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Silvia Pérez-Criado

@silviaperezcriado.bsky.social
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Historian of science, technology, medicine, and environmental history, with a focus on pesticides and toxic substances Postdoctoral Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Secretary Division on the History of Chemistry

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#CfA: Summer Academies "Science Imagines Its Future" (Berlin, June 2027 and 2028) for early career researchers. Organized by Lorraine Daston, Erika Milam, and David Kaiser. 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 1, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/ntc64jvu #HistSci #STS #Balzan
An array of parabolic radio-telescope dishes on an observatory pad aimed at a vibrant Milky Way band stretching across the night sky.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Join us at this year’s @eshhs.bsky.social/HSS Joint Meeting! We'll be hosting an exhibition stand, and several scholars are organizing panels, chairing sessions, and presenting their research. 📍 Edinburgh, Scotland 📆 Jul 12-16, 2026 🔗 buff.ly/2GvcFc9 #HistSci #HistSTM #ESHS-HSS
View over Edinburgh cityscape with the Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground on a hill. Photo by KBielinski
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
"No AI" fast becoming the "pesticides and additives-free" of our digital universe.
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Matheus Duarte @alvesduarte.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)" Department of Global Health and Social Medicine King's College 3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29 Deadline: 01/02/26 shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
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Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is worth watching. It reminds me of the claim that DDT was "so safe you could drink it." Yet another example of industry recycling refuted claims. @kaurov.org @michaelscherer.bsky.social @davidho.bsky.social > www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw... >
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Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe To Drink, Freaks Out When Offered A Glass
YouTube video by Panteralandia
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Speak4Nature @speak4nature.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New #Speak4Nature essay by 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡, director of the Rachel Carson Center. Originally published in 2024, this Spanish-language article tells the story of Rachel Carson's ground-breaking 1962 book. Read it here for free: www.fuhem.es/wp-content/u... #EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson
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Sarah Lang @sarahalang.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Worried about the environmental impact of using #LLMs in ( #DH ) research, but not sure where to start? I got you covered! We reviewed the research & ran a #DigitalHumanities case study with carbon reporting, sharing all the tools, code & info: doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... ( #DHd #GreeningDH)
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Quantifying the Environmental Footprint of Curating Datasets with LLMs
This study evaluates the environmental trade-offs of using large language models to curate cross-collection oral-history datasets in the Commoning Oral Histories of Knowledge (CORAL) project. Manual s...
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Silvia Pérez-Criado @silviaperezcriado.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
El plazo para enviar vuestros abstracts a las jornadas CIMETEC termina el *20 de diciembre*. Animáos a participar! Serán unas jornadas estupendas para conocernos y fortalecer nuestra comunidad! Más información aquí: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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Silvia Pérez-Criado @silviaperezcriado.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Me hace mucha ilusión anunciar que ya podéis enviar vuestras propuestas para las Jornadas CIMETEC. Abiertas a estudiantes de máster, doctorado e investigadores posdoctorales (hasta 3 años post defensa de tesis). ✨ Animaos a participar ✨
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Proof that climate change is real and horrible: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time after record heat
Previously the country was one of the world's only mosquito-free zones.
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Charlotte Abney @abney.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Absolutely delighted to announce that applications are now open for our 26-27 postdoc, dissertation, distinguished, and short-term fellowships at @sciencehistory.org! 📚 🎉 Details and application info on our website; questions welcome here! www.sciencehistory.org/about/news/a...
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Applications for 2026–2027 Beckman Center Fellowships Now Open
Researchers can apply by January 15 for various long- and short-term programs, including two-year curatorial fellowships.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Three new funded #DoctoralPositions in the International Max Planck School "Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities!" 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2026 🔗 bit.ly/4peeKez #HistSci #DH #STS #HistSTM #EnvHum #PolSci #SocSci
Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows bookshelves in the institute's library (Photo by Vivienne Rischke, 2024). The third image shows the MPIWG Summer Publications Slam held in the institute's library (Photo by Marvin Müller (2024).
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