We'll take a little break from our summer break for a short reminder: Check out the cfp of the conference Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences that we'll organize in November: philevents.org/event/show/1.... The deadline for abstracts is August 31.

Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences

Call for Papers: Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences The University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, 27-29 November 2026 Confirmed keynote speakers (alpha...

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De ontdekking van de zomer van 1932: 15 km boven ons hoofd is het wonderschoon en volledig bladstil vrtnws.be/p.WkXVBK9Rp?t=178... @vrtnws.be

De ontdekking van de zomer van 1932: 15 km boven ons hoofd is het wonderschoon en volledig bladstil

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Last week for this expo at the Royal Palace of Brussels! More information: royal.belspo.be.

Today we commemorate another year since the passing of Bernard Stiegler, one of the most original voices in contemporary philosophy of technology. Listen here to a podcast by Stiegler about his life and philosophy: www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Bernard Stiegler, la philosophie et la vie : un podcast à écouter en ligne

Philosophe dont l'esprit s'est construit en dehors du parcours académique entre le PCF, le jazz, la littérature et la prison, Bernard Stiegler est mort jeudi 6 août 2020.

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We'd like to highlight the podcast 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘶̈𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘰̈𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘭, produced by the Environmental Affairs Office of the LMU Munich Student Council, especially their recently released episode, "The Rachel Carson Center—Research Focused on Humans and Their Environment!" #RCC #Podcast #LMU #Research #Environment

The "Visualization of the Heavens" database has launched to the public 🌌 The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j #HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum

🚨 Planète Belgique, épisode 4 : La Belgique, pays des dinosaures 🚨 👉 Lisez le longread et découvrez les affiches uniques : www.naturalsciences.be/r/planetebelgique #géologie #paléontologie #naturalsciencesbelgium

Dept. "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" is looking to hire a Graduate Assistant to support: 🖍️ copy-editing English-language academic texts 🗂️ maintaining reference databases 📚 researching and summarizing literature 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 21, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3 #HistSci #STS

Interesse in medisch erfgoed? TOON is nog steeds op zoek naar een medewerker welzijnsgericht erfgoedwerk. Deadline voor de vacature is 24 augustus. Meer informatie op toon.vlaanderen/item/136191#....

the other editors can't make it so it'll be just me but I'll try and adequately perform some magnetism for y'all next week

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Anyone in London on 22 July, why not join us @treadwells-books.bsky.social for a soirée about 'performing magnetism'? www.treadwells-london.com/events-1/mag...

✒️ 𝗗𝗲 𝘇𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗸𝗮𝘀𝘁 ☀️ Deze zomer trekken we onze eigen archiefkasten wijd open! Met vandaag: een blog uit 2019, die nog steeds verrassend actueel is. In de blog bestudeerde Eva Andersen namelijk hoe artsen in de 19e eeuw waarschuwden voor de zon. 🕶️ ▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/zonnig-en-gek/

Career opportunity at the Centre Leo Apostel (VUB)! Subject: 1 Full-Time PhD Position on Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Anti-Mathematicism and Anti-Abstractionism Deadline: 15 September

Why is doing a PhD hot? How do you stay alive in the ebb and flow of PhD life? How much coffee is too much coffee? And what do ladybirds have to do with it? The editors wrote an end-of-year post to give you some insights into our personal lives! www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/07/06/a...

A Day in the Life of a PhD Candidate

Three academic years ago, a rag tag team of PhD Candidates took up the task of resurrecting Shells & Pebbles. Since then, several have completed their PhDs and graduated to new pursuits, or hav…

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We're going on a summer break. Have a relaxed and not too hot summer! But while we’re still at it, check out the call for papers for our conference Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences: philevents.org/event/show/1....

Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences

Call for Papers: Learning from History: The Philosophies of Historiography and the Historical Sciences The University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, 27-29 November 2026 Confirmed keynote speakers (alpha...

philevents.org

Finally have the time to put the video's of the Liebig-replications on my YouTube channel. The description of this video contains some more information about the experiment and the set-up (and what exactly you're seeing in the video). youtube.com/shorts/71K1W...

Liebig analysis of organic compounds: replication

YouTube video by Beck In The Lab

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#OTD in 1517, physician and botanist Rembert Dodoens was born in Mechelen, Habsburg Netherlands. In 1554 his herbal ‘Cruydeboeck’ was published, which at the time would become the most translated book after the Bible

Podcast alert! 'Contagions' is a documentary podcast series exploring the major epidemics that have shaped human history. Through historical accounts, scientific discoveries, and expert insights, the series sheds light on our relationship with fear, science, health, and mortality.

