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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excited for discussing some brilliant papers at 'Modern British History and the "Environmental Turn"' over the next two days. Thanks so much to @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social, @bshsnews.bsky.social, Lincoln College, and University of Manchester's Hallsworth Fund for making it possible

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

⏳ Two days left to apply The deadline for the BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants is in two days. Grants of up to £500 are available to support creative public engagement with the history of science, technology, and medicine. Don't forget to submit your proposals! bshs.org.uk/oec/#project...

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📢 Early-career historians of mathematics: want to share your research in progress? The BSHM invites Master’s & PhD students to propose a talk or poster for its 2027 meeting in Oxford. 📅 Abstracts: 31 Oct 2026 📍 27 Feb 2027 External call, shared for interest: bshm.ac.uk/event/resear... #HistMath

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Dr Mirjam S. Brusius @mideastineurope.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Call for Papers, Deadline Extended to Sept 15! "As cities face unprecedented social, environmental, and political challenges, museums must critically reflect on and expand their research practices to remain relevant and responsive...." camoc.mini.icom.museum/programs/lon...

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London 2027 | Reimagining Research | ICOM CAMOC

International research conference on research in and with city museums, London Museum Docklands, 27-29 January 2027. Call for papers open through 1 September 2026.

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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"But on the night sky, it's like seeing an atom held at arm's length..." This week on the podcast, Peter Galison joins Sophie Ritson to discuss what it took to make the first image of the black hole — and what it means to say we saw it. linktr.ee/thehpspodcast

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 Passing along a CfP that may be of interest! Science and Sensibility: Method Meets Art welcomes academic & creative work bringing scientific inquiry into dialogue with creative practice. 🔬🎨 📅 Deadline: 18 Sept 📍 Oxford + online labrc.co.uk/science-and-...

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Science and Sensibility: Method Meets Art

“Science and Sensibility: Method Meets Art”A Transdisciplinary Conference Date: October 17-18, 2026Location: University of Oxford, UK and onlineFees (for both attendees and presenters):£180 (In per…

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 CFP: Natural Histories. Genesis and Transformations of a Philosophical Method Passing along this external call in case it’s of interest! Lo Sguardo is looking for contributions exploring natural history as both knowledge and method. 📅 30 May 2027 www.losguardo.net/en/cfp-natur... #HistSci #CfP

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🎭 Reminder! Don't miss your chance to see The Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade—supported by a BSHS OEC Grant— at the British Science Festival on 19 Sept in Southampton. bshs.org.uk/cambridge-fi... firebrigademusical.com Free tickets: www.mayflower.org.uk/whats-on/bri...

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

💡 Have an idea for bringing #HistSci, technology or medicine to wider audiences? BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants offer up to £500 in seed funding for creative new or small-scale projects! 📅 Apply by 18 September 2026: bshs.org.uk/oec/#project... #HistSTEM #HistSTEMGrants

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The Women In Science Archive @wisarchive.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Today is the 180th anniversary of Elsie Inglis's birth. She obtained the Triple Qualification in medicine in 1892, founded a maternity hospital in Edinburgh, spoke at suffrage events organized by Milicent Fawcett, and during WWI created the Scottish Women's Hospitals. #WomenInSTEM #MedSky ⚕️

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Two more months to wait until our one-day conference about rebellion and protest! There's still time to book; find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dorset26 #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

REMINDER: the deadline for proposals is 4 September. We have some additional guidelines added to the call below: teleskopos.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #histSTM #envhist

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? ✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Nobody’s Perfect” by @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop 📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10... 🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/hist... #History #Podcast

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Helen Arney @helenarney.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thank you for your support! We're so excited to see the songs you helped us write on stage this September with our amazing cast! @firebrigademusical.bsky.social @mackenwells.bsky.social @jennipinnock.com

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The Cambridge First All-Ladies Fire Brigade, a new musical about Hertha Ayrton and pioneering women in science, supported by the BSHS OEC project grant, @ the britishsciencefestival.org on 19 Sept in Southampton. bshs.org.uk/cambridge-fi... Free tickets: www.mayflower.org.uk/whats-on/bri...

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Doomsday Clock and @bshsnews.bsky.social are the same age; both will be 80 next year. I hope they'll both see many happy returns yet! #histSTM

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 31/07/2026

"Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience." New today in the Society's journal 'Transactions': Joe Moran 'On Detail in Historical Writing': bit.ly/44UMi8C Now available OA @joemoransblog.bsky.social @massobsarchive.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

Opening page of the Transactions article 'On Detail in Historical Writing' by Joe Moran.

