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Michiel Bron@michielbron.bsky.social |
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Energy historian | PhD-candidate "Oil and Nuclear Energy" FASoS Maastricht | Treasurer Gewina | Board member De Windvogel | Posts Dutch & English
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Michiel Bron
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For historians of science, medecine and/or universities: Gewina organises their binannual conference this june. This year's exiting theme will be "ecology and economy". To register and find more information on the program see www.gewina.nl/register-wou...
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Massimiliano Simons
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New 4y PhD position on 20C French philosophy of science and technology at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social !
Supervised by Darian Meacham myself. #philsci #hopos #philtech
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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Michiel Bron
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New review of Elizabeth Roehrlich's excellent "Inspectors for Peace: a History of the International Atomic Energy Agency" for H-Net
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Hein Brookhuis
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On Thursday the 14th of March (15.30), I will defend my PhD-dissertation: "The Politics of Big Science in a Small Country - The Moral Economy of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (1980 - 2020)." 1/2
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Cyrus Mody
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inspiring special issue in HSR, with a contribution by @michielbron.bsky.social that will be of interest to energy historians (both those working on nuclear and oil), mining and commodity historians, and business historians (esp. those working on cartels, e.g., @pablo1981.bsky.social)
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Michiel Bron
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In the article, I show how these oil-uranium investments were a product of a longer history of technological and geophysical spillovers. It argues that the Western oil industry was not a one monolithic entity trying to “sabotage” the development of nuclear energy.
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My contribution deals with the participation of the major internal oil company Gulf Oil in the infamous uranium cartel between 1972 and 1979 and answers the question why oil companies were involved in uranium mining during the 1970s: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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This week the Historical Social Research published a new wonderful special issue (OA) on the geographies of nuclear energy (edited by Alicia Gutting, Teva Meyer, Melanie Bah and Per Hogselius): www.gesis.org/en/hsr/curre...
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Michiel Bron
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The new applications for the Helleman Memorial Fellowships @aip.bsky.social are open now through April 1. A very nice way for Dutch postdocs and graduate students in physics to expand their research to the U.S. Feel free to ask for tips and experiences!
www.aip.org/aip/awards/h...
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Cyrus Mody
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big week for first books here in the Maastricht STS program - in addition to @matthewarcher.bsky.social 's Unsustainable from NYU Press we have Jacob Ward's Visions of a Digital Nation from @mitpress.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254629...
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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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On 2 February, @naturalis.bsky.social organises the Moving Animals science festival together with FASoS historians Vincent Bijman, @rafdebont.bsky.social & @monicavasile.bsky.social. About lemmings running off cliffs, the history of taxidermy & genetic engineering mammoths.
Tickets👉shorturl.at/jltw9
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Cyrus Mody
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pleased to see this chapter in Erik Conway & Bernie Carlson's edited volume on "new approaches to the history of electrification" out. in it, I argue that the Multi-Level Perspective is a decent-enough heuristic for understanding the 1970s energy crises... 1/3
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Brigitte Le Normand
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... And if you're a philosopher specializing in environmental and climate change issues, with a global, N/S or S/S lens, the Globalisation, Transnationalism, and Development research group at Maastricht University is also looking for you! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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Brigitte Le Normand
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Come work in my research group (Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development) at Maastricht University! Associate Professor Globalisation and Transnationalism: vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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Sjang ten Hagen
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – I'm teaming up with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt to edit a special issue of Minerva on the history of peer review in the humanities (and its connection to the sciences). Submit your abstracts by March 15, 2024, and help us spread the word!
link.springer.com/collections/...
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Michiel Bron
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Nu ook online te lezen op de site van de Windvogel
windvogel.nl/ledenblad/
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Michiel Bron
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Met een leuk interview voor
3voor12 van de VPRO door het brein achter Het Laatste Woord 3voor12.vpro.nl/update~2f1d7...
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"Speels, diepzinnig, en soms melancholisch. Dat is de muziek van Het Laatste Woord." Gisteren kwam een nieuwe single uit. Nu te beluisteren op Spotify open.spotify.com/track/1Etxwf...
