Scarcerc
@scarcerc.bsky.social
SCARCE aka Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resource Extraction in Central Europe (1550–1850), hosted by @univie.ac.at, funded by ERC
PI: Sebastian Felten @sebastianfelten.bsky.social
https://scarce.univie.ac.at
PI: Sebastian Felten @sebastianfelten.bsky.social
https://scarce.univie.ac.at
Join us for our next Colloquium, a joint meeting with the History of Science & Knowledge Colloquium! 🎓 On Dec 2, Nuno Castel-Branco will present “Problematizing Polymathy: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science.” 📚
👉 Register here: bit.ly/Problematizi...
#histSci
👉 Register here: bit.ly/Problematizi...
#histSci
Problematizing Polymathy: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science
Joint meeting with the History of Science and Knowledge Colloquium
Speaker: Nuno Castel-Branco (All Souls, Oxford)
University of Vienna
Online Event
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Join us for our next Colloquium, a joint meeting with the History of Science & Knowledge Colloquium! 🎓 On Dec 2, Nuno Castel-Branco will present “Problematizing Polymathy: Nicolaus Steno and the Intersection of Disciplines in Early Modern Science.” 📚
👉 Register here: bit.ly/Problematizi...
#histSci
👉 Register here: bit.ly/Problematizi...
#histSci
Thank you to everyone who joined today’s talk! 🙌
@mininghistory.bsky.social’s insights on historians’ role in the mining industry sparked amazing discussions💡⛏️
Stay tuned for more events! 📚
#histSc
@mininghistory.bsky.social’s insights on historians’ role in the mining industry sparked amazing discussions💡⛏️
Stay tuned for more events! 📚
#histSc
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined today’s talk! 🙌
@mininghistory.bsky.social’s insights on historians’ role in the mining industry sparked amazing discussions💡⛏️
Stay tuned for more events! 📚
#histSc
@mininghistory.bsky.social’s insights on historians’ role in the mining industry sparked amazing discussions💡⛏️
Stay tuned for more events! 📚
#histSc
🚨Join us this monday for the second talk in this semester’s colloquium series. @mininghistory.bsky.social presents:
“Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”
📅 Nov 24, 2025
⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
“Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”
📅 Nov 24, 2025
⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?
SCARCE Colloquium
Speaker: Duncan Money (Independent scholar)
University of Vienna
Online Event
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November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨Join us this monday for the second talk in this semester’s colloquium series. @mininghistory.bsky.social presents:
“Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”
📅 Nov 24, 2025
⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
“Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”
📅 Nov 24, 2025
⏰ 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
We are excited to welcome our new student assistant, Leonie Müller! 🎉 With a multidisciplinary background in History & Law at the University of Vienna, her focus spans legal history, postcolonial studies, gender history, and sustainability. 🌍📜 Welcome to the team, Leonie! 👏
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We are excited to welcome our new student assistant, Leonie Müller! 🎉 With a multidisciplinary background in History & Law at the University of Vienna, her focus spans legal history, postcolonial studies, gender history, and sustainability. 🌍📜 Welcome to the team, Leonie! 👏
Again, huge congratulations to our PI, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social, for winning the 2025 City of Vienna Prize in Social Sciences & Humanities! 🎉✨
And a big thank you to @wien.gv.at for celebrating Vienna's incredible cultural and intellectual legacy and hosting such a wonderful award ceremony. 🏆👏
And a big thank you to @wien.gv.at for celebrating Vienna's incredible cultural and intellectual legacy and hosting such a wonderful award ceremony. 🏆👏
Really heartening that the city of Vienna makes a big effort to honour its cultural sector! Queuing up for kaiserschmarrn I had a chat about Samuel Pepys' diary with a member of a noise rock band who also got a prize
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Again, huge congratulations to our PI, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social, for winning the 2025 City of Vienna Prize in Social Sciences & Humanities! 🎉✨
And a big thank you to @wien.gv.at for celebrating Vienna's incredible cultural and intellectual legacy and hosting such a wonderful award ceremony. 🏆👏
And a big thank you to @wien.gv.at for celebrating Vienna's incredible cultural and intellectual legacy and hosting such a wonderful award ceremony. 🏆👏
✨For our second talk in this semester’s colloquium series, @mininghistory.bsky.social will present “Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”⛏️📜
📅 Date: November 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Learn more and register: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
📅 Date: November 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Learn more and register: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?
