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@chama-dhst.bsky.social
CHAMA - Official social page. Exploring the History of Astronomy from Ancient to Medieval times.
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while we continue to do battle with bot swarms (and hope to agreed on a more advanced strategy with Tufts), this paper appeared. Useful as the Perseus DL can be as a website, our bigger contribution is probably providing data for many other projects. This only begins the story.
September 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM
while we continue to do battle with bot swarms (and hope to agreed on a more advanced strategy with Tufts), this paper appeared. Useful as the Perseus DL can be as a website, our bigger contribution is probably providing data for many other projects. This only begins the story.
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We're thrilled to be co-sponsoring the 2026 E.H. Gombrich Lecture Series next week, 22-24 September at 6:00 pm BST, with @warburginstitute.bsky.social!
Dr. Anthony Grafton of @princeton.edu will deliver this three-part lecture series on the life & controversies of Joseph Scaliger. Details below:
Dr. Anthony Grafton of @princeton.edu will deliver this three-part lecture series on the life & controversies of Joseph Scaliger. Details below:
September 15, 2026 at 7:03 AM
We're thrilled to be co-sponsoring the 2026 E.H. Gombrich Lecture Series next week, 22-24 September at 6:00 pm BST, with @warburginstitute.bsky.social!
Dr. Anthony Grafton of @princeton.edu will deliver this three-part lecture series on the life & controversies of Joseph Scaliger. Details below:
Dr. Anthony Grafton of @princeton.edu will deliver this three-part lecture series on the life & controversies of Joseph Scaliger. Details below:
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⏳ Two days left to apply
The deadline for the BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants is in two days. Grants of up to £500 are available to support creative public engagement with the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Don't forget to submit your proposals!
bshs.org.uk/oec/#project...
The deadline for the BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants is in two days. Grants of up to £500 are available to support creative public engagement with the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Don't forget to submit your proposals!
bshs.org.uk/oec/#project...
September 16, 2026 at 7:30 AM
⏳ Two days left to apply
The deadline for the BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants is in two days. Grants of up to £500 are available to support creative public engagement with the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Don't forget to submit your proposals!
bshs.org.uk/oec/#project...
The deadline for the BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants is in two days. Grants of up to £500 are available to support creative public engagement with the history of science, technology, and medicine.
Don't forget to submit your proposals!
bshs.org.uk/oec/#project...
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The "Visualization of the Heavens" database has launched to the public 🌌
The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j
#HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum
The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j
#HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum
“Visualization of the Heavens” Database Launches to the Public | MPIWG
“Visualization of the Heavens” database becomes accessible to the public
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August 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The "Visualization of the Heavens" database has launched to the public 🌌
The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j
#HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum
The platform provides around 3000 objects related to #Astronomy and starscapes originating in Eurasia and North Africa from 4000 BCE until 1700 CE.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnnd92j
#HistSci #OpenAccess #DigiHum
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Lise Meitner Research Group "China in the Global System of Science" is looking to hire a Student/Graduate Assistant to support:
📚 research
📋 event support
🖍️ editorial work (German/English/Chinese)
📊 data visualization
🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#STS #Sinology #China
📚 research
📋 event support
🖍️ editorial work (German/English/Chinese)
📊 data visualization
🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#STS #Sinology #China
August 20, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Lise Meitner Research Group "China in the Global System of Science" is looking to hire a Student/Graduate Assistant to support:
📚 research
📋 event support
🖍️ editorial work (German/English/Chinese)
📊 data visualization
🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#STS #Sinology #China
📚 research
📋 event support
🖍️ editorial work (German/English/Chinese)
📊 data visualization
🗓️ Deadline: Sep 15, 2026
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#STS #Sinology #China
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We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack
September 9, 2026 at 7:31 AM
We are hiring! Start at a #MaxPlanckInstitute with your own independent Max Planck Research Group. This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 14th! www.mpg.de/career/max-p... #ScienceCareer #MPRG #TenureTrack
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The @harvard.edu Centre for Italian #Renaissance Studies in Florence Italy and the Warburg Institute offer a joint, residential #fellowship for the 2027-2028 academic year. Applications open - deadline to apply 16 November 2026.
Find out more and apply ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/research-fel...