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Michiel Bron
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Jaarlijkse traditie, dus weer gestemd op de #top2000 Natuurlijk ook op Korenwolf van het Laatste Woord stem.nporadio2.nl/top2000-2023...
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A movie is a set of lies (dis)agreed upon. To Napoleon!
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Nice, full day of history and philosophy of physics at the HPP-NL meeting in Utrecht. Many fascinating and inspiring projects going on at the various Dutch Universities www.uu.nl/en/research/...
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Hoe weerspiegelen diagnoses de tijdgeest? En hoe kwamen ouders in verzet tegen de vooroordelen van psychiaters? De nieuwe Wonderkamer van Gewina is uit! Een dubbeldik nummer over de geschiedenis van de psychiatrie. Nu te bestellen via wonderkamermagazine.nl
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De nieuwe windvaan (het ledenblad van energiecoöperatie de windvogel) is uit! Wederom een mooi nummer bomvol uitgebreide artikelen, waaronder interviews over ons nieuwe zonnepark in Delfzijl en meer over het nieuwe batterijproject met Emmett Green
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Michiel Bron
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Today the International Energy Agency launches their report on "The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions". See this link for the live stream: www.iea.org/events/the-o...
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Ook kunnen door jonge historici voor 1 februari essays worden ingezonden voor de Elise Mathilde essayprijs 2024: historicidagen.nl/2023/11/15/o...
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Inmiddels is het indieningsformulier voor bijdragen en panels voor de Historicidagen 2024 in Maastricht geopend. Stuur voor 1 februari een (on)gedisciplineerde inzending in! historicidagen.nl/2023/11/07/d...
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Not exactly the first thing you expect to find when going through sources on the production of Boron-10 during the Manhattan Project, but I guess everyone needs an "oil-fired" meat patty sometimes (Photo courtesy of Odinn Melsted)
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Michiel Bron
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Voor de politieke fijnproevers: wie herkent het schilderij op de achtergrond?
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Afgelopen weken hebben energiecoöperatie De Windvogel en Emmett Green grote stappen gezet in de ontwikkeling van de gezamenlijke 2MW batterij in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel: zo hebben wij inmiddels de vergunning binnen en is de gezamenlijke Amstel BatterEi B.V. opgericht windvogel.nl/amstelbatter...
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On 21-22 Juni 2024 Gewina, the Belgian-Dutch Society for the History of Science and Universities, will organize its biannual conference. The theme is "Ecology & Economy: History of Knowledge during the Unequal Anthropocene". The call for papers is open until January 15 www.gewina.nl/woudschoten2...
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22 tot 24 augustus zijn alle historici en iedereen geïnteresseerd in geschiedenis welkom bij de Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Maastricht voor de Historicidagen 2024! Met het thema "ongedisciplineerde geschiedenis" belooft het een geweldig evenement te worden historicidagen.nl
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Michiel Bron
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Over de markt verscheen ook een leuk verslag in het Weekblad voor Ouder-Amstel www.weekbladvoorouderamstel.nl/lokaal/duurz...
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Michiel Bron
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Deze bijeenkomst vond plaats op de groene markt in de gemeente Ouder Amstel. Vanuit energiecoöperatie de Windvogel stonden wij achter een stand op op het Dorpsplein in Duivendrecht bij de afsluiter van de Klimaatweek windvogel.nl/markt-duiven...
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Michiel Bron
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Now also available via the site of the Belgian-Dutch Society for History of Science and Universities Gewina www.gewina.nl/leading-wome...
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Michiel Bron
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Afgelopen zaterdag namens energiecoöperatie De Windvogel het concept beleidsplan Duurzaamheid mogen ontvangen uit handen van wethouder Dirk de Jager van gemeente Ouder Amstel. Mooie plannen en wij kijken ernaar uit onze feedback te geven: www.weekbladvoorouderamstel.nl/lokaal/duurz...
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This October, Museum Plantin-Moretus welcomed the Belgian-Dutch Society for History of Science and Universities Gewina in Antwerp for an interesting day on the role of women in early modern book-printing. A brief report is now online www.shellsandpebbles.com/2023/11/06/l...
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