Warwick Anderson
@wombatscholar.bsky.social
Critical histories of science and medicine, science studies, postcolonial endeavours. New book on modern excrementalities: Spectacles of Waste (Polity). Writing mostly on disease ecologies and planetary health now. Living on Wangal country.
This is a depressing read but we all need to be aware of the terrible potential of the bird flu that has finally made its way to Australia and New Zealand. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'List of doom' outlines birds facing extinction if deadly flu spreads
A list of thousands of Australian species have been ranked by threat level as the deadly H5 bird flu spreads.
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We’re so sad to hear this…rest in power, Johanna 💔 amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/08...
Johanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transition
Dr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30.
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I finally managed to read the article that @wombatscholar.bsky.social and James Dunk published in Isis on 'Planetary Health Histories' in 2022. It's a fascinating piece. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Planetary Health Histories: Toward New Ecologies of Epidemiology? | Isis: Vol 113, No 4
AbstractThis essay charts a conceptual history of “planetary health,” which holds that population health and the continuity of human civilization depend on the integrity—the health—of the Earth’s life...
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CFP: “LEGIBILITY” : The Inaugural STS Sydney Network Symposium, 11-12/2/2027. We invite contributions that explore “legibility” as a critical analytic, and consider the ongoing work of translation, classification, and inscription that make socio-technical worlds readable. tinyurl.com/ytu66umx
Legibility STS Symposium 2027.pdf
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STS Event: @drgokcegunel.bsky.social speaks on her new book: Floating Power: Energy, Infrastructure, and South-South Relations (dukeupress.edu/floating-power). A SSSWARM seminar. Join us 13 August, in-person at Uni of Sydney, or online. More details: tinyurl.com/tv9wk23e #sts #GlobalSouths
Delighted that Spectacles of Waste is now available in Korean, translated by Jongsik Yi and Jungha Hwang. No idea how they coped with the puns and wordplay. @politybooks.bsky.social #STS @aussts.bsky.social @sydsts.bsky.social
배설 스펙터클 | 워릭 앤더슨
“우리는 결코 근대이었던 적이 없다. 왜냐하면 똥으로부터 자유로웠던 적이 단 한 번도 없기 때문이다.” 향기롭고 위생적인 삶을 영위하고자 애쓰는 우리 모두를 따라다니는 으스스한 그림자, 똥에 주목하는 책이 ...
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The RHSV's annual Hugh Anderson lecture will take place on Tuesday August 18, 5.30-7, in Melbourne. Andrew Lemon will speak on 'Hugh Anderson's many minstrels' - an intriguing title. @austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #austhist #folklore www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/hugh-a...
How do current standards of decision-making processes produce consequences for who thrives on this #planet? Join the Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding bioculturalworlding.org to research with #law #science #art #KnowledgeHolders (Deadline 10 Aug) www.mpg.de/26862008/two...
"Worlds Beyond Bios," edited by Sophie Chao, @winterchristine.bsky.social, and @dschlosberg.bsky.social, explores how entities not traditionally recognized as “alive” play active roles in shaping multispecies worlds. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/Gjsa8v2
I am deeply saddened to share the passing of Andrew Lakoff. Andy was a dear colleague, mentor, and friend. He left us far too soon and will be so deeply missed. I'm at a loss for words...
Sadly I’ll be in Oban… intrigued however
Christos Lynteris@visualplague.bsky.social · 4w agoLooking forward to welcoming the speakers, discussants and audience of the Endemic Transformations workshop tomorrow morning @standrewsanthro.bsky.social for 2 days of discussion on how approaches to diseases as "endemics" has transformed social and multispecies relations since the 19th century
I’m also looking forward to this event! Make sure you book up soon or you’ll miss out!
