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Dr. Dominik Huenniger

@dominikhhh.bsky.social
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curator & #EnvHist @ German Port Museum, Hamburg & @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social orcid.org/0000-0002-7095-4403 #C18 #C19 #HistSTM #EntHist #HistOcean #AnimalHistory #QueerHistory #museums Founder @collecol.bsky.social Treasurer @dgej.bsky.social

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Ali Bennett @alibennett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#HISTSTM #Envhist hive mind: If you were to offer ugrad students any introductory text on art & natural history in the context of travel & empire in the 19c what would you choose? Hoping for examples that raise important introductory questions before proceeding on to key examples in the seminar…
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Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Come work with us! We're hiring three colleagues: Research Associate, Collections and Participation: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/collect... Research Associate, Collections and Participation – Digital: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/collect... Natural History Engagement Coordinator: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/natural...
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Lisa Onaga @lisaonaga.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hellooooo, Edinburgh #ESHS-HSS! ICYMI: Yesterday at the MPIWG Networking Lunch, we ntroduced the Centre for Biocultural Worlding. We're hiring 2 postdocs with background in #HistSci ++++ #ESHS #HSS This is a 4-yr position. Please spread the word! Danke! 🐢🪲🦋🧩⚖️🌏🌴🐘🧪🛶🐅🎶🎨✍️🪸
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hi everyone who’s enjoying #ESHS-HSS. Sad to miss great papers, lovely #HistSci #HistSTM people & dear friends. I decided not to go for good reasons at the time but I’m having serious FOMO now of course. If anyone stays in Scotland longer: I’ll be in Glasgow next week. 😁
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 11/07/2026
#HISTORY! #SEX! #SCIENCE! #EDINBURGH! I've written this article for The Scotsman, ahead of next week's mega meeting of the European Society for the History of Science and the History of Science Society. 💀🏳️‍🌈📚🐷📰🗃️ 1/2 www.scotsman.com/news/opinion... #books #booksky #histsci #queerhistory #eshs-hss
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How the anatomist who bought Burke and Hare's victims developed radical ideas about sexual biology
In a new book, Dr Ross Brooks rediscovers the science of sex that occupied the anatomist at the centre of the Burke and Hare scandal in 19th-century Edinburgh
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
As always, @dbrh.bsky.social is serving brilliant @collecol.bsky.social wisdom. #eshs-hss
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hi everyone who’s enjoying #ESHS-HSS. Sad to miss great papers, lovely #HistSci #HistSTM people & dear friends. I decided not to go for good reasons at the time but I’m having serious FOMO now of course. If anyone stays in Scotland longer: I’ll be in Glasgow next week. 😁
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Just curious: who has an academic degree, is over 50 and still has a living grandparent?
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This was one of the toughest decisions in my professional but I had to resign before I really started, unfortunately. It simply wasn’t possible to align with my current work. Thanks everyone for a great time and your kind words before, during & after this all too brief gig.
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Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Very pleased to share my new article on the legal case surrounding Welwitsch's Angolan botanical collections, part of the @collecol.bsky.social issue in @Endeavour (edited by the lovely @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social) ✨ #envhist Available open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Portrait of Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-72), from Wikipedia.
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SHNH @sochistnathist.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🚨SHNH x ZSL collab🚨 This year, our summer meeting is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Zoological Society of London, at none other than ZSL London Zoo itself! 🦁🐟🪲 🗓️1-3 July 2026 📍ZSL, London Zoo Read the full programme and book your place! 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/news/registr...
A retro poster for London Zoo showing four penguins, with the overlaid text reading "ZSL at 200: science, society and the natural world".
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Stay to the very end AND the day after for opportunities to visit @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social stores and other trips #ESHS-HSS
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
OMG the #ESHS-HSS program is wild! So many parallel sessions! Stay until the very last session to hear @arnoldke.bsky.social , @whitmerkelly.bsky.social , @annalsvensson.bsky.social & yours truly talk about #pedagogy #objects #collections & #NaturalHistoryHumanities #histmed #histSTM 📜
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#NowSpinning in Vorfreude of seeing them live this Tuesday: dEUS - worst case scenario. One of my all time favourite albums. It got me through all the (highs and) lows of the late 1990s. This is a beautiful golden #vinyl reissue from 2013. „You should be scaring me but don’t I only scare myself?“
A golden vinyl record on a record player. Album cover in the background is an abstract painting in brown red and golden colours
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Can someone please write that #PuttiOfScience book, already? We do need it!
