Guy Sechrist, PhD

Guy Sechrist, PhD

@guysechrist.bsky.social

Early-modern history of science | Commerce and Science -Practical Maths -Natural History @sis-instrument-soc.bsky.social Uni. of Tennessee | PhD Cambridge HPS

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Liesbeth Corens
@onslies.bsky.social

Woohoo! Booking for our first session on 23 October is up! Join us to hear from @bobpi.bsky.social about water, space, and environmental inequality in #earlymodern Amsterdam. Free, all welcome in person or on zoom, but register for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #LowCountries

history.ac.ukWater, Space and Environmental Inequality in Early Modern Amsterdam
Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social

A programme! A veritable programme! Would you look at these cool talks for our Autumn line-up, with dream team @bobpi.bsky.social, @ninondubourg.bsky.social, and @ewatson.bsky.social Join us at the @ihr.bsky.social (or on zoom) on Fridays at 17:30 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #LowCountries

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Megan L. Cook
@meganlcook.bsky.social

Ali and I have been working on this essay cluster on antiquarianism and literary history-- with wonderful contributions from @bkadams.bsky.social, David Landreth, @crystal-b-lake.bsky.social, and Jane Raisch-- for a really REALLY long time, and it is finally out! read.dukeupress.edu/modern-langu...

read.dukeupress.eduCriticism, Antiquarianism, and Literary HistoryIf a literary historian knows one piece of antiquarian writing from early modern England, it is likely Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, Thomas Browne’s fascinating and fascinated 1658 catalog of ancient fu...

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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh
@gianamar97.bsky.social

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Sujit Sivasundaram (@camhistory.bsky.social) re-examines the contexts that shaped "Sciences and the global", and, reflecting on how these have since transformed, explores how cross-contextualization as a method has changed more broadly. doi.org/10.1017/S001...

doi.orgAfterword: What Next for Cross-Contextualization? | The Historical Journal | Cambridge CoreAfterword: What Next for Cross-Contextualization?

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Karl Galle
@karlgalle.bsky.social

Online lecture on "Alchemy and the Scientific Revolution" by Prof. Lawrence Principe, this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. CDT, hosted by The Linda Hall in Kansas City: events.lindahall.org/alchemyandsc... #HistSTM #EarlyModern

events.lindahall.orgAlchemy and the Scientific Revolution (Virtual)Although alchemy was once considered unrelated to the history of science, or even imagined to be an “obstacle” to the emergence of modern chemistry, historians now recognize it as a crucial contributo...

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John McCafferty
@jdmccafferty.bsky.social

An intriguingly composed fish still life from Sebastian Stoskopff, b. #otd 13 July 1597, d. 10 Feb 1657. If I ever open a fish restaurant, this will go on the menu covers. (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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Melinda Baldwin
@mbaldwin.bsky.social

My book is coming out in October and will be available open access! However, for those who prefer physical copies, Barnes & Noble is currently running a preorder sale for members. Use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off the paperback! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-referee...

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Alexander Stoeger
@astoeger.bsky.social

My essay review on three new and intriguing edited volumes on history of science and knowledge and urban spaces was just published by BJHS @bshsnews.bsky.social Check it out 🔓 and have a look at the books, too - it was a pleassure to read them! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.orgScience and the city: reviewing Naples, London and Lisbon | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge CoreScience and the city: reviewing Naples, London and Lisbon

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Rebekah Higgitt
@rhiggitt.bsky.social

Thank you for this review of Metropolitan Science, @astoeger.bsky.social! It is lovely to have our book on London 1600-1800 discussed alongside works on Naples 1500-1800 and Lisbon 1840-1940 #histSTM #earlymodern cc @jasminekt.bsky.social

Alexander Stoeger@astoeger.bsky.social

My essay review on three new and intriguing edited volumes on history of science and knowledge and urban spaces was just published by BJHS @bshsnews.bsky.social Check it out 🔓 and have a look at the books, too - it was a pleassure to read them! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.orgScience and the city: reviewing Naples, London and Lisbon | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge CoreScience and the city: reviewing Naples, London and Lisbon

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BSHS
@bshsnews.bsky.social

📖 New issue of the BJHS now out! This issue brings together a rich set of contributions that explore how scientific knowledge is produced, communicated, and imagined across different contexts. BSHS members enjoy full access to all articles! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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John Garrison Marks
@johngmarks.com

Just over a week until publication day and the book tour in support of THY WILL BE DONE is up over 15 dates! Come see me this spring/summer or invite me to come speak near you!

