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@Griffith_Uni Postdoctoral Fellow | Historian of Science | Psychologist | Editor @JohnTyndallCP

Brisbane, Queensland
Joined October 2011
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Henry-James Meiring
3 months
Pleased to share that my latest book review has just been published in Metascience. I review Kostas Kampourakis’ Darwin Mythology: Debunking Myths, Correcting Falsehoods. You can read it here: https://t.co/y6AuTkYefm
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Michelle Pfeffer
10 months
So wonderful to read this lovely TLS @TheTLS review of our Oracles exhibition and Divination book this morning @bodleianlibs @BodEducation Come visit us at the Bodleian Library until 27 April👇
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The TLS
10 months
'It is a snapshot of how and why people have sought answers to their difficult questions.' Mary Hitchman (@maryhitchman) on chickens, spiders, video games: how we try to know more about our lives https://t.co/HgEnoocmuI
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Henry-James Meiring
2 years
Honoured to have been shortlisted for @AustHistAssoc General Thesis Prize alongside my wonderful friend and colleague @donaphy
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AHA (Australia)
2 years
General History Thesis Prize (non-Australian history) @donaphy - 'False Conceptions and Molas in European Medicine' Divya Rama Gopalakrishnan - 'Venereal Diseases and Bodily Excesses' @Freudzter - 'Darwin and Descent of Morality' 3/9
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Peter Harrison
2 years
Great to see the final product at last! Big thanks to Alex Wright and the team at CUP, and to all the colleagues who gave advice and commentary. (It's also the official publication day in the UK).
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Henry-James Meiring
2 years
Very Excited to be a part of this wonderful project headed by @joelgbarnes and @IanHesketh on Global Darwin Commemorations. Check it Out! #darwin #HistSci #sciencehistory
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Guardian news
2 years
Plant specimens collected by Charles Darwin to be unveiled to the public
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GU_SocialCultural
2 years
'Why are so many Australian music festivals being cancelled?' @bengreenfuz writes about what the future of festivals will look like.
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Henry-James Meiring
2 years
Exciting news to share! 🎉 Honored to have been awarded a @Griffith_Uni Postdoctoral Fellowship for my project, "Darwin in Transit." Thrilled to be based at @GU_SocialCultur. Ready for this new chapter of research and collaboration!
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Peter Harrison
2 years
Such a pleasure to work with Raine Daston on this piece, which advocates for stronger connections between scientists, historians, and the public. Big thanks to @philipcball for encouraging us to write it, and @samhaselby for running with it.
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Aeon Magazine
2 years
Science and history cannot afford to be indifferent to each other @uqpharri
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Henry-James Meiring
2 years
Big thanks to @IanHesketh Evelleen Richards and Ruth Barton for inviting me to contribute to this special issue “Down Under Darwin” in @BioViewsHPS . You can read my essay on William Boyd Dawkins’ betrayal of Darwin’s patronage here https://t.co/70pjQYqnRQ #darwin #history
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Ian Hesketh
2 years
Happy to circulate the introduction to the "Down Under Darwin" special issue of @BioViewsHPS
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@donaphy
Dr Paige Donaghy
2 years
My short piece on placentas, cake and the history of medicine! 😁🎂
@ConversationEDU
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
2 years
"[...] the placenta, like the Italian cake, provided nourishment and comfort." 💬 @donaphy (@UQ_News) uncovers the cultural significance of the placenta and afterbirth in premodern Europe, to help us understand its social + medical history.
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Michelle Pfeffer
2 years
In late medieval & Renaissance Europe, astrologers were prominent figures in universities, courts, clinics & public squares. By the 18th century, this was no longer the case. What happened? My latest article reviews a growing literature that has tried to answer this question 🌛✨
@HistoricalJnl
The Historical Journal
2 years
📣Out now on #firstview! Michelle Pfeffer (@michpfeffer) (@magdalenoxford) on 'Reassessing the Marginalization of Astrology in the Early Modern World' #Astrology #Change #Review #Historiography #Science #Planets 🪐🌠 🔓Read open access here: https://t.co/t9pbobuoFW
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Dr Stephen Townsend
2 years
Today the @bu_cte centre today reported the results of its largest ever study into #CTE in young people. @alanpearcephd @bachyns and I wrote about the implications of this study for youth sport in @ConversationEDU https://t.co/IPDrpP38p3
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Henry-James Meiring
2 years
I reviewed @JonTophamHPS wonderful new book Reading the Book of Nature published by @UChicagoPress. Happy to provide a copy for those who don’t have access. #history #historyofreading #bookhistory #historyofscience https://t.co/0VRcf1YIq7
tandfonline.com
Published in History: Reviews of New Books (Vol. 51, No. 5, 2023)
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Michelle Pfeffer
2 years
After #SirKeithFest, @DrJanMachielsen and I wrote about the legacy of Religion and the Decline of Magic 50 years on, and we're thrilled to see the article out now in @PastPresentSoc 🥳 It's open access at the link below - let us know what you think! https://t.co/N9KBxEp3kx
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The year 2021 marked the fiftieth anniversary of Keith Thomas’s Religion and the Decline of Magic (1971), a book that set the agenda for decades of scholar
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