Nicolo Ludovice
@ludotheexplorer.bsky.social
History and policy, animals, environment, STM | HKUST
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So great to see my new book How Plague Got Rats:
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
October 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
So great to see my new book How Plague Got Rats:
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic, published OA @hopkinspress.bsky.social next May, has got a cover! www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Today is the day! My book Lab Dog is out from @uchicagopress.bsky.social a week early and you can find it wherever you find books. For @thedrift-mag.bsky.social, I put it in context with xenotransplantation, “trans rats,” & contemporary lab animal politics newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/from-capit...
From capitalist pigs to poisoned puppies
Brad Bolman on the shifting politics of animal experimentation
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May 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today is the day! My book Lab Dog is out from @uchicagopress.bsky.social a week early and you can find it wherever you find books. For @thedrift-mag.bsky.social, I put it in context with xenotransplantation, “trans rats,” & contemporary lab animal politics newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/from-capit...
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In "Concrete Colonialism," Diana Jean S. Martinez examines the US colonial project in the Philippines through the innovative use of reinforced concrete, a technology that dominated early twentieth-century construction. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/G9emDm4
July 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In "Concrete Colonialism," Diana Jean S. Martinez examines the US colonial project in the Philippines through the innovative use of reinforced concrete, a technology that dominated early twentieth-century construction. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/G9emDm4
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New special issue of OSIRIS: "Animal Mobilities" 🐫🐠🐛
The volume was edited by MPIWG Research Scholars Tamar Novick, @lisaonaga.bsky.social, and Gabriel N. Rosenberg of the working groups "Out of Place, Out of Time" and "Proteins and Fibers."
🔗 bit.ly/amv4025
#HistSci #EnvHist #STS #Zoology
The volume was edited by MPIWG Research Scholars Tamar Novick, @lisaonaga.bsky.social, and Gabriel N. Rosenberg of the working groups "Out of Place, Out of Time" and "Proteins and Fibers."
🔗 bit.ly/amv4025
#HistSci #EnvHist #STS #Zoology
June 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
New special issue of OSIRIS: "Animal Mobilities" 🐫🐠🐛
The volume was edited by MPIWG Research Scholars Tamar Novick, @lisaonaga.bsky.social, and Gabriel N. Rosenberg of the working groups "Out of Place, Out of Time" and "Proteins and Fibers."
🔗 bit.ly/amv4025
#HistSci #EnvHist #STS #Zoology
The volume was edited by MPIWG Research Scholars Tamar Novick, @lisaonaga.bsky.social, and Gabriel N. Rosenberg of the working groups "Out of Place, Out of Time" and "Proteins and Fibers."
🔗 bit.ly/amv4025
#HistSci #EnvHist #STS #Zoology
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In her upcoming book, "Unmaking Botany," Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez traces a history of botany in the Philippines during the last decades of Spanish rule and the first decades of US colonization. Read the intro for free our website now! #PostcolonialStudies #AsianStudies
https://buff.ly/4hCKdD7
https://buff.ly/4hCKdD7
February 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In her upcoming book, "Unmaking Botany," Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez traces a history of botany in the Philippines during the last decades of Spanish rule and the first decades of US colonization. Read the intro for free our website now! #PostcolonialStudies #AsianStudies
https://buff.ly/4hCKdD7
https://buff.ly/4hCKdD7
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In BMJ Global Health, open access: epistemic preparedness. We argue for the social sciences and the humanities - expanding the category of expert - in preparing for the next pandemic!
#pandemic #epidemiology #histstm #histmed #sts
@nam.edu @humanitiesau.bsky.social @acmedsci.bsky.social @apha.org
#pandemic #epidemiology #histstm #histmed #sts
@nam.edu @humanitiesau.bsky.social @acmedsci.bsky.social @apha.org
Epistemic preparedness
Preparedness strategies for emergent infectious diseases have focused on microbial surveillance, medical stockpiling and healthcare infrastructure resilience. But what does it mean to be epistemically...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
In BMJ Global Health, open access: epistemic preparedness. We argue for the social sciences and the humanities - expanding the category of expert - in preparing for the next pandemic!
#pandemic #epidemiology #histstm #histmed #sts
@nam.edu @humanitiesau.bsky.social @acmedsci.bsky.social @apha.org
#pandemic #epidemiology #histstm #histmed #sts
@nam.edu @humanitiesau.bsky.social @acmedsci.bsky.social @apha.org
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New paper! What does it mean to be epistemically prepared for the next disease outbreak?
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Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
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Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
June 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
New paper! What does it mean to be epistemically prepared for the next disease outbreak?
gh.bmj.com/content/10/6...
Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
gh.bmj.com/content/10/6...
