The #Amsterdam Time Machine - new and developing public research tool about the history of Amsterdam, its geography, streets, people, and more. Launched by @uvahumanities.bsky.social and digital colleagues, in this, Amsterdam's 750th birthday year🥳
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I have "finished" my remote presentation for the Internat'l Congress in History of Science in New Zealand, but cannot record it to submit. I think my program is faulty. I'll try recording on an older computer. Love the modern age. The talk is on the geological field work of John Herschel. #histgeo
Call for interest: does your institution want to host the 19th International Conference of Historical Geographers? Express your interest before 𝟑𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐲! More information in the link below. #histgeo #envhist
Silvia Figueirôa has the most recent article in a series of short histories of geology, sponsored by the international group of historians of geology. Read her piece, then take a look back at the series. #histsci #histgeo
#HistGeo for Game of Thrones fans :)
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George Dawson
A man in board room with wood paneling giving a talk next to a screen with slide saying "Project Planet".
Photo of Ben next to following text: Pardee Research Seminar Series WITH: Ben Goossen Assistant Professor of International History, Pardee School of Global Studies Inventing Earth: A New History of the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year Knowledge of planet Earth as a set of interconnected environmental systems is fundamental to present-day efforts to address global environmental challenges, including climate change. Among the most consequential projects in the history of Earth science was the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year (IGY), a crash program to study the planet through worldwide collaboration. In the midst of the Cold War and global decolonization, tens of thousands of scientists and citizen volunteers from East and West, North and South, crossed political and ideological lines for the IGY. What they discovered shapes much of what we know about our common planetary home today. March 24, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM 121 Bay State Road Register here BU Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
A wonderful #HistGeo talk today by global historian Ben Goosen on "Inventing Earth: A New History of the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year" followed by a lunch with him & our #PhiGeo reaearch group. #histsci
Sad news indeed. Professor Goodman was a notable contributor to the field of Rock Engineering and the author of a wonderful historical book about the life of Karl Terzaghi. RIP
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The tags I have been using are #phigeo #histgeo & #hpgeo (for both history & philosophy of geosciences)
There is not yet a History & Philosophy of Geosciences topic feed to pick them up, but hopefully soon. 😊
Rock Stars is a series of short biographies of geologists published by the Geological Society of America. Here's one on a Black Canadian geologist who made his way at Harvard. #histsci #histgeo
Charles S Fletcher (1896-1970) biography now published in December issue of GSA Today. A fourth generation African Nova Scotian who became a key man in Harvard Mining Geology lab. #histgeo ⚒️ Available at:
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Adding some new tags to Bsky #hpgeo #phigeo #histgeo (in hopes there will be a History & Philosophy of Geosciences feed some day...)
Photograph of chalk cliff rising from the ocean near The Needles, Isle of Wight
Camera lucida drawing of chalk cliff rising from the ocean near The Needles, Isle of Wight, by John Herschel. Strata are delineated clearly
I visited the Isle of Wight in June to retrace some geological fieldwork of John Herschel. At the western end of the island is this scene. Left, Greg Good, 2024. Right, John Herschel, 1831. #histsci #histgeo
The Mary C Rabbit Award of the Geological Society of America has been awarded to historian of geology Silvia Figueirôa, Uni Campinus, Brazil #histgeo agencia.fapesp.br/professora-d...
Check out Ruth Veida Mandala's review of Matthew Unangst's "Colonial Geography: Race and Space in German East Africa, 1884–1905," published in 2022 by University of Toronto Press; review now available on H-Net #envhist #histgeo #landscapes #geography
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Check out Jackson Perry's review of Brock Cutler's "Ecologies of Imperialism in Algeria," published in 2023 by University of Nebraska Press; review now available on H-Net #envhist #envhum #aghist #algeria #histgeo
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