early modern historian, following civet cats and other species - humans included - through time and space, animal resources, racialization of hair, multispecies history / assistant professor , University of Lucerne
Sarah-Maria Schober
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Der Schweizerischen Nationalfonds #SNF spart bei der Publikationsförderung – und drückt den Verlagen dazu noch eine Schikane auf.
Von Silvia Süess
One more week! Send us hairy histories 🙏💚! #skystorians #earlymodern
Had a really interesting conversation with other folks who teach our writing requirement at UB and all of us noted this shift in how students are talking about AI. Not to say we don’t see them still sometimes using it, but something really interesting is afoot. This video is cool validation!
Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents.
I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.
After a mammal is a juvenile, they are an adult. But what are they after they are an adult?
In seven species of mammal, including humans, life has a third act for females.
We are underreacting to menopause.
Notre département d'histoire contemporaine à l’université de Fribourg recrute un professeur.e open rank à 80%. Nous sommes un département dynamique avec de nombreux projets de recherche et une belle collaboration entre la partie francophone et germanophone!
www.infoclio.ch/fr/node/192084
En nog een vacature voor een promotieplaats bij collega @maartjegelder.bsky.social aan @uvahumanities.bsky.social maar deze gaat over gender en protest in de 16de eeuwse Noordelijke #Nederlanden
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#medievalsky #twitterstorians #earlymodernsky
Calling all PhDs and ECRs who work on the history of material and visual culture of science - the Nuncius Essay Prize for 2026 is open for submissions until 31 August. Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do... #histSTM
If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"
