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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · 8d

🚨🚨 This is a quick notice to let you all know that we have had to cancel this session!

But, we have moved it to 6 November! We hope you'll join us then! ✨🪴

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · 13d

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 13d

Join us for another semester of @collecol.bsky.social fun online.
#HistNatHist #HistSTM #collections #museums #EnvHist #EnvHum

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · 13d

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

www.chstm.org

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · 13d

#HistSTM #museums #collections #envhist #HistNatHist

@dominikhhh.bsky.social @nickytheprof.bsky.social @cmadruga.bsky.social @dbrh.bsky.social @nulybranch.bsky.social @mattholmes.bsky.social @lindaaburnett.bsky.social @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social @annalsvensson.bsky.social @annatoledano.com

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · 13d

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

www.chstm.org

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Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · Jul 10

What a great roundtable! @collecol.bsky.social!

Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Jul 10

Had a fabulous time at #BSHS2025 @bshsnews.bsky.social . #HistSTM

So much on #museums , #collections , #envhist #HistNatHist . 😍

Great seeing friends & meeting new people. Esp. @camglamresearch.bsky.social

Thanks everyone for attending our @collecol.bsky.social roundtable. Join please:

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Jul 10

Had a fabulous time at #BSHS2025 @bshsnews.bsky.social . #HistSTM

So much on #museums , #collections , #envhist #HistNatHist . 😍

Great seeing friends & meeting new people. Esp. @camglamresearch.bsky.social

Thanks everyone for attending our @collecol.bsky.social roundtable. Join please:

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

www.chstm.org

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Jul 7

Greatly looking forward to #BSHS2025 and esp. our @collecol.bsky.social roundtable on Wednesday, 11.30 am.
Already very happy about the accommodation because I get to walk past this gorgeous #ceramics art work by one of my favourite artists. Thanks @bshsnews.bsky.social 😍 #DuncanGrant #HistSTM

Painted ceramic tiles showing a naked young man with blond her reading the papers which cover the middle part of his body. He sits in front of a fountain on a meadow with flowers

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Jun 11

‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿

#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Jun 11

‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿

#envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Jun 4

Join us & let‘s workshop together!
#envhum #collections #museum

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨

@dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲

Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info!
www.chstm.org/group/collec...

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Matthew Holmes @mattholmes.bsky.social · Apr 22

Where does our food come from and is it safe? My article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science explores the history of plant #genetics and concerns over #food in the BSE crisis and #GMO controversy: doi.org/10.1093/acre... #histSTM #envhist #aghist #EnvSci

Two dishes containing peanut plants. One has been badly damaged by insects. The other, genetically engineered, plant is still intact and green. Image is from the Agricultural Research Service.

The cover of a Greenpeace pamphlet against GM crops. The text reads "Genetic Experiment, Don't Buy It." A large X is in the center of the image and the background is a field of yellow crops (most likely oilseed rape plants).

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Apr 10

Starting shortly. I was so much looking forward to @nathanbossoh.bsky.social ‘s presentation but I can’t attend after all. 😩 one of those days . 🙄
Don’t be like me !

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Apr 10

Don't forget ⬇️ In just a few hours! ⏰

Join us today to hear from @nathanbossoh.bsky.social on three core themes of access, exploitation, & curation as a way of opening further dialogue on the role of museums in the creation (& curation) of new botanical futures.

We look forward to seeing you! ✨🌿

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨 @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on 10 April @ 12pm EDT/5pm BST! ✨

Dr @nathanbossoh.bsky.social will discuss 'Imperial Exploitation, & the Curation of New Botanical Futures' & his co-curated exhibition at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social.

We hope you'll join us! ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Apr 10

Our own @arnoldke.bsky.social will host a workshop at this event on how to work with + read natural history specimens with colleagues at the Liverpool World Museum! 🪲

Information on schedule, bursaries, & sign-up available in the link below ⬇️🌿

Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · Apr 10

We are excited to announce that @liverpooluni.bsky.social will host the next big @ihr.bsky.social workshop - IHR@Liverpool! The topic is 'Difficult Histories' ✨

This is geared toward PGRs + early career folks & there are bursaries available!

Sign-up + more info ➡️ www.history.ac.uk/events/ihrli...

IHR@Liverpool: Difficult Histories

www.history.ac.uk

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Apr 10

Don't forget ⬇️ In just a few hours! ⏰

Join us today to hear from @nathanbossoh.bsky.social on three core themes of access, exploitation, & curation as a way of opening further dialogue on the role of museums in the creation (& curation) of new botanical futures.

