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Delighted that Spectacles of Waste is now available in Korean, translated by Jongsik Yi and Jungha Hwang. No idea how they coped with the puns and wordplay. @politybooks.bsky.social #STS @aussts.bsky.social @sydsts.bsky.social

배설 스펙터클 | 워릭 앤더슨“우리는 결코 근대이었던 적이 없다. 왜냐하면 똥으로부터 자유로웠던 적이 단 한 번도 없기 때문이다.” 향기롭고 위생적인 삶을 영위하고자 애쓰는 우리 모두를 따라다니는 으스스한 그림자, 똥에 주목하는 책이 ...www.aladin.co.kr

The RHSV's annual Hugh Anderson lecture will take place on Tuesday August 18, 5.30-7, in Melbourne. Andrew Lemon will speak on 'Hugh Anderson's many minstrels' - an intriguing title. @austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #austhist #folklore www.historyvictoria.org.au/event/hugh-a...

Andy Lakoff died far too young. Terrible news. A brilliant scholar and a lovely man, we were lucky to have him in the world. I knew him more than 20 years and learned so much. Last year in Sydney he was so full of life, inspiring. How sad it is #sts #anthro

Of interest to historians and humanities scholars beyond the UK too

Sadly I’ll be in Oban… intrigued however

Utopia/Dystopia symposium at the University of Sydney October 9, 2026, co-hosted by Anthropology and @sydsts.bsky.social @aussts.bsky.social #anthro #sts

Looking forward to @hanspols.bsky.social public lecture at the State Library of NSW on the rise and decline of community mental health care in Australia. 6-7.30 pm August 12, 2026. Registration open. @anzshm.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social @aahpsss.bsky.social @sydsts.bsky.social

Ben Haneman Lecture 2026: Professor Hans PolsHow can our mental health system thrive? The 2026 Dr Ben Haneman Memorial Lecture by Professor Hans Pols explores the origins of community mental health in Australia.www.sl.nsw.gov.au

Congratulations to David Singerman for winning the Pickstone Prize for his book Unrefined - also to @brad.bolman.com and @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social for the commendations for their excellent books. @uchicagopress.bsky.social @bshsnews.bsky.social #histsci

I'm thinking it's time for new edition of Cultivation of Whiteness! Plenty more white guilt to be taught @mupublishing.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social #histstm #histmed #sts

‘Break’ their funding: McKenzie calls for penalties on universities that teach ‘white guilt’In a keynote address to a major conservative conference in London, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie also called for a tougher approach to border policies so that migrants were chosen on their values...www.smh.com.au

That should be Seye Abimbola on the Gleebooks poster! @seyeabimbola.bsky.social

Congratulations to Steve Epstein and Ulrike Felt, awarded the 2026 John Desmond Bernal Prize for outstanding lifetime contributions to science and technology studies. From @4sonline.bsky.social. Particularly happy to see Steve's shout out to the beloved and much-missed Adele Clarke.... #STS

Has anyone written on King Pleasure's 'Planetism"? Or have a copy of the liner notes for Golden Days (1960)? Wondering about any Sun Ra connections too... Thinking about connections of Afro-futurism and planetary health for my new book...

Sad to learn of the death of Carlo Ginzburg, a brilliant historian. His microhistories, with their redistribution of intellectual agency, are a continuing inspiration. I could not have written The Collectors of Lost Souls without their guidance...

Carlo Ginzburg, Who Told the History of the Obscure, Dies at 87www.nytimes.com

A nice review (after a grumpy start) by Randall Packard of Medicine on a Larger Scale in Social Hist of Medicine. Edited by @ahlie.bsky.social, Jeremy Greene, & me, the book is available open access @universitypress.cambridge.org #histmed #histstm @sshmedicine.bsky.social @aahmhistmed.bsky.social

So sad to learn of the death of the great Abdullah Ibrahim, such a brilliant politically committed musician. For me, his music conjures Melbourne in the late 1970s, early 1980s, strangely. A sound track to those times for some of us.

Abdullah Ibrahim, Eminent South African Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91www.nytimes.com

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Stop Squashing WombatsRight now, logging operations in NSW are legally allowed to collapse wombat burrows. That means wombats are being crushed or buried alive in their homes, often with their joeys. This is cruel, unnece...www.nature.org.au

Beautiful Serpentine Gorge reflection, today, Tjoritja (West Macdonnell ranges), outside Mparntwe (Alice Springs), Arrente country (central Australia). Photo by @hanspols.bsky.social

A new book (or booklet?) from brilliant and prolific Sophie Chao! Plantations. 'Approaching plantations as fertile sites for theorizing inter- and intrahuman relations, the book unearths ... unexpected yet urgent possibilities for cultivating counter-plantation futures and multispecies justice' #STS

PlantationsCambridge Core - Literary Theory - Plantationswww.cambridge.org

David Rutledge interviewed me about 'Spectacles of Waste' for ABC RN's Philosophers' Zone - now available as podcast. Also broadcast on RN this weekend. Trying to recall the book was like prepping for an exam. Hope I passed! @politybooks.bsky.social #histmed #histstm #sts @austhistassoc.bsky.social

Purity, filth and 'promiscuous defecators': why we're weird about poo - ABC listenWhy are we so repelled yet fascinated by bodily waste? Today we're talking purity, pollution, colonial sanitation regimes, medicine and public health, and how they've been shaped by our deeply ambival...www.abc.net.au