Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh 🍉🌻🟥
@gianamar97.bsky.social
Assistant Prof of Colonial Environmental History & Decolonial Futures @uvahumanities.bsky.social | erstwhile JRF @MagdaleneCollege.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk ECF @camhistory.bsky.social | PhD Cambridge HPS | https://shorturl.at/i7kip | he | 🍉🌻🟥
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From the current issue: “Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic”
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic*
Abstract. Historical scholarship has long highlighted the extensive landscape interventions initiated by state agents, early capitalists and experts in the
doi.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM
From the current issue: “Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic”
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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As much of the US gets ready for a weekend of brutal cold and snow, we recommend brightening your wintry day with this gallery of beautiful images from GEMS AND THE NEW SCIENCE by Michael Bycroft, the first book-length history of gems in early modern science. Bask in the glow: buff.ly/zZGBXy3
January 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM
As much of the US gets ready for a weekend of brutal cold and snow, we recommend brightening your wintry day with this gallery of beautiful images from GEMS AND THE NEW SCIENCE by Michael Bycroft, the first book-length history of gems in early modern science. Bask in the glow: buff.ly/zZGBXy3
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Have an unpublished essay on science, medicine, technology, or natural knowledge before 1800, from anywhere in the world?
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Have an unpublished essay on science, medicine, technology, or natural knowledge before 1800, from anywhere in the world?
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
Have an unpublished essay on science, medicine, technology, or natural knowledge before 1800, from anywhere in the world?
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Have an unpublished essay on science, medicine, technology, or natural knowledge before 1800, from anywhere in the world?
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
Consider submitting it to the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize by 15 February. Full details here: brill.com/view/journal...
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spreading the news about the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize 2026 Competition! Early Science and Medicine and the Early Sciences Forum of the History of Science Society's prize competition for the best essay...
January 21, 2026 at 4:39 PM
spreading the news about the Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize 2026 Competition! Early Science and Medicine and the Early Sciences Forum of the History of Science Society's prize competition for the best essay...
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On advance access: "Colonial world-making and global knowledges at the early modern Cape of Good Hope"
by @gianamar97.bsky.social (@uvahumanities.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @gianamar97.bsky.social (@uvahumanities.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Colonial world-making and global knowledges at the early modern Cape of Good Hope*
Abstract. As the Cape of Good Hope was integrated into early modern colonial world-making projects, it came to be regarded as ‘the western part of the East
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January 19, 2026 at 12:50 PM
On advance access: "Colonial world-making and global knowledges at the early modern Cape of Good Hope"
by @gianamar97.bsky.social (@uvahumanities.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @gianamar97.bsky.social (@uvahumanities.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Can an archive make a monster of a historian? But of course! I wrote about this for @contingent-mag.bsky.social, and the essay is now both free to read online and available as an audio read by me!
The audio version:
💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #maps #cartography
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The audio version:
💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #maps #cartography
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Can the Archive Make a Monster of a Historian? — audio
A historian who pays full attention to their sources can’t help but be transformed into a monster...
contingentmagazine.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Can an archive make a monster of a historian? But of course! I wrote about this for @contingent-mag.bsky.social, and the essay is now both free to read online and available as an audio read by me!
The audio version:
💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #maps #cartography
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The audio version:
💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH #maps #cartography
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Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good, has released her first public statement since the shooting
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day.”
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day.”
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she nurtured kindness
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good, has released her first public statement since the shooting
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day.”
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day.”
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wait, is this the origin of tomacco from The Simpsons?
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 PM
wait, is this the origin of tomacco from The Simpsons?
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
from a 1981 article in the Globe and Mail. could anyone send me a copy of the original? and does anyone know if this claim is serious? the entrepreneur quoted was known for exaggeration, so I'm not sure IPRI actually tried making tomacco.
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In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
Antislavery and the Original ‘Scramble for Africa’, 1807-1879
Keynote Lecture for 140 Years Beyond the Berlin Conference, Africa Centre and SOAS Friday 12 December and Saturday 13 December 2025 Alan Lester Most British imperial historians have tended t…
alanlester.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 8:34 AM
In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
“Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order…”
Wrote a thing:
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
The carnage associated with fossil fuel is why speeding the transition to renewables is good for international stability as well as everything else. Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order....
Five Facets of the Attack on Venezuela by the Rogue Nation the US Has Become
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They are saying it baldly: this is an oil grab. There is a history of oil grabs going back to British imperialism in the middle east in the late nineteenth century and murders of Osage Nation triba...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
“Fossil fuel is inseparable from violence, and dependence on it it has created a brutal world order…”
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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The Empire strikes back, not just to grab oil and other riches but, fundamentally, to hide its own weakness at home – and to prepare the ground for subjugating its own people, in Chicago, Portland, NYC etc. Meanwhile, a vassal Europe watches in silence... www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Venezuelan president Maduro captured and flown out of country following ‘large scale’ US attack, Trump says – live
US president says ‘the United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela’
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:06 AM
The Empire strikes back, not just to grab oil and other riches but, fundamentally, to hide its own weakness at home – and to prepare the ground for subjugating its own people, in Chicago, Portland, NYC etc. Meanwhile, a vassal Europe watches in silence... www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.
It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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4/ “Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic”
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic*
Abstract. Historical scholarship has long highlighted the extensive landscape interventions initiated by state agents, early capitalists and experts in the
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
4/ “Failure to Drain: Expert Resistance and Environmental Thought in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic”
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @annalunapost.bsky.social (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Brilliant as ever from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Brilliant as ever from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Come and apply to be the Professor of Bibliography & Modern Book History @engfacoutreach.bsky.social & @jesusoxford.bsky.social (and work closely with us @bodleian.ox.ac.uk). Following a long line of great scholars: Don McKenzie, Kathryn Sutherland, & Dirk van Hulle ... my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Thanks to a phone update, my alarm went off an hour late on the morning of my 1st-year geology exam. I unknowingly arrived 30 mins late, wasn't allowed to take/resit it, and my college suggested i switch to the history and philosophy of science instead :)
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thanks to a phone update, my alarm went off an hour late on the morning of my 1st-year geology exam. I unknowingly arrived 30 mins late, wasn't allowed to take/resit it, and my college suggested i switch to the history and philosophy of science instead :)
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VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
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No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
Next Thursday (13 Nov), I'll talk about early modern southern Africa's framing as the "Western Part of the East Indies"
@leidenhumanities.bsky.social
universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I'll speak about future directions from this paper: doi.org/10.1093/past...
@leidenhumanities.bsky.social
universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I'll speak about future directions from this paper: doi.org/10.1093/past...
The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony
Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar
universiteitleiden.nl
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Next Thursday (13 Nov), I'll talk about early modern southern Africa's framing as the "Western Part of the East Indies"
@leidenhumanities.bsky.social
universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I'll speak about future directions from this paper: doi.org/10.1093/past...
@leidenhumanities.bsky.social
universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
I'll speak about future directions from this paper: doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Happy Halloween! Here's a thread of some of my monstery essays, and a link to register for my next book talk, hosted by the Linda Hall Library:
Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...
Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...
events.lindahall.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Happy Halloween! Here's a thread of some of my monstery essays, and a link to register for my next book talk, hosted by the Linda Hall Library:
Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...
Thurs Dec 4th, 7-8pm CST (8-9pm EST)
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💙📚 🧪 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thC #HAMH
events.lindahall.org/humansamonst...