We look forward to seeing you! ✨🌿

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨 @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on 10 April @ 12pm EDT/5pm BST! ✨

Dr @nathanbossoh.bsky.social will discuss 'Imperial Exploitation, & the Curation of New Botanical Futures' & his co-curated exhibition at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social.

We hope you'll join us! ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨 @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on 10 April @ 12pm EDT/5pm BST! ✨

Dr @nathanbossoh.bsky.social will discuss 'Imperial Exploitation, & the Curation of New Botanical Futures' & his co-curated exhibition at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social.

We hope you'll join us! ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

www.chstm.org

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 Another @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar this week! 🚨

We'll hear from Leah Malmut (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) on 'Collecting Building Blocks for a Better Bee' 🐝

13 March at 12pm EDT/4pm GMT (note the European time change) ⏰

More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Mar 11

#Collections & #enthist & #envhist. Hurray!
Join us on 13 March!

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 Another @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar this week! 🚨

We'll hear from Leah Malmut (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) on 'Collecting Building Blocks for a Better Bee' 🐝

13 March at 12pm EDT/4pm GMT (note the European time change) ⏰

More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

www.chstm.org

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Déborah Dubald @dbrh.bsky.social · Mar 11

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Do you like bees?
Then mark down your calendar for @collecol.bsky.social 's next meeting this coming Thursday!

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Mar 10

🚨 Another @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar this week! 🚨

We'll hear from Leah Malmut (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) on 'Collecting Building Blocks for a Better Bee' 🐝

13 March at 12pm EDT/4pm GMT (note the European time change) ⏰

More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

www.chstm.org

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · Feb 20

Spring program for the Instructing Colonial Natural History Seminar Series. The first seminar is by the wonderful @nickytheprof.bsky.social on Wed 26 Feb, 3-4 pm C.E.T: The Land of True Britons: Edward Lhwyd's Survey of Wales.

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join us on Monday (18.00-19.00) for Marie Mianowski's seminar: Tracing Sarah Mary Fitton (1795–1874). Marie will be discussing her research on Fitton, an Irish born botanist, discussing both individual hurdles she faced & systemic difficulties that were typical for women scientists in the 19th c

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Feb 17

New paper re-up! It covers:
- how natural history & world cultures #museums can learn from each other.
- examples of questions natural history museums can ask when researching legacies of colonialism in their collections.
- a discussion about repatriation.
- environmental legacies of #colonialism 👇

Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · Feb 14

New paper out today!
"The Entwined Human and Environmental Costs of the Colonial Project: Perspectives from Natural History Collections".
I explored a few themes on how natural history #museums are now working to understand their colonial legacies. A little🧵:
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...

A screenshot of the title page and abstract of the paper. It reads:
The Entwined Human and Environmental Costs of the Colonial Project
Perspectives from Natural History Collections
Jack Ashby
■ ABSTRACT: Although such research has long been mainstream in world cultures collections, natural history museums have only recently begun tracing their colonial histories, seeking to identify individuals obscured by power imbalances, and inviting consideration of specimens as artifacts of invasion, exploitation, and extraction, as well as scientific data. This article summarizes these developments within natural history, providing possible approaches and questions. It illustrates how the costs of the colonial project experienced by people and environments were intertwined and follow similar historical processes. Equally, the vital roles natural history collections are playing in researching global environmental crises can also be played by world cultures collections.
By learning from each other’s disciplinary research practices, natural history and world cultures collections have huge potential to increase their social relevance.

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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Feb 20

So honoured to have been asked to join this amazing group of people on the board. Looking forward to supporting this wonderful initiative in any way I can.
@camglamresearch.bsky.social #GLAM #HistNatHist #Museums #Collections

Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Feb 20

Glad to see our own @dominikhhh.bsky.social named to the Advisory Board of the new Natural History Humanities initiative at the University of Cambridge! 🎉

Find out more about what they're doing, including postdoc/visiting fellowships & much more to come in future!

www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Natural History Humanities - Collections Connections Communities

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Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Feb 20

Glad to see our own @dominikhhh.bsky.social named to the Advisory Board of the new Natural History Humanities initiative at the University of Cambridge! 🎉

Find out more about what they're doing, including postdoc/visiting fellowships & much more to come in future!

www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Natural History Humanities - Collections Connections Communities

www.ccc.cam.ac.uk

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