Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026And me at Standley Chasm. Again courtesy of @hanspols.bsky.social 0101
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Beautiful Serpentine Gorge reflection, today, Tjoritja (West Macdonnell ranges), outside Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Arrente country (central Australia). Photo by @hanspols.bsky.social 2255
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick 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
Reposted by Hans PolsEffie Karageorgos @eleaud.bsky.social · 10/03/2026My first copy of Quiet Protest just arrived! It will be out on 1 April, published by @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social (although there will be early copies for sale at the Newcastle Writers Festival from 27-29 March) and launches and author talks to follow. 2247
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026@hanspols.bsky.social points out that Heather's last book on Indonesian-Australian comradeship during the Indonesian revolution was published by Kompas in Indonesian last yearkompas.idAcross Oceans, Uniting StruggleIndonesian independence is not just an Indonesian affair. It is a pulse of solidarity that crosses borders, oceans, and skin colors. 0117
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026From Vivek, mainstay of HoMSEA: the conference 'catalysed a reimagination of medical history as a tool for shaping equitable futures. It affirmed that to understand the past and the future of global health, we must listen to plural voices' Prompts memories of a magical week in the ancient sultanate 121
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Excellent reviews of 2025 Hist of Med in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) meeting in Jogjakarta. Thanks Mai Thi My Vi, @ngamvaseenont.bsky.social, and Vivek Neelakantan. Congrats @hanspols.bsky.social, Prof Yayi, & team! @sshmedicine.bsky.social #histmed #histstm @anzshm.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.socialsshm.orgHealth and Medicine in the Colonial, Postcolonial and Global Worlds (10th History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) Conference)Mai Thi My Vi (National Cheng Kung University); Krittapak Ngamvaseenont (University of Manchester); Dr Vivek Neelakantan Report 1 The tenth International Conference on the History of Medicine in So… 2218
Hans Pols @hanspols.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Now available in paperback. Just short of A$57, US$40; EU38; and GBP30. 132
Hans Pols @hanspols.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Available in paperback on 6 Nov. Nurturing Indonesia! 153
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The decline of academic history in Australia: an interesting & important article in SMH by @nickbryantoz.bsky.social Much more to be said, but a good start. Includes @frankbongiorno.bsky.social @capandgown.bsky.social @michellearrow.bsky.social Anna Clark et al #history @austhistassoc.bsky.socialsmh.com.auHistory’s booming in podcasts – but many of its academics are out of a jobWe live in momentous times. History podcasts and books are more popular than ever. So why is academic history in crisis? 22412
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 20/06/2025A recording of the launch of @hanspols.bsky.social Indonesian book - notable for Hans's eloquence in Behasa Indonesia www.youtube.com/live/EotCixE...youtube.comPELUNCURAN BUKU OBAT, ILMU, DAN KUASA: SEJARAH KESEHATAN DAN KEDOKTERAN INDONESIA HANS POLSYouTube video by AIPI Indonesia 021
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Launch of Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine at HoMSEA meeting, Yogyakarta, June 25. Book available open access at www.cambridge.org/core/books/m... Dr Sudirman Nasir, public health, Makassar, launched it with aplomb. With @hanspols.bsky.social & @ahlie.bsky.social & me 184
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Another image, with Hans equally animated. I believe one of the others is Peter Carey, formerly of Oxford, now Jakarta. Both photos by Tias Suci. 141
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Launch of @hanspols.bsky.social book, Obat Ilmu dan Kuas (Medicine, Knowledge, Power) - with KOMPAS - today in Jakarta at Academy of Sciences/National Library. Hans talking with historian and physician Rushdy Hoesein (who seems sceptical). #histstm #histmed @humanitiesau.bsky.social 2101
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick 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
Hans Pols @hanspols.bsky.social · 01/06/2025To be published very soon in Indonesia: Uncovering National Trauma, edited by Tyas Suci and me. 094
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 08/04/2025From Arthur Kleinman: 'Medicine on a Larger Scale is ... a step forward in imagining a counter-biomedicine that can better connect social suffering and healing with interpretive social science, post-colonial imaginings, and some of the more serious problems of the world. Impressive!’ 33612
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Early bird rate for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) ends May 1. Register soon for the Jogjakarta meeting! #histmed #histstm #histsci #STS @sshmedicine.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @anzshm.bsky.social sejarahkesehatan.net/history-of-m...sejarahkesehatan.netHistory of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) Conference 144