#funding
Find out more and apply ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/research-fel...
#funding
September 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
The @harvard.edu Centre for Italian #Renaissance Studies in Florence Italy and the Warburg Institute offer a joint, residential #fellowship for the 2027-2028 academic year. Applications open - deadline to apply 16 November 2026.
Find out more and apply ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/research-fel...
#funding
Find out more and apply ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/research-fel...
#funding
The 2026 Nuncius Prize deadline has been extended: the new closing date of the Prize is 23.59 (CET) on 30 September 2026. You will find further information here: brill.com/fileasset/do...
September 4, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The 2026 Nuncius Prize deadline has been extended: the new closing date of the Prize is 23.59 (CET) on 30 September 2026. You will find further information here: brill.com/fileasset/do...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Opening ceremony: roundtable on DHST activities and its comissions. In this session, representatives of different DHST Commissions will speak about the role and activities DHST is carrying out. www.chstm.org/group/early-...
Opening ceremony: roundtable on DHST activities and its comissions. In this session, representatives of different DHST Commissions will speak about the role and activities DHST is carrying out. www.chstm.org/group/early-...
September 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Opening ceremony: roundtable on DHST activities and its comissions. In this session, representatives of different DHST Commissions will speak about the role and activities DHST is carrying out. www.chstm.org/group/early-...
Opening ceremony: roundtable on DHST activities and its comissions. In this session, representatives of different DHST Commissions will speak about the role and activities DHST is carrying out. www.chstm.org/group/early-...
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New digitized manuscripts at e-codices – Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/all/... @fragmentarium.bsky.social
September 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
New digitized manuscripts at e-codices – Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/all/... @fragmentarium.bsky.social
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For this instalment of “10 Questions for the Historian of Science,” I spoke to Clemency Montelle about her research. Prof. Montelle delivered a public talk at the launch of the ASTRA Research Group in October 2024.
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-stor...
@mpiwg.bsky.social
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@mpiwg.bsky.social
10 Questions for the Historian of Science: Clemency Montelle | MPIWG
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July 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
For this instalment of “10 Questions for the Historian of Science,” I spoke to Clemency Montelle about her research. Prof. Montelle delivered a public talk at the launch of the ASTRA Research Group in October 2024.
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-stor...
@mpiwg.bsky.social
www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/feature-stor...
@mpiwg.bsky.social
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If you missed last week's #CoffeeWithACodex featuring a 13th century astronomical text + diagrams, you can watch it now on YouTube!
youtu.be/OSVK6_PEl6g
youtu.be/OSVK6_PEl6g
July 28, 2026 at 2:14 PM
If you missed last week's #CoffeeWithACodex featuring a 13th century astronomical text + diagrams, you can watch it now on YouTube!
youtu.be/OSVK6_PEl6g
youtu.be/OSVK6_PEl6g
2026 ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting in Edinburgh 2026: Tabular Practices and the Cross-cultural Exchange of Knowledge in Ancient and Medieval Astronomy, sponsored by CHAMA. Presentations by E. Andriani, B. van Dalen, J. Garzon, C. Özdemir, J. Steele, Y. Verspreet, and M. Yavari, S. Zieme, and M. Husson.
July 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
2026 ESHS/HSS Joint Meeting in Edinburgh 2026: Tabular Practices and the Cross-cultural Exchange of Knowledge in Ancient and Medieval Astronomy, sponsored by CHAMA. Presentations by E. Andriani, B. van Dalen, J. Garzon, C. Özdemir, J. Steele, Y. Verspreet, and M. Yavari, S. Zieme, and M. Husson.
Alfonsine Astronomy, vol. 3: Computational Practices is now out—and fully open access! 🎉
"Unfolding more than two centuries of late mediaeval astronomers’ computational practices, this collective volume explores new venues in the history of astronomy." @brepols.net
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
"Unfolding more than two centuries of late mediaeval astronomers’ computational practices, this collective volume explores new venues in the history of astronomy." @brepols.net
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
July 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Alfonsine Astronomy, vol. 3: Computational Practices is now out—and fully open access! 🎉
"Unfolding more than two centuries of late mediaeval astronomers’ computational practices, this collective volume explores new venues in the history of astronomy." @brepols.net
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
"Unfolding more than two centuries of late mediaeval astronomers’ computational practices, this collective volume explores new venues in the history of astronomy." @brepols.net
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
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If you missed our visit with Rochester Institute of Technology's Cary Collection 15th century Italian copy of Johannes de Sacrobosco's De Sphera Mundi (bound with two other texts) you can watch it now! It has some unusual diagrams that are worth seeing.
