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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🩺💭’It wasn’t that people were anti-medicine. Instead, historical injustices1 meant scepticism had become a necessary tool for navigating healthcare.’ Read the interview with @caitjan.bsky.social, author of Healthy Scepticism, in @bmj.com @bmjmedicine.bsky.social 👇 www.bmj.com/content/394/...

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Medicine needs critics: Why scepticism is both healthy and important

In a climate of increasing anti-vaccination sentiment and conspiracy theories, scepticism can be perceived as a threat to medical institutions. Historian Caitjan Gainty, author of the new book Healthy...

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caitjan.bsky.social @caitjan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Such a great pleasure to chat with Shivali Fulchand @bmj.com about the Healthy Scepticism book!

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Launching the Chinese edition of Rise and Fall of the British Nation in Beijing! @kingshistory.bsky.social

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sign-ups for this event closing at 13:00 tomorrow (1 September), so just under 24 hours to register if you would like to come along

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Very much looking forward to this! A preview of my new book.

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Will be at & with: Tue 7 Sept, 18:00-20:00 UK-time: Riley Black, Irina Podgorny, Lukas Rieppel & Will Tattersdill Wed 23 Sept, 09:30-11:30 UK-time: Amelia Bonea, Jarrod Hore, Natalia Jagielska & Hsiao-pei Yen If you'd like to attend either or both, sign up here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/Zny51x7tmb

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And for people in striking distance of London, a related in-person panel will be next week on Thursday 3 September 18:00-20:00 on "Deep Time & Global Challenges" Featuring Jay Balamurugan, Emy Moss, Elsa Panciroli, Jamie Perera & Mark Witton More info here: www.poppalaeo.com/deep-time-cu...

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Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises — Popularizing Palaeontology

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm running a couple of online panel discussions in September, thinking about how deep time perspectives can (and can't) help us deal with current large issues These are part of a new project I've started, with the current working title of "Deep Time & the Polycrisis" (blurb below)

First part of a text document, stating:

We are currently facing overlapping crises: climate change and biodiversity loss; hardening international borders and global conflict; rising political radicalism; upsurges in health issues, including in mental health and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic; continued legacies of colonialism and extractivism; fossil-fuel dependency; and scepticism towards expertise. In recent years, the term ‘polycrisis’ has emerged to imagine this global condition, seeing all these (and other) issues as connected in complex and unexpected manners, for which old frameworks of understanding and ways of acting are no longer adequate (Morrin and Kern 1996; Tooze 2022). To engage with the manifold challenges we face, we do not just need technical solutions, but new modes of thinking and expression.

This project contends that one way of building communities and new understandings to address the polycrisis is through bringing in deep time: the geological timescales of Earth history, which stretch backward and forward millions of years. Knowledge of deep time provides possibilities for new modes of thinking, but also poses challenges, being implicated in many of the issues confronting us. This project uses the cultural position of the deep-time sciences as the basis for new collaborations and transformative research linking the humanities and the sciences.

Second part of the same text document stating:

Recent research has shown how the sciences of deep time have been implicated in many of the problems we now face. On a basic level, our fossil-fuel and extractive economies grew from their development, with the mining of coal depending on geology (Zizzamia 2019). Geological surveying has also historically been a tool of territorial and colonial control, and palaeontological ideas defined race and inequality (Chakrabarti 2021; Yusoff 2024). Many museum fossil collections have colonial roots, and ‘parachute science,’ where Western scientists take material from developing countries, still continues (Raja et al. 2022). To understand how we got to where we are, we need to engage with histories of geology and palaeontology.

But there are equally strong arguments that the deep-time sciences allow us to engage with the polycrisis. Deep time provides the only illustrations we have of earths with different climates and levels of biodiversity. Thinking about the earth’s long history – involving timescales and processes which confound human imagination – can be terrifying, but can also promote future-orientated and long-term perspectives (Bjornerud 2018; Hanusch 2023). Many scholars are also attempting to link deep time with non-Western understandings, thinking about how they might work collaboratively (Bashford et al. 2023). In the face of situations where we need to think on different scales – of time, space and process – and hold multiple possible pasts and futures in mind, thinking with deep time potentially allows ways of doing so.

This project brings these issues together, engaging with the question: how can we simultaneously come to terms with the troubling histories of the deep-time sciences, while developing their potential to engage with the crises that we now face?

