Happy to circulate the introduction to the "Down Under Darwin" special issue of Studies C sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Big thanks to Ian Hesketh Evelleen Richards and Ruth Barton for inviting me to contribute to this special issue “Down Under Darwin” in Studies C . You can read my essay on William Boyd Dawkins’ betrayal of Darwin’s patronage here doi.org/10.1016/j.shps… #darwin #history

Emily M. Kern writes on "History, Evolution, and Origins in UNESCO's Cultural and Scientific History of Mankind" in the current issue of the JHI. This article is now available open access. Have a look! muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article…

Forum on the state of "British studies" and the broader crisis of the discipline of history in higher ed NACBS's blog, w/ contributions from @James11Vernon, Christienna Fryar, Glen O'Hara, @kfullagar, Ted McCormick, & me nacbs.org/broadsides

History of Science Society. 2024 Annual Meeting: Call for Proposals. 7-10 Nov 2024 Conference theme is “Imperfect Pasts, Uncertain Futures.” Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico Deadline : Friday 12 April 2024 11:59 pm PDT hssonline.org/page/hss2024cfp

The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University seeks an outstanding scholar for a three-year renewable lectureship academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27414

Playing hockey in your dream

If you're in Sydney at the end of next month, do join us for the launch of my new book.

Incredibly sad as we face 6 more redundancies in History at UoLincoln on top of the loss of 3 valued colleagues (via voluntary severance). We've always punched above our weight in terms of research + teaching and this is such a sad comment on all of that work and UK HE overall.

📢New Publication Alert! 🔖'Reign of the Beast' by Adrian Desmond is out now! 🔎Delve into the fascinating story of W. D. Saull and his revolutionary museum of #evolution, challenging societal norms decades before #Darwin's 'Origin of Species'. Access openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647…

For those who have been asking here is the Table of Contents for our new awesome book: Victorian Interdisciplinarity and the Sciences The ToC and Introduction is also now available via @UPittPress website: upittpress.org/books/97808229…

I wrote a short piece for The Conversation on John Tyndall's infamous Belfast Address, delivered 150 years ago this coming Monday. A different angle perhaps: theconversation.com/john-tyndall-h…

Investigating the roots of the natural/supernatural dichotomy – aeon.co/essays/investi… via Aeon Magazine

I'm giving a seminar for U Sydney HPS next Monday, 10 March, on 'The Origins of Scientific Naturalism'. All welcome!

Check out my new review of Ian Hesketh's A History of Big History: link.springer.com/article/10.100…. In short, Hesketh does a good job of discerning a doubtful speculative philosophy of history and science in Big History, but the judgment about it as a research programme is still out.

Call for Papers - AAHPSSS Conference 2025 The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from December 3-5. Further details, including on submissions, can be found on our website: aahpsss.net.au/conference/202…

Adding my modest voice to many asking you to sign this open letter to the Australian PM. My reasons are below but I'm proud to be a member of the AHA and glad that historians have taken a lead in restoring equity in Australian higher education. openpetition.org/au/petition/on…

Submissions for the AAHPSSS 2025 conference close on August 8th! The 2025 AAHPSSS conference will be held in a hybrid format at the University of Queensland from Wednesday 3rd December to Friday 5th December. Further details can be found on our website: aahpsss.net.au/conference/202…