youtu.be/FSyZjp5Fm4g
youtu.be/FSyZjp5Fm4g
Coffee with a Codex: Astronomy Manuscript in Rochester, NY
YouTube video by SchoenbergInstitute
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June 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
If you missed our visit with Rochester Institute of Technology's Cary Collection 15th century Italian copy of Johannes de Sacrobosco's De Sphera Mundi (bound with two other texts) you can watch it now! It has some unusual diagrams that are worth seeing.
youtu.be/FSyZjp5Fm4g
youtu.be/FSyZjp5Fm4g
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Applications for the Mid-Career Fellowships are open. The programme supports individual research projects fostering public engagement and understanding of the humanities and social sciences. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f09Crd
June 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Applications for the Mid-Career Fellowships are open. The programme supports individual research projects fostering public engagement and understanding of the humanities and social sciences. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f09Crd
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Despite the meltdown of the trains in Belgium, the #OIKOS Crash Course in #Greek #Palaeography hosted by @unileiden.bsky.social was a true and rare delight: an armillary sphere: a 9C Handy Tables and a very happy @dulila.bsky.social 😍🤩✨✨💫💫 #starwalks
May 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Despite the meltdown of the trains in Belgium, the #OIKOS Crash Course in #Greek #Palaeography hosted by @unileiden.bsky.social was a true and rare delight: an armillary sphere: a 9C Handy Tables and a very happy @dulila.bsky.social 😍🤩✨✨💫💫 #starwalks
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Next in our #SIMSseries on LJS 26, a 13th c. astronomical and mathematical manuscript, what we’ve all been waiting for: diagrams! There are several, a couple illustrating eclipses, and diagrams of an astrolabe and a quadrant. Written in Italy. #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
May 23, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Next in our #SIMSseries on LJS 26, a 13th c. astronomical and mathematical manuscript, what we’ve all been waiting for: diagrams! There are several, a couple illustrating eclipses, and diagrams of an astrolabe and a quadrant. Written in Italy. #medievalsky
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
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If you missed it - an introduction to our newly acquired MIDDLE ENGLISH FOLDING ALMANAC LONG THOUGHT LOST, ONE OF TWO KNOWN MIDDLE ENGLISH FOLDING ALMANACS - you can see it now and learn its story on YouTube!
youtu.be/MHHMrEmWL7A
youtu.be/MHHMrEmWL7A
May 18, 2026 at 12:38 PM
If you missed it - an introduction to our newly acquired MIDDLE ENGLISH FOLDING ALMANAC LONG THOUGHT LOST, ONE OF TWO KNOWN MIDDLE ENGLISH FOLDING ALMANACS - you can see it now and learn its story on YouTube!
youtu.be/MHHMrEmWL7A
youtu.be/MHHMrEmWL7A
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Next in our #SIMSseries on LJS 26, a 13th century astronomical and mathematical manuscript written in Italy:: How do scribes deal with a hole in the parchment? This 13th century scribe outlined the hole in red on one side, and simply wrote around it.
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
May 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Next in our #SIMSseries on LJS 26, a 13th century astronomical and mathematical manuscript written in Italy:: How do scribes deal with a hole in the parchment? This 13th century scribe outlined the hole in red on one side, and simply wrote around it.
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
🔗: https://bit.ly/41EAKFa
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Dr Kristen Lippincott gave a fascinating lecture in the Warburg recently, discussing the representation of the constellations and figures on a celestial globe, in artworks from c15th Italy kept in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Watch now ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzu...
#renaissance #germanus
Watch now ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzu...
#renaissance #germanus
May 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Dr Kristen Lippincott gave a fascinating lecture in the Warburg recently, discussing the representation of the constellations and figures on a celestial globe, in artworks from c15th Italy kept in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
Watch now ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzu...
#renaissance #germanus
Watch now ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzu...
