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Daniella M.

@farsouthhistory.bsky.social
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Historian of Antarctica #Antarctica #STS #envhist #histsci #polar #maritime #oceanhist #exploration opinions my own

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My (and Jean's) take on the Physics Nobel announcement last week: #histsci #envhist #envhum #STS #Antarctica theconversation.com/physics-nobe...
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Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica’s role in exploring the cosmos
For more than a century, scientists have treated Antarctica’s environments as windows into worlds beyond Earth.
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Check out Micah Tucker's review of Hilary Flower's "The Kite and the Snail: An Endangered Bird, Its Unlikely Prey, and a Story of Hope in a Changing World," published in 2026 by @floridapress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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When Europe’s monastic libraries were looted, Britain’s richest book collectors went hunting
The forgotten story of how Britain acquired Europe’s rarest books.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
My friend and former colleague Becca Scofield was so brave for writing this piece for everybody to see, now that the nightmare that she was subjected to for the last 3+ years appears to be mainly over. nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Opinion | A TikTok Tarot Card Reader Accused Me of Murder. My Life Turned Upside Down.
If my face and name were not my own, who was I?
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Dr. Twila Moon @drtwilamoon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Job posting! Comes work with me @cires.colorado.edu. Let's do amazing things together! #polar #cryosphere #academicjob jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Assistant Professor of Polar or Cryospheric Sciences
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Julia Irwin @juliairwin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Reminder: applications for our tenure-track search in Modern East Asian History are due October 15. Please spread the word!
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid-20th century – the survivors have a few things in common
A new study compared the glaciers in the Lower 48 states today against historical data from the mid-20th century. The results show the region’s vulnerabilities as temperatures rise.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My (and Jean's) take on the Physics Nobel announcement last week: #histsci #envhist #envhum #STS #Antarctica theconversation.com/physics-nobe...
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Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica’s role in exploring the cosmos
For more than a century, scientists have treated Antarctica’s environments as windows into worlds beyond Earth.
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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
NEW: The US wants to put a base on the Moon. So does China. Both could develop into small cities. One problem: the Moon is a comically lethal place. It will do its best to try to kill you. So can it be done? Should it be? A deep dive: @technologyreview.com www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/12/1...
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Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is not far behind
We’re still imagining building cities on the moon. There are just a few obstacles in the way.
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For this Indigenous Peoples Day, your astonishing artifact is the earliest known Indigenous depiction of a European — a wood carving from Nunavut dated to 1350. 🧪🏺
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Inuit figurine: A 700-year-old Indigenous carving of a European made a century before Columbus
This Inuit carving was made a century before Columbus set foot in the Americas and likely depicts a Norseman.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Check out Meng Zheng's review of Carrie Friese's "A Mouse in a Cage: Rethinking Humanitarianism and the Rights of Lab Animals," published in 2025 by @nyupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #animalhist #ethics #STS #histsci www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am on this search committee right now; if you work on South or Southeast Asian history and you would like a job at an R1, take a look at our link and feel free to ask me any question. We are also hiring TT for Medieval Europe and US War and Society pre-1945. networks.h-net.org/jobs/70377/t...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Looking to move to Lubbock TX where gas is only $4/gallon? We are hiring tt in Medieval Europe this year, check it out. We are also hiring tt modern South/Southeast Asia and US War and Society pre-1945 networks.h-net.org/jobs/70320/t...
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Texas Tech University - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Medieval European History | H-Net
As a faculty member in the Department of History, you will be expected to:
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some people complain that they do not think military history is popular; We LOVE it at TTU. We are hiring TT in US War and Society Pre-1945 We are also hiring modern South/Southeast Asia and Medieval Europe. networks.h-net.org/jobs/70330/t...
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Texas Tech University - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of United States War & Society, pre-1945 | H-Net
As a faculty member in the Department of History, you will be expected to:
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Rine Vieth @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Also neat #AcademicJob in #FoodStudies at UofT: #AcademicSky jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Assistant Professor - Food Studies
Assistant Professor - Food Studies
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“They invoked academic freedom and then began erasing fields of study they found politically inconvenient. They railed against ‘indoctrination,’ and then argued that the state is entitled to control everything said in the classroom.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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All The Things You’re Not Allowed To Say In Texas
The state now controls what professors can teach.
