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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Like many scholarly commissions, SCIEMP depends heavily on the voluntary work of its members. The structure may be complicated, but the goal is simple: connect people and promote critical research on the histories of science and empire. Join us: scienceandempire.com #ScienceAndEmpire
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SCIEMP - Science and Empire Commission
The Science and Empire Commission (SCIEMP) is a commission of the Division for the History of Science and Technology (DHST / IUHPST) dedicated to promoting, coordinating, and disseminating research on...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🔭 And that’s where SCIEMP comes in. We promote research on the intersections of science, knowledge production and imperial formations through: 📚 workshops & conferences 💻 seminars & collaborations ✉️ our newsletter 🔎 Zotero & digital resources 🌍 international networking
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌐 The ISC connects scientific unions, research councils and other organizations worldwide. 🔬 IUHPST brings together international communities working in the history and philosophy of science and technology. 📚 DHST focuses specifically on the history of science and technology.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
In simplified form: 🌍 UNESCO ↳ 🌐 ISC / international scientific community ↳ 🔬 IUHPST ↳ 📚 DHST ↳ 🔭 SCIEMP Each level has a different role — from international scientific cooperation to specialized research networks.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And IUHPST sits within a wider international system of scientific organizations linked to the International Science Council (ISC). DHST is also connected to the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH), established under UNESCO.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SCIEMP was created in 1997 as a commission of the Division for the History of Science and Technology (DHST). The DHST is one of the two divisions of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST).
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🪆 Do you know what the Science and Empire Commission actually does? The institutional family tree can look a little like a set of academic Matryoshka dolls — so here’s the short version. #ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📖 Recommended from the SCIEMP Zotero library: Jane R. Camerini, “Wallace in the Field,” Osiris 11, Science in the Field (1996), pp. 44–65. A useful reading for thinking about field science and the contributions of local agents to the construction of knowledge. #ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📚 Looking for readings on science and empire? Explore SCIEMP’s shared Zotero library, where we’re building a curated bibliography on the histories of science, technology, medicine, knowledge, and empire. 🔗 www.zotero.org/groups/61773... #ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
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Zotero | Groups > SCIEMP_Bib
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
📣 Early-career historians of science & technology: save the dates! The 2nd DHST Early-Career Scholars Workshop Series runs online from 30 Sept–2 Dec 2026. 6 sessions on archives, museum careers, DH & AI, international collaboration, and more. Register: www.chstm.org/group/early-...
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Early Career Scholars Workshop Series | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📍 Are you in Edinburgh today? Join SCIEMP at the joint ESHS/HSS meeting for our symposium series Science and Empire in the Anthropocene. From 11 am to 5:45 pm we will be at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, room 1.40. Come by and say hello! Full programme @ cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
To apply, send a 300–500 word proposal for a seminar series, including your name, affiliation, and research interests, to scienceandempirecommission@gmail.com by 10 July 2026. Please share widely! 🧵 4/4
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We are appointing 2 people because experience shows that this kind of work runs better when responsibilities are shared. You are very welcome to apply with a colleague or individually. 🧵 3/4
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The main role will be organizing SCIEMP’s new Science and Empire Online Seminar Series, planned to run monthly from October 2026 to June 2027. The selected scholars will also be expected to attend SCIEMP meetings and contribute to other early-career activities. 🧵 2/4
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📣 Reminder: SCIEMP is looking for 2 early career scholars to help lead our Early Career activities. This opportunity is open to PhD students and to scholars within 5 years of defending their PhD. 🧵 1/4 #ScienceAndEmpire #AcademicOpportunities
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📚📣 Online event: II Jornadas de Historia de la Ciencia desde América This open call invites contributions around methods, archives, and collections for thinking about the history of science from and across the Americas. Find out more here @ www.instagram.com/p/DZLd1Ehxix9/ #HistoryOfScience
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📚 Recommended reading from SCIEMP’s June newsletter: Empire, Nation-Building, and the Age of Tropical Medicine, 1885–1960, edited by Mauro Capocci and Daniele Cozzoli. A valuable resource on imperial medicine, colonial health, and global histories of science. Find more @ scienceandempire.com
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SCIEMP - Science and Empire Commission
The Science and Empire Commission (SCIEMP) is a commission of the Division for the History of Science and Technology (DHST / IUHPST) dedicated to promoting, coordinating, and disseminating research on...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
📣 Looking for museum-sector opportunities? The National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian Institution is advertising a Museum Curator position in Washington, DC. 🗓️ Deadline: 29 June More information: trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a06... #Museums #AcademicJobs #HistoryOfScience
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Museum Curator IS-1015-11
Job Opening: Museum Curator IS-1015-11 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Have you subscribed to the Science and Empire newsletter? We’re working on the June edition, which will be released soon. Subscribe to receive it in your inbox as soon as it’s out! Subscribe here: scienceandempire.com/highlights/
