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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 2d

🎉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 🖥️📚
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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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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 7d

🔎 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

Vom Erz zum geopolitischen Faktor

Wie Europas Montangeschichte hilft, die heutige Rohstoffpolitik neu zu verstehen

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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 12d

⛏️🌍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

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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 12d

🚀 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

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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 13d

✨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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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 13d

Grey, rainy morning in Vienna brightened by attending a workshop on mining history.

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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 13d

🌍⛏️ 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! 💡📜

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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 15d

🚨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

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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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 21d

✨ 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

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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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · Sep 3

🌏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)
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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · Aug 27

🙏 @eseh.bsky.social @uu.se