@amandarees
Historian of science working on histories of the future, the nature of human/animal relationships, and relationships between science and religion, as well as histories of the field sciences. Will witter on about SF at the drop of a warp drive. Cymraes.
Ever wondered what impact the #science #religion conflict myth has on #scicomms ? New book out now with Oxford University Press - inspired by our beloved #TomMcLeish
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#scienceandfaith #histsci #AI #GM #spaceflight #eclas
Historians of the Human Sciences! Early Career Prize now open for entrants - see below for details #hstm
This week we welcome Prof. Steven Shapin to the pod!🎙️
We explore his journey through interdisciplinary spaces, revisit Leviathan and the Air-Pump 40 years on, and explore how credibility, trust and expertise are shaped by the fragmentation of expertise and (recent) political & cultural challenges
Ta! Charlotte found it (what would I do without that woman!!) - Tom had a special feeling for the book of Job and its engagement with science.
SCIENCE RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE (Oxford UP) available Jan 16! So grateful to fabulous co-authors Charlotte Sleigh & David Wilkinson who stepped up after the dreadful loss of Tom McLeish (plus new jobs for other authors): book would not be here without them! @eclasproject.bsky.social
Heads up for this excellent special issue of BJHS edited by @actgeppert.bsky.social . Insightful contributions on the cultural construction of 'founding fathers,' 'prophets,' etc. of the space age, taking a very global approach w/ works on Clarke, Sarabhai, Qian Xuesen, etc. I have a small epilogue.
I'm pleased to share the news that I have recently begun a term as co-editor of the British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS), working together with the now editor-in-chief, the brilliant Amanda Rees @amandarees.bsky.social.
#IsaacAsimov's 'Sally' (1953) - about a retirement farm for autonomous cars with positronic brains. Unusual in that the Three Laws do not apply
Suddenly mad that we'll never get a Discworld book in which the wizards invent something like Large Language Monsters that eat everyone's stuff before regurgitating it, and Vimes arrests them all for being bloody stupid
We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY
Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians
Online talk on #art and #ecology on Thursday December 5 by a wonderful curator who spent many years at Wave Hill—so she knows her plant matter and the broader nature/culture systems in which they exist. She certainly knows art! www.eventbrite.com/e/fertile-gr...
Great news! In 2025, the British Journal for the History of Science will move to a Research Open publication model. From 13 August 2025, all research articles will be open-access - reaching more readers and free access to the newest research in HistSTEAM!
Looking for radical histories on Bluesky?
We've made a Starter Pack of people & organisations who stretch our idea of what history is, who it is made by & what it is for.
Please share and let us know if you'd like to be added.
🗃️ & ✊🗃️
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If you're looking for an excellent holiday gift, why not try this???
Why should scientists listen to 'ordinary' people? And what do angels have to do with it? Check out today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - with ADDED RADIOACTIVITY!
It's the last day to enter this Solarpunk Giveway! It includes:
- My collection Different Kinds of Defiance
- @susankayequinn.bsky.social's Halfway to Better
- Metaphorosis, by @gristnews.bsky.social
- Solarpunk Creatures, by World Weaver Press
brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/november-g...
Why should scientists listen to 'ordinary' people? And what do angels have to do with it? Check out today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - with ADDED RADIOACTIVITY!
The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now up on jobs.ac.uk - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/r...
Please spread the word!!!!
With the world turning away from diversity we need public anthropology more than ever. I’ve decided to do my bit to share what we know about cultures of reproduction & why they matter for human evolution. PEOPLE LIKE US coming in 2027 🙏🏻 @zcosini.bsky.social
(that was meant for the plausible charlatans line. Not the author of the post. Whose prose style obvs. rivals Milton's, any day of the week....)
"Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour!"
When is this thread going to become a book?
So pleased to have been involved with the publication of this award-winning article! Many congratulations both! #HistSci #EarlyModern #HSTM
The Music Instinct is about why we make and love music, how our brains make sense of it, how composers and performers engage the emotions, and why music is IMO one of the most profound products of the human mind.
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Thanks @deevybee.bsky.social for looking at Elon Musk's record through the lens of ethical conduct in research. Having him in the @royalsociety.bsky.social Fellowship reflects really poorly on the organization IMO and I'm glad Fellows are speaking up. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...
In the run up to Advent, see our #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - dealing with #IVF, #CitizenScience #ReproductiveHealth, different ways of #stargazing, #BigData and, of course, Michael Faraday and the candle!
We're approaching 100 historians/organisations in the maritime historians starter park 🥳 It's wonderful to see maritime history being so well represented here!
If you would like to be added, just let me know below 👇
#MaritimeHistory
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Looking for your SKAT colleagues on here? Check out our SKAT Starter Pack. Featuring sociologists of science, knowledge, and technology broadly defined.
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I’m co-organising, with Cathy Lucas and Simon Werrett of @stsucl, an ‘Experimental History of Science Workshop’ to take place in April 2025
Think about entirely new ways of doing #histsci Let your imagination go wild!