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Newsletter - Science and Empire Commission
If you would like to join the Commission’s mailing list and receive our newsletter, please subscribe here: If you are not receiving any information, please send a message to our official email: scienc...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We welcome applications from PhD students and scholars within 5 years of completing their PhDs. 🗓️ Deadline: 9 July 2026 ✉️ Apply by sending a 300–500 word proposal to our e-mail: scienceandempirecommission@gmail.com Please share widely! #ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience #AcademicOpportunities
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
📣 SCIEMP is looking for 2 early career scholars to lead our Early Career activities. They will organize a Science and Empire Online Seminar Series, planned to run monthly from October 2026 to June 2027. The selected scholars will also join monthly SCIEMP meetings and contribute to other activities.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The 16th biennial congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science takes place between 22–25 June at Ohio State University. It promotes research in the history of philosophy of science across all periods. Check the full programme: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Our colleagues from the Commission on Science and Literature are organising a conference! How scientific and narrative literacy intertwine across cultural and historical contexts? It'll take place at Ghent University on 17-19 June. Check the full programme: coscilit2026.prd.ugent.be/en/programme
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Download *The keynotes and the panels that appear in orange are hybrid and will be available for online participants. Panels coloured in blue will be offline and in person.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
SCIEMP has a new logo! And it was chosen with help from our community. Check our profile for a closer look and tell us: what do you think?
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We are excited about the 2026 European Society for the History of Science/History of Science Society Joint Meeting in Edinburgh! SCIEMP is organising four sessions which will happen on Wednesday, July 15, at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. See the full programme at: cdn.ymaws.com/hssonline.or...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Question for the community: What source, object, or archive most changed the way you think about science and empire? A travelogue, map, herbarium sheet, museum catalogue, photograph, letter, or something else? Share what has most surprised you and why. #ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
You can still help SCIEMP choose its new logo! You can vote on the thread below or on Google Forms: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW... Voting ends tomorrow and the new logo - chosen by our community - will be revealed next week. Make your voice heard and cast your vote now!
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New Logo – Science and Empire Commission
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
🗳️ You can now also vote for SCIEMP’s new logo via Google Forms! Please help us choose our new logo by casting your vote here: forms.gle/iuDGLFzm3VkW... We’d love to hear from our community. Thank you for helping us choose SCIEMP’s new visual identity. Voting will only be open until Friday.
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New Logo – Science and Empire Commission
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Option 3️⃣ Like this post to vote for Logo 3. Mixed lettering using geometrical and serif typeface to introduce the idea of a digital glitch or an on-going transformation process.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Option 2️⃣ Like this post to vote for Logo 2. Same as before but with deep blue and acqua. Do you like this option better than the green one?
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Option 1️⃣ Like this post to vote for Logo 1. Designed to be heavy and bold with sharp curves and angles. The colours are close to those we originally had.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
🗳️ We need your help! SCIEMP is choosing a new logo, and we’d love to hear what our community thinks. In the next posts of this thread, we’ll share three options. To vote, simply like the post with your favourite logo. Feel free to reply too as we’d love to know why you chose it.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
📣 Call for proposals: the Journal for the History of Knowledge is accepting proposals for its 2028 special issue. They should include a description of the theme, article abstracts, CVs and bios. 🗓️ Deadline for proposals: 1 May 2026 💻 More info @ journalhistoryknowledge.org/announcement...
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Call for Proposals - Special Issue 2028 | Journal for the History of Knowledge
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
🖋️📜 How are your paleography skills? The U.S. National Archives is looking for online volunteers to help transcribe and tag handwritten historical documents. A great reminder that archives are also built through public collaboration. More info @ www.archives.gov/citizen-arch...
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Citizen Archivist
One day all of our records will be online. You can help make it happen. You can become a citizen archivist — just click one of the options below to get started. You Can Tag It! Add tags to images...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Today we highlight Education and Progress: The Escuela de Ingenieros and Engineers’ Training in Peru (1911–1930) by Nashely Villcas. In this, she explores how technical education in early 20th-century Peru became a space of negotiation between empire and nation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Education and Progress: The Escuela de Ingenieros and Engineers’ Training in Peru (1911–1930)
During the first half of the twentieth century, engineers consolidated themselves as members of an early elite of technical professionals.To achieve this status, these professionals deployed a seri...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📖Have you checked the book review section of the latest issue of the British Journal for the History of Science? It's a good place to start if you're looking for the next addition to your library.