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Excellent piece on the importance of experiencing place/space and movement for historians. One of the best classes I took at uni was on late medieval urban history because this class came with a bike excursion to the wee medieval towns in Franconia. Great fun & educational.
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Abbi Flint @draflint.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
It's #worldpoetryday so here are a few pieces from the Poetry Heritage and Community project I've been part of for the last year. First up, an overview of the project (a partnership between English Heritage and @torchoxford.bsky.social www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/intr... (1/6)
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Introducing the Poetry, Heritage, and Community Project
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SHNH @sochistnathist.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🚨Summer Meeting ECR Bursary🚨 Want to attend our summer meeting? We have bursaries available to current doctoral researchers and post-doctoral researchers within 2 years of completion! 💵 up to £400 per applicant 📅 deadline: 10 April 2026 Find out how to apply below 👇🏻 shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
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CALL for PAPERS for The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World, 1-3 July 2026 - Society for the History of Natural History
Call for papers This three-day international meeting, held in SHNH’s 90th year, will mark the bicentenary of the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and delve into its history and impact on our knowled...
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Freue mich sehr auf meine erste GTG Konferenz und den Austausch in einem Feld, das ich bisher eher nur am Rande der #EnvHist , Sammlungs- und Universitätsgeschichte kennen lernen konnte. Aber wenn #EnergyHistory , #HistTech & #Museum zusammen kommen, dann bin ich mit Begeisterung dabei. Wer noch?
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I‘m so chuffed that this particular PhD studentship received funding & envious of the lucky person who will get to do the research. Apply, folks! #jobfairy #EntHist #collections #HistSTM #EnvHum #NaturalHistoryHumanities
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Brüder und Schwestern, ob Frau* oder nicht, das Patriarchat bekämpfen ist unsere Pflicht. #IWD2026 #FeministischerKampftag
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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Are you interested in organizing the 2026 ESEH Summer School in Environmental History? ESEH offers advisory and financial support to the selected proposal. Consider submitting a proposal by 15 March 2026! eseh.org/call-for-pro... #EnvHist
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Very happy to see there’s an article on non-human animals / multispecies pandemics, too! #OneHealth #HistMed
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Dream job in a dream department with dream colleagues in a lovely place. Everyone and their mother will apply. 😉
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Hi #HistSTM #MaterialCulture #VisualCulture #ECR , Please submit you unpublished articles for the 2026 Nuncius Prize. We would love to see your article published.
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#AnimalHistory hive mind: what did city #horses eat in Early Modern Germany? @jnisly-goretzki.bsky.social This is a scene from late 17th century Hamburg. I’m interested in what grain was used and what the guy in the bottom left mixed together. Thanks.
A scene of several persons preparing food for horses.
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 19/02/2026
Are you a researcher in the field of history of science, technology and medicine? There's still time to submit your paper for the #NotesAndRecords essay award. Submit your research by 28 February 2026: buff.ly/dedMm93 #HistSci #HistSTM #HistMed
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Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld @bundesstiftung.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Nehmen Sie jetzt an einer kurzen #Onlinebefragung der @uni-hamburg.de zu Gebrauch, Bekanntheit und Bedeutung von Kurzwörtern wie z.B. LSBTIQ* oder LGBT+ teil. Dauer 5-10min. Befragung vollständig #anonymisiert. ➡️ umfragen.uni-hamburg.de/index.php/3…
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
What’s the hashtag (yeah I’m still doing those and you can’t stop me) for the HSS/ESHS meeting in Edinburgh in July? And who else is going? #HistSTM #HistSci
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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
CFP: Politische Zoologien – Tiere im Spannungsfeld von Wissen, Macht und Imagination www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1605… Jena, 08.10.2026-09.10.2026, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Exzellenzluster „Imaginamics: Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining“, Bewerbungsschluss: …
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Are you from an 🇪🇺 country or 🇳🇴🇮🇸🇨🇭 interested in studying how humanities can help communicate and address environmental issues? Registration is open now for our Master in Public Environmental Humanities! Free tuition for our 2 year program in Stavanger, Norway. www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
People sitting in grass drawing on left; books on right
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Has @mknoll.bsky.social seen this, yet?