Full abstract: "This Comment considers the role of detail in historical writing, inflected through my own experience of writing ‘trade’ books for a general rather than specialist readership. I argue for the value of the detail that is slightly recalcitrant, that is more than just flesh on the bones of an argument or evidence marshalled to make a point. Detail is itself a kind of argument and thus, since beauty and elegance in writing derive from economy, a way of making a point without belabouring it. The gratuitous fact can be seductive, suggesting that the world has a randomness and overabundance that can't easily be rounded up into a dataset. Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience. They correct our tendency to fixate on one story, to focus on the eventful at the expense of the marginal, and to invent a false unity of experience that erases social differences. With their obdurate specificity, they can shatter our presumptions about the past. I explore these ideas with reference to modern literature (Flaubert, Chekhov), the Mass-Observation archive and examples from my own work in contemporary cultural history and family history."

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Thomas Spiteri @tespiteri.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

After a break, The HPS Podcast is back for Season 6! 🎙️ In our first episode, I'm joined by Dr. Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief of Nature, for a conversation about trust in science, transparent peer review, COVID-19's legacy, & the inequities that continue to shape who gets published.

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Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 30 July · 39min

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Are you starting a new research degree in history from Sept? If so, come along to our in-person IHR workshop & learn about our fantastic @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, our 60 IHR seminars & how you can join @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social, our national postgraduate network! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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IHR Workshop for New Research Students in History | 2026

IHR Research Training

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Call for participation: 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 Engaged pasts, meaningful futures: The value of archives, practice and historical inquiry. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...

Promotional image for History and Archives in Practice with the heading “Call for participation”. On the left, logos for The National Archives, the Institute of Historical Research (School of Advanced Study, University of London), and the Royal Historical Society appear above the event title in large black text. Beneath the title are the details: “Senate House, London” and “Wednesday 28 April, 2027”. On the right is a colourful collage-style artwork featuring classical statues and a sculpted head on a red background, a hot-air balloon, a chalkboard with “E = mc²”, a molecular structure diagram, a seated figure holding a stringed instrument, and a rocket against purple and black backgrounds. The poster has a light cream background with black text.

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

📣 CFP Applicants are invited to propose research exploring any element of narratives of slavery for the CRSW / AHRC Doctoral Studentship at King's College, London. The award pays Home Tuition Fees for students in the Department of War Studies. Deadline: 1st Sept baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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CRSW / AHRC Doctoral Studentship, King's College, London - British Association for American Studies

We invite proposals under the theme of: “Narratives of Enslavement and their Legacies” Applicants are invited to propose innovative research exploring any element of the relationship between…

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Alex Hibberts @hibbertsalex.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I had a great time at the @historyscience.bsky.social, @bshsnews.bsky.social & European Society of Science conference @edinburghuni.bsky.social last week! Presented on #LittleIceAge and twentieth century #climatescience Also had chance to see St Giles in Edinburgh Old Town 👇

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🏆 Congratulations to Lucy Jameson (Durham) and Michelle Pfeffer (Oxford), winners of the 2026 BSHS Singer Prize! Read about their award-winning essays, the special commendations and the panel's comments here: bshs.org.uk/singer-prize... More on the authors coming soon!

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to all those elected today. Read the full announcement: bit.ly/4f64C4x

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

That was a fantastic conference in beautiful Edinburgh! #ESHS-HSS A huge Thank You to all, from the organisers to the venues' staff, for making a gathering of this challenging size possible! 🙏 Safe travels home and feel free to share your impressions and highlights below.

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Last day starting strong! Enjoy the final day of the conference, and don't forget to swap contacts with everyone you want to get in touch afterwards. Gotta catch 'em all! #ESHS-HSS

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Kristin Hussey @kristinhussey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fortuitously timed - you can now read about @drhick.bsky.social and I's work teaching environmental history at the Great North Museum Hancock in the latest @bshsnews.bsky.social Viewpoint! Perhaps continuing some conversations about nature, colonialism and audiences. bshs.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 16/07/2026

New article today in 'Transactions of the RHS': 'Men, Emotions and the Sickbed in a Sorcery Trial from Seventeenth-Century Germany', by Alison Rowlands bit.ly/453Xe3F A story and its meanings of illness, harmful magic and bewitchment in 1660s Rothenburg. Now available OA #Skystorians 1/2

Front page of new Transactions article: 'Men, Emotions and the Sickbed in a Sorcery Trial from Seventeenth-Century Germany', by Alison Rowlands. Full abstract:

"Some early modern Europeans believed that illness was caused by an act of harmful magic perpetrated against a sufferer by another person. This attribution of magical blame was not inevitable, however, although historians’ understanding of the social and emotional dynamics of the process by which illness might be linked to bewitchment remains patchy. This article deepens our understanding of this ‘witch-making’ process and how it was gendered through in-depth analysis of a seventeenth-century German sorcery trial involving two urban craftsmen. It explains how two men who had previously had a socially intimate relationship reached a point at which one began to suspect the other of bewitching him into ill-health. It also establishes when and why the moments of greatest social and emotional tension were reached between the men and their families. This article argues that the sickbed constituted a particularly important temporal stage and spatial context in this process. As a site of bodily suffering, caring expectations and practices, and intense emotions, it required visitors and caregivers to manage their interactions carefully to maintain peace between neighbours. In the trial examined here, those efforts failed."

