with severe genetic diseases, supported by @cziscience.bsky.social.
What warms my heart: family advocates inspired this, and individuals who had the power to do so made it happen.
chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/cen...
What warms my heart: family advocates inspired this, and individuals who had the power to do so made it happen.
chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/cen...
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Prashant Kidambi writes about Jim Masselos, the historian who spent six decades detailing so many aspects of Bombay's history, who passed away this week: scroll.in/article/1083...
For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse
Masselos wrote about the world of the urban mohalla, crowds and popular culture, and the changing rhythms of everyday life in the city.
scroll.in
June 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Prashant Kidambi writes about Jim Masselos, the historian who spent six decades detailing so many aspects of Bombay's history, who passed away this week: scroll.in/article/1083...
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Super happy to see our latest work out in @plosbiology.org : N2 sleep during short naps increased the likelihood of insight in a decision task. The steepness of the spectral slope best predicted insight, beyond sleep stages alone. With dream team @maritpetzka.bsky.social @nicoschuck.bsky.social
That "Aha!" moment... Can sleep facilitate memory reorganization? @nicoschuck.bsky.social @anikaloewe.bsky.social @maritpetzka.bsky.social &co reveal that N2 #sleep (but not N1) increases likelihood of having an 'aha' moment about a previous #DecisionMaking task @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4k8F2v3
June 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Super happy to see our latest work out in @plosbiology.org : N2 sleep during short naps increased the likelihood of insight in a decision task. The steepness of the spectral slope best predicted insight, beyond sleep stages alone. With dream team @maritpetzka.bsky.social @nicoschuck.bsky.social
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It's out! Such a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of A TRICK OF THE MIND at Pushkin House. So lovely to see so many, and to be able to thank everybody who made my first book happen. Thank you!
Available in all good bookshops now!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
Available in all good bookshops now!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's out! Such a wonderful evening celebrating the launch of A TRICK OF THE MIND at Pushkin House. So lovely to see so many, and to be able to thank everybody who made my first book happen. Thank you!
Available in all good bookshops now!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
Available in all good bookshops now!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
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I wrote this piece exploring rare Palestinian anti-Nazi political art from the 1940s, highlighting a forgotten chapter of Palestine’s antifascist tradition during WWII.
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Inside Palestinian Anti-Nazi Political Art of the 1940s - Part 1
Rare political art from a 1940s Palestinian newspaper reveal a lost antifascist and anti-Nazi expressions during WWII. Part 1 of a series on Palestine’s antifascist tradition.
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December 29, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I wrote this piece exploring rare Palestinian anti-Nazi political art from the 1940s, highlighting a forgotten chapter of Palestine’s antifascist tradition during WWII.
open.substack.com/pub/jehadabu...
open.substack.com/pub/jehadabu...
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Lecturer = assistant professor. And yes, I agree with Sonja....
Check out this continuing Lecturer opportunity in HPS at USyd (and come hang out with the Sydney STS folks!)
Focus: History of science or medicine in Asia/Pacific
#histstm #histsci #STS
Focus: History of science or medicine in Asia/Pacific
#histstm #histsci #STS
Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science
Full time, continuing position. Located at the Faculty of Science on the Camperdown Campus Exciting opportunity for a Lecturer to join the School of History and Philosophy of Science Base Salary Level...
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January 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Lecturer = assistant professor. And yes, I agree with Sonja....
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from the other site: "The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, invites applications for a research capacity building workshop for SC/ST scholars to be held between 24 February and 8 March 2025. For Details, Click www.csds.in/research_wor...
southasiasky
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CSDS
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December 23, 2024 at 12:38 PM
from the other site: "The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, invites applications for a research capacity building workshop for SC/ST scholars to be held between 24 February and 8 March 2025. For Details, Click www.csds.in/research_wor...
southasiasky
southasiasky
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It's been a busy week at #GrandTamasha. Two episodes out this week:
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
December 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM
It's been a busy week at #GrandTamasha. Two episodes out this week:
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
Populism in South Asia with/ @dnaseemullah.bsky.social & Pradeep Chhibber: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...
Best Books of 2024: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/gra...
We will be back in mid-Jan with new episodes
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Honored that a piece I wrote made it to NYTimes. It’s about how my mom’s stroke changed my connection to time, science, and nature. What a privilege to honor my mom in Modern Love.
Below is a gift link. Let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...
Below is a gift link. Let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...
Grief Makes Us Time Travelers (Gift Article)
A neuroscientist studying memory, I used to believe time was linear. Then my mother had a stroke.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Honored that a piece I wrote made it to NYTimes. It’s about how my mom’s stroke changed my connection to time, science, and nature. What a privilege to honor my mom in Modern Love.
Below is a gift link. Let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...
Below is a gift link. Let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...
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Postdoctoral position in critical caste studies at the university of Chicago- still accepting applications!
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December 6, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Postdoctoral position in critical caste studies at the university of Chicago- still accepting applications!
apply.interfolio.com/157701
apply.interfolio.com/157701
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Music helps attentional focus. I hope so. I'm not going to stop listening to music when I work.
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties - Communications Biology
Rapid temporal modulation added to music affects attentional performance and brain activity; parametric manipulation of this added modulation reveals rates that differentially affect individuals with ...
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Music helps attentional focus. I hope so. I'm not going to stop listening to music when I work.
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
Rapid modulation in music supports attention in listeners with attentional difficulties
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#neuroscience
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Call for papers for a workshop on "Travels of Expertise in Modern South Asia and Beyond" at South Asian Studies at Yale
on May 8-9, 2025. Proposals due Jan 6. Link Below
macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/wo...
on May 8-9, 2025. Proposals due Jan 6. Link Below
macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/wo...
December 4, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Call for papers for a workshop on "Travels of Expertise in Modern South Asia and Beyond" at South Asian Studies at Yale
on May 8-9, 2025. Proposals due Jan 6. Link Below
macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/wo...
on May 8-9, 2025. Proposals due Jan 6. Link Below
macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/wo...