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
@bsbibotany.bsky.social

Great article by @donnalferguson.bsky.social in today's @theguardian.com about Darwin & Henslow's plant specimens & illustrations and the fab new @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social Certificate in Botany: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Links for this course & many others here: bsbi.org/learn/traini...

theguardian.comCambridge offers botany course that inspired Darwin after rare archive uncoveredUniversity’s botanic garden will use study materials created by John Stevens Henslow, the naturalist’s mentor, 200 years ago

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John McCafferty
@jdmccafferty.bsky.social

Autumn: the #wine market in #Strasbourg, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1628-29. Hollar died #otd 25 Mar 1677. That would have been a very nice place to be. (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

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Ramona Negrón
@ramonanegron.bsky.social

Are you a PhD student working on slavery and/or emancipation? There is only one week left to submit your abstract to participate in the PhD/Graduate Seminar on 22 October 2026 at KITLV, Leiden. Deadline for abstracts (1 page): 30 March 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl 👇

Ramona Negrón@ramonanegron.bsky.social

* Call for papers * PhD Workshop at @kitlv.bsky.social organized by @fatahblack.bsky.social and I: Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation👇 We welcome PhDs working on early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation to participate. www.kitlv.nl/cfp/early-mo...

kitlv.nlCall for papers | Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation

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Royal Historical Society
@royalhistsoc.org

We are pleased to launch today a new funding programme for Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

bit.lySociety launches new funding programme for International Fellows and Associate Fellows - RHSThe Royal Historical Society is pleased to launch a new programme, from today, to support the work of International Fellows and Associate Fellows. Recipients will be members of the Society, resident o...

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Linda Andersson Burnett
@lindaaburnett.bsky.social

We’re excited to share our seminar line-up for Women in Natural History Museums & Collections. Please join us and help circulate! First out: Wednesday 6 May – 15:00–16:00 (CET) Luisa Kapp (Senckenberg Nature Research) “Everywhere and Nowhere: Women in the Making of Natural History” 🧵#histsci #HPS

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Daniel Bellingradt
@dbellingradt.bsky.social

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The little fella, from the species of "Pflantz-Menschen" (plant-people), is one of many wonderous humans highlighted in a book from 1668 titled "Anthropodemus Plutonicus Das ist/ Eine Neue Weltbeschreibung/ Von Allerley Wunderbahren Menschen" (Vd 17 3:313062K).

