Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Interested in the history of science. Tweets are my own.
University of Glasgow
Joined June 2013
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Delighted to see The Observatory Experiment finally out in the real world. Available to buy from Cambridge University Press on 10 October. In the meantime, do join the book launch on 9 October! Register here: forms.office.com/e/GtfdghVJe…
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Yesterday marked one of the busiest days in the year for our Research Groups, with four groups hosting events around the UK and further afield. Find out more. 👇
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GES first year PhD student, Jenny Brown, recently presented her research project to members of the Rural Museums Network. Jenny is researching a collection of agricultural models assembled and displayed by the Royal Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland between 1790 & 1855.
ALT Model of a chaff or straw-cutter (c) National Museums Scotland (T.1866.58.28)
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Great to talk to @BBCRadio4 Today programme (6:53am) about our research on rapid anthropoclastic rock cycles in Cumbria and it's impacts.
Full paper link:
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa…
@UofGGES @UofGlasgow @DrJohnMacUoG @daviebrown1978
Thanks to @GeolSoc for funding this research
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Historical Social Science
These books provide two accounts of how to do historical social science. Kreuzer is more qualitative in orientation, Wawro & Katznelson are more quantitative
Yet they both press us to think more rigorously about how to combine history & social science
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This map teaches us about the worldview of the Romans. It’s essentially an Italy centric world map with a few gaps. Source: buff.ly/2kbmL4D
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Paperback version finally out!
cambridge.org/gb/universityp…. £23 but with 20% discount using HIST1425 at checkout...
"Round Table Conference Geographies: Constituting Colonial India in Interwar London" is out! cambridge.org/gb/academic/su…. Thankyou for @ahrcpress£, @UoNGeography @UoNresearch @InterwarConf support, & @CambridgeUP, @qudsiya_Ah, @RanaGhor. Chapter summaries & inspirations in thread👇..
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🗺️💧 Hybrid workshop, sponsored by the HGRG and hosted at the University of Glasgow: 'Mapping the Histories and Geographies of Water Knowledge"
More information about the event can be found here: gla.ac.uk/research/az/awayfr…
We look forward to seeing you on 15th May!
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OnlineFirst - "Weathering energy geographies: Engineering meteorology in the North Atlantic" by Emilia Groupp:
@StanfordAnthro
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs…
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A great funded collaborative PhD opportunity with my @QMUL colleagues @RXCoulton and @MilesOgborn and @NHM_London 'Understanding ‘Place’ in Historical Botanical Collections: science, commerce, empire, and the early-modern herbarium' Deadline 31 Jan 2025 lahp.ac.uk/prospective-stude…
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📯Call for Session Sponsorship for the @RGS_IBG Annual Conference 2025.
▶️More information, see rgs.org/research/annual-inte…
🗓️Deadline: 7th February 2025
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Come join us for our next event!
Practising Historical Geography Conference to be held in-person and online at @UniofNewcastle on Monday 16th December.
Amazing line-up of speakers, like @ZG_AnaLau , @PaulGriffin_ , @paulwright_geog
Registration: forms.office.com/e/zJ0Db5Js8…
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We welcome applications to join our editorial board, from a range of career stages + regional/period & methodological specialisms. We are committed to increase the diversity of our board as part of our mission to decolonise journal practice.
Deadline Dec31
bit.ly/JHGBoard
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Our virtual special issue, ‘Contesting Monuments’ is out!
Read the introduction, ‘Contesting Monuments: Heritage & Historical Geographies of Inequality’, written by the issue editor @Stephenlegg11, here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.0…
Take a look at the issue’s contents below 🧵
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My new book, David Brewster and the Culture of Science in Scotland, 1793-1843, comes out this month from @EdinburghUP. Just got my advance copies. Thanks to everyone at EUP and all my colleagues on the 'After the Enlightenment' project at @StAndrewsHist. edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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Please share this opportunity for a 2-year F/T Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History, working on our major @ahrcpress funded research project on the Victorian Hand. Loads of lovely archives to work in 😃
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.…
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New article!
'Tracing the shores of empire: Imperial visuality on the Chinese coast in the late-Qing era', by Mimi Cheng (supported by @GHIWashington).
Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.0…
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Jessica Ratcliff's new book Monopolizing Knowledge: The East India Company and Britain's Second Scientific Revolution is out with Cambridge University Press in January 2025!
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So glad to see this important & brilliantly researched study out in the world. Congratulations @DrDRLambert
Delighted to receive a copy of @EdArmston's new book, On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration, published by @UnivNebPress
