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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A short interview with me about Vanished, and being shortlisted for my my love letter to life living.

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Instructing Colonial Natural History Seminar Series is back and we have a stellar line up: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social, 6 Oct; @cberiksen.bsky.social, 28 Oct; Jim Endersby, 25 Nov; and Ma. Mercedes G. Planta, 9 Dec. All seminars are on Zoom, 15-16 CET

Poster for Instructing Colonial Natural History, Autumn Term 2026 seminar series. The design uses an 1785 watercolour by Sarah Stone showing the interior of Sir Ashton Lever’s Museum in Leicester Square, London: a dark green natural-history collection crowded with display cabinets, birds, shells, antlers and other specimens, with green curtains opening onto receding galleries and a large elephant on the right. Four online seminars are listed: Sadiah Qureshi, 6 October; Christoffer Basse Eriksen, 28 October; Jim Endersby, 25 November; and Ma. Mercedes G. Planta, 9 December. All seminars are on Zoom, 15.00–16.00 CET. Registration: instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ali and I have been working on this essay cluster on antiquarianism and literary history-- with wonderful contributions from @bkadams.bsky.social, David Landreth, @crystal-b-lake.bsky.social, and Jane Raisch-- for a really REALLY long time, and it is finally out! read.dukeupress.edu/modern-langu...

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Criticism, Antiquarianism, and Literary History

If a literary historian knows one piece of antiquarian writing from early modern England, it is likely Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, Thomas Browne’s fascinating and fascinated 1658 catalog of ancient fu...

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is fantastic as I start my Global History of Science module with Sujit's work - I will now include this as a reading next term alongside it!

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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sujit Sivasundaram (@camhistory.bsky.social) re-examines the contexts that shaped "Sciences and the global", and, reflecting on how these have since transformed, explores how cross-contextualization as a method has changed more broadly. doi.org/10.1017/S001...

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Afterword: What Next for Cross-Contextualization? | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Afterword: What Next for Cross-Contextualization?

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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh @gianamar97.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our entire roundtable on "Cross-Contextualization as Method", co-edited with @mikahyman.bsky.social, is out now in FirstView in @historicaljnl.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1017/S001...

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Cross-Contextualization as Method | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Cross-Contextualization as Method

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Gah! This is a wonderful view too! I hope the new space offers a view equally inspiring!

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Football fantasy drafts are low key boring...

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Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Online lecture on "Alchemy and the Scientific Revolution" by Prof. Lawrence Principe, this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. CDT, hosted by The Linda Hall in Kansas City: events.lindahall.org/alchemyandsc... #HistSTM #EarlyModern

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Alchemy and the Scientific Revolution (Virtual)

Although alchemy was once considered unrelated to the history of science, or even imagined to be an “obstacle” to the emergence of modern chemistry, historians now recognize it as a crucial contributo...

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Great to see a lot of new members on here interested in all things History of Science and Medicine!

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I think it is going to be a great day!

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I have been away for a while as my computer crashed. All data was recovered and I am typing from my new MB AIR. Moving up in the world, or just into a new ecosystem? To be be determined.

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Oh yes! A lot of legislation went into ensuring that barrels were "full" or at least containing what they claim to contain. This is not unusual at all - the issues become more complex when you brew and the wort is considered beer/ale but brewers claim it is NOT the commodity yet (pre fermentation).

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thanks! Getting close to term-time once more!

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Feeling really behind - wish me luck this week!

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E.L.Snook @pamphilia2.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

@lynbennetthfx.bsky.social and my book has arrived on my desk! Pre-orders available now for shipping on 22.09.2026! www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

An intriguingly composed fish still life from Sebastian Stoskopff, b. #otd 13 July 1597, d. 10 Feb 1657. If I ever open a fish restaurant, this will go on the menu covers. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Adriaen Coorte, 1665-1707. Still-Life with Peaches 1693-95 (Private collection via WGA)

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Gregory A. Hargreaves 🎃 @bordergroves.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Cover designs!! Which do you prefer??

Possible cover for the book Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business History

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Really chuffed to be a 2026 Linda Hall Fellow! Excited to spend the next year working on my monograph and getting stuff done! www.lindahall.org/research/lin...

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Linda Hall Library – Meet Our Fellows

Read about current and former Linda Hall Library research fellows.

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

So true. This is something even I forget.

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

What are your thoughts on early career scholars just churning out articles in lieu of a monograph?

