Are you anxious about publishing in #philosophy & could use some guidance? Postdoctoral fellow Boaz Schuman has prepared a video covering tips, ins & outs, and dos & don'ts for taking a ๐ from completion to print in a peer-reviewed journal ๐ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izc5... #philsky #AcademicSky #HPS
โ๏ธ Sommige onderzoekspistes beginnen met een ware queeste. Lang zocht Antje Van Kerckhove tevergeefs naar Linda Valins, auteur vanย 'When a Womanโs Body Says no to Sex'. Op Cultuurgeschiedenis.be lees je wat die moeilijke zoektocht ons vandaag vertelt.
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๐๏ธNew blog post!
In the run up to her PhD-defence CUH-member Alessandra De Mulder reflected on the promises and limitations of digital methods in historical research.
๐Read her blog โUp for auction: one historianโs opinion on digital toolsโ here:
www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...
A quote from the article: "The seven works explored in this essay mark a distinct turn in the intellectual history of ethnography. These books and essays ask what ethnographic materials are for, and what their future will be. They also indicate a rising tide of feminist interventions in ethnographic studies."
The new issue of the JHI features a review essay by Naomi Sussman: "Building the Future with the Past: Indigenous Authorship and the Function of Ethnography": muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
This article is now free to read without a subscription.
What does the philosophy of intuitionism have to do with a language for aliens? Daniele Sansoni explains it to us! This week, we have the second part of our series about Hans Freudenthal and the development of LINCOS. Read it here: www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/03/02/a...
Lโorigine des #chevaux rajeunit de 6 millions dโannรฉes !/
De oorsprong van #paarden lijkt 6 miljoen jaar 'jonger' te zijn !
dailyscience.be/24/02/2026/l...
(Etude financรฉe par BELSPO et menรฉ par/ BELSPO gefinancierde studie van het @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social )
Header of an article in Trends in Ecology & Evolution (Volume 40, Issue 4, April 2025, pages 320โ322), published by Cell Press, titled "Our not-so-natural connection to nature." The authors are Yannick Joye (Vilnius University) and Andreas De Block (KU Leuven), with their institutional affiliations listed beneath the title in the journalโs standard layout.
The biophilia hypothesis holds that we have an innate predisposition to be drawn to #nature. Y. Joye & @andreasdeblock.bsky.social review the evidence in its favor, find it wanting, and suggest that #culturalevolution offers a better alternative www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #evosky #philsci
Tomorrow, the Flemish Young Academy are pleased to welcome the Young Academy of Sweden. Together, they will take a closer look at the freedom of science and art alongside broader tensions surrounding democracy, public institutions, and trust in expertise.
More information here: bit.ly/4big1fx !
Franz Cumont
๐๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐บ. ๐'๐ฬ๐ด๐๐ฝ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐. ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒฬ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒฬ๐
๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐
Dario Cellamare, Francesco Massa, Florian Audureau, Alain Martin, Thomas Meurisse, Pierre Bonnechere, Philippe Swennen
Plus d'Infos: bit.ly/4rzzD4B
#Egyptology #Philosophy
More information about the lecture by Katherine Kinzel, historian of post-Kantian European philosophy, and the full lecture series on their website: www.tapas.ugent.be/the-politics...
You still have a few hours to clear your agenda for the lecture 'History as Destruction' by Katherina Kinzel, co-hosted by the Sarton Centre at the Library Lab Magnel (UGent) or via Teams. It is part of the series 'The Politics of Historicization' from the Ghent Centre for Meta and Public History.
โ๏ธ In 1906 kwam Hyacinthe Vanderyst in de Congo Vrijstaat aan. Maarten Langhendries verkent in deze blog hoe Vanderyst in de kolonie als Darwinistische arts-missionaris schipperde tussen wetenschap en religie.
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Book cover of โOrganic Progress and Evolutionary Theoryโ by Silvia De Cesare in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckelโs illustrations of marine organismsโradial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.
New Element in the #PhilBio series by Silvia De Cesareโfree to download until March 2! De Cesare examines the thorny issue of 'evolutionary progress,' recounting the arguments against and in favor of cashing out this contested notion ๐๐ www.cambridge.org/core/element... #evosky #HPS #philsky
โ๏ธ Er is de afgelopen tijd menig woord gevallen over foutieve citaten, maar het is zeker geen nieuw fenomeen. Els Minne toont in de nieuwste blog op Cultuurgeschiedenis.be dat valse citaten al lang vรณรณr AI voor controverse zorgden.
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The Botanical Garden Meise preserves important herbaria that are not only scientific collections, but also specimens of great historical importance.
Read more about the herbarium of the Russian aristocrat Alexey Kirillovich Razumovsky (1748โ1822) on the Meise blog: bit.ly/4rQxmSd.
