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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 2d

The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians

Closing dates for next application rounds:
Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025

The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.

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Dr Alison Ray @liber-ray.bsky.social · Sep 7

It was too cloudy to see the lunar eclipse tonight, so here’s some fun diagrams of eclipses from a 13th century astronomical compilation, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · Jun 30

How does #AI contribute to the study of history today, and how can historians make better use of it? 🗂️

Matteo Valleriani talks to Jessica Hughes of detektor.fm about AI-based methods, his project "The Sphere," and the importance of nonprofit large language models.

🔗 bit.ly/44MVD (GER)

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detektor.fm – Das Podcast-Radio

detektor.fm konzentriert sich auf die Vermittlung hintergründiger Informationen und ist somit eine Plattform für anspruchsvollen Hörfunk-Journalismus im Internet. Die national relevanten Themen…

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Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA) @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 Our next High Gravity Talk entitled "Fieldnotes from Battles over Indian History, Society, and Sciences" will be given by @audreytruschke.bsky.social on November 20, 2025, 16:00 at the Leibniz Hall, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2jrnz5
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Fieldnotes from Battles over Indian History, Society, and Sciences | MPIWG

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thanks to @stephenaj.bsky.social's fabulous article (still available at link below) I have had a look at this equally fabulous interactive astrolabe alexboxer.com/astrolabe/. It's a really useful tool for understanding what the instrument does and a lot of fun to play with! #histsci #astronomy

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · Jul 15

Latest open-access issue of the Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage includes this Milky Way / Nut piece, plus articles on Thomas Digges, colonial Mexican astronomy, medieval comet IDs by @comethunter.de, & book reviews on Henrietta Leavitt & Athanasius Kircher: www.sciengine.com/JAHH/issue 🔭

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Jul 4

CHAMA Executive Committee (2025–2029) Assumes Office

The newly elected Executive Committee of the CHAMA for the term 2025–2029 has officially assumed their roles. This transition took place during the CHAMA Business Meeting held ICHST in New Zealand.

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Jun 29

The International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST) has officially begun! #historyofscience #historyofscienceandtechnology

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Jun 19

The upcoming International Congress of History of Science and Technology will take place from June 28 to July 5 in Dunedin, New Zealand. CHAMA is sponsoring two panels and co-sponsoring a third one in collaboration with CHOSTIS.
Check out the programme:
🔗 innovators.eventsair.com/QuickEventWe...

Program - Program

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CNRS Éditions @cnrseditions.bsky.social · Jun 19

Le 25 juin en librairie, découvrez le grand entretien de Françoise Combes dans le magnifique @le1hebdo.bsky.social hors-série consacré aux étoiles 💫!

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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · May 27

#AI should be publicly owned: Max Planck scientist Matteo Valleriani calls for freely accessible large language models (LLMs). Ethics, not profit, should drive development. theguardian.com/technology/2... #LLM #OpenAccess @theguardian.com

Large language models that power AI should be publicly owned | Letter

Letters: The future of public knowledge rests on building open-access LLMs driven by ethics rather than profit, writes Prof Dr Matteo Valleriani

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Jun 9

PhD position available in the field of history of astronomy from Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages

Università di Pavia, Italy

Deadline June 30, 2025

More details available at the following webpage: phd.unipv.it/call-41/

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Call for applications to access PhD courses – 41st cycle – a. y. 2025/2026 – Dottorati di Ricerca

Phd University of Pavia

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Stephen Johnston @stephenaj.bsky.social · Jun 2

On commence! Kicking off the Paris training week in global history of astronomy at @labnf.bsky.social with Matthieu Husson and Alexandre Tur @tur-alexandre.bsky.social. More at eida.hypotheses.org/seminars-2/t...

Matthieu Husson and Alexandre Tur at BnF Richelieu

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · May 20

www.rensoc.org.uk/event/mediev...

Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts
3–5 December 2025 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Deadline for submission/application: June 30, 2025

Medieval Times in Early Modern Texts – Society for Renaissance Studies

www.rensoc.org.uk

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · May 14

New issue of the Journal for the History of Astronomy Vol. 56, No. 2 (2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/jhaa/56/2
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · May 11

histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/04/eshs...
🚨 Call for Papers: ESHS Early Career Network Meeting 🚨

The 2025 ESHS Early Career Network Meeting will be held at the University of Manchester (UK) on 9-10 September 2025!

Proposal should be sent to [email protected] no later than 15th of May 2025.

ESHS Early Career Network Meeting

European Society for the History of Science Early Career Network Meeting Call for papers 9-10 September 2025, University of Manchester W...