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
📣 Looking forward to the 20th National Seminar on the History of Science and Technology organized by the Brazilian Society for the History of Science in July in Brazil. You can still enroll in minicourses. More info @ www.20snhct.sbhc.org.br/site/capa #HistoryOfScience #HistoryOfTechnology #Brazil
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20º Seminário Nacional de História da Ciência e da Tecnologia
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
📖 How about we begin the week reading something from SCIEMP's public Zotero library? On this paper, Fa-ti Fan discusses the concepts of cultural borderlands and scientific imperialism, and how they can be used in the analysis of cross-cultural encounters in field sciences. doi.org/10.1215/s122...
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Science in Cultural Borderlands: Methodological Reflections on the Study of Science, European Imperialism, and Cultural Encounter
This article examines the methodological issues arising from the study of science and European imperialism. Drawing upon recent scholarship in a variety of fields, it argues for a combination of th...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
📣Open call: Forum on the Conceptual History of Technology The Journal of the History of Ideas Blog is seeking essays that discuss the concept of technology, intersecting intellectual history and the history of technology. Calls are open until 7 May More info @ www.jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/c...
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Call for Submissions: Forum on the Conceptual History of Technology
by Zac Endter and Jonas Knatz
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Let's see if the link works this time: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Can you access it now?
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The Museum Issue
The Museum Issue
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
📣 Call for papers: Public Humanities (Cambridge) is organising a special Museum Issue. They invite reflections on museums as sites where research, public culture, material objects, politics, ethics, and theory meet. 🗓️ Deadline: 1 June 2026 More information at www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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About this journal
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
⏳ The call is open until 31 August 2026. If you work on the material or visual history of science, technology, or medicine, this is one to keep on your radar 👀 More information: www.societastoriadellascienza.it/index.php/it... #CallForPapers #Prize 🧵 4/4
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2026 Nuncius Prize. Announcing the 3rd Nuncius Essay Award
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
🏆 The winner of the 2026 Nuncius Prize will receive: 💶 €500 cash prize 🌐 Open-access publication in Nuncius There will also be 3 honourable mentions, each receiving €100 in Brill book tokens. 🧵 3/4 #EarlyCareerResearch #AcademicOpportunities
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Published by Brill under the Museo Galileo in Florence, Nuncius is an international journal devoted to the material and visual culture of science — from instruments and collections to images, experimental settings, and the relations between science and art. 🧵 2/4 #HistoryOfScience #MaterialCulture
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
📣 Opportunity for graduate students and early career scholars! The 2026 Nuncius Essay Award is now open for submissions. The prize recognises the best original essay on the material and visual history of science, technology, and medicine. Want to know more? 👇 #ScienceAndEmpire #HistoryOfScience
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🎓 Need funding for dissertation research travel? The History of Science Society is offering individual grants of up to US$2,500 for graduate student members to work in archives, laboratories, and field sites. You can apply until March 31 - there's still time! hssonline.org/general/cust...
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Dissertation Travel Grant Application - History of Science Society
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
🗣️💬 Let's get a conversation started: if you were introducing a student to the history of science and empire with just one text, what would you choose? We'll begin highlighting our secretary Daniel Gamito-Marques's own Science for Competition among Powers: doi.org/10.1002/bewi... #ScienceAndEmpire
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Science for Competition among Powers: Geographical Knowledge, Colonial‐Diplomatic Networks, and the Scramble for Africa**
Historical studies on the relationship between science and diplomacy tend to focus on events since World War II and on initiatives for the maintenance of peace or to achieve cooperation over contenti....
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Did you know SCIEMP has a newsletter? 📰✉️ By subscribing you will receive news on calls for papers, conferences, fellowships, jobs, and prizes. We also have a special section called microblogs where members share their latest publications with the community. Join @ scienceandempire.com/highlights/
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Newsletter - Science and Empire Commission
If you would like to join the Commission’s mailing list and receive our newsletter, please subscribe here: If you are not receiving any information, please send a message to our official email: scienc...
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We'll be looking forward to seeing you there! 😀 And soon we'll post more information on our four panels here
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Science and Empire Commission @sciemp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📣 In the coming weeks we'll give more information about the conference, so stay tuned and follow for updates! 👀 🧵 4/4
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