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Melinda Baldwin @mbaldwin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My book is coming out in October and will be available open access! However, for those who prefer physical copies, Barnes & Noble is currently running a preorder sale for members. Use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off the paperback! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-referee...

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In Referees We Trust?: How Peer Review Became a Mark of Scientific Legitimacy

Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore for books, NOOK ebooks & magazines. Shop music, movies, toys & games, too. Receive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership.

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Spending a lot of time reading, talking, and learning about neutrinos. the rabbit holes are endless.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Heartbroken to hear that the great Italian (micro)historian Carlo Ginzburg died a few days ago in Bologna. He was one of the most masterful storytellers and historians I have ever read. May we all reread his magnum opus this week and consider that there is no history too small to be remembered. 🧀 🪱

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The Cheese and the Worms : Carlo Ginzburg : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Newport Beach, California. Highly recommended!

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Already looking forward to the start of summer and fall term!

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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 14/05/2026

What if extinction wasn’t forever? Join historian of science Sadiah Qureshi as she explores de-extinction, rewilding, and how science is reshaping our understanding of loss, survival, and life itself.

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Redefining extinction

Author Sadiah Qureshi explores our relationship with extinction, how our understanding of it has changed, an

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Just received my copy! I am very excited to tuck into this during the last week before the close of term.

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Scientific Instrument Society @sis-instrument-soc.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Fireside Chat: “Sundials Under the Laser: Cutting Instruments” with Evan Boxer-Cook. Discover astrolabes, nocturnals, ring dials, and other historical time-finding instruments recreated through ancient gnomonic methods and modern laser fabrication. See link scientificinstrumentsociety.org/events/

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I am really looking forward to this summer already!

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

If you follow me, please also follow @sis-instrument-soc.bsky.social Thanks everyone!

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Alexander Stoeger @astoeger.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My essay review on three new and intriguing edited volumes on history of science and knowledge and urban spaces was just published by BJHS @bshsnews.bsky.social Check it out 🔓 and have a look at the books, too - it was a pleassure to read them! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Science and the city: reviewing Naples, London and Lisbon | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge Core

Science and the city: reviewing Naples, London and Lisbon

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Thank you for this review of Metropolitan Science, @astoeger.bsky.social! It is lovely to have our book on London 1600-1800 discussed alongside works on Naples 1500-1800 and Lisbon 1840-1940 #histSTM #earlymodern cc @jasminekt.bsky.social

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Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Lovely to be able to talk to @biodivlibrary.bsky.social colleagues this week about our Natural History Humanities research initiative, including all things insect humanities. #EntHist

Hand-coloured printed illustration of butterflies from Johann Jacob Roemer, ‘Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii’ (1789). Cambridge University Library, S391.b.78.1.

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Very excited (and grateful) to be joining the ’26–’27 Fellows cohort at the Linda Hall Library. I am looking forward to a fantastic summer/year of research and collaboration.

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I am happy that this book is now published (in the series Connected Histories in the Early Modern World)! Performing India in Early Modern England 1575-1642 Commerce, Spectacle, and the Formation of the East India Company By Amrita Sen www.routledge.com/Performing-I...

Front cover of a book - the image in the top half appears to be an embroidery of 6 human figures in an outdoor scene at night, with trees.

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

📖 New issue of the BJHS now out! This issue brings together a rich set of contributions that explore how scientific knowledge is produced, communicated, and imagined across different contexts. BSHS members enjoy full access to all articles! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

This is exciting to see! #Envhist was only just beginning to appear at Cambridge when I was a grad student there in the late 2000s, although (as the organizers note) British historians have long thought about human-environment relations in other guises (landscape/economic history, hist. geography).

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Would love to be more involved with this commission!

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John Garrison Marks @johngmarks.com · 29/03/2026

Just over a week until publication day and the book tour in support of THY WILL BE DONE is up over 15 dates! Come see me this spring/summer or invite me to come speak near you!

List of book tour dates in support of my book, Thy Will Be Done. Visit johngmarks.com for full details.

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James Elder @jameselder.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

This remains one of my favourite bits of harmless trolling.

A railway station sign which reads:

Welcome to Cambridge
Home of Anglia Ruskin University

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Great article by @donnalferguson.bsky.social in today's @theguardian.com about Darwin & Henslow's plant specimens & illustrations and the fab new @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social Certificate in Botany: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Links for this course & many others here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...

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Cambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncovered

University’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago

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Guy Sechrist, PhD @guysechrist.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

oh, and I can send them over if you wish!

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