Animesh Chatterjee

The extended deadline for #ICOHTEC2026 is fast approaching. Submit your abstracts before 28 February. See: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for more details.
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After a decade in academia, including a PhD and 2 postdocs, I have returned to the corporate world of consulting. I’ll still be writing and publishing material from my academic research projects, and also keeping Research Notes Studio going, but the academic career is, sadly, over.

This conference invites reflections on how the history of technology intersects with evolving methodologies, theories, pedagogies, and other branches of historical study to highlight the importance of understanding technology's past in addressing contemporary challenges: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr

ICOHTEC 2026: Museums, material & intangible cultural heritage, and public engagement.
In collaboration with the Ethnological Museum of Thrace, we especially welcome proposals exploring material and intangible culture, museum practices, and public history.
Check out our CfP: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr

The deadline to submit an abstract/proposal for #ICOHTEC2026 has been extended to 28 February 2026. Please see icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for more details.
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Happy to see my interview in the latest ICOHTEC newsletter! We talked about electricity in colonial Calcutta, the thinking behind www.researchnotesstudio.com and what’s coming at #ICOHTEC2026

Please see icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr and @icohtec2026.bsky.social for #ICOHTEC2026

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Abstract submission is now open for ICOHTEC 2026: The online submission platform is live. Please submit your conference abstract via the submission portal: abstractsicohtec.com
For conference information and updates, visit the official website: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr

Submissions of abstracts and proposals for ICOHTEC 2026 are now open. Please see icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for the CfP and other details, and submit your abstracts.

Deadline: 31 January 2026
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The ICOHTEC Annual Conference 2026 in Alexandroupolis, Greece now has a website: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr

Please have a look at the CfP and other details, and submit your abstracts. Submissions open on 15 December 2025. Deadline: 31 January 2026
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There is always a hill somewhere There are hills on the road, and then there are hills we carry within.This week’s Precious Cargo essay is about learning to climb both.

There are hills on the road, and then there are hills we carry within. This week’s Precious Cargo essay is about learning to climb both. open.substack.com/pub/precious...

Submissions open: 15 December 2025

Deadline: 31 January 2026

Official conference website: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr

Email address: icohtec2026@gmail.com

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We welcome works spanning the local to the planetary, from archives and classrooms to museums and public spaces.

We especially welcome contributions from graduate students and early career scholars, with opportunities for lightning talks, mentorship, and book workshops.

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We warmly invite submissions from scholars who engage with technological history in all branches of historical study.
The theme “Engaging the History of Technology” asks how the field can speak to new methods, pedagogies and public practices to help us navigate today’s challenges.

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ICOHTEC 2026: Call for Proposals is now open!
The next Annual Meeting will take place 8–11 October 2026 at the Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), in collaboration with the Lab of Technologies, Research & Applications in Education and the Ethnological Museum of Thrace.

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I’ve just launched Research Notes Studio, where I support researchers and organisations with editing, research development, and grant-writing.
If you’re preparing a manuscript or a proposal or know someone who is, please share www.researchnotesstudio.com

Research Notes Studio is a place for the work I love: helping people refine their writing, strengthen their arguments, and craft proposals that have a real chance in a tough academic landscape.

If you’re working on something that needs a clearer shape, I’d love to help.
#academicwriting #histstm

Research Notes Studio | Enhance Your Research Now Research Notes Studio offers editing, research support, and grant proposal services to enhance academic writing and scholarship. Improve your research today.

I’m very excited to share this: Research Notes Studio is now live www.researchnotesstudio.com.

What started as a handful of research favours slowly grew into something larger. And somewhere between grant deadlines, and the strange luck of academic life, this little studio took shape.
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😄 we want it to truly mean “all weather”

New Precious Cargo essay.

It’s about cycling while getting slapped by the wind, falling over at 6km/hr, and realising my son is having the time of his life while I question all my choices.

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#cycling #cargobike

The weight of a sleeping child On cycling, trust, and the art of carrying what matters

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My son fell asleep somewhere between the lake and the roundabout, and the world seemed to soften.

A new Precious Cargo essay on cycling, trust, and the art of carrying what matters.

Read here: electricpunkah.substack.com/p/the-weight...

November reading list

Must be all that experience from photographing birds 😄

I wonder if you too face the challenge of constant negotiations with the little ones while also trying to save your breath for cycling? 😄

Also, photo courtesy @finnarne.me

I’ve started writing about my cycling adventures with my son. It’s a blog/journal with essays on movement, writing, and the art of keeping upright, called “Precious Cargo: A dad and his cargo bike trying to keep their balance”.
And here’s the first post.

electricpunkah.substack.com/p/trying-to-...

The website is still under construction, but the work is already taking shape. If you know someone who might need help refining their research or writing, I’d be truly grateful if you could share or spread the word.
#academicwriting #researchsupport

I’ve learnt how to bring critical thinking and good writing together from some of the best scholars in the history of science, medicine and technology, and environmental humanities, and I can’t thank them enough. #histstm #envhum #envhist

From annotated bibliographies to book chapter edits and grant proposals, Research Notes Studio is about making ideas sharper, arguments clearer, and writing more confident.