Amanda Rees
@amandarees.bsky.social
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 www.eclasproject.org/new-book-sci... #scienceandfaith #histsci #AI #GM #spaceflight #eclas
NEW BOOK ‘SCIENCE, RELIGION AND THE HUMAN FUTURE’ – ECLAS
A new book by the ECLAS team offers fresh insights into the conflict narrative and its impact on science communication.
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Historians of the Human Sciences! Early Career Prize now open for entrants - see below for details #hstm
Felicity Callard@felicitycallard.bsky.social · 10mo agoHistory of the Human Sciences announces its 2025-26 ECR Prize. All details (including previous winners) on our para-site histhum.com. Deadline: 30 January 2026. Also! Follow the journal on Bluesky at @histhum.bsky.social www.histhum.com/early-career...
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
S5 E11 - Steven Shapin on the Social Life of Scientific Knowledge
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 19/10/2025 · 50m
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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.
Alexander C.T. Geppert@actgeppert.bsky.social · 11mo agoIt was such a pleasure to have you among the contributors, Asif. Here is the special issue 'Rocket Stars: Astrocultural Genealogies in the Global Space Age,' a special issue of the British Journal for the History of Science: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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.
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...
Fertile Ground: Collaborations in Art and Ecology
This PAX Talk will explore the work of artists and scientists who bridge the gap between science, art and activism.
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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!
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The British Journal for the History of Science - Dr Amanda Rees
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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. 🗃️ & ✊🗃️ go.bsky.app/Bb57VmV
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Why should scientists listen to 'ordinary' people? And what do angels have to do with it? Check out today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - with ADDED RADIOACTIVITY!
ECLAS Project@eclasproject.bsky.social · 2y agoShepherds, Sellafield, and citizen science: today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith has a bit of everything! It asks, how can the voices of those on the margins of society be included in scientific research? eclas.shorthandstories.com/advent/the-s...
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...
November Giveaway: Solarpunk Starter Pack
Collections of Short Solarpunk Stories to Get You Through the Month
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Why should scientists listen to 'ordinary' people? And what do angels have to do with it? Check out today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith - with ADDED RADIOACTIVITY!
ECLAS Project@eclasproject.bsky.social · 2y agoShepherds, Sellafield, and citizen science: today's #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith has a bit of everything! It asks, how can the voices of those on the margins of society be included in scientific research? eclas.shorthandstories.com/advent/the-s...
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!!!!
Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History at Lancaster University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History on jobs.ac.uk!
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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
So pleased to have been involved with the publication of this award-winning article! Many congratulations both! #HistSci #EarlyModern #HSTM
Dr Xinyi Wen@drxinyiwen.bsky.social · 2y agoLast week, when the BJHS article by @cberiksen.bsky.social and I received the Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize at HSS Mérida, I wrote a 🧵 on X sharing our research process. Now I'll redo it on BlueSky, this time with more images of our archival sources: 🗃️ #HistSci #EarlyModern
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. www.penguin.co.uk/books/405735...
The Music Instinct
Why have all human cultures - today and throughout history - made music? Why does music excite such rich emotion? How do we make sense of musical sound? These are questions that have, until recently...
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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-...
Why I have resigned from the Royal Society
The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...
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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!
ECLAS Project@eclasproject.bsky.social · 2y agoOne of our ongoing research projects is #StoriesOfScienceAndFaith, vignettes from history which show how science and Christianity can work together. Today we launch our new Advent series, six stories which offer a fresh perspective in the lead up to Christmas. www.eclasproject.org/new-narrativ...
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 go.bsky.app/EcGGYJw
Looking for your SKAT colleagues on here? Check out our SKAT Starter Pack. Featuring sociologists of science, knowledge, and technology broadly defined. go.bsky.app/UFYjuhM
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!
The ECLAS project is launching our new #ScienceFaithStories project today - here's our first story on how #science #faith #science and #technology work together in past and present. Let us know what you think!
Calculating Easter
How do you identify the unique resurrection moment in time?
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Eda, Hooty and King say ‘Merry Christmas from the Boiling Isles! Also, never trust a man in casual drapery’ #OwlHouse #Gingerbread @irmorus.bsky.social
My Opinion piece in @financialtimes.com outlines my argument that the Ministry of Justice proposals on digitising and destroying public wills are foolhardy& short-sighted, misjudging the state of digital preservation & the importance of material evidence. on.ft.com/3TGeJCV
Destroying historical wills is foolhardy and short-sighted
The MoJ’s consultation on digitising these documents fails to consider crucial points
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