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Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · 1d

25/11 FR "Contested Danger: Avalanches, Knowledge, Politics, and Land in Switzerland" www.unifr.ch/geo/humangeo...
11/12 GE "La géographie des trois chiens du Grand Saint Bernard: l’animal de travail, le chien de race, et le chien d’avalanche, dans le territoire Suisse" www.unige.ch/sciences-soc...

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · 1d

If you want to hear more about avalanches (and avalanche dogs 🐶 ), you have three opportunities in three languages across Switzerland this:

21/10, Chur, "Lawinen und soziale Ordnung. Graubünden als Labor des Umgangs mit Naturgefahren, 1867–1972," historia-gr.ch/veranstaltun...

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · 2d

8/12 – Anna Ahlers (MPIWG, Berlin): "Demystifying China’s Authoritarian Environmentalism - and Its Local and Global Nuances," 17h15

The series is part of the SNSF-project "Avalanches." More here
avalanche.hypotheses.org/gel

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · 2d

We have two great talks coming up in the Geneva Environmental Lecture series this term.

22/10 – David S. Jones (Harvard): "Particulate Matters: How PM2.5 Became a Cause of Death, and a Matter of Concern," 17h15, E712, Bd. Carl-Vogt 66

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Bruno J. Strasser @brunostrasser.bsky.social · Aug 21

1/12 - In our book, The Mask, we show 58 striking images.

Remember those depictions of plague doctors wearing a beaked mask? Such visual elements were common in the 17th C and were always satirical.

Here is one by F. Bertelli, from Il Carnevale Italiano…1642 (The Met, NY).

tinyurl.com/uvzjs9py

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Aug 13

So far, no polls have been published, and it seems unlikely that the referendum will succeed. However, the super-rich are spooked.
www.ft.com/content/1ca8...

Inheritance tax referendum spooks Swiss super-rich

Bankers and lawyers warn of exodus ahead of public vote on 50 per cent rate for the very wealthy

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Aug 13

Switzerland will vote in late November on a popular initiative to impose a 50% tax on inheritance and donations above 50 million. The initiative, lanced by the JUSO, proposes to use the funds for socially just measures for climate protection. zukunft-initiative.ch/fr/

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Les ultra-riches détruisent notre avenir avec leurs jets privés, leurs super-yachts et leurs investissements de plusieurs milliards nuisibles au climat. En quelques heures, elles et ils sont…

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Aug 7

Submit your proposal for a presentation at HSSuisse25 in Lucerne (5 December) till 15 August! Going into its 6th year, this workshop serves as an informal, respectful, and constructive environment to present new and old projects and think through them together. More on hssuisse.ch/meetings/202...

HSSUISSE - History of Science Switzerland

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Bruno J. Strasser @brunostrasser.bsky.social · Jul 2

Our book is out! The surprising history of masks worn by plague doctors, factory workers, trench soldier, hospital nurses, and the rest of us.

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Jul 30

alongside "environment."

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dehes.bsky.social @dehes.bsky.social · Jul 4

More information about the conference's content and program:

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Flurin Condrau @fcondrau.bsky.social · Jun 24

"The Mask" by @brunostrasser.bsky.social and #thomasschlich is out today. I have listened to talks and seen some papers and cannot wait to read this.

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · Jun 21

We look forward to seeing the conversations that come out of this exciting forum!

Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Jun 19

Our Forum "Visions of the Planet" is now published in Diplomatic History (49.3) - and you can find all articles in one place: academic.oup.com/dh/issue/49/3

Volume 49 Issue 3 | Diplomatic History | Oxford Academic

The official journal of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Examines issues relating to U.S. diplomacy, foreign relations, and security issues from the colonial period to the present...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · Jun 21

The rest of the research articles in the issue are part of a special forum on the planetary age Lucas Mueller (@lumu.bsky.social‬) and Simone M. Müller compiled a great set of articles and wrote the introduction, which is available in open access academic.oup.com/dh/article/4...

Visions of the One Planet: The Planetary Age in International and Environmental History

“We know that you don’t have the power to stop a transaction, but for goodness’ sake, we are all on the same planet.”- Congressional Representative John Co

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Jun 19

Our Forum "Visions of the Planet" is now published in Diplomatic History (49.3) - and you can find all articles in one place: academic.oup.com/dh/issue/49/3

Volume 49 Issue 3 | Diplomatic History | Oxford Academic

The official journal of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Examines issues relating to U.S. diplomacy, foreign relations, and security issues from the colonial period to the present...

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Jun 10

New day, new archive. Let's see how the Swiss planners thought about avalanches and other natural dangers - and what they did about it.

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dehes.bsky.social @dehes.bsky.social · Jun 3

The doctoral summer school of conflict in the history of capitalism continues today with a keynote by Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social.
Full program: www.unige.ch/sciences-soc...

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · May 16

Sadly, a deeply flawed effort. The European institutions and universities don't create more stable tt positions. The grant-based schemes do not replicate the employment structures that made US universities and their researchers 'excellent', (and which also have been withered away in the US).

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · May 8

Tonight! Join for Mark Carey's talk about icebergs - not icons of climate change but a problem for commerce!

Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Apr 2

Save the date for the next talk in the "Geneva Environmental Lecture" series! On 8 May, Mark Carey (Oregon) will speak on the very mundane history of icebergs 🧊 More on avalanche.hypotheses.org/gel

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Apr 9

Our introduction, w/ @smueller.bsky.social, about the planetary age in environmental and international history is online! Check out the Forum articles by Perrin Selcer, Andrea Westermann, Liesbeth van de Grift &
@smacekura.bsky.social Let's begin the debate about the visions of the one planet 🌍

Visions of the One Planet: The Planetary Age in International and Environmental History

“We know that you don’t have the power to stop a transaction, but for goodness’ sake, we are all on the same planet.”- Congressional Representative John Co

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Peter van Dam @phvandam.bsky.social · Apr 7

Can activists change businesses? In this special issue, an inspiring group of colleagues explores attempts to do so, and discuss the opportunities and limitations these historical cases bring to the fore.

Thanks to all of them, and to @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social for the great teamwork!

Sabine Pitteloud @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social · Apr 4

Special issue on "Business and activists"🚨
co-edited with @phvandam.bsky.social

With @alexh33.bsky.social
@hiskearts.bsky.social @ivapesa.bsky.social @acontestataires.bsky.social

#BizHis #activism #CSR #DEI #vegetarianism #labor #RSE #greenwashing #sustainability
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Businesses, Activists, and the Quest for Legitimacy

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Lucas Mueller @lumu.bsky.social · Apr 2

Save the date for the next talk in the "Geneva Environmental Lecture" series! On 8 May, Mark Carey (Oregon) will speak on the very mundane history of icebergs 🧊 More on avalanche.hypotheses.org/gel

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Feb 28

"Labour has nothing to say about the forces shaping our economy and society."

Listen to @davidedgerton.bsky.social on the New Economics podcast with @graceblakeley.bsky.social and Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

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