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In the summer the SciConf group wrote a Times Higher Education piece on the pros & cons of conferencing (Nb: The title & image weren’t ours). The environmental cost of conferencing is huge, but arguments about the greater inclusivity of online meetings are often overstated. Ultimately, it’s hard to beat a physical get-together. It's vital that universities & grant funders provide resources for them.

You can read it here: sciconf.nu/outreach/

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sciconf.nuOutreach – The Scientific Conference: a Social, Cultural, and Political History

Now that #GrantAllen's "time is not quite so filled now with hack-work as formerly," he can enjoy using the telescope that "[#Darwin] and the other kind friends" bought for him.

What treasures {or horrors, as the case may sometimes be} might the Darwin Correspondence Project at #CambridgeUL reveal about your #C19 passions?

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Darwin Correspondence Project| Darwin Correspondence Project

Last week we launched our podcasts on the history of scientific conferences. They’ll be up on our website soon. If you’re interested you can already download them from Spotify: search for ‘Conference Around the Clock’, a podcast by Mariana Castillo Deball & Nils Reinke-Dieker

open.spotify.com/show/5M5SuXfo

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SpotifyConference Around the ClockListen to Conference Around the Clock on Spotify.

If only I could overcome the cringe of hearing myself I’d really enjoy our @SciConf podcasts on the history of conferencing. Everyone else sounds so articulate & smart, and Mariana & Nils have done a brilliant job pulling it all together.

If you’re in search of a new podcast, look for ‘Conference Around the Clock’ (a podcast by Mariana Castillo Deball & Nils Reinke-Dieker) on Spotify open.spotify.com/show/5M5SuXfo

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SpotifyConference Around the ClockListen to Conference Around the Clock on Spotify.

It's a big week for the project. The SciConf group has teamed up with the artist Mariana Castillo Deball to produce a series of podcasts about the history of conferences. They will be 'unveiled' at a show in London this Friday, 18 Nov, 6-8pm, at the #Birkbeck cinema, followed by a drinks reception.

We still have some places left – they are free but you need to register, here: bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_

Hope to see some fellow Mastodons there!

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Birkbeck, University of LondonConference Around the Clock – audio featureConference Around the Clock – audio feature

My v late : I teach history at , Uni of London - an amazing place but currently going through an existential crisis. I work on the history of , incl a long-standing project on the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Recently I've been thinking about international as part of the mechanics of internationalism. Also interested in histories of humanitarian relief work, , ,

Project Co-PI Geert Somsen has been a fellow at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia this month.

You can watch his lecture 'Why Gather? Reflections on the History and Future of Scientific Conferences' here: sciencehistory.org/event/why-g

Why do scientists go to conferences? What happens at face-to-face meetings that cannot be done at a distance?

Science History InstituteWhy Gather? Reflections on the History and Future of Scientific ConferencesGeert Somsen explored when and why scientists started to assemble and what the future may hold for virtual and face-to-face conferencing.