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Tom Kelsey @tomkelsey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Does the Treasury deserve its reputation for holding back the British economy? My new article in The Political Quarterly uses the histories of Concorde and civil nuclear power to challenge common arguments about the Treasury, industrial strategy, and state capacity. 🧵

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

On Thursday 3 September, at King's College London, we'll have a panel discussion entitled "Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises," thinking about how art & culture around deep time can (and can’t) help us engage with the current world Full info: shorturl.at/ufxe2 & sign-up link: shorturl.at/CklAN

A poster for the event "Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises," a panel discussion at King's College London, Thursday 3 September 2026, 18:00-20:00 (these words are used as the heading). On the left is an image by artist Mark Witton of Tiktaalik, a fish-like amphibious creature, in a swampy environment looking at a sunset. On the right are images of the five discussants: Jay Balamurugan, Emy Moss, Elsa Panciroli, Jamie Perera and Mark Witton

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

How did workers of the Swiss Post, Telegraph and Telephone Company understand the role of their labour? In his recently published article, @riccardoferrigato.bsky.social explores the case of telephone maintenance workers. Go read it in T&C ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/issue/57305 #histtech #histstm

Capture of PDF Riccardo Ferrigato's article, titled "Beyond Innovation-Speak: Swiss Telephone Workers and the Making of Technical Identity". Published in Technology and Culture, Volume 67, Number 3, July 2026, pp. 741-766, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. DOI: 10.1353/tech.2026.a996498

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I lived on this estate for a few months in 1977 while working for ICI and wrote about it in the book reviewed here: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Susan Pedersen · Worker, Hipster, Banker: Modern British Cities

Deindustrialisation was not a long, slow process but a very quick one, erasing whole occupations and transforming one...

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Delighted that my Rise and Fall of the British Nation has been published in China (as Twilight of Empire)! www.163.com/dy/article/L...

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“好望角”第32本！了解20世纪英国的必读之作！

“好望角”第32本！了解20世纪英国的必读之作！,英国,美国,德国,世纪末,大英帝国

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Join us for a conversation about the historical background of the 2017 "Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI". Dr David Cole explores the significance and legacy of the famed 1975 Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA and DNA cloning for contemporary efforts to shape the future of AI. #histstm

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Asilomar Revisited: Beneficial AI and the History of Scientific Ethics

Join us for a conversation with Dr David Cole about the legacy of Asilomar 1975 for contemporary efforts to shape the future of AI

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hooray hooray it’s another publication day! Huge thanks to the team at @hachetteus.bsky.social I love this cover 😊

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Had a great conversation with Phil Bell on his podcast on how to think historically about AI and 'technology' more generally @kingschostm.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social genfutures.substack.com/p/david-edge...

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David Edgerton on Historical Analogies, Technology, and AI

Do we need a material turn?

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

TOMORROW in our CHoSTM seminar series: Paper talks by our PhD researchers Pranav Mohan (colonial natural history in India) and José Soto (early electrification in Chile). 🗓️Wed 10 June, 15.00 📍Strand building, Strand campus #histsci #histtech #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A new article in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social by our colleague @davidedgerton.bsky.social and Karel Williams today: 'The limits of Andy Burnham: Manchesterism is sounding a lot like Londonism' www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

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The limits of Andy Burnham

Manchesterism is sounding a lot like Londonism

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caitjan.bsky.social @caitjan.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Joined in conversation by my inspirational colleagues Prof Toby Green (KCL) and Prof Patricia Kingori (Oxford)!

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

NEXT in our CHoSTM seminar series: Paper talks by our PhD researchers Pranav Mohan (colonial natural history in India) and José Soto (early electrification in Chile). 🗓️Wed 10 June, 15.00 📍Strand building, Strand campus #histsci #histtech #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In "Healthy Scepticism", @caitjan.bsky.social provides a vital new account of medical distrust for our contentious times. Join us to celebrate Caitjan Gainty’s new book on Wed 17 June. 🥳🥂 Registration required via Eventbrite ⬇️ @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social

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Book Launch Party: Healthy Scepticism by Caitjan Gainty

This event marks the publication of Caitjan Gainty’s Healthy Scepticism, a vital new account of medical distrust for our contentious times.

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

TOMORROW: a roundtable on public engagement, history, and the study of STM in history with @caitjan.bsky.social, @davidedgerton.bsky.social and @chrismanias.bsky.social 🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30 📍 Strand Campus #histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Next in our seminar, a roundtable on public engagement, history, and the study of STM in history with @caitjan.bsky.social @davidedgerton.bsky.social and @chrismanias.bsky.social. 🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30 📍 Strand Campus #histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Caitjan Gainty’s Healthy Scepticism will be published this June, and we are hosting a party! 🥳🥂 📌 17 June, 17.00-19.00, Strand Campus, London. Get your tickets via Eventbrite ➡️ Book Launch Party: Healthy Scepticism by @caitjan.bsky.social #histmed #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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Book Launch Party: Healthy Scepticism by Caitjan Gainty

This event marks the publication of Caitjan Gainty’s Healthy Scepticism, a vital new account of medical distrust for our contentious times.