SCARCE Colloquium
Speaker: Duncan Money (Independent scholar)
University of Vienna
Hybrid Event
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November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
✨For our second talk in this semester’s colloquium series, @mininghistory.bsky.social will present “Mining the Past: What is the role of historians in the mining industry?”⛏️📜
📅 Date: November 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Learn more and register: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
📅 Date: November 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Learn more and register: bit.ly/MiningThePast
#histSci
Tomorrow, @eclaaire.bsky.social will present "A Global Approach to Women in Early Modern Mining" at HSS 2026, on the panel she co-organised with @gbba.bsky.social: "Women’s Knowledge and Agency in Early Modern Resource Management" ✨
🕓 4 PM (GMT-6)
🔗 Link: bit.ly/3WPv9Jv
#HSS2025 #HistSci #Scarce
🕓 4 PM (GMT-6)
🔗 Link: bit.ly/3WPv9Jv
#HSS2025 #HistSci #Scarce
A Global Approach to Women in Early Modern Mining
Talk at the Panel: Women’s Knowledge and Agency in Early Modern Resource Management
Organizer and Speaker: Claire Sabel
History of Science Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans
LA, USA
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November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Tomorrow, @eclaaire.bsky.social will present "A Global Approach to Women in Early Modern Mining" at HSS 2026, on the panel she co-organised with @gbba.bsky.social: "Women’s Knowledge and Agency in Early Modern Resource Management" ✨
🕓 4 PM (GMT-6)
🔗 Link: bit.ly/3WPv9Jv
#HSS2025 #HistSci #Scarce
🕓 4 PM (GMT-6)
🔗 Link: bit.ly/3WPv9Jv
#HSS2025 #HistSci #Scarce
Check out the latest episode of Time to Eat the Dogs! @eclaaire.bsky.social dives into the fascinating history of the gem trade in South-East Asia 💎✨
#HistoryOfScience #Scarce #SouthEastAsia
#HistoryOfScience #Scarce #SouthEastAsia
Claire Sabel discusses the gem trade in SE Asia & the way it was impacted by European traders 17-18c @uchicagopress.bsky.social
@scarcerc.bsky.social
@harunkucuk.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at
@nhmwien.bsky.social
@sciencehistory.org
@historyscience.bsky.social timetoeatthedogs.com/2025/10/27/g...
@scarcerc.bsky.social
@harunkucuk.bsky.social
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@nhmwien.bsky.social
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@historyscience.bsky.social timetoeatthedogs.com/2025/10/27/g...