#renaissance #germanus
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The word is out... tomorrow's #CoffeeWithACodex (12pm Noon EST, on Zoom and open to all) is a 15th century folding medical and astrological almanac, in Middle English. Described and transcribed in the 19th century, it was thought to be lost. But we have it now, and we'll share it with you tomorrow.
For #CoffeeWithACodex on May 14 (12pm Noon, on Zoom), we'll show you a very special and exciting new acquisition! What is it? We can't tell you, but we can promise that no matter what kind of manuscripts you're interested in, you'll want to see this! #medievalsky
Register: https://bit.ly/4urZbS9
Register: https://bit.ly/4urZbS9
Coffee with a Codex: An Exciting NEW Acquisition!
An informal lunch or coffee time to meet virtually with Kislak curators and talk about one of the manuscripts from Penn's collections. Each week we'll feature a different...
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May 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The word is out... tomorrow's #CoffeeWithACodex (12pm Noon EST, on Zoom and open to all) is a 15th century folding medical and astrological almanac, in Middle English. Described and transcribed in the 19th century, it was thought to be lost. But we have it now, and we'll share it with you tomorrow.
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Das MPIWG sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine:n #Werkstudent:in für das Sachgebiet Einkauf und Finanzen 🛒
🌐 Unterstützung beim Aufbau unseres Vertragsmanagementsystems
💌 Assistenz bei der Rechnungsprüfung
🗂️ Mitarbeit an der Digitalisierung der Verwaltung
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#BerlinJob
🌐 Unterstützung beim Aufbau unseres Vertragsmanagementsystems
💌 Assistenz bei der Rechnungsprüfung
🗂️ Mitarbeit an der Digitalisierung der Verwaltung
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#BerlinJob
April 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Das MPIWG sucht zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine:n #Werkstudent:in für das Sachgebiet Einkauf und Finanzen 🛒
🌐 Unterstützung beim Aufbau unseres Vertragsmanagementsystems
💌 Assistenz bei der Rechnungsprüfung
🗂️ Mitarbeit an der Digitalisierung der Verwaltung
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#BerlinJob
🌐 Unterstützung beim Aufbau unseres Vertragsmanagementsystems
💌 Assistenz bei der Rechnungsprüfung
🗂️ Mitarbeit an der Digitalisierung der Verwaltung
🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
#BerlinJob
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Research Scholar @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social on @tagesschau.bsky.social on the transmission of #ZodiacSigns through #Buddhism into East Asian culture. 🔭
🔗 buff.ly/yqQbsLz (GER)
#HistSci #Astrology #AstroSky #Astronomy #JapaneseStudies #Sinology
🔗 buff.ly/yqQbsLz (GER)
#HistSci #Astrology #AstroSky #Astronomy #JapaneseStudies #Sinology
Wie die Astrologie die Wissenschaften voranbrachte
Astrologie gehört zu den Pseudowissenschaften. Trotzdem haben Horoskope in der Antike Impulse für die moderne Astronomie und die Mathematik gegeben. Von Sven Kästner.
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March 31, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Research Scholar @jeffreykotyk.bsky.social on @tagesschau.bsky.social on the transmission of #ZodiacSigns through #Buddhism into East Asian culture. 🔭
🔗 buff.ly/yqQbsLz (GER)
#HistSci #Astrology #AstroSky #Astronomy #JapaneseStudies #Sinology
🔗 buff.ly/yqQbsLz (GER)
#HistSci #Astrology #AstroSky #Astronomy #JapaneseStudies #Sinology
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We’re currently recruiting for a Project Cataloguer on a 1 year fixed-term contract to catalogue parts of our archives relating to our transfer from Hamburg to London in 1933.
35 hours per week
£30,842 per annum
Apply by 12 May 2026
Apply now ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#jobopportunity #UoL
35 hours per week
£30,842 per annum
Apply by 12 May 2026
Apply now ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#jobopportunity #UoL
April 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM
We’re currently recruiting for a Project Cataloguer on a 1 year fixed-term contract to catalogue parts of our archives relating to our transfer from Hamburg to London in 1933.
35 hours per week
£30,842 per annum
Apply by 12 May 2026
Apply now ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#jobopportunity #UoL
35 hours per week
£30,842 per annum
Apply by 12 May 2026
Apply now ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#jobopportunity #UoL