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Jules Skotnes-Brown

@julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social
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Historian of animals, health, science, and colonialism. PI of 'Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health' (Wellcome Trust), University of Liverpool: www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/jules-sk…

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very happy to announce the seminar programme of the Decolonising Plant Knowledge research network @crasshlive.bsky.social for Michaelmas term 2026 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/net...
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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We have a book cover!
Cover for book "A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World: Responding to the Global Climate Emergency" edited by Alexandra Hui and Emily Pawley.
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Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Only three days left to apply! I started on a similar position here and it really helped me get my feet + teaching/admin experience after finishing the PhD. It's a fantastic place to work and our students are great! ✨ 🚨 Deadline ➡️ 23 July #envhist #envhum #histstm
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Nancy J. Jacobs @nancyjjacobs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Advance notice for *The Global Grey Parrot*! Coming January 2027: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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The Global Grey Parrot
Few animals have fascinated people like the grey parrot, celebrated for its intelligence, mimicry, and uncanny ability to speak. The Global Grey Parrot trace...
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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 Possible cover for the book Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business History
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Many congratulations to the winner and two highly commended authors. I have not read the winning book yet, but both highly commended books are brilliant – what a fantastic top three titles.
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Delighted to hear I have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu #ERCAdG for the 5-year research project “Zoonosis Before Bacteriology” @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @standrewsanthro.bsky.social
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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
'Warning: Arctic Permafrost Could Become a Major Carbon Source Earlier Than Expected... …another worrying milestone may arrive earlier than previously expected: the point at which Arctic permafrost regions release more CO2 into the atmosphere than they absorb' en.highnorthnews.com/science/arct...
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Arctic warning: frozen carbon may turn threat sooner
New research suggests Arctic permafrost could emit more CO2 than it absorbs far earlier than models predicted.
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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
UK historians! Please could you help with this survey about AI use? Open to all doing history professionally (independent, uni-based, etc); it's the work of a lovely friend (& brilliant former colleague at @uophistory.bsky.social), @alexandraortolja.bsky.social: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Survey on AI use by historians
You are invited to participate in a research survey exploring how historians in the UK use artificial intelligence (AI) in their work. This study is being conducted by researchers at the University…
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Wonderful to receive such a generous and thoughtful review of Segregated Species from Admire Mseba in Isis (available in preprint www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdfplus...)
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Very happy to be sharing the programme of the "Endemic Transformations" workshop held on July 9-10 @standrewsanthro.bsky.social - Registration (free & in person only) is open till June 26 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthr...
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Looking very much forward to reading Nancy Jacobs's 'The Global Grey Parrot: How a Charismatic African Animal Became an International Commodity', to be published in January 2027. uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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The Global Grey Parrot
Few animals have fascinated people like the grey parrot, celebrated for its intelligence, mimicry, and uncanny ability to speak. The Global Grey Parrot trace...
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A fascinating history of shipworms in the pacific: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Chewpoints across the Pacific Ocean: Marine borers and the disruption of colonial infrastructure | Journal of Global History | Cambridge Core
Chewpoints across the Pacific Ocean: Marine borers and the disruption of colonial infrastructure
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
A brilliant new study of the history of rats and plague by @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social focused on the historically neglected case of the third plague pandemic's impact on Mauritius: "Rats, Islands, and Global Infrastructure" (OA) www.jstor.org/content/oa_c...
