Two doctoral studentships in History as part of the research project “Money(-)making empire. Monetary policies and practices in the Swedish Baltic Empire, ca. 1600–1800” Application deadline: 9 August 2026

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Välkommen att söka anställning vid Södertörns högskola! Hos oss blandas ämnen, perspektiv, människor och erfarenheter. Här finns de nyfikna och de ifrågasättande. De som söker oväntade kombinationer, ...

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Seed funding at Bochum and elsewhere to prepare a funding application and join a conversation on "the transformative potential of georesources, aiming to unravel the processes that have led to socio-environmental transformations throughout human history" Application deadline: June 30, 2026

30.2026 Postdoc Seed Grants (m/w/d) Englisch

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Sehr schön war heute die Tea hour in der Sammlung Frauennachlässe, bei der Li Gerhalter, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social und @vhalsmayer.bsky.social den neuen Weblog Alltags|Ökonomien vorgestellt haben, der ab sofort online ist! haushalt.hypotheses.org

Really heartening that the city of Vienna makes a big effort to honour its cultural sector! Queuing up for kaiserschmarrn I had a chat about Samuel Pepys' diary with a member of a noise rock band who also got a prize

Universität Wien / University of Vienna@univie.ac.at · 11mo ago

Drei Forschende der #univie wurden mit Preisen der Stadt Wien (@wien.gv.at) ausgezeichnet: Bertrand Perz (Zeitgeschichte), Sebastian Felten (Wirtschafts- & Sozialgeschichte) und Oleg Simakov (Molekulare Evolution). 🏆👏 Exzellente #Forschung aus Wien! ✨ Mehr dazu hier: ⤵️ www.ots.at/presseaussen...

Wer aus der Geschichte verdrängt wird, muss sie eben selber machen: Am 11. Juni feiern wir nicht nur Eröffnung, sondern auch Vernissage unserer ersten Ausstellung! 📍 Ramperstorffergasse 39, 1050 Wien 📅 12. Juni - 09. Nov 2025 Di-So 10-18, Do 10-20

"While the significance of mining is indisputable, the processes and mechanisms that made it so central to the political economy of diverse regions remain less explored." Still accepting paper proposals till May 26! 👇

Scarcerc@scarcerc.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Save the date! — The CfP for our FWF-SCARCE workshop “Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World”, organized by @eclaaire.bsky.social & @gbba.bsky.social ⛏️🌍 is open until May 26! 🔗 Details here: bit.ly/scarcews1cfp #MiningHistory

Kolleg:innen aus Wissenschaftsphilosophie und Technikgeschichte aller Länder, bewerbt Euch! ethz.ch/de/die-eth-z...

Professur / Assistenzprofessur (Tenure Track) für Technikgeschichte und Professur / Assistenzprofessur (Tenure Track) für Wissenschaftsphilosophie

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Forty-one years since @gaystheword.bsky.social was raided by Her Majesty's Customs, I am thinking again about all the queer and marginalised people who have tirelessly resisted attempts to suppress and eradicate knowledge, art and literature created by and about them www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...

Seized Books! The (Risographed, DIY) Catalogue

Read about the Risographed exhibition catalogue

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📆Don’t miss – join us tomorrow for our 2nd colloquium this semester as we join forces with History of Science & Knowledge! Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger discuss “Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows”. Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 🚀

Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows

Research Colloquium History of Science and Knowledge & SCARCE Colloquium (Joint meeting) Speakers: Julie Klinger and Eleanor Armstrong University of Vienna Hybrid event

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MPIWG is hiring postdocs in Dept "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" (includes working groups RTAWD, Heavens in Your Hand, Common Kg, Metals&Minerals) + Dept "Knowledge Systems + Collective Life" and @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social ! Do check "career" page for closing dates: tinyurl.com/2usszea9 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢 🐢

🚀 The 2nd SCARCE colloquium of this semester is almost here! Join us on April 10 as we team up with History of Science & Knowledge. Eleanor Armstrong & Julie Klinger present "Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows". Register here: bit.ly/scarcecollq2 📚

Deposits, Museums, and Rockets: Conceptualizing Mineral Flows

Research Colloquium History of Science and Knowledge & SCARCE Colloquium (Joint meeting) Speakers: Julie Klinger and Eleanor Armstrong University of Vienna Hybrid event

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Dieser Tage wurde von einer Wiener Forschungsförderungseinrichtung die Social Media-Kampagne #IchForscheGernInWien lanciert - und es gibt tatsächlich einige (wenige) Kolleg*innen, die sich mit Copy/Paste der ausgeschickten Textvorlage daran beteiligen. www.nuwiss.at/9-statt-%c2%...