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 14/04/2025I think Gemma, a graduate student here at Sydney, shows us all how we must speak up. She refers here to the current Australian election campaign, where the Trump-lite party is in retreat.... 192
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The (excellent) program and registration for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA) in Yogyakarta 24-27 June 2025 - now available on the website #histmed #histstm @sshmedicine.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social @anzshm.bsky.socialsejarahkesehatan.netHistory of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) Conference 187
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 06/03/2025As Craig Santos Perez writes: 'Land of Famished Beings is a must-read for students and scholars of environmental anthropology and multispecies ethnography. Moreover, it is essential reading for anyone passionate about justice in the Pacific, a region hungry for justice' 042
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 02/03/2025The program and registration is now available for History of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HoMSEA), held at UGM in the ancient Javanese city of Yogyakarta, June 24-27, 2025. Thanks to @hanspols.bsky.social and the local team. Impressive program and some wonderful excursions #histstm #histmed #STSsejarahkesehatan.netHistory of Medicine in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA) Conference 1218
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Too late to offer a paper but soon registration for HoMSEA in Yogyakarta will open. An interesting article in the NYT on Yogya in the past day or so. While it's not as magical as in 1978, when I first visited, still worth experiencing. Not to forget Solo, only a few hours away, and much quieter....nytimes.comNever Heard of Yogyakarta? It Might Be the Center of the Universe. (Gift Article)The Indonesian city is home to some of the greatest Hindu and Buddhist temples, a thriving food scene and an area known as the Cosmological Axis, a cradle of Javanese culture. 163
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 02/01/2025We now have a cover for Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine (CUP 2025), eds. @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, and me. Many brilliant contributors give alternative genealogies and futures for social medicine - never so necessary, so urgent as now #histstm #histsci #STS 514938
Hans Pols @hanspols.bsky.social · 15/12/2024I wonder why we keep hearing about plagiarism committed by Indonesian academics 120
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Call for papers for another great southern conference: The ANZ Society for the History of Medicine meeting at the University of Sydney, July 8-12, 2025. Closes February 28, 2025. Convenors Cate Storey, @hanspols.bsky.social, et al will surely make it a great occasion #histSTM #histmed #histscianzshm2025.comHome | Anzshm 0128
Hans Pols @hanspols.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This will be a great conference. Abstract deadline 1 Dec. All come! 240
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 22/04/2024Congratulations to Geoff Bowker and Annemarie Mol, awarded the Bernal Prize of the Society for Social Studies of Science - for distinguished contributions to science and technology studies. This is the Society's lifetime achievement award. Nice images accompanying the announcement! #STS #histSTM4sonline.org2024 John Desmond Bernal PrizeSearchMobile Menu 1151
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 11/03/2024Superb Iain McCalman lecture last night by Sophie Chao on multispecies mourning amid environmental catastrophe, courtesy of the Sydney Environment Institute. Along with gracious introductions by Dany Celemajer and thoughtful comments from Ngarigo scholar Jakelin Troy. #envhum #anthro #STS 1102
Reposted by Hans PolsAlexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 09/01/2024(Leçon inaugurale) Une historienne en médecine. De la santé de l’Asie du Sud-est colonisée aux pandémies contemporaines histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/01/une-... #histmed 033
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 06/01/2024I recommend Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia, the latest in the History of Medicine in SEA (HoMSEA) series from NUS Press: nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/fig...nuspress.nus.edu.sgFighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast AsiaForthcoming January 2024Edited by C. Michele Thompson, Kathryn Sweet and Michitake AsoWith contributions from Christopher Shepherd, Por Heong Hong, Kathryn Sweet, Nara Oda, Annick Guenel,... 171
Reposted by Hans PolsCarsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 30/11/2023Great news - congratulations to @hanspols.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 29/11/2023Congratulations to @hanspols.bsky.social awarded the now Triennial Medal in History and Philosophy of Science from the Royal Society of NSW! The RS (estab. 1820) is supposedly the oldest learned society in Australia. President Susan Pond giving him the good news. #histsci #STS 4182
Reposted by Hans PolsWarwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 12/11/20232023 Bernal Prize ceremony and lectures - from Joan Fujimura and me. Also with outgoing 4S President Emma Kowal. I've known Joan more than 30 years and Emma close to that. What a wonderful event. Images: Hans Pols #STS #histsci #4S2023 #4sHonolulu23 0192