BOOK TALK! Delighted to host @rentravailer.bsky.social & @laurenworking.bsky.social in conversation about their fab books which are reconfiguring our understanding of #earlymodern England in a global perspective! Mon 26 Oct, 5pm (UK) free registration: www.crowdcast.io/c/das-working #skystorians

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Alec Israeli interviews John Samuel Harpham about his book, The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery (Harvard UP, 2025), which finds that English observers’ justifications of New World slavery only began to shift away from classical arguments in the late 17th century. @harvardpress.bsky.social

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How did 18th century thinkers unite science, philosophy, and religion in the US? Swedish polymath Nicholas Collin (APS 1789) decided “he would embrace this new country as a home for progressive inquiry.” Learn more about Collin and the early days of American science in a new blog by Vincent Femia.

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What does it mean when a 9-million-year-old capybara tooth is found in one of the driest places on Earth? Learn about it from Pricilla Martinez, former Lewis and Clark Fellow, and her team, who made the discovery. 🏜️ https://www.europesays.com/ie/707980/ #UsefulKnowledge #Capybara #Ecology #Biology

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Are we really that different from animals? In this week’s Meeting Talk Monday, hear from Mark Moffett on human and animal societies and belonging. Watch the full talk here: https://bit.ly/47qf5mE

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