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David Pretel

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Historian @cchscsic.bsky.social, author, dad PI ERC Consolidator Grant WILDHIST cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1011712…

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Biblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Seminario "Sistemas analógicos, datos personales y el surgimiento del reconocimiento facial en Perú" 📅 04-09-2026; 🕛 12:00 📍 Sala Gómez Moreno (2C) Por José Ragas (Universidad Católica de Chile) www.cchs.csic.es/es/event/sem...
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Tomas Bartoletti @tomasbarto12.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Next stop: MADRID! Looking forward to this conversation on “Locating Knowledge: Science and Technology in Commodity Frontiers.” with @davidpretel.bsky.social @samuelcoghe.bsky.social and many more!
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📢 Conferencia del historiador David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social: “Into the Hidden Place”: Reflections on the history and historiography of production. 📆 2 de septiembre, Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid (16:30h). 👉 ih.csic.es/es/event/key...
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Véronique Pouillard @veropouillard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Coming soon! This book looks at the history of intellectual and industrial property in the colony of Congo, present day Democratic Republic of the Congo. The volume includes chapters on patents, trademarks, geographical indications of origin, and copyrights.
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
📍 Join us in Madrid! @cchscsic.bsky.social ⏳ 1 week left to apply for 2 postdoc positions in global history: ERC project WILDHIST. Details & apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📢 JOB OPENINGS at CSIC @cchscsic.bsky.social (Madrid)! As part of my ERC project WILDHIST, the Institute of History is hiring two 3-year postdoctoral researchers in the global history of rubber. Application deadline: 24 April 2026. More info 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012 @erc.europa.eu
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📢 JOB OPENINGS at CSIC @cchscsic.bsky.social (Madrid)! As part of my ERC project WILDHIST, the Institute of History is hiring two 3-year postdoctoral researchers in the global history of rubber. Application deadline: 24 April 2026. More info 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012 @erc.europa.eu
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
⏰ A reminder that abstracts for the Commodities of Empire Workshop are due soon: 14 Feb 2026! 🗓 2–3 Sept 2026, Madrid | "Locating Knowledge: Science & Technology in Commodity Frontiers" ➡ commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events
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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We have an exciting line-up for term 2, with book manuscripts workshop (@davidedgerton.bsky.social) project talks (@chrismanias.bsky.social), book launch (David Brydan) and paper discussion (@mrweatherburn.bsky.social). See more in our website: www.kingschostm.com
Poster with events hosted by the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Department of History, King's College London, between February and March 2026.
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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Applications are open until 17 April to our Hans Rausing Scholarship to enter an MA+PhD or PhD-only to study the history of science and/or technology from October 2026. Contact a prospective supervisor and find out more about the schemes here: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py
Poster advertising the for applications to Hans Rausing Scholarship 2026/2027 at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at King’s College London. Indicates the call closes by 17 April 2026.
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
📢 Call for Papers 📢 2026 Commodities of Empire workshop: “Locating Knowledge: Science and Technology in Commodity Frontiers.” 📍 Madrid, 2–3 September 2026 ⏳ Submission deadline: 14 February 2026 👉 CFP: commoditiesofempire.org.uk/events/ @davidedgerton.bsky.social @samuelcoghe.bsky.social
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
on.ft.com/45cJxz9 It’s time to retire the word ‘technology’
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It’s time to retire the word ‘technology’
The word spans too much and clarifies too little
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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.
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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Come work with me for a year at St Anne's! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW732/d...
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Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of Oxford
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Departmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History on jobs.ac.uk!
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Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
A bit more than a month to go until our meeting in Madrid: please do not forget to register for your in-person/online attendance on eventbrite (especially if you are the author or presenter)!
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ISHTIP 16th Annual Workshop 2025: Intellectual Property and Capitalism
International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property - 16th Annual Workshop. UAM University (Madrid) June 25-26, 2025
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Inanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
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There are no pure cultures - we have always been global | Aeon Essays
All of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history
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Eugenio Zucchelli @ezucchelli.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🎉 Exciting news! Thrilled to share that David Pretel, an economic historian from our Department @UAM, has been awarded a €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant for his project "Wild Rubber in the Industrial Age". Congratulations, David - what an incredible achievement! 🌟 #ResearchExcellence
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UAM Autónoma Madrid @uam.es · 03/12/2024
🟢David Pretel, profesor de Historia Económica en la #UAM, obtiene una prestigiosa ‘ERC Consolidator Grant’ de dos millones de euros para su proyecto ‘Wild Rubber in the Industrial Age: A Global History of Production, 1820s-1940s’. ¡Enhorabuena! s.mtrbio.com/cnuqjnjvui #OrgulloUAM #SomosUAM
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Marcos Cueto @marcoscuet.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
ICHST (International Congress History of Science and Technology) program. 29 Jun 2025--5 July 2025) New deadline: 11:59 PM Wednesday 15 December (AOE) SUBMIT YOUR STAND-ALONE PAPER www.ichst2025.org/call-for-sta... SUBMIT YOUR SYMPOSIA ABSTRACT www.ichst2025.org/approved-sym...
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Call for stand-alone papers
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Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
The International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property is pleased to share its Call for Paper for its 16th Annual Workshop in Madrid, 25-26 June 2025. The 2025 theme is INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CAPITALISM. Please see ishtip.org for more detail
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ISHTIP.org – International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property
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Thomas Morel @thomas-morel.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
🥁 The next conference of the ESHS (European Society for the History of Science) will be in Barcelona from 4 to 7 September 2024, #ESHS2024. Call for for Proposals in the Conference website, open until November 22 ⤵️ eventum.upf.edu/94068/detail...
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History of science & technology @EPFL @lhst-epfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Second day of the "National historiographies of techiques" conference(tph.hypotheses.org/1244), at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. Great keynote by David Pretel on "Tropical Forest Commodities in the Industrial Age: A Global History of Production."#histtech #globalhistory
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Carlos Dimas @carlosdimas.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Please share this CFP from @historyrocio.bsky.social and myself for a new (virtual) seminar series hosted between VCU and UNLV, called El Laboratorio on history of STEM in LATAM April 2024 Info in link networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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CFP: El Laboratorio: Seminar for the History of Latin American Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
El Laboratorio: Seminar for the History of Latin American  Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine April 11-12, 2024
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