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... literaturwissenschaftlich noch
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... wissenschaftsgeschichtlich (aber eher selten)
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Who remembers overhead projectors? When did you last see one in action?

#histodons #history #internationalism #scihistodons #histsci #STS #conferences #objects #materialculture #infrastructure

Conferences generate and rely on material culture and infrastructures.

We've been building a gallery of conference objects on our website, here: https://sciconf.nu/gallery/

The gallery is a work in progress. Do get in touch if you have any images of objects to contribute - we'd love to expand the gallery and will keep adding to it.

#histodons #history #internationalism #scihistodons #histsci #STS #HERA #conferences #materialculture

This is what collaboration across four+ cities in two+ time zones looks like in practice. Here we are, hard at work on a special issue we're hoping to publish with the British Journal of the History of Science in due course.

#histodons #history #internationalism #scihistodons #histsci #STS #conferences i #HERA #publicspaces #BJHS

We've been quietly working away on various projects (more news soon!). In the meantime we're pleased to announce a new blog entry by guest contributor Julian Bondaz on the International Conferences of West Africanists. Come have a look.

https://sciconf.nu/learned-excursions-and-scientific-tourism-at-the-first-international-conferences-of-west-africanists-1945-1949/

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In the summer the SciConf group wrote a Times Higher Education piece on the pros & cons of conferencing (Nb: The title & image weren’t ours). The environmental cost of conferencing is huge, but arguments about the greater inclusivity of online meetings are often overstated. Ultimately, it’s hard to beat a physical get-together. It's vital that universities & grant funders provide resources for them.

You can read it here: https://sciconf.nu/outreach/

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@aileenfyfe

Apparently, in the 1970s the publisher Heron brought out an edition of OoS with the tag—

"For every real man who has a place in his heart where no women are allowed."

Source: https://twtr.in/3N1Q

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To celebrate the 163rd anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species today, the Darwin Correspondence Project at #CambridgeUL has published the full edition of #Darwin 's correspondence online! Explore more than 15000 letters, from Darwin's first letter in 1822 to his death in 1882.

Much as I like physical books, it's really exciting to have the collected correspondence now full-text searchable:

https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/full-edition-now-online

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In addition to Spotify, the podcasts are now also available on Soundcloud, here https://soundcloud.com/conferencearoundtheclock/sets/conference-around-the-clock?utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing

If you manage to listen in, we'd love to know what you think!

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Last week we launched our podcasts on the history of scientific conferences. They’ll be up on our website soon. If you’re interested you can already download them from Spotify: search for ‘Conference Around the Clock’, a podcast by Mariana Castillo Deball & Nils Reinke-Dieker

https://open.spotify.com/show/5M5SuXfoV6PAUTIICQ7Rri

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If only I could overcome the cringe of hearing myself I’d really enjoy our @SciConf podcasts on the history of conferencing. Everyone else sounds so articulate & smart, and Mariana & Nils have done a brilliant job pulling it all together.

If you’re in search of a new podcast, look for ‘Conference Around the Clock’ (a podcast by Mariana Castillo Deball & Nils Reinke-Dieker) on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5M5SuXfoV6PAUTIICQ7Rri

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Here is the lovely SciConf group - Jane Mumby, Sven Widmalm, Geert Somsen, Thomas Mougey, Georgiana Kotsou, Charlotte Bigg & @JessicaReinisch (sadly missing Waqar Zaidi) - looking a bit jaded after a day of discussing our project findings and outcomes. Conferences matter!
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Is it just me (or my instance) or are there really no toots (and not really very many tweets, either) from #HSS22 in Chicago? I'm assuming you'd all be using the same handle here as per the birdsite... If there's a different one, someone please tell me (once you all wake up later today, obviously...)!

I say this as my colleagues in the @SciConf group are about to arrive in London. For me, this project has opened up completely new paths for studying the history of #internationalism

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It's a big week for the project. The SciConf group has teamed up with the artist Mariana Castillo Deball to produce a series of podcasts about the history of conferences. They will be 'unveiled' at a show in London this Friday, 18 Nov, 6-8pm, at the #Birkbeck cinema, followed by a drinks reception.

We still have some places left – they are free but you need to register, here: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=34070

Hope to see some fellow Mastodons there!

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My v late #Introduction: I teach history at #Birkbeck, Uni of London - an amazing place but currently going through an existential crisis. I work on the history of #internationalism, incl a long-standing project on the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Recently I've been thinking about international #conferences as part of the mechanics of internationalism. Also interested in histories of humanitarian relief work, #refugees, #aidhistory, #histsci #histodons #scihistodons

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Something that's very much on all our minds, as we work out whether to return to our pre-pandemic habits of in-person, transatlantic, carbon-guzzling, expensive academic conferences...

(She writes, feeling torn about not-attending #HSS22: better for environment and budget this way; but 'fear of missing out' on rekindling professional friendships...) #histodons #scihistodons

Project Co-PI Geert Somsen has been a fellow at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia this month.

You can watch his lecture 'Why Gather? Reflections on the History and Future of Scientific Conferences' here: https://www.sciencehistory.org/event/why-gather-reflections-on-the-history-and-future-of-scientific-conferences

Why do scientists go to conferences? What happens at face-to-face meetings that cannot be done at a distance?

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Hello! We're Mastodon newbies but glad to be here. An #introduction: we're a group of historians & historians of science working on the history of the scientific conference. We're interested in the internal dynamics of conferences & their broader scientific, public & political functions.

Here is an overview of the project: https://heranet.info/2022/08/12/project-of-the-month-sciconf/

We hope to connect with colleagues & interested scholars!

#histodons #history #conferences #internationalism #scihistodons #histsci #STS

I wish I was heading to Chicago for #HSS22 later this week, but unfortunately not... #histsci #sts #hps #scihistodons

Those looking for some reading for the plane might try our A History of Scientific Journals: Publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015.

I recommend the free digital edition as being more practical for travellers!

https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/187262

I'm off to the History of Science Society's annual meeting in Chicago next week. Wondering how many #HSS #histsci #histSTM #scihistodons that will be there are on here too?