Robert-Jan Wille

Our upcoming seminar in the Global Histories of Knowledge series. The link to the meeting will be on the website: www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

Scheldepkapje in Dubois-collectie in zaal vroege mens

Nederland geeft fossielen Dubois-collectie terug aan Indonesië.

Statement en meer informatie te vinden op www.naturalis.nl/persberichte...

Breaking news: Netherlands to return the Dubois collection of fossils to Indonesia

Museum Naturalis geeft topstukken terug: befaamde oermensfossielen gaan weer naar Indonesië Museum Naturalis doet afstand van enkele topstukken. De Nederlandse overheid geeft 28 duizend objecten terug aan Indonesië. Ze werden daar eind 19de eeuw vergaard door de arts Eugène Dubois. Tot de co...

Important news. www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/m...

‘Professional actor’ behind attacks that closed Danish airports, defence minister says Drones overfly four more airports forcing Aalborg to halt traffic two nights after shutdown at Copenhagen terminals

I hope it is not Mads Mikkelsen.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years Thousands of dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences, a ‘de-extinction’ company – but experts warn of ‘moral hazard’

If we are undoing what the Dutch did to the world, I could suggest a few more things www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

like, sorry, daddy feyerabend said "anything goes" but most people aren't good at it as galileo

Final ms ready for submission:

To conclude: Stockholm is the city I would build in SimCity 2000. And call it Duckburg.

Oh no they start mixing it with jenever

Wait. I take it back. They drank vodka.

Exactly my type of city

Stockholm is the city the Prussians would have built if they wanted a San Francisco of their own. After having drank too much Scotch.

On my way to #ESEH2025 in Uppsala. Happy to chair two sessions and present on history of German weather & climate science. Took the train via Hamburg/Copenhagen, and very happy that I had time to do slow travel. A bit sad because the train before us hit an elk.😭 #envhis #hisstm

Dutch probe of colonial science ‘about present as much as past’ Researchers hope examining history of scientific academy can help create a more ‘just’ organisation in the modern day

Our colonial history project of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts @knaw-nl.bsky.social made it into the @timeshighered.bsky.social l! #highered #academicsky #hisstm #colonialhistory
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...

Goed wetenschapshistorisch zomernieuws! Ons onderzoeksconsortium mag het koloniale verleden van de Akademie onderzoeken! #hisstm #historici www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-...

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We Go

"Life is like a sewer--what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

Tom Lehrer, mathematician & #ColdWar satirist, has passed away. His albums warped my comedic & political sensibilities at a young age, and I'm pleased to report that I've never fully recovered.

#RIP #TomLehrer #comedy

Kennis die knecht, verschijnt a.s. oktober:

Historici. Een leger historici, tot de tanden gewapend met archiefmateriaal

hope.

AMOC Collapse Visualisation Map The interactive map that shows you the effects worldwide of climate change scenarios and the AMOC current collapsing

Link here: amocscenarios.org?lat=-53&lon=...

Credits to van Westen’s research group for releasing this as part of their knowledge mobilization work.

Erasmusprijswinnaars - Praemium Erasmianum Foundation The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the Erasmus Prize 2025 to the American philosopher and historian of science Donna Haraway. The theme of this year’s prize is “the pursuit of what binds u...

Very happy to read about the Erasmus Prize for Donna Haraway! erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...

How the Last Positivist Embraced Hegel in the End: Is Digital History the Napoleon of Close Reading?

in Germany gen Z climate activists call themselves 'the last generation'. I think they have given up. Let us all dress as if we are retired, mow our gardens (not on Sunday) and watch the world burn with a glass of beer in our hands.

80 years after the liberation, we still know little about science during the German occupation. Wonderkamer now devotes a special to this history.

Pre-order the new issue until 26 May at a reduced price of 10 euros by sending an email to gewinamagazine@gmail.com (ovv "Wonderkamer 11")!

Very happy with today's presentations until sofar, excited about giving mine later today, hopefully warming up the audience for @naomioreskes.bsky.social keynote in the Institution's famous theatre! Thanks @katysduncan.bsky.social and @miguelohn.bsky.social for organizing this!

It is easy to mix up Leo and Louis. I pity the poor students taking history exams in the future, mixing up popes and French kings. 'Leo the Fourteenth? Ah, you mean that guy from 'L'Eglise, c'est moi'? Did you know he inherited a lot of benefices from Francis I?'

Young pope, old name. The last Leo modernized the Church, published the Rerum Novarum, had to deal with Bismarck and capitalism, and became one of the longest sitting popes. They have voted in office a US pope who will be there for a while, saying hi to one American president after another.

YouTube video by David Bowie David Bowie - Queen Bitch (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)

When I feel like I need energy to teach, I will use Wagner's opening of Das Rheingold, but instead of having the sopranos sing I immediately skip to this song by David Bowie, here performed live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuDJ...