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17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science | MPIWG Founded in 1994, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin is one of the more than 80 research institutes administered by the Max Planck Society. It is dedicated to the…

💡📚 #CfP: 17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science (Jun 19, 2026)

👩‍🎓 Early career scholars are invited to submit and discuss their works-in-progress in #HistSci, #HistLit, and related topics
👀 Feedback will be provided by experts in the field

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🗓️ Deadline: Feb 16, 2026

Keep an eye out for news on a forthcoming companion volume exploring the letters MB wrote home.
#WomenInLiterature #MadeleineBlaess #WWIIvoices #HistLit #FrenchHistory

Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel. Some time ago as I was pulling Mr Pieret’s leg about the contents of his excellent blog, Thoughts in a Haystack, he countered by politely telling me to go away and write about an obscure mathematician...

Augustan, Newtonian, physician, mathematician, satirist, John Arbuthnot, was baptised 29 April 1667 #histsci #histlit
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delighted to finally see the cover of my and @Ancient0History's essay on the history of #Rule34, which we discover in pulps and #scifi.

Fanfiction provides the space for queer experimentation, from Kirk/Spock to @ao3 #AO3 today #histsex #histlit

What it took to be a whore in the 1500's according to Aretino's Nana #histlit #histporn #twitterstorians http://bit.ly/1HgS6dw