Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Same here. The People in the Trees is from 2013 and there is also a novel by a Dutch author about his life from 2015 so I think the cycle of forgetting and rediscovering is about a decade (or maybe even less!) 010
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Two PhD Positions (0.9 FTE) in the transnational history of friendship and disability, in Paul van Trigt's project www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3610...academictransfer.comTwo PhD Positions (0.9 FTE) in the transnational history of friendship and disability2 PhD Positions in the transnational history of friendship and disability The Institute for History at the University of Leiden invites applications for: Two PhD Positions (0.9 FTE) in the transnation... 000
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026TWO great jobs in History and Philosophy of Science at Sydney! Rank from Lecturer (Assistant Prof) to Assoc Prof. Particularly interested in candidates working in the areas of early modern science, or science or medicine in Asia, or Indigenous knowledge systems... #HPS #STS #histstm #histscitimeshighereducation.comLecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philosophy of Science - Camperdown, Australia job with UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | 410910Build your research and apply your expertise by contributing as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philos... 28092
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The final session of our series this academic year. Chaokang Tai on the material and colonial history of astronomy! 071
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 28/04/2026PhD position at the Ruhr Universität Bochum in the history of biology. Knowledge of Dutch or Indonesian (or Spanish) is a plus: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/c...jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.dePhD Positions (m/f/x), Areas: History of Biology, Philosophy of Biology 000
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingSusie Protschky @susieprotschky.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Very careful, thought-provoking piece on AI and academic (historical) labour, from the coal-face @lucaspoy.bsky.social 052
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Lecture at Leiden tomorrow by prof. Laurence Monnais!universiteitleiden.nlSoutheast Asia as method, History as prevention Decentering the history of measles (to better control the disease?)Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar 020
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingElwin Hofman @elwinhofman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Along with a parallel PhD project in Antwerp about midwifery in Belgian Congo: www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...uantwerpen.beDoctoral scholarship holder history | University of AntwerpYUFE vacancies 011
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Lecture in Leiden next week by Laurence Monnais! 010
Reposted by Fenneke Syslingjhokjournal.bsky.social @jhokjournal.bsky.social · 10/04/2026📣Join us for the 3rd History of Knowledge Conference, "Decentering the History of Knowledge"! The event will take place in Utrecht on 25-27 August 2027. 📝A call for papers will follow in Fall 2026. For more information: 1) Register with "hokconference27@uu.nl" 2) Visit: www.uu.nl/en/news/thir....uu.nlThird International History of Knowledge ConferenceThe History of Knowledge Conference brings together scholars from a variety of backgrounds to further develop the field and its impact on other disciplines and society. The theme of this year’s confer... 03021
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingNeerlandistiek @neerlandistiek.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Nicoline van der Sijs met een zeer verontrustend bericht over het geruisloos verdwijnen van een databank waar alles bij elkaar tientallen jaren aan is gewerkt. neerlandistiek.nl/2026/03/een-...neerlandistiek.nlEen fantoomdatabankOf de verspilling van wetenschapsgeld en vrijwilligersinzet 21714
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingTrouw @trouw.nl · 20/03/2026Stel dat ik wél in Delft geëindigd was, was mijn naam dan ook aan de politie doorgegeven?trouw.nlStel dat ik wél in Delft geëindigd was, was mijn naam dan ook aan de politie doorgegeven? 043
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingHistorici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 18/03/20261/ Uit mijn herkomstonderzoek blijkt dat je aan de objecten uit Indonesië de kennisuitwisseling tussen de lokale veeartsen of behandelaars en de Nederlandse veeartsen kan zien. Kijk bijvoorbeeld eens naar deze castratieset die ik onderzoek, ontworpen door de Nederlandse veearts A. Vrijburg: 1124
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingHistorici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 18/03/20261/ Al vanaf 1830 werden veeartsen uitgezonden naar het toenmalige Nederlands-Indië. Eerst werkten ze als paardenarts in het leger. Later bestreden ze ook besmettelijke veeziektes en deden ze onderzoek. In 1907 bestond daarvoor het Veeartsenijkundig Instituut op Java. 1101