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 16/07/2026

Important ⚠️ MA staff are currently unable to receive your emails. Please bear with us while we resolve the issue – we’re working on it now and we’ll update you as soon as we can.

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Don't miss tonight's early career mixer at 7 pm at 56 North Bar! #ESHS-HSS #EarlyCareer

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/07/2026

In addition to today's data on staffing in UK HE, @britishacademy.bsky.social has produced several briefings, including one on the very significant decline in early career academics, 2012-24: bit.ly/4wGBTcl History has seen a 32% decline in early career staff numbers since 2012/13 #Skystorians 1/2

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

BSHS EGM just started with sandwiches and thanks to the fantastic people who made this meeting possible! Welcome to all new council members and our greatest thanks to the retiring council members and chairs! The BSHS would not be possible without all your hard work!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 13/07/2026

We have the following 3 calls for research funding for RHS Fellows & Members: bit.ly/4wwSMGu > 'Open Research Grants', for mid & later career historians > 'Early Career Fellowship Grants', for postdocs > Martin Lynn Scholarship', for PhD research in African history Closing 4 September #Skystorians

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Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: September 2026 deadlines - RHS

The Society invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates of 4 September 2026. Early Career Fellowship Grants, 2026-27* off...

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Brad Bolman @brad.bolman.com · 13/07/2026

I know the conference has only just begun, but anyone looking for a quick diversion should take the train to North Berwick and visit the Seabird Centre, ideally for one of the boat tours. Can’t recommend it enough #ESHS-HSS

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Flori Pierri @flori-p.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hey #ESHS-HSS: interested in collections, archives, libraries, and/or museums? Come to the CALM-sponsored roundtable “Collections, Archives, Libraries, and Museums: How, Why, and So What?” tomorrow at 4:15, or to the Doctors Pub immediately after the roundtable for a more informal conversation.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This week from me: news of my @royalhistsoc.org public lecture on rights of way and access to the land in England and Wales. It's at the Institute of Historical Research in London on 25 September... Come along! It's free and it'll likely be cooler then! 😂👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-lectur...

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RHS Lecture: 'In All Our Footsteps?' with Professor Glen O'Hara IN PERSON

'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

📢 Applications are open for the National Library of Ireland’s 2026–2027 Studentships! ⭐ Library ⭐ Archival ⭐ Research A great opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop your career. Learn more, and apply by 3pm, 17 July 2026: www.nli.ie/about-us/working-nationa…

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Monica Azzolini @m-azzolini.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Well done #HSS #ESHS and @bshsnews.bsky.social for opening the dances with three wonderful lectures by early career scholars. Watch out for their contributions in forthcoming issues of #Centaurus. #Edinburgh

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Last lecture by our very own Alex Aylward on Unbecoming Science and where do sciences go? #ESHS-HSS

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

We already reached our second topic this evening on Sovereign Flowers and Georg Christian Oeder in this joined Early-Career Lecture #ESHS-HSS #ESHS #HSS

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Starting with wonderful weather and an intriguing lecture on camel dung and late 19th c alchemy studies! Enjoy the early career lectures and the upcoming days! #ESHS-HSS

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

📖 The Summer 2026 issue of *Viewpoint* is out! Read about the value of celebrating local heroes in the history of science, the construction of Nanyang natural history, the power of natural history collections, and the discovery of DNA. Get your free digital copy here 👇 bshs.org.uk/viewpoint-no...

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Viewpoint No. 138 is out! – BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Are you an early career researcher or postgraduate joining us in Edinburgh this week? 👋 Don't miss our Postgrad Rep's short guide to activities and opportunities during the conference. With a packed programme, it's a great way to meet & exchange! #Edinburgh26 bshs.org.uk/early-career...

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Early Careers @ Edinburgh 2026 – BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

To all members who are also in Edinburgh next week, don't miss our BSHS Extraordinary General Meeting! Tuesday 14th July 2026, 1pm National Museum of Scotland, Seminar Room See you all there!

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