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University of Nevada Press @unvpress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We need more national parks historians! #UniversityOfNevadaPress #TalkAboutSocialSciences #TalkAboutHumanities
Infographic titled We Need More National Parks Historians. It includes the covers of 𝙂𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠 by George Bristol, 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 by Carl Chung Mattix, and 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠 by Hal K. Rothman and Char Miller.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I'm thinking my next book should be on the Byzantine Empire. I mean, I mean I have a PhD so I think i'm qualified to write it and I don't think i've heard of anyone else doing any work on it. #envhist #envhum #histsci
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Ken Wissoker @kwissoker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
M. Murphy introduces the panel on Jen Rose Smith’s brilliant “Ice Geographies” winner of the #4S2026 Ludwick Fleck Prize, the first Indigenous science winner of this prize. @dukepress.bsky.social
Person in maroon shirt holding the award winning book with a laptop in front of them
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Why Europe wants to boost its Arctic presence
EU leaders are scrambling to increase the bloc’s presence in the Arctic.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Free speech report card gives Texas colleges failing grades
The report comes amid a broader fight over campus expression and what’s taught in Texas.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
www.science.org/content/arti...
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‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research
Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year
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Floris Winckel @fwinckel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
After a long wait, my article on the aesthetics of snowflake science has finally made it out into the world! It's available OA here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The article is a condensed version of my first (and most experimental) dissertation chapter. It's my attempt at...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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USCCB President Condemns Plans for Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter's Execution as ‘a Barbaric Promotion of a Culture of Death’
“In no way can Hasan’s actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.”...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Check out Adam Bobbette's review of Javiera Barandiarán's "Living Minerals: Nature, Trade, and Power in the Race for Lithium," published in 2025 by @mitpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #mining #envhist #envhum #extraction www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Check out Jodie Asselin's review of Marianna Dudley's "Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain," published in 2025 by @manchesterup.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envtech #envhum #energy www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Asif Siddiqi @historyasif.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
RIP Margaret Hamilton, the brilliant computer scientist whose contributions to software for the Apollo Guidance Computer were absolutely crucial to the Apollo Moon landings. She also helped shape the discipline of computer engineering while at MIT's Instrumentation Lab: news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Abigail Swingen @abigailswingen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Two things, #18thc folks. 1. Follow the Lewis Walpole Library on Bluesky! 2. Consider applying for a 2 or 4 week fellowship to consult the collections. 🗃️
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Danny Robb @inverting-vision.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On October 7, 1959, Luna 3 gave us our first look at the far side of the Moon. Today, NASA released the preliminary science reports from Artemis II. Reposting my visual history of lunar far side exploration, which I wrote while watching Artemis II: 🗃️🔭 #histSTM invertingvision.com/2026/04/06/e...
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Exploring the Far Side of the Moon: A Visual History
Lunar exploration has always held a strange position in the history of exploration. For all of human history, people have been staring up at the Moon, and for centuries astronomers used telescopes …
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reminder that Francis Halzen is also an immigrant....
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Very low effort predatory journal effort, I must say.
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Jeff Manuel @jeffmanuel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
When I saw that @farsouthhistory.bsky.social needed a reviewer for a book on fishing in southern Illinois for H-Environment, I figured there can't be too many environmental historians in southern Illinois who also like fishing 😅 Here's the review. www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Come join the Consortium for the history of science's frozen environment group's first meeting as we discuss Tom Simpson's paper "Knowing Earth through ice: frozen matter and planetary sciences before ESS" #envhist #histsci #glaciers www.chstm.org/group/scienc...