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

TODAY! Francisca Valenzuela, Jason Ng and David Brydan will reflect on globality in the study of HSTM. 🌎 #histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"Constructing the State: Materiality, Imaginaries and the Politics of Chilean Electrification, 1939–43" by PhD student José Soto Vejar and co-author Cecilia Ibarra has been published in Technology and Culture's latest issue. Congrats, José! #histtech #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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Project MUSE - Technology and Culture-Volume 67, Number 2, April 2026

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

In "Human Intelligence", David Brydan traces the idea of intelligence, and the technologies developed to test it, drawing on his original research (Smart: A history of intelligence). sabersenaccio.iec.cat/en/human-int... (Can be read in Spanish and Catalan too!) #histsci #histtech #histmed #histstm

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Human Intelligence - Sabers en acció

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Next in our Seminar Series: Roundtable: Global History and the History of STM / Francisca Valenzuela, Jason Ng & David Brydan 🗓️ Thu 14 May, 15.00-16.30 📍Strand building, King's College London #histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📌 We have a very exciting line-up of events for our seminar series this Summer Term More information in our website: www.kingschostm.com/seminar-series Stay tuned for more details about a book launch party for @caitjan.bsky.social's "Healthy Scepticism", and a Careers Event 👀

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Tom Kelsey's "Why Concorde Failed: Political Economy and the Limits of Techno-Nationalism" is out in T&C's latest issue! Congrats @tomkelsey.bsky.social In the 🧵below Tom explains the key insights. An earlier version of the article was awarded SHOT's Levinson Prize in 2023. #histtech #histstm

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A new review of @caitjan.bsky.social's book "The Product of Medicine: How Efficiency Made American Health Care", by Kirsten E. Gardner, is available in Technology and Culture's latest issue. Give it a read here ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... @kingshistory.bsky.social #histmed #histstm

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Many thanks to Sarah Limb and all attendants for a stimulating discussion last Wednesday on Sarah's paper! Next Thursday 14, we'll have a roundtable on global history and histories of STM! Stay tuned 👀

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Tom Kelsey's article "The Limits of Economic Liberalism under Thatcher" is now available to read in Contemporary European History (open access!). Congratulations @tomkelsey.bsky.social ! More about the argument and key findings in Tom's 🧵 below. @kingshistory.bsky.social

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

University of Pittsburgh Press are having a sale for this month, so you can pick up a copy of my book, The Age of Mammals, for a standard hardback price of $42 (rather than the usual more academic price of $70) Link here, and code is 29INT40 : upittpress.org/books/978082... #FossilFriday

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The Age of Mammals - University of Pittsburgh Press

|9780822947806|International Paleontology in the Long Nineteenth Century|When people today hear “paleontology,” they immediately think of dinosaurs. But for much of the history of the discipline, dram...

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Riccardo Ferrigato @riccardoferrigato.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It's a pleasure, an honor, and a great deal of fun to be at King's #CHoSTM as a visiting doctoral student. Here, when I'm not busy researching Victorian documents in the London archives, from February to July 2026. Thanks, of course, to #USI – Università della Svizzera Italiana for this opportunity!

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We are back and ready for Term 3! Sarah Limb (KCL), Medicine, Engineering, and Empire: Colonial and Commonwealth Students at King’s College London, 1920-1970 🗓️ Wed 29 April, 15.00-16.00 📍Room S8.08, Strand building More about our events in our website ➡️ www.kingschostm.com/seminar-series

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

In Tübingen this week, and encountered some fossil agglomerations, and long-necked and toothy beasts, in the university palaeontology collections

Photograph of a view up a concrete staircase with black metal cannisters, at the top of which is a huge agglomeration of fossil ammonites

A museum display of two mounted Plateosaurus (bipedal long-knecked dinosaurs), with more fossil bones at their feet. In the background are two paintings of the animals in life

A side in view of a big Liopleurodon skeleton in a museum- a skeleton of a marine reptile, with lomg jaws with sharp teeth and big flippers

A face on view of a Gorgonopsid skeleton, with open jaws showing its big teeth

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A connection I hadn't realized before - palaeontologist Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909), best known for his work on pterosaurs and dinosaurs, was the cousin of the imperial historian John Robert Seeley (1834-1895), author of 'The Expansion of England' Also struck by the resemblance!

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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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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

TODAY! To close this term's seminar series, we will have PhD researcher Jieluan Huang to discuss her paper 'Medical Diasporas: Chinese Medicine in London and a Family Case Study.' #histmed #histsci #histtech #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

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