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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The twelfth season of 'NYU Space Talks: History, Politics, Astroculture' is about to begin. Join a global community on Tuesday, 15.9.2026, for the season's inaugural talk by Ben Van Overmeire on Buddhist cosmological imaginaries. For details & to register 👉https://www.space-talks.com. #SpaceTalks

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Der Mond war eine Enttäuschung.” Wide-ranging interview with wonderful NZZ journalist and historian Claudia Mäder, published in the latest issue of NZZ Geschichte "Auf ins All! Die Geschichte einer Obsesssion." For details, see tinyurl.com/57r5pv5x #astroculture #spacehistory @nzz.ch

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Coming up on 18 June 2026: gig in Paris. Everybody is welcome! Details at tinyurl.com/bbc43k35 #SpaceHistory #astroculture #UFOs #PlanetaryHistory

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A little over a year ago, esteemed historian, museum curator and friend Martin Collins passed away. 'History and Technology', the journal he edited for many years, just published a tribute I wrote. Please find it at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #spacehistory #satellites #planetaryhistory

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Martin Collins (1951–2025): curator, historian, editor and intellectual

Published in History and Technology: An International Journal (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

What is, and how do we study, planetary history? Thrilled to welcome a dozen of my favorite scholars (plus a SF writer) for a two-day workshop ‘The Dialectics of Planetary History’ at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg. hanse-ias.de/en/events/de... #planetaryhistory #planetization @hanse-ias.bsky.social

Apollo 17 by Eugene Cernan. via NASA (https://apolloarchive.com/).

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

NYU Space Talks season XI finale coming up on Tuesday, 12 May 2026: Christina Ntanovasili (Aarhus) on the cosmic in European Art around 1900, followed by a comment from Joes Segal (LA). For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #planetaryhistory

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Highly recommended, as everything that Robert does!

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

With human beings further away from Earth than ever before, this is an opportune moment to discuss the history of the reverse gaze. On 14 April 2026 Lilian Kroth (Fribourg) will present 'Eyes in the Sky: Inversion and Imagination from Earth to Satellite and Back’. For details ➔ space.talks.com

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thanks so very much, @jonagar.bsky.social Very much hope it was worth everyone’s time

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Second NYU Space Talk of season XI coming up on 10 March 2026: Piero Messina on Italy's participation in Spacelab For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

First NYU Space Talk of season XI coming up on 17 February 2026: anthropologist Valerie A. Olson (UC Irvine) on contemporary astropreneurs For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #elonmusk

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Astropreneurs, Italy's participation in Spacelab, the satellite gaze, and fin-de-siècle poetry and painting – the NYU Space Talks: History, Politics, Astroculture lecture series enters its eleventh season. For details and to register, ➡️ www.space-talks.com 🚀 #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Just in case somebody happens to hang out in the Emirates on 6 October 2025

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Coming up on Tuesday, 16 Sept. 2025: a roundtable in honor of the great Martin Collins, featuring John Krige, Teasel Muir-Harmony, James Schwoch, James Merle Thomas, Heidi Voskuhl and myself. For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #airandspacemuseum

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Out now: 'Rocket Stars: Astrocultural Genealogies in the Global Space Age.' Seven contributions to this special BJHS issue chart the genesis, appeal and afterlives of technocelebrities in Sri Lanka, China, India, East and West Germany and Cuba. ➡️ tinyurl.com/2p5aekmu #astroculture #spacehistory

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

A roundtable in honor of Martin Collins, cosmic imaginaries in China, adaptation strategies in post-Soviet Russia and multiplanetarity in contemporary US astroculture – the NYU Space Talks lecture series goes into its tenth season. ➡️ www.space-talks.com 🚀 #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 01/05/2025

🎉 We’re celebrating our 50th birthday on 30 May! For half a century, we’ve been serving Europe, inspiring its citizens and exploring the cosmos. Check out our #50YearsOfESA web site for stories, archive images and details of events coming up in the year. 🔗 esa.int/About_Us/50_...

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Final NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on 20 May 2025: "Space on Display", a conversation with Doug Millard (Science Museum), Aron Schöpf (Deutsches Museum) and Margaret Weitekamp (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum). For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com

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Patrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Saddened to hear of the passing of Martin Collins. Martin was a curator and historian at the National Air and Space Museum. He wrote histories of the RAND Corporation as well as the Iridium satellite network. 📁🗃️📂

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Third NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on 15 April: Laurence Guignard (Paris) on 'The Société Astronomique de France: A Global Popular Astronomy Network in the Belle Époque' For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #astronomy

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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Konf: geschichten: Die Produktion historischen Wissens www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1535… Bielefeld, 27.03.2025-29.03.2025, Arbeitskreis Geschichte + Theorie (AG+T); Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF), Universität Bielefeld

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Second NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on 18 March : Robert Poole on 'Where Were They? The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the First Space Age' For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com #spacetalks #astroculture #spacehistory #seti #aliens

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Studentische:r Mitarbeiter:in in Berlin gesucht! Bewerbungsschluss 15. März 2025. Deutlich übertarifliche Bezahlung. Details unter www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1....

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

🎉The European Space Agency is celebrating its 50th anniversary! Did you know the Historical Archives of the European Union is an important site for the preservation of Europe’s space history? 📂 🚀 Find out why the EUI & @esa.int agreed to host certain ESA archives at the HAEU! ➡️ loom.ly/GWY-SHo

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35 years preserving the European Space Agency legacy

Just over 35 years have passed since the European Space Agency and the European University Institute signed a deposit agreement for the preservation of the Ag

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

geschichten: Die Produktion historischen Wissens.” Jubiläumstagung des Arbeitskreises Geschichte und Theorie (AG+T) am Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZIF) der Universität Bielefeld, 27.-29. März 2025 www.uni-bielefeld.de/einrichtunge... geschichte-und-theorie.de/geschichten

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

‪Alexander C.T. Geppert‬ ‪@actgeppert.bsky.social‬ First NYU Space Talk of the spring 2025 season coming up on Tuesday, 18 February: Tonio Savina on China's space program. See www.space-talks.com for details and to RSVP #astroculture #spacetalks #spacehistory #planetaryhistory

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Space in China, early SETI, astronomy in turn-of-the century France, and a conversation among museum curators — the NYU Space Talks lecture series goes into its ninth season. The spring 2025 program starts on 02/18/25. www.space-talks.com #astroculture #spacetalks #spacehistory #planetaryhistory

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

If you are interested in temporality, the problem of ‘decadology’ and every historian’s bread-and-butter, periodization, join us for the ‘Ages in History’ panel at #AHA25 on Monday, 6 January 2025, at 9am.

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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Vorl: NYU Space Talks: History, Politics, Astroculture www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1416… New York City, 21.02.2024-08.05.2024, New York University/NYU Shanghai

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NYU Space Talks: History, Politics, Astroculture

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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Tagber: Thinking Outer Space: Philosophy, Astroculture and the Histories of Planetarity www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id… Berlin, 19.07.2023-21.07.2023, Alexander C.T. Geppert, New York University / NYU Shanghai; Rory Rowan, Trinity College Dublin

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Thinking Outer Space: Philosophy, Astroculture and the Histories of Planetarity

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Alexander C.T. Geppert @actgeppert.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Final NYU Space Talk of the fall 2024 season coming up on 4 December 2024: NASA Chief Historian Brian Odom on 'New Directions in NASA History.' For details and to register ➔ space.talks.com #spacetalks #astroculture #NASA #spacehistory

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