Working with the Sloane Herbarium @qmul.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social • HPS @stsucl.bsky.social (1980s) • @routledgebooks.bsky.social (1990s) • publishing technologist • DH • bryophyte recorder, Sussex @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Brad Scott
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In "Captive Ecologies," Jennifer C. James @femmenoire.bsky.social makes a case for the ecological significance of slavery’s afterlife, examining Black literature and art to trace the entanglements between racial capitalism and Black ecological freedom. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/I5cfkh8
From Rachel Ruysch (#BOTD in 1664) grande dame of Dutch flower painting, a summery posy AND a self-portrait.
Nice to see the latest print issue of BJHS arrive in the post. It includes my article on 'A family moss craze: learning, reading and skill development in a botanical and domestic network', and lots of other interesting work
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IT'S PUBLICATION DAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Download 'The King's Dinner: family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820' here FOR FREE and read all about George III's eating habits over breakfast!
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#skystorians #openaccess #18thC #foodhistory 🗃️
🎉Exciting news! My new article, 'The ‘fancy of the private collector’: Walter Rothschild’s global animal procurement network and collaboration in the animal trade' has been published in BJHS Themes as FirstView and is available OA: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #naturalhistory #animaltrade
Here I am! 🤗 - what is the point of #digitalhumanities in a world which is on fire? and how has DH changed over the past 20 years? My personal take:
Good news for moss lovers!
There will be a 2nd edition "Mosses of Europe".
Pre-orders are possible from July 15 on.
Mosses of Europe is one of the most comprehensive works ever made. It shows around 1250 moss taxa of Europe, illustrated by more than 10.000 photos.
mossesofeurope.com
We have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas:
- Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection
- Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives
www.bl.uk/services/res...
Had a great conversation with Phil Bell on his podcast on how to think historically about AI and 'technology' more generally @kingschostm.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social genfutures.substack.com/p/david-edge...
THIS is your sign to come and do #bookhistory research in Antwerp in the outstanding collections of Museum Plantin-Moretus and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library.
Apply here for the Nottebohm Fellowship by Oct 1: sl1nk.com/i61nfmk 💙📚 📜
Come and join us... It’s pretty great here! 😉
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
uclpress.co.uk
Duke University Press
Brad Scott
Sarah Fox
Paula Butterfield
Mosses of Europe is the most comprehensive reference work on European mosses. This 3 volume set covers identification, taxonomy and detailed descriptions, supported by high quality photographs.
mossesofeurope.com
Two funded-fellowship opportunities for early career, postdoctoral researchers.
