@Pertsch@chaos.social
... literaturwissenschaftlich noch
#litodons
#Victodons
#Romantodons
... wissenschaftsgeschichtlich (aber eher selten)
#scihistodons
@Pertsch@chaos.social
... literaturwissenschaftlich noch
#litodons
#Victodons
#Romantodons
... wissenschaftsgeschichtlich (aber eher selten)
#scihistodons
Who remembers overhead projectors? When did you last see one in action?
Conferences generate and rely on material culture and infrastructures.
We've been building a gallery of conference objects on our website, here: https://sciconf.nu/gallery/
The gallery is a work in progress. Do get in touch if you have any images of objects to contribute - we'd love to expand the gallery and will keep adding to it.
This is what collaboration across four+ cities in two+ time zones looks like in practice. Here we are, hard at work on a special issue we're hoping to publish with the British Journal of the History of Science in due course.
We've been quietly working away on various projects (more news soon!). In the meantime we're pleased to announce a new blog entry by guest contributor Julian Bondaz on the International Conferences of West Africanists. Come have a look.
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: https://sciconf.nu/outreach/
Apparently, in the 1970s the publisher Heron brought out an edition of OoS with the tag—
"For every real man who has a place in his heart where no women are allowed."
Source: https://twtr.in/3N1Q
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?
#histodons #scihistodons #hstm #victodons
https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13736.xml&query=grant%20allen
To celebrate the 163rd anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species today, the Darwin Correspondence Project at #CambridgeUL has published the full edition of #Darwin 's correspondence online! Explore more than 15000 letters, from Darwin's first letter in 1822 to his death in 1882.
Much as I like physical books, it's really exciting to have the collected correspondence now full-text searchable:
In addition to Spotify, the podcasts are now also available on Soundcloud, here https://soundcloud.com/conferencearoundtheclock/sets/conference-around-the-clock?utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing
If you manage to listen in, we'd love to know what you think!
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
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 https://open.spotify.com/show/5M5SuXfoV6PAUTIICQ7Rri
Here is the lovely SciConf group - @jane_mumby, Sven Widmalm, Geert Somsen, Thomas Mougey, Jenny Beckman, Laura Forster, Georgiana Kotsou, Charlotte Bigg & @JessicaReinisch (sadly missing Waqar Zaidi) - looking a bit jaded after a day of discussing our project findings and outcomes. Conferences matter!
#histodons @histodons #histsci #scihistodons
SciConf PIs Charlotte Bigg, Sven Widmalm, Geert Somsen and @JessicaReinisch working hard on grant reports.
#histodons @histodons #histsci #scihistodons
#scihistodons #hstm #histsci #histodons
Is it just me (or my instance) or are there really no toots (and not really very many tweets, either) from #HSS22 in Chicago? I'm assuming you'd all be using the same handle here as per the birdsite... If there's a different one, someone please tell me (once you all wake up later today, obviously...)!
I say this as my colleagues in the @SciConf group are about to arrive in London. For me, this project has opened up completely new paths for studying the history of #internationalism
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: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=34070
Hope to see some fellow Mastodons there!
My v late #Introduction: I teach history at #Birkbeck, Uni of London - an amazing place but currently going through an existential crisis. I work on the history of #internationalism, incl a long-standing project on the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Recently I've been thinking about international #conferences as part of the mechanics of internationalism. Also interested in histories of humanitarian relief work, #refugees, #aidhistory, #histsci #histodons #scihistodons
Something that's very much on all our minds, as we work out whether to return to our pre-pandemic habits of in-person, transatlantic, carbon-guzzling, expensive academic conferences...
(She writes, feeling torn about not-attending #HSS22: better for environment and budget this way; but 'fear of missing out' on rekindling professional friendships...) #histodons #scihistodons
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: https://www.sciencehistory.org/event/why-gather-reflections-on-the-history-and-future-of-scientific-conferences
Why do scientists go to conferences? What happens at face-to-face meetings that cannot be done at a distance?