Link naar de aflevering op de website van de podcast zelf (waar je ook verdere info vindt over de podcast):
podcastfilosofie.transistor.fm/episodes/tho...
Man in black suit and young woman in white skirt
Suzanne Bachelard "educated more than a generation of French historians and philosophers of science". Ties van Gemert writes on her life and work & translates her lecture โEpistemology and the History of the Sciencesโ.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Vintage black-and-white photograph of Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850โ1891), renowned Russian mathematician and the first major woman in modern mathematics. The young woman looks straight ahead with a thoughtful, composed gaze. She wears a formal dark Victorian blouse with a tall, stiff collar, and wide dark ribbon accents across the chest. Her hair is short dark, thick, and neatly styled.
Mathematician Sofya Kovalevskaya was the first woman to:
+ Earn a doctorate in #mathematics (in the modern sense)
+ Be appointed to a full professorship in mathematics
She was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. She died #OTD in 1891.
#WomenInSTEM
Why is trying important? How does one move from art to science and back? Our very own Maura Cassidy Burke interviewed Peter Galison about black holes, objectivity, and more! Read it on the blog: www.shellsandpebbles.com/2026/02/02/o...
We're happy to announce our 12th ROTO Workshop: "Diversity in Motion". It will be held on March 26-27 in Bochum. Please register here: rotoworkshop2026.wixsite.com/diversity/co... and tell us if you'll participate in person or online. Registration and participation is free and everybody is welcome!
Heeft academische vrijheid een geschiedenis? Welke uitdagingen of methodologische moeilijkheden duiken op wanneer je dit thema onderzoekt?
In de nieuwste blog van Cultuurgeschiedenis.be reflecteert Kaat Wils op deze vragen.
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Final reminder ๐ข We are looking for a #philbio or #philphysics postdoc for an interdisciplinary project exploring the boundary between living and nonliving systems through the lens of self-organization & active matter ๐ www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philjobs #philsky #HPS #devbio Please share!
The cover of the issue, showing Rembrandt's sketch of Hansken, 1637.
OUT NOW: Humanimalia 16.1 (2025), special issue on โElephant (Research) Routesโ, guest edited by Violette Pouillard and Marianna Szczygielska. ๐๐๐
With essays on Babar, Avi, Ziggy, Arikomban, Kalloor Komban, Soorya, and Hansken, any many more!
Read it for free here: humanimalia.org/issue/view/1...
De tiende en laatste blogtekst van Christiaan Engberts over 600 jaar KU Leuven! ๐๐
Daarin blikt hij, naar aanleiding van de publicatie van zijn boek 'Decentering Leuven University', terug. Is de KU Leuven een unieke of typisch Europese universiteit? ๐
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Book cover of "This is mental!" by Pieter R. Adriaens. The upper half features a detailed, stylised illustration reminiscent of a neurological diagram: black, tree-like neuronal forms branch upward and outward against a cream background, interlaced with fine lines and small annotations, while red star-shaped nodes punctuate the network, suggesting neural activity. Below the illustration, the title "This is mental!" appears prominently in large red serif lettering, followed by the subtitle "Een inleiding tot de wijsgerige psychologie" in smaller turquoise text. At the bottom, the publisherโs name, Pelckmans, is printed in a restrained, minimalist style.
Our colleague Pieter Adriaens has published a new Dutch-language introduction to #PhilMind for scientists & philosophers! He covers topics such as modularity, psychopathology, comparative psychology & free willโand much more! ๐ www.pelckmansuitgevers.be/this-is-ment... #philsci #philsky #AcademicSky
The deadline for the next Day of Contemporary History is approaching! Don't forget to submit your abstracts.
The 2026 edition on 29/04, organized by the BVNG-ABHC and the University of Antwerp, will focus on the use of AI in (Belgian) historical research, heritage management, and education.
The national centre for the history of science (CNHS-NCGW) is organizing a series of talks at the library Riches Claires in Brussels! See pic for more info or check the website: astrolabium.be
#histsci
Tomorrow (29.01, 16h/17h, Central European/Finnish time), Herman Paul will give the talk "The Return of Truth in an Age of Post-Truth: What Historical Theorists Can Do" in our joint research seminar. For more info and the Zoom link, please see here: www.oulu.fi/en/events/re....
All welcome!
โ๏ธ Dinosauriรซrs zijn al miljoenen jaren uitgestorven, maar toch drukten ze hun stempel op de inrichting van een museum. De Iguanodons, opgegraven in het mijndorpje Bernissart, werden dรฉ eregasten in het Natuurhistorisch Museum in Brussel. ๐ฆ
Benieuwd hoe? ๐
cultuurgeschiedenis.be/maak-plaats-...
Appel ร candidatures pour le Collegium d'Acadรฉmie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique!
๐ 15 fรฉvrier 2026
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