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingLisa Herzog @lisamherzog.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Important topic in Dutch academia picked up DJA - and while we're at it, could we also talk about the almost complete lack of PhD funding for students who have their own ideas? www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/news/3224...dejongeakademie.nl'Profkip' a conversation about PhD supervision - De Jonge AkademieNews 031
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingBestor - Belgian Science and Technology Online Resources @bestor2008.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Tomorrow, the Flemish Young Academy are pleased to welcome the Young Academy of Sweden. Together, they will take a closer look at the freedom of science and art alongside broader tensions surrounding democracy, public institutions, and trust in expertise. More information here: bit.ly/4big1fx ! 011
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Lecture at Leiden tomorrow about the history of medical ethics: 030
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Nieuw fonds voor early career eerstegeneratie-wetenschappers www.knaw.nl/fondsen-en-p...knaw.nlKNAW Baanbrekersfonds - KNAWEarly-career eerstegeneratiewetenschappers kunnen een beurs aanvragen van 5.000 euro (promovendi) of 10.000 euro (postdoctorale onderzoekers en universitair docenten) voor activiteiten die hun wetensc... 010
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I found this footage of the 1920s in Indonesia and can't stop watching it: www.gartenbergmedia.com/news/2020/10...gartenbergmedia.comNews — Tassilo Adam in the Dutch East Indies in the 1920s for 2020 World Day for Audiovisual HeritageGartenberg Media Enterprises presents a rare clip that Tassilo Adam filmed with the cooperation of the Royal authorities, who staged processions, and gatherings, and rituals for his camera. A number o... 010
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Seksistisch literatuurtribunaal nagespeeld, geweldig idee van de kb: www.kb.nl/agenda/de-za...kb.nlDe zaak Anna B.Kom op 6 maart tijdens de Queer Geschiedenismaand naar een bijzondere avond rond Anna Blaman, één van de meest eigenzinnige Nederlandse schrijvers van de 20e eeuw. 010
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingRamona Negrón @ramonanegron.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Call for applications | Visiting fellowships 2025-2026 | Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden 🇳🇱 Deadline: 21 March 2025 www.kitlv.nl/news/call-fo...kitlv.nlCall for applications | Visiting fellowships 2025-2026 012
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingPaige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social · 14/01/2026“For too long, a significant part of our past held beyond everyday reach of Indonesian society. Scholars discussed it, museums displayed it, global narrative was shaped around it, yet the Indonesian people could not see them at home. That era ends today.” -Fadli Zon 🏺nationalgeographic.comThe ‘Java Man’, the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus, is now homeThe iconic Homo erectus fossil was welcomed home with a repatriation ceremony and a new museum exhibit in Jakarta. 512834
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I'm looking forward to this conference we're organizing next week. In person only but everyone is welcome (if registered) www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...universiteitleiden.nlEthical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicineThis conference is open to the public, but registration is mandatory. Please send an email to j.e.schep@hum.leidenuniv.nl if you would like to attend. Read the full conference programme [PDF]. See the... 010
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingSadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 04/12/2025This is quite a story. Trying to trademark the word ‘sabzi’ is the equivalent of trying to trademark the word ‘food’. www.theguardian.com/food/comment...theguardian.comI called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal beganThe granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it 3267
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Coming up next in our Global Histories of Knowledge Series: Remco Ensel about the discipline of economics, Leiden University and colonialism, 11 December, 15:30-17:00 010
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingGianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Next Thursday (13 Nov), I'll talk about early modern southern Africa's framing as the "Western Part of the East Indies" @leidenhumanities.bsky.social universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... I'll speak about future directions from this paper: doi.org/10.1093/past...universiteitleiden.nlThe Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape ColonyGlobal Histories of Knowledge Seminar 0102
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingTazuko van Berkel @doctaz.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Wil je weten hoe verschillende politieke partijen in hun #verkiezingsprogramma's denken over deze (en meer!) aspecten van wetenschap en #wetenschapsbeleid? Check het The Young Academy Dashboard Verkiezingen 2025 (dejongeakademie.nl/nieuws/31328...)dejongeakademie.nlDe Jonge Akademie Dashboard wat zeggen de partijen over wetenschap - De Jonge AkademieActueel 0107
