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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We had a blast at our Schematizing the Observer workshop. www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
We are super happy to be in Venice as part of the event "Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Data in Microbiome Research and Post genomics". Warm and sunny day with exciting talks and lovely colleagues
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New paper by Abigail Nieves Delgado and colleagues on the philosophy of microbiome science
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A call for artists to collaborate with our consortium on emergence (in cosmology) www.d-iep.org/artsciencefe...
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ART+SCIENCE FELLOWSHIPS | DIEP
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We are starting! Diversity in Motion with @roto-rub.bsky.social join us also online! #philbio #hps 🦠🌿🦫🪴
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Congrats to Abigail, Aline and Elian!
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Just starting! The workshop "Postgenomic Intersections: Epistemology and Ethical for the Exposome and Microbiome" with @stefanocanali.bsky.social and Thomas Bonnin @Politecnico di Milano. Check the program here: www.meta.polimi.it/workshop-pos...
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Robert-Jan Wille @rbwille.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
In the middle of a wonderful meeting between staff members of @manchstm.bsky.social and @utrechthps.bsky.social, lead by @ctimmermann.bsky.social and Toine Pieters!
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Another year, another Utrecht HPS group photo (credit: Harold van de Kamp)
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Happening this Wednesday
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The recording of the UPAC colloquium speaker session on December 2nd, in which Marta Pedroni (University of Geneva) gave a talk titled "Singularity Resolution in Loop Quantum Gravity", has just been uploaded! youtu.be/noh_rdUSRh4?...
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UPAC Colloquium December 2025 - Singularity Resolution in Loop Quantum Gravity
YouTube video by Utrecht Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Beautifully illustrated science communication piece on black hole imaging, by Peter Galison et al. (Best viewed on a laptop/tablet.) planetaryvision.antikythera.org
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Planetary Vision
The Event Horizon Telescope: It took a planet to see a black hole.
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Open access collected volume on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter to appear in the summer of 2027 with Cambridge University Press www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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COSMO-MASTER
Page for the output from the Cosmo-Master project.
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Prof Chris Smeenk (Western Uni, London Ontario) will be giving the 2025 Beth Lecture, presenting his upcoming book with @jamesowenweatherall.com on the aim and structure of cosmological theory. 10 Dec 2025, Academiegebouw Utrecht, 19:30-21:00, followed by reception. hpp-nl.nl/events/beth2...
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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Ik heb afgelopen paar jaar veel verbreding gevonden in onderwijs. Bij @utrechthps.bsky.social kon ik tussen 2022 en 2024 twee jaar werken aan onderwijs over de geschiedenis en filosofie van de Aard- en klimaatwetenschappen, waarmee mijn proefschrift een hele brede context kreeg. 1/
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Beth Lecture 2025 by Prof Chris Smeenk, on closing the loop on inflation hpp-nl.nl/events/beth2...
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
New preprint on dark matter epistemology, by Niels Martens
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Cool stuff happening tomorrow! And you can even join online
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Join this proposal for an exciting collected volume with CUP. All open access fees would be covered.
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
HPS researchers Diana Taschetto and Stefano Furlan discuss Bohr, Wheeler, and the history of quantum mechanics at the Descartes Colloquium tomorrow (23 Sept 2025, 15h30-17h00). For more information, visit: www.uu.nl/en/events/de...
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Descartes Centre Colloquium with Diana Taschetto and Stefano Furlan (UU)
In this colloquium the speakers will highlight his work on the atomic model during the 1910s, and from that vantage point show how we can better characterize and understand the turn that led him to co...
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The final day of the Utrecht Philosophy of Astronomy and Cosmology Conference is upon us
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
What can philosophy do for astronomy and cosmology, and vice versa? Panel happening right now in Utrecht www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Ruward Mulder summarising the divide of responses to Reichenbach on universal forces
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
And so it begins. The Spacetime Matters conference in Utrecht www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
On the 12th of September we'll be traveling up north for a dose of history and philosophy of physics: hpp-nl.nl/6th-hpp-nl-w...
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6th HPP-NL Workshop (Groningen)
The 6th History and Philosophy of Physics in the Netherlands workshop will take place in Groningen on 12th September, from 13:00-17:40 followed by dinner at 18:00. The location of the workshop will be...
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Looking for some fun and short reads for over the holiday? Why not follow @shellsandpebbles.bsky.social on Bluesky, our long-running blog on interesting finds in the history of science!