9 statt §109: Neun Vorschläge für eine gute Uni - Netzwerk Unterbau Wissenschaft

Der §109 des Universitätsgesetzes ist nicht zu Unrecht besonders starker Kritik ausgesetzt (auch von NUWiss). Die Probleme des Universitätsgesetzes gehen aber weit darüber hinaus. In regelmäßigen Tref...

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Publications (on their way) out! Join us for this a slightly festive session for discussion and cake

Scarcerc@scarcerc.bsky.social · 2y ago

🏔️ Scarce colloquium goes into its 2nd round! ⛏️ On March 24th, @gbba.bsky.social, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social and @eclaaire.bsky.social are having a roundtable discussion on “Social Histories of Mining Knowledge” at 2:30 pm (CET) in Kolingasse 14, Room 4.25. Please register: bit.ly/4bNKGzS

In our latest #valuepast blog post, Amelia Hutchinson (University of Cambridge) explored the early modern mining in Germany and how the workers sought to understand, protect, and regulate their bodies and the environment. valuepast.hypotheses.org/1295

“In God’s name I enter”

Amelia Hutchinson (University of Cambridge) on Managing the Body and the Environment in Early Modern Mining

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Mit diesem Ziegelstein von Buch gilt es nun die jüdische Aufklärung im Breslau des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts neu zu entdecken! Synonymik, Grammatik, Kabbala, Pädagogik, Bibelübersetzung - alles dabei! #JewishStudies www.waxmann.com/waxmann-buec...

Funded PhD Studentship @UCL History and @wellcomecollection.bsky.social on project titled 'Translating Monstrosity: Constructions of Difference in #earlymodern England and France'. Deadline Jan 31st 2025. Project & application info: www.ucl.ac.uk/history/oppo.... #histmed #histsci #HSTM #bookhistory

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Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.

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Please apply or share with potential candidates -- great project + supervisor in excellent research environment!

Tina Asmussen@tinasmussen.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 Job Klaxon 🚨 1 PhD position for 3 years a the German Mining Museum Bochum in the interdisciplinary DFG/AHRC funded project "Toxic Heritage: Socio-natural Landscapes of Extraction and Pollution in the Harz and Cornwall". More details: karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/2.... Please share!

🌍✨ On December 17th, @eclaaire.bsky.social presents “Conducing to the knowledge of the universe and trade': the Role of Goldsmiths in Materializing the Early Modern Globe”. at the the AG Wissenschaftsgeschichte at 11:30am (CET) in Kolingasse 14–16, room 15. bit.ly/3ZJbop9 #GemTrade

📅Third meeting of our hybrid seminar series! Join us on December 12th for a discussion with Oliver Tappe on “Tin Mining in Laos: Colonial Legacies Global Extractvism and Local Livelihoods” Please register: bit.ly/49j5XQW

Europeana are working on their search tools, and have a survey open on how easy it is (or not) to find things. If you use Europeana for your research, as a data source, image source, source of texts etc, let them know your thoughts: survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/xGBPc7

Please share/repost— great project, wonderful supervisor, excellent research environment

Tina Asmussen@tinasmussen.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨𝗝𝗢𝗕 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨1 PhD position for 3 years in the research project “Mining Frontiers in the Kingdom of Hungary (16th-18th Century)” at the German Mining Museum Bochum: Leibniz Research Museum for Georesources. karriere.bergbaumuseum.de/jobposting/0...

Tenure track position in Anthropocene History at very active department — still over a month till the deadline

Federico D'Onofrio@fdonoff.eurosky.social · 2y ago

My dept at the university of Vienna has opened a call for TT assistant professor in the history of the anthropocene: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...

Hello Bluesky! This is my first post, it's nice to see that many friends and colleagues have made it over here. Looking forward to (re)connecting!