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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
Sometimes at the end of a short week and the middle of a holiday weekend, I like to reflect on the recent accomplishments of Linda Hall Library scholars. That's right, #histSTM, #STS & #histsci friends...it's time for another revolutionary edition of #FellowFriday! [1/9]
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
Let's kick things off by introducing the members of the Linda Hall Library's 2024-25 fellowship cohort. This year, we will be supporting 22 scholars (12 virtual, 10 residential) based in the US, Europe & S. America. Read more about their projects: lindahall.org/research/lin... #histSTM [2/9] 🗃️📜
Linda Hall Library – Meet Our Fellowslindahall.org Read about current and former Linda Hall Library research fellows.
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
Next, please join me in congratulating Helbert Velilla-Jiménez (2023-24 LHL Fellow), who defended his thesis--“The Mathematization of Cosmography in the Spanish Empire (1494-1598)”--earlier today. Well done, Dr. Velilla-Jiménez! republique-des-savoirs.fr/events/event... [3/9] #histSTM #math
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
Congratulations are also due to J'Nese Williams (2017-18 LHL Fellow), who was recently selected as a 2024 ACLS Fellow. Her project examines botanic gardens in India, Australia & the Caribbean to explore the relationship b/w science & empire. www.acls.org/fellow-grant... [4/9] #botany #NatHist
J'Nese Williamswww.acls.org
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
In anticipation of @shothisttech.bsky.social's upcoming meeting in Viña del Mar, the Apr. 2024 issue of Tech. & Culture features scholarship related to Latin American #histtech, including articles by 3 LHL fellows: Peter Soland, Carlos Dimas & Justin Castro! muse.jhu.edu/issue/52450 [5/9] #histSTM🗃️
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
This year @shothisttech.bsky.social is co-hosting its mtg w/ICOHTEC, whose journal (ICON) also discussed #histSTM in Latin America. This was part of a transnational survey of #histtech scholarship w/contributions by @electricpunkah.bsky.social (2022-23 LHL Fellow). icohtec.org/wp-content/u... [6/9]
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
Turning from global perspectives on #histtech to tech.'s role in international relations, Garrett McKinnon (2019-20 & 2023-24 LHL Fellow) recently published a Diplomatic History article linking the U-2 crisis to renewed #ColdWar interest in #drone aircraft. academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a... [7/9]
The 1960 U-2 Crisis Reconsidered: Technology, Masculinity, and U.S. Airpower’s ‘Unmanning’academic.oup.com “It can be said that a man of more heroic mold would have blown up his plane and committed suicide, but perhaps Powers couldn’t and certainly he didn’t do
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
If you prefer your #histsci (or #philsci!) in audio form, be sure to listen to @emilyherring.bsky.social (2018-19 LHL Fellow) discuss Henri #Bergson's theories of time & comedy w/Matthew Sweet on a recent episode of Free Thinking on BBC Radio 4. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... [8/9] #philosophy #histSTM
Free Thinking - The illusion of time, the summer solstice & the philosophy of comedy - BBC Soundsbbc.co.uk Mark Miodownik, Emily Herring, Rob Newman and Fay Dowker consider Time with Matthew Sweet.
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Ben Gross @bhgross144.bsky.social · 15 days
As always, these updates represent a small sample of the outstanding #histSTM & #STS scholarship being produced by the Linda Hall Library's research fellows. I look forward to sharing more examples w/you in a future edition of #FellowFriday. Until then, have a wonderful weekend! [9/9]