My opinion in today's Sydney Morning Herald: the Australian government's desperate lack of vision is a massive opportunity cost for our research and innovation. We need agility, trust, and intellectual diversity: Time to get bold!

Great to see Ian Hesketh make the top 10!

Here's a new piece of mine in Zygon. (Preprint here: tinyurl.com/4tnkuxs5) WHAT IS NATURAL THEOLOGY? (AND SHOULD WE DISPENSE WITH IT?) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Delighted to have copy of Leigh Penman's @ltipenman excellent new book on the history of cosmopolitanism. bloomsbury.com/au/lost-histor…

I'm hosting a public art history course in Nov/Dec. 3 sessions: Serious Jokes, Remake/Remodel, The Weird & the Eerie. Thrilled to be joined by artists Natalya Hughes, Warraba Weatherall, Jenny Watson for Q&As. Details in the link: fal.cn/3szLI #QAGOMA UQ Communication & Arts

Our seminar series continues tomorrow (Thurs 13 Oct, 4.00pm) with Phil Almond talking about the cultural history of Mary Magdalene.

IASH director Peter Harrison speaks with BecomingHumanProject about trust in science and more

I'm giving a seminar tomorrow at University of Qld. If you're in the vicinity... 4.00pm Michie Bldg, 09-443

“I think one reason why the history of science has disappeared from science courses is that it’s no longer offering what the scientists wanted from it, which was a history of triumph.” Editor-in-Chief BecomingHumanProject in conversation with Lorraine Daston themarginaliareview.com/daston-intervi…

Looking forward to today's seminar on the idea of 'the Darwinian Revolution' with Ian Hesketh, @joelgbarnes, @Freudzster & Jamie Freestone. (Note the venue change: Rm. 01-E302, Forgan Smith bldg).

We are delighted to announce, three 3-year Addison Wheeler Research Fellowships are now being advertised, closing date midnight 10 Jan 2023. See durham.taleo.net/careersection/…, and further details at durham.ac.uk/research/insti… Alex Easton Professor Nayanika Mookherjee Gretchen Larsen Karen Johnson

Good thread on a great book

Lots of good ideas here, including this: "We should provide more and longer funding periods for early career fellows (5-7 years). And we should be providing more funding, in general, for supporting people (and especially post-docs) in other programs...."

Peter Harrison recommends the best books on The History of Science and Religion fivebooks.com/best-books/his… via Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations

An indictment of how this country's politicians treat culture unless it comes in Anzac packaging. A better funding deal for the nation's cultural institutions including the National Gallery, Library, Museum, Archives, and Film and Sound Archive is urgent. smh.com.au/culture/art-an…

Lessons for Australia's ERA revamp?

If you're inclined to read Carlo Rovelli's latest, I'd suggest reading Peter Harrison's latest first.

rare sighting of an early modern history job #twitterstorians jobs.ac.uk/job/CWK661/cmr…

Hi, friends, if you ever wondered what the magazine I run is all about, Yale Divinity School just published a great piece about our work. A big thanks to Marginalia Review of Books’s amazing team and Leah Silvieus, who interviewed us and wrote the piece; and thanks to YDS! divinity.yale.edu/news/alum-led-…