Confused at science experts bickering over models? History and philosophy of science in action. Models v. Evidence bostonreview.net/science-nature…

A tiny bright spot in this bleak academic job market! The Society of Fellows ⁦Princeton University⁩ is looking for 3 new postdocs to join us for the next 3 years. Truly, it’s the most wonderful group of people, and you should apply! sf.princeton.edu/application

Okay, journalists. I'd love your opinion. Jerome Roos has been following me for a while. On 13 May, he published a piece on the #BlackDeath in The New Statesman: newstatesman.com/2020/05/how-pl…. It cites 4 historians, none of them me. Yet a detail clearly comes from me. Should I be credited?

An exciting day today as our new Visualising Human Anatomy course launches, run by Victoria

Jean-Marc Mandosio's magnificent labours. This may be the most interesting work of Renaissance learned magic you've never heard of. My review: dx.doi.org/10.1111/rest.1…

Just a few days left for PGR students to submit an abstract for our #earlymodern conference in November! Deadline is 31st May - details here yumpu.com/en/document/re… #earlymoderntwitter #phdchat

Official advert: SGSAH @ahrc funded PhD studentship, working with @transkribus, National Library of Scotland, me, @pmgooding & Sarah Ames, on how Handwritten Text Recognition Will Change Management and Use of Digitised Manuscripts. Please share, and apply! jobs.ac.uk/job/CAG717/ado…

Join for some timely thinking, sponsored by ECGH, on 7 July: ed.ac.uk/history-classi…

Out today: an experimental digital edition with peer-reviewed essays! UVA Press, edited by @taranummedal and Donna Bilak: furnaceandfugue.org. Reader beware: I did contribute something on learned failure... (doi.org/10.26300/bdp.f…)

It's a pleasure to announce our special issue on historical perspectives on #epidemic and #COVID19. Free access for everyone. #History #histmed #openaccess #coronavirus onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000498/2…

Some great talks coming up in our corner of the universe: check it out. (see also Edinburgh Early Modern Network!) eventbrite.co.uk/e/material-and…

I am happy to share the exciting news that I have received an ERC Starting Grant for my 5 year project 'The Epidemiological Revolution.' I could have not done this without the fantastic support from colleagues, friends and family. Thank you all! #ERCStg #EUfunded

Glad to see this wonderful workshop at Sélestat will still happen—but now in October 2021 (not the date on the poster)!

Some good stuff on epistemic images here (if I do say so myself...): 21-inquiries.eu/en/issues/issu…

Embark with Alexander Marr & Richard Oosterhoff into the late 16th c. cultures of letters and mathematics. The most astounding product of his labour is a manuscript set of instruments for calculating the locations of the heavenly bodies. PDF: journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/xxi/… #21Inquiries

The IHRG programme for this semester is now available at ed.ac.uk/history-classi…. Events will be held online, so please pass this on to anyone, anywhere, who might be interested!

Publish a first book in intellectual history? Submit it for a prize! Intellectual History Review ISIH ISIH Society biennial Constance Blackwell Prize for a first monograph published in 2022 or 2023. Particulars... is-ih.com/ecr/prizes/

Book prize call! The Constance Blackwell Prize 2024 is for a first book out 2022-23--details here: is-ih.com/news/constance… Open to any topic in intellectual history, around the world, c. 1450 to present.