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CHAPTER SEVEN Rats, Islands, and Global Infrastructure from Globalizing Wildlife on JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
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Prof Alessandro Tagliabue @altagliabue.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Fantastic review on the ocean carbon cycle and climate led by Laure Resplandy that pulls together impressive budgets and tackles some key narratives 🌊 www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Integrated perspective on ocean carbon cycle:
Untangling facts, fluxes, and fictions
Laure Resplandy1*, Marina Lévy2, Laurent Bopp3
The ocean carbon cycle spans multiple scales and reservoirs, challenging efforts to build a coherent picture and
fostering misconceptions or fragmented narratives in science and public discourse. Common examples include
the belief that the biological processes control the ocean’s carbon sink (i.e., fraction of human CO2 emissions ab-
sorbed by ocean), that restoring coastal ecosystems is highly effective at mitigating climate change, or that whales
substantially contribute to carbon sequestration. We provide a comprehensive review of living and nonliving
ocean carbon stocks and fluxes—from plankton to mangroves, whales, fish, and plastics—and an integrated per-
spective on global ocean carbon cycling, disentangling well-­ supported insights from misconceptions. This syn-
thesis reaffirms the ocean’s key role as a physics-­ and chemistry-­ driven carbon sink, while clarifying the limited
contribution of coastal and open-­ ocean ecosystems to carbon sequestration and climate mitigation. We caution
against frameworks that justify marine conservation through climate mitigation—a narrative useful to draw
attention, but not always robust and unnecessary, since marine biodiversity is worth preserving regardless of its
impact on carbon.
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
So happy to see my new book "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" published today with @hopkinspress.bsky.social! #histmed #histsci #plague #rats #pandemic www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... The book is also available Open Access via Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_mon...
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Great to see a post in Global History of Science at UCL. They are specifically looking for candidates with expertise in non-western contexts and skills in non-western languages.
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congratulations to all!
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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
African oystercatcher Cape Eagle Owl Eurasian oystercatcher Ground hornbill Atlantic puffin Eurasian bullfinch White eye Cockatiel Malachite sunbird Lilac Breasted Roller Eider duck Pied kingfisher Western Barn Owl Hadeda ibis Egyptian goose
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Delighted to have contributed to this wonderful collection!
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Looks like a great list – congratulations to the authors!
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
One day left to apply for these jobs – closing tomorrow!
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Just one week left to apply for these postdocs!
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
1 week left for our CFP on the Colonial Medical Ennui - workshop held August 27-28, St Andrews
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Two weeks left to apply for two 4.5 year postdocs!! WP2: History of Conservation and Animal Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... WP3: History of Conservation and Earth Systems’ Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p... Deadline: 7 May
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Post Doctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
An opportunity for an academic position as a Post Doctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is a great topic!
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
📍 Join us in Madrid! @cchscsic.bsky.social ⏳ 1 week left to apply for 2 postdoc positions in global history: ERC project WILDHIST. Details & apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 14/04/2026
My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist
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Associate Professor (297742) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Associate Professor (297742), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2026
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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
2 great postdoc vacancies with Jules Skotnes-Brown's new Wellcome project in Liverpool - a brilliant opportunity for scholars interested in bringing together medical and environmental history!
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Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Two postdoc positions on a really cool project with @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
📣 permanent post in Geography at Durham - lots of exciting research going on there. More details in the 🧵⬇️
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Deadline has been extended to 7 May!
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
JOB ALERT: Two 4.5 year postdoctoral positions to work on my Wellcome-funded project 'Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health'. Please share widely! CLOSING DATE: 23 April (the date on Jobs.ac.uk is apparently incorrect)
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Wisse van Engelen @wissevanengelen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is a really important contribution and corrective to the historiography of unakane (anglicized as nagana, also known as animal trypanosomiasis), revealing the forgotten/hidden contributions of Zulu and settler residents and recasting the work of much-celebrated David Bruce in a critical light👇
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Happy to see that my book chapter, 'Extracting Blood, Flies, and Ideas: David and Mary Bruce, vernacular experts, and unakane in rural Zululand c. 1880s-1900s', published in 2024, is now available open access (as an author accepted manuscript). research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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Extracting blood, flies, and ideas: David and Mary Bruce, vernacular experts, and <i>unakane </i>in rural Zululand c. 1880s-1900s
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📢 JOB OPENINGS at CSIC @cchscsic.bsky.social (Madrid)! As part of my ERC project WILDHIST, the Institute of History is hiring two 3-year postdoctoral researchers in the global history of rubber. Application deadline: 24 April 2026. More info 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012 @erc.europa.eu
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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 23/03/2026
We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2026
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A great new article by Caroline Mburu doi.org/10.1080/0305...