How would you visualise the trains between Utrecht and Amsterdam? And the number of people being born in the Netherlands? Our own Marieke Gelderblom exhibits five graphs showing how this was done in the past! Enjoy our statistical visualisation exhibition: www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/06/08/m...

Mini-tentoonstelling historische statistische visualisatie

Dit artikel is een mini-tentoonstelling van vijf Nederlandse historische statistische diagrammen. Dergelijke afbeeldingen zijn tegenwoordig niet meer weg te denken uit ons alledaags leven; het ‘kij…

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The 2026 #HOPOS conference is underway! Hosted by The Ohio State University. A full roster of talks begins today with sessions on logical empiricism, Aristotle, the life sciences, sociology, and neo-Kantianism. Download the full program here: hopos2026.dryfta.com/81-program

Program Booklet

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Our second podcast featuring Bart Lambert is a treat especially for our French‑speaking followers🎧—but it’s just as fascinating for anyone interested in the historical impact of pandemics!

An afternoon of discussions at the Royal Academy on the history of the book in Belgium, marking the release of the latest issue of "Le livre & l’estampe"! In partnership with the Royal Society of Bibliophiles and Iconophiles of Belgium and the FNRS Contact Group “Rare and Precious Documents”.

Hoe werden Belgische kunststeden als Gent afgebeeld op toeristische postkaarten? Welke elementen kregen aandacht? Elias Geysen dook in de historische verzameling van de KU Leuven, en kreeg zo inzicht in hoe steden zichzelf aan de buitenwereld presenteerden. ▶️ cultuurgeschiedenis.be/citygoals-av...

Een nieuwe Wonderkamer is altijd feest ten huize Bestor! In editie 13 alweer lees je meer over alles wat mis kan gaan in de wetenschap, over pech, mislukkingen en bijgeloof. Maar je leert vooral veel bij over de waarde van die fouten en vergissingen.

A belated happy anniversary to the Royal Observatory of Belgium! Be sure to visit the brand-new website dedicated entirely to its 200th anniversary. There you will find all the information about upcoming activities and celebrations: 200year.observatory.be/en-gb/home2.

There are twelve days left to submit a proposal to the JHI’s fall graduate symposium. You can find the call and recommended reading here: www.jhiblog.org/2026/05/07/j...

Interested in Alberic of Paris—one of the 12th century’s leading philosophers, a rival of Peter Abelard & best known for showing that Abelard’s #logic was inconsistent? Then you are in for a treat: see the recent SEP entry by Heine Hansen & Boaz Schuman 👇 plato.stanford.edu/entries/albe... #philsky

📢 Vacature Het Departement Erfgoedstudies van de Universiteit Antwerpen zoekt een voltijdse doctoraatsbursaal voor het project 'Wroeten naar de wortels van de natie? Archeologische musea, historisch bewustzijn en identiteiten in België (ca. 1860–1940)'. Info: www.uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vaca...

🎂🎉8 June 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. To mark the occasion, we organise a wide range of activities, with events scheduled right through to 2027. These are regularly updated on our 200th anniversary website: 200year.observatory.be. www.astro.oma.be/en/...

L’Observatoire royal de Belgique a 200 ans Deux siècles d’existence! Il y a exactement deux siècles, Guillaume Ier, roi des Pays-Bas, signa le décret qui allait donner naissance à l’Observatoire. A l’origine, il ne s’agissait pas encore de l’Observatoire royal de Belgique. Et pour cause, la…

L’Observatoire royal de Belgique a 200 ans

Deux siècles d’existence! Il y a exactement deux siècles, Guillaume Ier, roi des Pays-Bas, signa le décret qui allait donner naissance à l’Observatoire. A l’origine, il ne s’agissait pas encore de l’Observatoire royal de Belgique. Et pour cause, la Belgique n’existait pas encore. Après la défaite de Napoléon à Waterloo en 1815, les territoires de ce qui sera plus tard notre pays ont été rattachés au royaume uni des Pays-Bas.

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l'Académie royale organise une Séance commune des Classes sur le thème « Liberté, neutralité, université. La libre expression des sciences et des arts est-elle remise en question ? », en hommage au secrétaire perpétuel honoraire Léo Houziaux. Inscription obligatoire. Plus d'info 👉 bit.ly/4e73o7h