Gems, Science, and Empire
17th century traders who traveled the sea routes between India and Southeast Asia were interested in spices, but they were also interested in gemstones, objects of desire, commercial value, and inc…
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October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Check out the latest episode of Time to Eat the Dogs! @eclaaire.bsky.social dives into the fascinating history of the gem trade in South-East Asia 💎✨
#HistoryOfScience #Scarce #SouthEastAsia
#HistoryOfScience #Scarce #SouthEastAsia
Today at 4:30PM(CET) @sebastianfelten.bsky.social and Sebastian Leitner present "Was Mining Once Sustainable? Resource Management as a Case for Applied History" at the conference "Convergences and divergences in the relationship between industries and forestry in Europe"🌲
More info: bit.ly/47ce01e
More info: bit.ly/47ce01e
Was Mining Once Sustainable? Resource Management as a Case for Applied History
Talk by Sebastian Felten and Sebastian Leitner
International Conference "Convergences and divergences in the relationship between industries and forestry in Europe: conservation, management, uses and ...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today at 4:30PM(CET) @sebastianfelten.bsky.social and Sebastian Leitner present "Was Mining Once Sustainable? Resource Management as a Case for Applied History" at the conference "Convergences and divergences in the relationship between industries and forestry in Europe"🌲
More info: bit.ly/47ce01e
More info: bit.ly/47ce01e
Our PI, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social, and our PhD student, Sebastian Leitner, are in Regensburg for the kick-off workshop of @tinasmussen.bsky.social project, 'COMFREE'. Congratulations on this milestone, and best wishes for productive discussions! 🌍✨ #History #Environment
bit.ly/Comfree
bit.ly/Comfree
Commodity Frontiers in Eastern Europe: Environment and Societies at Global Risk, 16th-21th centuries (COMFREE)
Das Forschungsprojekt COMFREE untersucht die historischen und gegenwärtigen Dynamiken der Rohstoffgewinnung und ihre sozioökologischen Auswirkungen. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Leibniz-Institut für Ost-...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our PI, @sebastianfelten.bsky.social, and our PhD student, Sebastian Leitner, are in Regensburg for the kick-off workshop of @tinasmussen.bsky.social project, 'COMFREE'. Congratulations on this milestone, and best wishes for productive discussions! 🌍✨ #History #Environment
bit.ly/Comfree
bit.ly/Comfree
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the first SCARCE colloquium of the semester! 🙌 We had a lively discussion on 'reorganisation' in Mining Knowledge in Late Imperial China. Special thanks to @chensinotech.bsky.social for their inspiring work and input. Stay tuned for our next meet-up! ⛏️✨
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A big thank you to everyone who joined us for the first SCARCE colloquium of the semester! 🙌 We had a lively discussion on 'reorganisation' in Mining Knowledge in Late Imperial China. Special thanks to @chensinotech.bsky.social for their inspiring work and input. Stay tuned for our next meet-up! ⛏️✨
🌟 Don't forget to join us today for the first talk of this semester's colloquium series! @chensinotech.bsky.social is presenting "Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China"
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China
SCARCE Colloquium
Speaker: Hailian Chen (Ruhr-Universität, Bochum)
University of Vienna
Hybrid Event
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October 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🌟 Don't forget to join us today for the first talk of this semester's colloquium series! @chensinotech.bsky.social is presenting "Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China"
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
Did you know that, in early modern Asia, gems often travelled the same routes as spices? A new essay by @eclaaire.bsky.social explores how the gem trade shaped global power, science, and commerce. 💎✨
Go give it a read in the @iias.bsky.social periodical, "The Newsletter": bit.ly/GemsEssay
#Scarce
Go give it a read in the @iias.bsky.social periodical, "The Newsletter": bit.ly/GemsEssay
#Scarce
Trading Gems and Knowing the Earth in Early Modern Eurasia | IIAS
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October 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Did you know that, in early modern Asia, gems often travelled the same routes as spices? A new essay by @eclaaire.bsky.social explores how the gem trade shaped global power, science, and commerce. 💎✨
Go give it a read in the @iias.bsky.social periodical, "The Newsletter": bit.ly/GemsEssay
#Scarce
Go give it a read in the @iias.bsky.social periodical, "The Newsletter": bit.ly/GemsEssay
#Scarce
🌟 Join us for the first talk of this semester's colloquium series! 🌟Hailian Chen is presenting "Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China"
📅 Date: October 20, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
#histSci
📅 Date: October 20, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
#histSci
Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China
SCARCE Colloquium
Speaker: Hailian Chen (Ruhr-Universität, Bochum)
University of Vienna
Hybrid Event
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October 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🌟 Join us for the first talk of this semester's colloquium series! 🌟Hailian Chen is presenting "Mining Knowledge from Field to University: The Rise of Engineering Education in Late Imperial China"
📅 Date: October 20, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
#histSci
📅 Date: October 20, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00–4:30 PM CET
Registration and more info: bit.ly/47mN3sS
#histSci
🎉The new semester starts and so does our Colloquium Series! This time, we explore "Mineral Expertise" – the different approaches to knowledge in the history of mining. 🌍💎 Join us in person or online, our meetings are open to all with prior registration. More info here: bit.ly/ScarceCollWS 🖥️📚
#Scarce
#Scarce
SCARCE Colloquium Winter Semester Series: "Mineral Expertise"
Join the upcoming Colloquium series on "Mineral Expertise" this semester — our hybrid meetings are open to all with previous registration!