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Bureaucracy and Biopolitics of Multispecies Relations in South-Central Tanzania
Bureaucrats including agricultural officers, wildlife managers, livestock extension workers and veterinarians are involved in the management of multispecies relations in Tanzania. Tanzania, an Afri...
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Looking forward to reading this
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Cool opportunity to work at the intersections of climate/environmental history and history of medicine! History and Medicine – Associate Professor or Professor with Tenure – McMaster University Apply by March 31st niche-canada.org/2026/03/05/h... #envhist #histmed #climhist #cdnhist
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History and Medicine - Associate Professor or Professor with Tenure - McMaster University
This role is designed for an exceptional scholar whose work bridges humanities-based historical inquiry and contemporary infectious diseases scholarship, with particular emphasis on the history of pla...
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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
This is madness. This is equivalent to evacuating large parts of Paris or Houston. Where are all these people supposed to go?
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Middle East crisis live: Israeli military tells hundreds of thousands to flee Beirut
Evacuation order issued for all of the southern suburbs with up to 700,000 people thought to be affected
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
1/ Calling all ECRS - we have 4x 3 year post docs on Multispecies Mutualisms working with us at Sheffield. Don't want to read through all the stuff to work out if its right for you? Here is a short video explainer 🎥 digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk/media/Multis...
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Multispecies Mutualisms - Join Our Research Team!
We’re hiring 4 Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRAs) In this video, members of the team share insights into four exciting PDRA opportunities currently available. If you are ready to take the next s...
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Learned recently that Guenter Risse died in Seattle a few weeks ago aged 93. A fine historian of medicine, he could be strongly opinionated. But he was good to me. His commitment to medical history stayed strong. When I took over from him at UCSF he'd have been my age now - how senior he seemed!
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In Memoriam, Dr. Guenter B. Risse, M.D., Ph.D.
It is with deep sadness that the Department of Medical History and Bioethics shares news of the passing of Professor Guenter B. Risse. He died peacefully at home on February 15, 2026, following a long...
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Delighted to be starting my new Wellcome Trust funded project today, which has now been moved to University of Liverpool. A reminder that I will soon be advertising two postdocs on conservation and animal health and conservation and earth systems' health. The posts will likely start late this year.
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
My review of @brad.bolman.com 's 'Lab Dog' has just been published with Social History of Medicine. This is a truly excellent book that will be of great interest to historians of animals, lab sciences, and beyond. doi.org/10.1093/shm/...
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Brad Bolman, Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles
Brad Bolman’s Lab Dog is a fascinating and meticulously researched history of how beagles came to be a standardised laboratory dog breed, and how these dog
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John Aerni-Flessner @lesothojohn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Hey South Africa, it looks like my new book on the history of the #Lesotho Highlands #Water Project (published by @HSRCPress) is now available! Also available at other quality booksellers across the country! #LHWP #History #Apartheid Exclusive Books: exclusivebooks.co.za/products/978...
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White Gold and Thirsty Communities
The story of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is a tale both of international diplomacy and of the ways that high politics and the antiapartheid struggle played out—and continue to play out—...
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Delighted to announce that Segregated Species will be published in paperback on Wits University Press in April.
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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Looking forward to playing Relooted, which has just been released: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Relooted: New video game sees Africans fantasise about taking back treasures from Europe's museums
Imagine it is 2099 and a historic treaty to return African artefacts is falling apart.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 13/01/2026
Join us on Tuesday 10 February for the 2026 Global History Lecture, hosted in partnership with @ghilondon.bsky.social Prof. Vinita Damodaran will speak on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire' bit.ly/4qLCaYB Booking for in-person & online attendance is now open #Skystorians
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2026 Global History Lecture, with the German Historical Institute, London - RHS
On Tuesday 10 February, the Society hosts its annual Global History Lecture, in partnership with the German Historical Institute, London. This year we are delighted to welcome Professor Vinita Damodar...
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