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Science in Frozen Environments | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Check out @jeffmanuel.bsky.social's review of Colby Simms's "Southern Illinois Fishing: A Comprehensive Guide for Anglers," published in 2025 by Southern Illinois University Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #fishing www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a great call looking at #empires and the #pacific over a broad chronological period: Island Empires and Pacific Power, 1688-1995. Flinders University, June 2027. #pacifichistory #skystorians 🌊 🗃️
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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I’m a physicist who worked on the Nobel-winning neutrino search – here’s how a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice became a telescope for ghost particles from space
The 2026 Nobel Prize in physics recognizes Francis Halzen’s vision in building an unusual telescope in Antarctica, as well as the neutrino discoveries it’s made.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hey! You can learn more about the IceCube and its role in Antarctic history in our book! #histsci #Antarctica
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Dr. Peter Neff @icy-pete.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My take on the @nobelprize.org for Francis Halzen and @icecubeneutrino.bsky.social: beyond being a huge accomplishment for the individual & team, a win for US basic research, the National Science Foundation, US Antarctic Program and the 70 years of Operation Deep Freeze.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If anyone is interested in #Antarctic History #envhist #histsci #exploration, you should check out the new (mostly digitized) collection at UT-Arlington! mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcolle...
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Antarctica Maps & Prints | Cartography Collection | University of Texas at Arlington
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Check out Anthony Carlson's review of Allen Dieterich-Ward's "Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania," published in 2024 by @templeunivpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Alex Robel @iceclimate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨🚨 Georgia Tech is hiring multiple open-rank tenure-track positions focused on 🍃 ecology 🍃 and 🌊 coastal processes 🌊 with a particular (but not exclusive) interest in those who work with communities in their research tinyurl.com/GT-eco-coasts
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Careers
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
FROM THE ARCHIVE (2015) by 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Francis Halzen. Dozens of particles from halfway across the universe have landed in the IceCube experiment. These messengers could help answer some long-standing cosmic conundrums.
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South Pole Experiment Traps Neutrinos from Beyond the Galaxy
Dozens of particles from halfway across the universe have landed in the IceCube experiment. These messengers could help answer some long-standing cosmic conundrums
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Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis @vbs55.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Published in JHB: the story of the discovery of DNA newly revised thanks to Alistair Sponsel and Brian Sutton who studied Rosalind Franklin's notebooks and camera work and images--she did "see it" after all, unlike what Watson and so many others thought. www.science.org/content/arti... website.
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How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn’t
New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51
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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A rare solo #NobelPrize in physics goes to neutrino scientist Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin”. Full coverage here: physicsworld.com/a/francis-ha... 🧪⚛️
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Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics – Physics World
Astrophysicist wins for his work detecting cosmic neutrinos
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Now that we are fully in the school year, it might be time for you to read a new book! Check out this list of (probably) great new titles I have available to review for H-Environment #envhist #envhum #aghist #ecocrit #envphil #energy #envtech #conservation #climate docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Books Available to review for H-Environment
Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at dmccahey@uci.edu. If we haven’t met,...
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#CfA: The MPIWG is offering First Research Article #Fellowships for 📑 doctoral students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions, to publish their first English article on 📚 history of science, technology, and medicine, or #STS 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
Green and white text on a dark green background which features botanical or anatomical drawings. The text reads: "Become a fellow. First Research Article Fellowship Program. Deadline: January 15, 2027".
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the last couple of years, we've seen multiple critical collections (museums, herbaria) close. The IUCN--the global authority on the status of biodiversity--recently published on how important these kinds of facilities are in conservation. Every day, the dead are working to protect the living.
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From collections to conservation: the indispensable role of natural history museums
The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...
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Patrick De Oliveira @plso.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Academic freedom in the U.S. has arguably reached a new nadir—maybe worse than the 50s. This is not only due to the scale and range of the assault on higher ed, which is targeting everything (individuals' views on Gaza, DEI initiatives, the curriculum, collaborative research with other countries)...
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Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Happy to announce a 3-year #postdoc opening in our research group on Aquatic #STS at the University of @oulu.fi Position is linked to the amazing SAFIRE interdisciplinary research programme. Get in touch if you have any question! Deadline 15.10.26. oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Science and Technology Studies (STS) and aquatic restoration in the Nordic and Arctic regions
We are looking to hire highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Department of Anthropology, in the History, Culture and Communications Unit at the Faculty of Humanities, the University of
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Check out Tamara Caulkins's review of Sandra Knapp & Katie Scott's "Flower Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Floral Lives," published in 2025 by @uchicagopress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #naturewriting #scicomm www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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