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingBernhard Gissibl @bgissibl.bsky.social · 13/10/2025The Humanities of Nature @mfnberlin.bsky.social continue their online lecture series on "Heritage & Justice: Unpacking legal Narratives in Natural History". Start is this Wednesday at 1pm, full program and zoom link www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/de/forschung... 0105
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingH-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 14/10/2025CFP: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1580… Leiden, 22.01.2026-23.01.2026, Fenneke Sysling; Caroline Schep, Leiden University, Bewerbungsschluss: 01.11.2025hsozkult.de 097
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingUniversiteitshistoricus VU @vuhistoricus.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp www.linkedin.com/posts/ab-fli...linkedin.comKroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp Stadsarchief Amsterdam Er gebeurt helaas niets met de resultaten van onderstaand gebruikersonderzoek. Dat is merkwaardig, want vanaf het moment van lanceren… ...Kroniek van een aangekondigde archieframp Stadsarchief Amsterdam Er gebeurt helaas niets met de resultaten van onderstaand gebruikersonderzoek. Dat is merkwaardig, want vanaf het moment van lanceren v... 001
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/... 037
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This is a first: The Netherlands will return the Java Man fossils, the type specimen for Homo erectus, to Indonesia www.government.nl/latest/news/....government.nlThe Netherlands will return Dubois collection to IndonesiaThe Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities. Today, Gouke Moes, Minister of Education, Culture and... 020
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The news in English: www.government.nl/latest/news/....government.nlThe Netherlands will return Dubois collection to IndonesiaThe Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities. Today, Gouke Moes, Minister of Education, Culture and... 041
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The Netherlands will return the famous Java man fossils to Indonesia: www.trouw.nl/binnenland/i...trouw.nlIndonesië krijgt beroemde Javamens terug (en duizenden andere fossielen)Na lang onderzoek besluit de Nederlandse overheid dat de resten van de homo erectus terug moeten naar Indonesië. Daarmee verliest het Leidse museum Naturalis een belangrijke trekpleister. 010
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Please do promote it once it's out because I'm getting curious too! 100
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Turns out Sara Baartman's skull dimensions are still used by bio-anthropologists! Fascinating article about how race and colonial violence continue to be present in today's databases: anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com 010
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Boekentip: 'De oma van de oma van mijn oma' van Marc ter Horst was bij ons populair om voor te lezen! 030
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingNadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Een concentratiekamp. Interessant concept. 88623229
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Voor net afgestudeerde historici: www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/hi...werkenvoornederland.nlDe Rijksoverheid zoekt: Historisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’sHistorisch onderzoeker vaccinatie- en hielprikprogramma’s in Bilthoven voor 32 uur bij RIVM 010
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingSociety for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 16/06/2025📣CFPs - for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context. Conference dates: 22 and 23 January 2026 Venue: Boerhaave Museum, Leiden Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2025 #histmeduniversiteitleiden.nlCall for Papers: Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicineWe are pleased to announce a call for papers for a conference focused on ethical practices in medical research and treatment in the colonial and postcolonial context. 01511
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Even without the mythmaking :). One day, I'm going to write about this in a feline themed edited book! 010
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Flying animals! Reminds me of Operation Cat Drop: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati... 100
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingAlexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 10/06/2025(Call for Papers) Ethical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/06/mede... #histSTM #medhumhistoiresante.blogspot.comMédecins, patients et éthique dans la médecine coloniale et postcolonialeEthical regimes. Doctors, patients and ethics in colonial and postcolonial medicine Call for Papers Conference Venue: Boerhaave Museum, Le... 01010
Reposted by Fenneke SyslingWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 09/06/2025The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person 23912
Fenneke Sysling @fsysling.bsky.social · 27/05/2025The committee says: "For too long the dominant global narrative has relied on the "out of Africa" theory (...) But we can also propose a different narrative - one in which life began here [in Indonesia] and moved outward." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju13... 110