Warwick Anderson@wombatscholar.bsky.social · last mo.Looking forward to @hanspols.bsky.social public lecture at the State Library of NSW on the rise and decline of community mental health care in Australia. 6-7.30 pm August 12, 2026. Registration open. @anzshm.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social @aahpsss.bsky.social @sydsts.bsky.social
Registration is open for the Utopia/Dystopia symposium, Uni Syd, 9 Oct 2026. Hosted by sophiechao.wixsite.com/ssswarm and @sydsts.bsky.social Details and tickets: events.humanitix.com/utopiadystopia Speakers @wombatscholar.bsky.social @anthroprofhage.bsky.social and a host of others #anthro #sts
PhD Opportunity! Interested in the history of the #microbiome & #symbiosis concepts since 1900? Work with Maureen O'Malley, Nic Rasmussen & myself on our new Australian Research Council Discovery Award at Univ of Sydney. Applications: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships... #histsci #histmed #STS
Utopia/Dystopia symposium at the University of Sydney October 9, 2026, co-hosted by Anthropology and @sydsts.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social #anthro #sts
Looking forward to @hanspols.bsky.social public lecture at the State Library of NSW on the rise and decline of community mental health care in Australia. 6-7.30 pm August 12, 2026. Registration open. @anzshm.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social @aahpsss.bsky.social @sydsts.bsky.social
Ben Haneman Lecture 2026: Professor Hans Pols
How can our mental health system thrive? The 2026 Dr Ben Haneman Memorial Lecture by Professor Hans Pols explores the origins of community mental health in Australia.
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Call for abstracts for Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Medicine extended to June 26! Hosted by Johns Hopkins this year, this is a great opp for grad students to workshop their research, practice giving talks + meet others in the field. The JAS's are great. jashistofmed.wordpress.com
Joint Atlantic Seminar for the History of Medicine
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Congratulations to David Singerman. Looking forward to reading the book. And a huge thanks to the judges for highly commending Vanished as a ‘dazzling overview’ of histories of extinction and empire. My roar is growing. Tonight, I’ll also be on ABC radio discussing extinction. Link soon.
BSHS@bshsnews.bsky.social · last mo.🏆 We're delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize! Congratulations to David Singerman, whose book Unrefined has been awarded this year's prize! Check out the judging panel's decision and more on our website! 🔗https://bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pickstone-prize-2026-winner/
Congratulations to David Singerman for winning the Pickstone Prize for his book Unrefined - also to @brad.bolman.com and @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social for the commendations for their excellent books. @uchicagopress.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social #histsci
The BSHS Pickstone Prize 2026 Winner – BSHS – The British Society for the History of Science
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I'm thinking it's time for new edition of Cultivation of Whiteness! Plenty more white guilt to be taught @mupublishing.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social #histstm #histmed #sts
‘Break’ their funding: McKenzie calls for penalties on universities that teach ‘white guilt’
In a keynote address to a major conservative conference in London, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie also called for a tougher approach to border policies so that migrants were chosen on their values...
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That should be Seye Abimbola on the Gleebooks poster! @seyeabimbola.bsky.social
Duke University Press@dukepress.bsky.social · last mo.Check out an in-person book launch in #Sydney hosted by @gleebooks.bsky.social for Nikita Kaur Simpson’s "Tension" on June 25. She will be in conversation with Sophie Chao, @wombatscholar.bsky.social, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, and Michael Edwards. buff.ly/OnKTuG0
Check out an in-person book launch in #Sydney hosted by @gleebooks.bsky.social for Nikita Kaur Simpson’s "Tension" on June 25. She will be in conversation with Sophie Chao, @wombatscholar.bsky.social, @seyeabimbola.bsky.social, and Michael Edwards. buff.ly/OnKTuG0
Congratulations to Steve Epstein and Ulrike Felt, awarded the 2026 John Desmond Bernal Prize for outstanding lifetime contributions to science and technology studies. From @4sonline.bsky.social. Particularly happy to see Steve's shout out to the beloved and much-missed Adele Clarke.... #STS
2026 John Desmond Bernal Prize
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🎉🍾❗We congratulate @ulrike-felt.bsky.social on being awarded the 2026 Bernal Prize by @4sonline.bsky.social for her distinguished contributions to the field of STS! @univie.ac.at 👩🔬👨🔬🧪 #STS #SciCom
Ulrike Felt was awared with the Bernal Prize 2026
Ulrike Felt was awarded the John Desmond Bernal Award by the Society for Social Studies of Science for her distinguished contributions to the field of STS!
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Has anyone written on King Pleasure's 'Planetism"? Or have a copy of the liner notes for Golden Days (1960)? Wondering about any Sun Ra connections too... Thinking about connections of Afro-futurism and planetary health for my new book...
Sad to learn of the death of Carlo Ginzburg, a brilliant historian. His microhistories, with their redistribution of intellectual agency, are a continuing inspiration. I could not have written The Collectors of Lost Souls without their guidance...
Carlo Ginzburg, Who Told the History of the Obscure, Dies at 87
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