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I have a whole week on energy and extraction planned for H-Environment Reviews! #envhist #envhum #extraction #mining 🔋🪫🛢️🪨
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Annika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I wrote about enslaved people in Hamburg, flight attempts, and the city's free-soil law of 1837. It's an open-access publication: 🗃️
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No Safe Haven: Fugitives from Slavery as Contested Refugees in Hamburg, 1770–1840 | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
No Safe Haven: Fugitives from Slavery as Contested Refugees in Hamburg, 1770–1840
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📢 Spannende Stelle an der TU Berlin: Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (E13, 100 %) im Berlin #Anthropocene Lab! Gesucht wird eine Person mit vertieften Kenntnissen der Forschungslandschaft und -debatten zum #Anthropozän in Umwelt- und Technikgeschichte, Env. Humanities, STS oder angrenzenden Bereichen, ...
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This great piece is part of a collection of exciting essays on Historical Practice I had the great pleasure of co-editing with the wonderful @mbaldwin.bsky.social for @hsnatsci.bsky.social . #HistSci #HistSTM
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Volume 56 Issue 1 | Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences | University of California Press
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I didn’t move to northern Germany to get ice cold & snowy winters. This has got to stop! Give me back my grey, wet and only mildly cold weather! 😬
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Celebrated a belated Burns‘ supper Scottish-Thuringian mash-up. Literally, because there were Thuringian dumplings involved (look it up folks, you won’t believe how they are made). Had German-British friends over and it was a blast. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺
A plate with Haggis, neeps & Klöße on a table with a candle and thistles in a vase.
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Look, @rhiggitt.bsky.social , what I found: #PuttiOfPorts ! Can't believe they exist and literally round the corner from my apartment. Aren't they just fab! 😍 #PuttiOfScience
4 putti on a sandstone relief. Two operating a crane, Tow are in a boat, one is rowing another is drawing something. A relief at the Katharinenhof in Hamburg. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharinenhof_(Hamburg) CC BY-SA 3.0 Uwe Barghaan
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Heather Craddock @hcraddock.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories. Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo... #envhist #envhum
Photograph of an American bison standing beside a fence at the London Zoo in 1906.
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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Organize our next #EnvHist Summer School!
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Her shining light will be much missed. 😭
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a woman from schitt 's creek is smiling and saying `` when one of us shines ''
Alt: Moira Rose from schitt 's creek is smiling and saying `` when one of us shines all of us shine“
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Here’s something to look forward to! #HistNatHist #Queer #QueerHistory #HistSTM
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I don’t really do New Year’s resolutions but wanted to start reading for fun again. And gurl, was this one fun! Really clever, brave & heartwarming, too. Because @boomboomhiller.bsky.social & I are the same age, it also totally prevented an impending (late) midlife crisis. Thank you, queen! 🙏🏻 🤩
Cover of the book „actress of a certain age“ by Jeff Hiller. Showing the author in a red & black headscarf.
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
😍 Believe you me, #ports & #harbours are the next big thing in #history #archaeology & #museums 😉
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Do you work on the history of the #zoo (and #HistNatHist) ? Then you simply have to apply for @sochistnathist.bsky.social Summer Meeting jointly organised with @zslofficial.bsky.social for their 200th anniversary. Deadline for applications 6 February. #AnimalHistory
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Die Bundesregierung hat das einzige bundesweite Förderprojekt gegen Queerfeindlichkeit eingestampft 🤯 Obwohl queerfeindliche Hasskriminalität weiter steigt. Viele CSDs können nur noch unter Polizeischutz stattfinden. ⬇️ Hier für den Aktionsplan unterzeichnen 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ weact.campact.de/petitions/ak...
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Aktionsplan “Queer leben” zurückholen!
Das Familienministerium hat auf eine schriftliche Frage des Linken-Abgeordneten Maik Brückner lapidar geantwortet, dass der nationale Aktionsplan „Queer leben“ ein Projekt der vergangenen Legislaturpe...
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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
New seminars on Instructing Colonial Natural History 🌿 We can look forward to papers by Yunting Gu, Adriana Craciun and @nulybranch.bsky.social. For more info see instructingnaturalhistory.com (more info will be added). #skystorians #museums #collecting #histsci #envhist
Poster showing the seminar schedule. The image is of Louis XVI giving instructions
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