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Sławomir Łotysz

@lotysz.bsky.social

History of technology, environmental history, medical humanities, disability studies. Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences. ICOHTEC. SHOT.

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Interested in research on #media #epidemics #histsci #litsci or #medhums? Then welcome to Media and Epidemics! Our international, interdisciplinary project seeks to understand the role of media and technologies of communication in the making and management of epidemic outbreaks⬇️

21.02.2025 14:23 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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Join our next Media and Epidemics research seminar on Tuesday 6th May at 10am (Central European Time) when @M_Zdrodowska will discuss ‘The Mediated Practices and Narratives of Care: Artists and Activists Under Lockdown’ about #COVID19 and #disabilitystudies. Scan QR code for Zoom link ⬇️ #medhums

28.04.2025 14:14 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
Project MUSE - <i>Pińskie błota: Natura, wiedza i polytyka na polskim Polesiu do 1945 roku [Pripet Marshes: Nature, knowledge, and politics in Polish Polesia until 1945]</i> by Sławomir Łotysz (review...

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23.04.2025 10:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I couldn't be happier and prouder: there is a new review of my book Pińskie błota. Natura, wiedza i polityka na polskim Polesiu do 1945 roku by Nathan Wood, published in Technology and Culture (Johns Hopkins UP). I don't want to spoil the content, but it's a really good review! Link below.

23.04.2025 10:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Two weeks until the deadline for #SHOT2025 in Luxembourg!

There are some really interesting open session proposals on here including on #energyhistory and #maintenance

#histtech #envhist #histstm

21.03.2025 15:48 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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You are cordially invited to the 4th MEDEP Research Seminar, which will take place online on March 11, 10:00-11:30 CET. @lotysz.bsky.social will speak about ‘Health, Ideology, and Media: Polish Medical Assistance to North Korea in the 1950s’. Scan QR code for Zoom link! #histsci #hstm

03.03.2025 11:05 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 3
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VERY exciting news! I’m joining the @britishlibrary.bsky.social #TalesOfTheWeird series this December with ‘Summoned to the Séance: Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil’!👻
Join hands around the séance table for 14 classics & lost gems of fiction inspired by the spiritualism movement🕯️

18.11.2024 14:40 — 👍 178    🔁 35    💬 15    📌 11
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Wylie Street, NE Washington, DC, a surprisingly picturesque place, especially at night.

17.11.2024 19:06 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This will be a hybrid event, please check the login details. Stay tuned for updates at (see the first comment for the link). My talk will include results from the MEDEP project funded by NCN within the Chanse - Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe.

17.11.2024 16:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A banner inviting to a talk "Natural and Man-Made Epidemics in the Polish Media Discourse on the Korean War" at the University of Tokyo on 2 December 2024, 17:30 local time.

A banner inviting to a talk "Natural and Man-Made Epidemics in the Polish Media Discourse on the Korean War" at the University of Tokyo on 2 December 2024, 17:30 local time.

I cordially invite you to attend my lecture at the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology of the University of Tokyo. I am grateful to Professor Akihito Suzuki for this great honour and kind invitation to deliver this lecture as part of the Death & Life Studies and Practical Ethics Series.

17.11.2024 16:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I've just moved in...

16.11.2024 02:28 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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