Led by @wombatscholar.bsky.social with @sonjavw.bsky.social @seyeabimbola.bsky.social @rachelankeny.bsky.social @engelmal.bsky.social @mstoove.bsky.social @cwaldby.bsky.social et al
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Join us on 12 June 2025 for a workshop on Collecting, Studying, Controlling Animals in East Asia, organised by MancHSTM's Dr Amelia Bonea with @thejohnrylands.bsky.social and the Manchester China Institute
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Workshop: Collecting, Studying, Controlling Animals in East Asia
International Workshop
The John Rylands Library and Research Institute
12 June 2025
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April 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Join us on 12 June 2025 for a workshop on Collecting, Studying, Controlling Animals in East Asia, organised by MancHSTM's Dr Amelia Bonea with @thejohnrylands.bsky.social and the Manchester China Institute
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
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Looking forward to this workshop on knowledge in the c.19th century Global South - will be presenting a re-examination of Dr Rouffiandis's plague mission to 1902 Fuzhou and the encounter between Chinese and Pasteurian medicine
April 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Looking forward to this workshop on knowledge in the c.19th century Global South - will be presenting a re-examination of Dr Rouffiandis's plague mission to 1902 Fuzhou and the encounter between Chinese and Pasteurian medicine
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I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out!
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...
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USIAD's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) - WHICH WAS TAKE DOWN BY MUSK - hosts decades of usaid evaluations and performance monitoring reports.
Friends managed to save the public DEC here.
dec.usaid.work
Friends managed to save the public DEC here.
dec.usaid.work
USAID DEC Search
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February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
USIAD's Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC) - WHICH WAS TAKE DOWN BY MUSK - hosts decades of usaid evaluations and performance monitoring reports.
Friends managed to save the public DEC here.
dec.usaid.work
Friends managed to save the public DEC here.
dec.usaid.work
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How Pigs Shaped Medieval Life: Surprising Roles in Politics, Warfare, and Law https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/how-pigs-shaped-medieval-life-surprising-roles-in-politics-warfare-and-law/ #Pigs
How Pigs Shaped Medieval Life: Surprising Roles in Politics, Warfare, and Law - Medievalists.net
From scavengers cleaning city streets to symbols of royal power, pigs left an indelible mark on medieval history—often in the most unusual ways.
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February 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How Pigs Shaped Medieval Life: Surprising Roles in Politics, Warfare, and Law https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/how-pigs-shaped-medieval-life-surprising-roles-in-politics-warfare-and-law/ #Pigs
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"The [global health] literature thus reads like a conversation to which the primary participants, those working for change day to day, were not invited."
- @seyeabimbola.bsky.social "The Foreign Gaze. Essays on global health."
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
- @seyeabimbola.bsky.social "The Foreign Gaze. Essays on global health."
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
The Foreign Gaze - Essays on Global Health - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930437) | Un éditeur pour le développement
The Foreign Gaze - Essays on Global Health - Seye Abimbola (EAN13 : 9782709930437)
www.editions.ird.fr
February 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
"The [global health] literature thus reads like a conversation to which the primary participants, those working for change day to day, were not invited."
- @seyeabimbola.bsky.social "The Foreign Gaze. Essays on global health."
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
- @seyeabimbola.bsky.social "The Foreign Gaze. Essays on global health."
www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
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Hot off the press: New #openaccess #anthropology entry on #affect by Dr. Daniel White and Dr Andrea De Antoni www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/affect @polar-journal.bsky.social @wcaa.bsky.social
Affect
Affect refers to sensations and physiological shifts in intensity that may or may not formalise into conceptually distinct and collectively recognized feelings. Compared to emotions, which anthropolog...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hot off the press: New #openaccess #anthropology entry on #affect by Dr. Daniel White and Dr Andrea De Antoni www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/affect @polar-journal.bsky.social @wcaa.bsky.social
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Looking forward to reading Becoming Animal by Teresa Präauer, now available in English translation via Seagull Books www.seagullbooks.org/becoming-ani...
February 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Looking forward to reading Becoming Animal by Teresa Präauer, now available in English translation via Seagull Books www.seagullbooks.org/becoming-ani...
Looking forward to reading Kath's book on the history of botany in the Philippines!
Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez, Unmaking Botany: Science & Vernacular Knowledge in the Colonial Philippines - Duke University Press, April 2025
dukeupress.edu/unmaking-bot...
The introduction is available open access at this link.
dukeupress.edu/unmaking-bot...
The introduction is available open access at this link.
February 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Looking forward to reading Kath's book on the history of botany in the Philippines!
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No two ways about it: "Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal" via @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal
In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these principl...
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February 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No two ways about it: "Abandoning research participants is an unconscionable betrayal" via @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
How do you cope with writing fatigue?
December 4, 2024 at 9:36 AM
How do you cope with writing fatigue?
End of the semester. I will be able to breathe again. Then back to my writing.
November 27, 2024 at 3:15 PM
End of the semester. I will be able to breathe again. Then back to my writing.
Starting anew.
November 17, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Starting anew.