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happening in Utrecht
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Final call for registration: conference on the conceptual distinction between spacetime and matter Registration deadline: 10th of July www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Yet another inspiring New Directions in Foundations of Physics conference concluded. For the second time in the gorgeous Logar Valley, Slovenia
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Exciting workshop coming up in South Africa, co-organised by our "Microbiome research and race in the Local South" team
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Exciting days with awesome colleagues 💕🌱🐬 #PhilSci @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Such fun and intense two days at the Spring School "Forms of Knowledge and Values in Science and Society" @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @utrechthps.bsky.social
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The topic of this monday's Nijmegen Science Cafe will be Dark Matter, with Flavia Dias, Bas Zoutendijk & Niels Martens @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social www.sciencecafenijmegen.nl/actueel/2025...
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Dark Matter
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Foundations of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Conference happening in Utrecht in September
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Ivan Boldyrev @ivanboldyrev.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Happy and proud to announce that the 17th History of Recent Economics Conference will happen at Radboud University, 23-24 October 2025! hisreco.wordpress.com/2023/06/21/c...
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We are so happy to have @luciacneco.bsky.social with us at the HPS program @utrechthps.bsky.social Today presenting "Rethinking Race in Microbiome Research: A Social Systems Approach" at the Descartes Colloquium @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #hps #philbio 🐋🌱
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Today we strike against the budget cuts to Dutch education🌱🐳 #hps
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
PhD position in philosophy of quantum cosmology (Amsterdam)
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Should we move beyond viewing space(time) as a container, and matter as that what's inside the container? Come find out at our Spacetime Matters conference. www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
For the next UPAC colloquium speaker session (04 Mar 2025, 15h30-17h00), we will be hosting Jonathan Fay (University of Bristol), who will give a talk on Historical proposals for a Machian unification of gravity and inertia. For more information, visit: www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Today in our course on the philosophy of space and time: subsystems with opposite arrows of time interacting; does a lone champagne bottle in an empty universe pop or unpop?; and Ken Wharton's tragic scifi love story on retrocausation www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6rV...
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Entropic Time (Backwards Billy Joel Parody) | A Capella Science
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Microbiome research and race in the 'Local South' @localmicrobes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Hello! I am Elian Schure, happy to be part of the Microbiome research and race in the ‘Local South’ project! #hpbio #philbio I am especially interested in the interaction between colonialism and the life sciences 🪴 Outside of work, I run two book clubs and like picnicking in the park! 🌳
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Mega conference alert! Two back-to-back conferences happening in Utrecht, 1) Spacetime Matters, and 2) the Utrecht Philosophy of Astronomy and Cosmology Conference @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social, straight after #EPSA Groningen www.uu.nl/en/research/... www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Spacetime Matters Conference
Information about the Spacetime Matters conference.
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
The next installment of the History & Philosophy of Physics in the Netherlands workshop series will be organised by our neighbours in Amsterdam hpp-nl.nl/events/5th-h...
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5th HPP-NL workshop - History and Philosophy of Physics in the Netherlands
The 5th meeting of the History and Philosophy of Physics community in the Netherlands (HPP-NL) will be held in Amsterdam on Wednesday, 7 May 2025.  This workshop will feature an international keynote ...
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EU Philosophy of Astronomy & Cosmology @eu-phil-cosmo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We are excited to announce that four of the recordings of the 2024 UPAC workshop on the Philosophy of Black Holes are now live on the UPAC YouTube channel! Check them out, and stay tuned for other colloquia coming soon!
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The registration lines for the Master’s Open Day at Utrecht University just opened! On Friday 7 February more than 150 programmes will give a presentation! Register in the following link: start.uu.nl/form/registr...
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Master’s Open Day 7 februari 2025 - Universiteit Utrecht
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
A new paper from Luca Forgiarini titled “Unstable Bonds: CERN’s Relations with Its Peripheral Member States, 1950s–1960s” has been published in the JEIH Journal of European Integration History. nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/0947...
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JEIH Journal of European Integration History - Nomos eLibrary
The purpose of The Journal of European Integration History is to encourage the analysis and understanding of different aspects of European integration, es…
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Echoing Hilbert, James Read is settling for once and for all what the 23 most important problems in philosophy of physics are #rcnp2025
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Looking forward to figuring out next Monday whether dark energy is a constant of nature, a form of matter, a modification of gravity/ spacetime, or all at the same time
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Utrecht History & Philosophy of Science @utrechthps.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
History and philosophy of physics is flourishing in the Netherlands 🇳🇱🤎 hpp-nl.nl
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