Sławomir Łotysz
@lotysz.bsky.social
History of technology, environmental history, medical humanities, disability studies. Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences. ICOHTEC. SHOT.
There is still time to submit your proposals for the "Central and Eastern Europe as Method(ology) in Disability Studies". We look forward to welcoming you to Kraków for inspiring discussions! The call for papers: disability-in-easteurope.project.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/confer...
Interested in research on #media #epidemics #histsci #litsci or #medhums? Then welcome to Media and Epidemics! Our international, interdisciplinary project seeks to understand the role of media and technologies of communication in the making and management of epidemic outbreaks⬇️
Join our next Media and Epidemics research seminar on Tuesday 6th May at 10am (Central European Time) when @M_Zdrodowska will discuss ‘The Mediated Practices and Narratives of Care: Artists and Activists Under Lockdown’ about #COVID19 and #disabilitystudies. Scan QR code for Zoom link ⬇️ #medhums
I couldn't be happier and prouder: there is a new review of my book Pińskie błota. Natura, wiedza i polityka na polskim Polesiu do 1945 roku by Nathan Wood, published in Technology and Culture (Johns Hopkins UP). I don't want to spoil the content, but it's a really good review! Link below.
Two weeks until the deadline for #SHOT2025 in Luxembourg! There are some really interesting open session proposals on here including on #energyhistory and #maintenance #histtech #envhist #histstm
SHOT, Society for the History of Technology@shothisttech.bsky.social · last yr.SHOT 2025 Open sessions Individuals and groups interested in finding others to join an organized session can submit an open session proposal to be posted on the open sessions list below. The list will be updated daily until March 23th, 2025. www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeti...
You are cordially invited to the 4th MEDEP Research Seminar, which will take place online on March 11, 10:00-11:30 CET. @lotysz.bsky.social will speak about ‘Health, Ideology, and Media: Polish Medical Assistance to North Korea in the 1950s’. Scan QR code for Zoom link! #histsci #hstm
VERY exciting news! I’m joining the @britishlibrary.bsky.social #TalesOfTheWeird series this December with ‘Summoned to the Séance: Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil’!👻 Join hands around the séance table for 14 classics & lost gems of fiction inspired by the spiritualism movement🕯️
Wylie Street, NE Washington, DC, a surprisingly picturesque place, especially at night.
I cordially invite you to attend my lecture at the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology of the University of Tokyo. I am grateful to Professor Akihito Suzuki for this great honour and kind invitation to deliver this lecture as part of the Death & Life Studies and Practical Ethics Series.
