Reposted by David PretelBiblioteca Tomás Navarro Tomás CCHS-CSIC @bibtntcsic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Seminario "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... 021
Reposted by David PretelTomas Bartoletti @tomasbarto12.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Next 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! 042
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... 051
Reposted by David PretelVéronique Pouillard @veropouillard.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Coming 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. 0207
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 032
Reposted by David PretelDavid 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 02943
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 02943
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 032
Reposted by David PretelKing's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 23/01/2026We 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 193
Reposted by David PretelKing's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Applications 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 257
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 22826
Reposted by David PretelJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025on.ft.com/45cJxz9 It’s time to retire the word ‘technology’on.ft.comIt’s time to retire the word ‘technology’The word spans too much and clarifies too little 082
Reposted by David PretelMax Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 17/06/2025New 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 14520
Reposted by David PretelVenus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Come work with me for a year at St Anne's! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW732/d...jobs.ac.ukDepartmental Lecturer in 20th Century United States History at University of OxfordLooking 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! 02113
Reposted by David PretelInt Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 16/05/2025A 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)!eventbrite.co.ukISHTIP 16th Annual Workshop 2025: Intellectual Property and CapitalismInternational Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property - 16th Annual Workshop. UAM University (Madrid) June 25-26, 2025 042
Reposted by David PretelInanna Hamati-Ataya @berytia.bsky.social · 20/01/2025aeon.coThere are no pure cultures - we have always been global | Aeon EssaysAll of our religions, stories, languages and norms were muddled and mixed through mobility and exchange throughout history 1248
Reposted by David PretelEugenio 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 051
Reposted by David PretelUAM 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 182
Reposted by David PretelMarcos Cueto @marcoscuet.bsky.social · 03/12/2024ICHST (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...ichst2025.orgCall for stand-alone papers 152
Reposted by David PretelInt Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 11/11/2024The 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 detailishtip.orgISHTIP.org – International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property 12015
Reposted by David PretelThomas 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... 13020
Reposted by David PretelHistory of science & technology @EPFL @lhst-epfl.bsky.social · 29/09/2023Second 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 041
Reposted by David PretelCarlos Dimas @carlosdimas.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Please 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...networks.h-net.orgCFP: 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 074