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October 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🎉The new semester starts and so does our Colloquium Series! This time, we explore "Mineral Expertise" – the different approaches to knowledge in the history of mining. 🌍💎 Join us in person or online, our meetings are open to all with prior registration. More info here: bit.ly/ScarceCollWS 🖥️📚
#Scarce
#Scarce
🔎 How Europe’s mining history – from cobalt as waste 🗑️ to lithium as a strategic resource 🔋 – offers fresh insights into today’s resource politics 🌍.
Our PI @sebastianfelten.bsky.social explores past lessons for the future in the Junge Akademie Blog, @derstandard.at.
Read more here: bit.ly/ErzGeo
Our PI @sebastianfelten.bsky.social explores past lessons for the future in the Junge Akademie Blog, @derstandard.at.
Read more here: bit.ly/ErzGeo
Vom Erz zum geopolitischen Faktor
Wie Europas Montangeschichte hilft, die heutige Rohstoffpolitik neu zu verstehen
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October 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🔎 How Europe’s mining history – from cobalt as waste 🗑️ to lithium as a strategic resource 🔋 – offers fresh insights into today’s resource politics 🌍.
Our PI @sebastianfelten.bsky.social explores past lessons for the future in the Junge Akademie Blog, @derstandard.at.
Read more here: bit.ly/ErzGeo
Our PI @sebastianfelten.bsky.social explores past lessons for the future in the Junge Akademie Blog, @derstandard.at.
Read more here: bit.ly/ErzGeo
⛏️🌍That’s a wrap on our 1st workshop, "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World"!
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
⛏️🌍That’s a wrap on our 1st workshop, "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World"!
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
A huge thank you to all our speakers, chairs & participants for the insights & engaging discussions. Your contributions made the past 2 days a true success! Looking forward to future discussions!✨ #Scarce
🚀 Day 2 of our FWF-SCARCE workshop begins!
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
September 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚀 Day 2 of our FWF-SCARCE workshop begins!
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
Today, we’ll dive into the making of mineral commodities and the connections between mining and money. 🏔️⚒️💰
From Habsburg Potosí to Sweden, Idrija, and New Granada, we’ll explore mining’s role in shaping economies and societies. 🔍🌍 #Scarce #MiningHistory
✨Day 1 of our workshop was a great success! ⚒️🏔️We explored mining's role in sovereignty, state management & labor, using case studies from pre-hispanic Mexico, Japan, China & Sweden, and ended with an engaging archives roundtable on Central European mining collections. On to Day 2! 🏛️🔍 #Scarce
September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
✨Day 1 of our workshop was a great success! ⚒️🏔️We explored mining's role in sovereignty, state management & labor, using case studies from pre-hispanic Mexico, Japan, China & Sweden, and ended with an engaging archives roundtable on Central European mining collections. On to Day 2! 🏛️🔍 #Scarce
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Grey, rainy morning in Vienna brightened by attending a workshop on mining history.
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Grey, rainy morning in Vienna brightened by attending a workshop on mining history.
🌍⛏️ Kicking off our FWF-SCARCE workshop “Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World”! Mining shaped pre-modern economies, driving global networks, commerce & power. We’ll explore its role across Africa, Asia, Latin America & Europe. Let’s dig into its global and historical impact! 💡📜
September 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🌍⛏️ Kicking off our FWF-SCARCE workshop “Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World”! Mining shaped pre-modern economies, driving global networks, commerce & power. We’ll explore its role across Africa, Asia, Latin America & Europe. Let’s dig into its global and historical impact! 💡📜
🚨Don't miss our workshop "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World" @univie.ac.at organised by @eclaaire.bsky.social and @gbba.bsky.social.
