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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Mar 16

Anne MacKinney and I had a great conversation about her new book, Nature on Paper. It teaches us so much about the entanglements between natural history, bureaucracy, and state-building in Sattelzeit Prussia. Take a peek at the book's behind-the-scenes at the NBN!
newbooksnetwork.com/nature-on-pa...

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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Mar 10

Te amo Gdl
#8M

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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Feb 13

Con @anthroanne.bsky.social

Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología @smsociologia.bsky.social · Feb 13

Oportunidad de publicación
Iberoforum. Revista de Ciencias Sociales
Convoca a presentar colaboraciones al dossier "Mundos y cosmos: Perspectivas sociohumanistas"
Mayores informes 👇

iberoforum.ibero.mx/index.php/ib...

CONVOCATORIA DOSSIER PRIMAVERA 2026 | Iberoforum. Revista de Ciencias Sociales

Iberoforum, Revista de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México

iberoforum.ibero.mx

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Global Urban History @globalurbanhistory.bsky.social · Jan 22

We featured not one but *two* new books in the Cambridge Elements in Global Urban History series:
Foodways in the Twentieth-Century City by Maria-Aparecida Lopes and María Cecilia Zuleta
and Globalizing Urban Environmental History by Matthew Vitz

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Irina Hirondelle @irinahirondelle.bsky.social · Feb 4

Puzzles de luz en reductos sagrados.

(París, 2022)

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · Feb 4

The UC system has been prohibited from considering race since the 1990s. A small increase in Black and Latinx students in recent years still led to a lawsuit. This backlash has always been based in the idea that Black and Latinx people are just inherently inferior.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Lawsuit Accuses University of California of Allowing Race to Factor in Admissions (Gift Article)

The state’s elite campuses, prohibited from using race-based admissions for decades, are now admitting more Black and Hispanic students. A new group is suing, arguing the university system is cheating...

www.nytimes.com

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BSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · Jan 30

🌟 Exciting news! The DHST is hosting free online workshops for early career scholars in 2025! Topics include writing book reviews, career diversity, grant writing, and more.
📅 First session: 27 Feb 2025.
💻 Register here: https://buff.ly/4eWTAep
#AcademicWorkshops #DHST2025

DHST EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS WORKSHOP SERIES - INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION

These free workshops provide networking opportunities to foster the worldwide integration and inclusion of early career scholars. Our main objective is to share knowledge of topics that often fall…

buff.ly

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · Feb 3

Job klaxon! Come and work with us as Manager of the Digital Humanities Research Hub in the School of Advanced Study, University of London @dh-researchhub.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities

Hub Manager:London Senate House - Hybrid

www.jobs.london.ac.uk

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Feb 3

Are you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field?
Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities!
We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here:
environmentalhumanities.org

Contact us if you have any questions.

Environmental Humanities – A journal published by Duke University Press

environmentalhumanities.org

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Nikolaos Papadogiannis @npapadogian.bsky.social · Feb 4

Job klaxons! We are recruiting three postdoc Fellows to work on the global histories of #HIV and #AIDS #activism in #India; #South #Africa; #Turkey and the Middle East. Thanks to generous funding from the UKRI. You may find the links in the comments below.

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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Jan 28

Gente, apúntense a esta serie de serminarios sobre @NASAhistory y AmLat. En abril me toca hablar sobre “Tracking NASA in Mexico: How Empalme-Guaymas Bridged Space Technology, Power, and Diplomacy”. ¡Nos vemos!

www.nasa.gov/history/aero...

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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Jan 27

"Kenneth Chien, a professor of cardiovascular research, joined the four other professors in their wager after they discovered his paper “Tangled up in blue: Molecular cardiology in the postmolecular era.” 💜

For 17 Years, Swedish Scientists Were Sneaking Bob Dylan Song Titles into Their Research Papers as Part of a Bet

For 17 years, a group of Swedish-based scientists had a bet to sneak Bob Dylan song titles into their scientific articles.

americansongwriter.com

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Gonzalo @gonzycuervo.bsky.social · Jan 26

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Anne Johnson @anthroanne.bsky.social · Nov 25

The “Tulancingo-1” satellite dish which is being converted into a radio telescope. It was used to transmit the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.

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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Dec 2

¡Gracias a @anthroanne.bsky.social por recibirnos en la Ibero y a Vanessa Freije de @uofwa.bsky.social por la organización!

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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Dec 2

El grupo Estudios Sociales del Espacio Exterior se reunió para hablar de "Horizontes Cósmicos". ¡Den un vistazo acá!

The research group Estudios Sociales del Espacio Exterior met up at Ibero this week to discuss new "Cosmic Horizons"👉

#historians #skystorians #outerspace

ibero.mx/prensa/que-h...

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Maritza Gómez Revuelta @maritzagomez.bsky.social · Dec 2