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Global Maritime History
@globalmarhist.bsky.social
globalmaritimehistory.comPlease register now for the Naval Dockyards Society 30th Annual Conference (Hybrid) - Global Maritime HistoryNaval Dockyards Society 30th Annual Conference (Hybrid) National Maritime Museum Greenwich Saturday 28 March 2026 Sponsored by the Society for Nautical Research Aftermath of the 1956 Suez Crisis: Global Ramifications and Reflections for Dockyards and Shipyards Conference registration is now open. Attendance is available In Person or Online. The Booking Deadline for the Conference is March 23rd 2026. To complete your booking form please click HERE Everything you need to know about our conference speakers and presentations along with the conference programme is presented below. We are really looking forward to seeing you at Greenwich on March 23rd so please complete your booking early. Conference Abstracts and Biographies Dr Samantha Middleton, From Convoys to Crisis: How the WWII Maritime Infrastructure shaped Britain’s Strategic Failure in Suez and its Aftermath for Dockyards and Shipyards The 1956 Suez Crisis has often been portrayed as the symbolic end of Britain’s imperial era, yet its roots and repercussions cannot be fully understood without reference to the vast maritime infrastructure constructed during the Second World War. This paper examines how Britain’s wartime shipyards, dockyards, and global base network— originally built to sustain Atlantic convoys and far-flung naval operations—shaped both the ambitions that drove the Suez intervention and the strategic failures that followed. During the Battle of the Atlantic, Britain created an unparalleled logistical system: expanded home dockyards, high-output shipbuilding centres, repair facilities across the empire, and a global chain of fuelling and support bases. This infrastructure underpinned postwar assumptions that Britain could continue to act as a world naval power. By 1956, however, the geopolitical landscape had changed even as Britain attempted to employ an essentially WWII-era maritime model to execute a Cold War operation. The Suez crisis exposed the obsolescence and vulnerability of this system. Britain’s dependence on overseas bases—many located in newly independent or politically unstable regions—was abruptly revealed. The crisis also underscored limits in fleet readiness, supply-line security, and the ability of domestic dockyards to support sustained global operations without American backing. As a result, Suez became a decisive trigger for a far-reaching reassessment of naval infrastructure. In the aftermath, successive defence reviews accelerated the contraction of wartime shipbuilding capacity, the closure or downgrading of imperial dockyards, and the restructuring of labour forces in historic maritime communities. This paper argues that Suez marked not merely a diplomatic defeat but the moment when Britain’s WWII maritime system definitively ceased to be viable. By linking wartime mobilisation to post-imperial retrenchment, the study offers new insight into how the legacies of the Battle of the Atlantic cast a long shadow over Britain’s naval policy, industrial landscape, and global identity. Biography Dr Middleton is an early career naval historian whose doctoral research examined the professionalisation of the Royal Navy between 1660 and 1688. Her thesis adopted a multidisciplinary approach, integrating naval history with accounting history, and demonstrated that principles of management control were consciously developed and implemented by James, Duke of York, Samuel Pepys and William Coventry. She is currently finalising a co-authored article on this research and has presented her findings at a range of international conferences in both accounting and naval history. Dr Middleton’s recent publications focus on the Battle of the Atlantic and the role of intelligence during the Second World War.   David F. Winkler, Filling the Void: The Reluctant Superpower East of Suez During the first decades of the Cold War, the Middle East/Indian Ocean region remained a backwater for the U.S. Navy as a commitment to build NATO in Europe as a counterweight to the Soviet Union and Pacific theater proxy wars – first in Korea and then in Vietnam – took priority. This paper will overview the U.S. Navy’s Middle East Force which was based out of HMS Juffair in the British protectorate of Bahrain through a transitional period that includes the Suez Crisis, the signing of the Baghdad Pact and the formation of CENTO, the decision of the UK in 1968 to withdraw “East of Suez” in the early 1970s, and the reaction of the Nixon administration. The paper will detail the American decision to only occupy a portion of the former British naval base as the U.S. – instead of replacing the British as guardians of the Gulf – will resort to a “Twin Pillars” strategy that assigns Saudi Arabia and Iran the role of regional policemen. The strategy will falter in 1979 with the fall of the Shah of Iran and the United States will be forced to increase its regional footprint, establishing a maritime prepositioned force at British-controlled Diego Garcia. Also covered will be the decision by a newly independent Bahrain to “Evict” the Americans in the wake of the October 1973 Middle East War. – but were the Americans shown the door? Of note the paper will highlight the symbiotic relationship between the ruling Khalifa family in Bahrain with an out of region power – first Great Britain and then the United States – as the emirate faced regional threats with the first and foremost being Iran. It’s a dynamic that continues today. Biography Dr. David Winkler was the Naval Historical Foundation historian, taught at the US Naval Academy, and is an U.S. Naval War College adjunct professor. A retired U.S. Navy commander, he holds a PhD from American University, an MA from Washington University, and a BA from Penn State. His notable publications include: Incidents at Sea: American Confrontation and Cooperation with Russia and China; Amirs, Admirals, and Desert Sailors: The US Navy, Bahrain, and the Gulf; Witness to Neptune’s Inferno: The Pacific War Diary of Lloyd M. Mustin, and America’s First Aircraft Carrier: USS Langley and the Dawn of US Naval Aviation.       Richard Holme, Sheerness Dockyards 1956–2026: Bad and good news. Sheerness naval dockyard closed in March 1960, just four years after Suez. The announcement of this, made in February 1958, also saw news of other closures and reductions. The Nore command, responsible inter alia for the Thames and Medway estuaries as well as the Humber and Harwich, was to be abolished in 1961. The […]