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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · May 2

We still have places for #DMSI2025 that will take place on 11 July. If you are already going to be in #Leeds for #IMC2025, stay for another day and join us for a day-long event of #learning and #networking on #DigitalMedievalStudies! First-come first-served. Apply by 1 June. tinyurl.com/DMSI-2025-UK

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · Apr 16

New #StudentJob opportunity!🦸
Research Group "Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA)" seeks to hire a #StudentAssistant in #Communications and #Administration 💫🔭

🗓 Deadline: May 11, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/4eDRUq4

#HistSci #JobsInBerlin #Astronomy
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"Max Planck History of Science—Career: We’re hiring!"
top right: MPIWG library. Picture by Setform 2017.
lower right: Indian board game Pretwa. Source: Sandra Prengel, 2024.

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · Apr 17

CfA: Short-term fellowships and research stays open for applications 📖

Scholars of any career stage are invited to apply for research visits to the MPIWG! Please visit our website for details on duration and funding options.

🗓️ Deadlines: May 1/Sept 15
🔗 bitly.cx/bepR5

#HistSci #EnvHist #Sinology

Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the history of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows a group of people at the institute's courtyard. Photography by MPIWG, 20121. The third shows people reading in the institute's library. Photography by MPIWG, 2012.

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Lisa Onaga @lisaonaga.bsky.social · Apr 5

MPIWG is hiring postdocs in Dept "Artifacts, Action, Knowledge" (includes working groups RTAWD, Heavens in Your Hand, Common Kg, Metals&Minerals) + Dept "Knowledge Systems + Collective Life" and @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social ! Do check "career" page for closing dates: tinyurl.com/2usszea9
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job advertisement screenshot https://www.mpg.de/24329299/postdoctoral-scholars1

screenshot of MPIWG Reclaiming "Turtles All The Way Down" working group web page https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/reclaiming-turtles-all-way-down-tawd-plural-practices-animal-cosmologies

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Apr 8

EIDA conference 2025 (hybrid event) will take place in Paris Observatory from April 15 to April 17 - A long history of diagrammatization in the astral sciences
Third International EIDA Conference. More info at: eida.hypotheses.org/conference-2...

Conference 2025

A long history of diagrammatization in the astral sciences Third International EIDA Conference Org. Matthieu Husson, Samuel Gessner, Divna Manolova, Stefan Zieme, Florence Somer Practical aspects O...

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Apr 8

A 2-year postdoc within the project EIDA at the Observatoire de Paris. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team exploring historical astronomical diagrams. Project's languages: Chinese, Sanskrit, Byzantine, Arabic/Persian, Hebrew, or Latin: eida.hypotheses.org/postdoc-call...

Postdoc call 2025

DHAI for the history of astronomical diagrams Postdoc call In the context of the PRAIRIE cluster the History of astronomy team of the LTE laboratory in Paris Observatory is offering a two year postd...

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Astral Sciences in Trans-Regional Asia (ASTRA) @astra-mpiwg.bsky.social · Apr 1

📢 ASTRA postdocJacob Schmidt-Madsen recently appeared on the Five Games for Doomsday (5G4D) podcast to talk about astral sciences, board games, and our upcoming High Gravity Talk with Prof. Alex de Voogt.

🔗 www.spreaker.com/episode/jaco...

Jacob Schmidt-Madsen on High Gravity Talks - Five Games for Doomsday

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Mar 31

April 24, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM (Online)
Open to the public with registration. Learn more at the link #historyofastronomy #hisci

Coffee with a Codex: Early Texts on Astronomy

April 24 is the annual "Take Our Children to Work Day" at Penn, and Curator Dot Porter will be joined by her son Andrew. He's keen on astronomy, so they'll bring out three of our early astronomy texts...

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Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy @chama-dhst.bsky.social · Mar 26

Third International EIDA Conference, 15-17 April. More information at the link. It is possible to attend the conference both remotely and in person (upon registration). #historyofastronomy #historyofastralsciences #medievalsciences #astronomicaldiagrams #medievaldiagrams

Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · Mar 25

Conference on the cross-cultural history of diagrams in astronomy, astrology, & other astral sciences -- in Paris and online, April 15-17, 2025: eida.hypotheses.org/conference-2... #histsci #medievalsky #earlymodern @chama-dhst.bsky.social

Conference 2025

A long history of diagrammatization in the astral sciences Third International EIDA Conference Org. Matthieu Husson, Samuel Gessner, Divna Manolova, Stefan Zieme, Florence Somer Practical aspects O...

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