📅 25–26 September 2025
!Please register!
📃 Program & info: bit.ly/4pslQfs
#Scarce #histsci #histeco #mining
📅 25–26 September 2025
!Please register!
📃 Program & info: bit.ly/4pslQfs
#Scarce #histsci #histeco #mining
Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World
Workshop
Organizers: Claire Sabel and Gabriele Marcon
University of Vienna
September 25-26, 2025
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September 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🚨Don't miss our workshop "Political Economies of Mining in the Early Modern World" @univie.ac.at organised by @eclaaire.bsky.social and @gbba.bsky.social.
📅 25–26 September 2025
!Please register!
📃 Program & info: bit.ly/4pslQfs
#Scarce #histsci #histeco #mining
📅 25–26 September 2025
!Please register!
📃 Program & info: bit.ly/4pslQfs
#Scarce #histsci #histeco #mining
✨ Tomorrow @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social dives into "The Use of Garlic to Maintain the Balance of Metalworker’s Body" 🧄 at the conference “Protecting Bodies at Work” in Geneva 🌍🛠️
📍 University of Geneva
🗓️ September 18, 2025
🕘 9:10 AM
📄 Programme & info: bit.ly/UseofGarlic
#Scarce #HistMed
📍 University of Geneva
🗓️ September 18, 2025
🕘 9:10 AM
📄 Programme & info: bit.ly/UseofGarlic
#Scarce #HistMed
The Use of Garlic to Maintain the Balance of Metalworker’s Body
Presentation by Sarah Seinitzer
Conference "Protecting Bodies at Work. Technical Devices, Materialities of Health, and Political Imaginaries"
University of Geneva
Hybrid Event
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September 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
✨ Tomorrow @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social dives into "The Use of Garlic to Maintain the Balance of Metalworker’s Body" 🧄 at the conference “Protecting Bodies at Work” in Geneva 🌍🛠️
📍 University of Geneva
🗓️ September 18, 2025
🕘 9:10 AM
📄 Programme & info: bit.ly/UseofGarlic
#Scarce #HistMed
📍 University of Geneva
🗓️ September 18, 2025
🕘 9:10 AM
📄 Programme & info: bit.ly/UseofGarlic
#Scarce #HistMed
🌏Tomorrow @eclaaire.bsky.social is presenting “The Jewels in Ground: The Geopolitics of Knowledge in the Early Modern Eurasian Gem Trade” at the workshop The Geological Turn in Asia!
📅4 Sept | 🕓 16:00 SGT / 10:00 CET
🔗Info + Programme: bit.ly/4lV3Oj2
📍Join via Zoom (registration required)
#Scarce
📅4 Sept | 🕓 16:00 SGT / 10:00 CET
🔗Info + Programme: bit.ly/4lV3Oj2
📍Join via Zoom (registration required)
#Scarce
September 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🌏Tomorrow @eclaaire.bsky.social is presenting “The Jewels in Ground: The Geopolitics of Knowledge in the Early Modern Eurasian Gem Trade” at the workshop The Geological Turn in Asia!
📅4 Sept | 🕓 16:00 SGT / 10:00 CET
🔗Info + Programme: bit.ly/4lV3Oj2
📍Join via Zoom (registration required)
#Scarce
📅4 Sept | 🕓 16:00 SGT / 10:00 CET
🔗Info + Programme: bit.ly/4lV3Oj2
📍Join via Zoom (registration required)
#Scarce
@eclaaire.bsky.social had a great time in Uppsala last week, diving deep into early modern environmental history. Always a pleasure to connect with colleagues and explore new research directions! 🌍📜
August 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@eclaaire.bsky.social had a great time in Uppsala last week, diving deep into early modern environmental history. Always a pleasure to connect with colleagues and explore new research directions! 🌍📜