Recently published in Technikgeschichte: a short essay on "Rethinking Global History of Technology from Alternative Archives". #histtech #histstm
Written with colleagues in the "Global History of Technology" project
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Animesh Chatterjee
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow | Weathering Colonial Calcutta
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I'm delighted to see my article published as part of the special electricity issue of the Journal of Electricity History, edited by @electricpunkah and Daniel Perez Zapico, with thanks to @ESBArchives and @NMIreland @ahrcpress : energyhistory.eu/en/special-iss
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Coming up Monday, 24 Apr 2023, 16:00 Central European time / 10:00 Eastern:
will discuss Hurricane Jim Crow: How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Lowcountry South in the Greenhouse #envhum book talks.
Join us online!
newnatures.org/greenhouse/eve
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Always wonderful talking to in our weekly meetings and thinking out loudly (with loud sounds from my empty brain) scientism, technocracy, weather, climate and colonial Calcutta.
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If you're in Leeds conference next week, and I will chat about popular & vernacular representations of technology in South Asian history, Wednesday 5/4 at 1:30pm!
I'm psyched to share bits from this early 20th c. Urdu advertising manual👀
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Looking forward to the Scientism and Empire workshop organised by and . Too bad I can’t be in Regensburg to attend in person.
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New publication emerging from the ERC project “A Global History of Technology, 1850-2000” that I was so fortunate to be a part of. Prof Hård’s work pushes back against narratives of mechanisation & globalisation that define much of #histtech link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9
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Congrats to & ! I’m looking forward to working with you on your exciting and important projects.
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Congratulations to 2022-23 fellow , who has received a fellowship from to conduct research !
Learn more about his project (Weathering Colonial #Calcutta): lindahall.org/research/linda
#histSTM #envhist
#MSCA #ClimateHistory
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Great news for @GreenhouseUiS (and me as supervisor 
) with 2 new MSCA fellows starting in 2023!
Indigenous stories, and the weather in Calcutta: Two new Marie Curie postdoctoral fellows at The Greenhouse, @UniStavanger uis.no/en/the-greenho
) with 2 new MSCA fellows starting in 2023!
Indigenous stories, and the weather in Calcutta: Two new Marie Curie postdoctoral fellows at The Greenhouse, @UniStavanger uis.no/en/the-greenhoShow this thread
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Daniel made it in this year's round, but Animesh was moved up from last year's waiting list after a lot of waiting! We are thrilled!
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Exciting news: The Greenhouse has recently been awarded two (!) new #MSCA postdocs: uis.no/en/the-greenho - we look forward to welcoming and to ! #envhum
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Must add that and have been absolutely wonderful in helping me figure out the new project
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Congratulations to 2022-23 @LindaHall_org fellow @electricpunkah, who has received a fellowship from @MSCActions to conduct research @GreenhouseUiS!
Learn more about his project (Weathering Colonial #Calcutta): lindahall.org/research/linda
#histSTM #envhist
#MSCA #ClimateHistory
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This month the Linda Hall Library welcomes virtual fellow Animesh Chatterjee. Dr. Chatterjee will be consulting the Library's collections to research his second book project, Weathering Colonial Calcutta. Meet and learn more about his work: bit.ly/3I6bIWd
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Loved today’s discussions. Lots to think about and explore in the following days and weeks. Looking forward to diving into archives.
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This morning @toni_bettasso & I held our 1st check-in meeting with 2022-23 @LindaHall_org fellow @electricpunkah. He is investigating the history of #meteorology & climate sci. in colonial Calcutta.
Read more about his project: lindahall.org/research/linda
#histSTM #wxhist #envhist
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Been asked by a really amazing upcoming researcher to write a reference to support their postdoc application, and I’ve never felt so much pressure in life. I really want to do justice to the researcher’s great work. Any tips or suggestions for what I should focus on?
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flip.it/-xiaMr Technology that lets us “speak” to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?
Should be of interest to
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Between the tote bag in 's photo and our #HSS22/#SHOT2022 notebooks, early modern #armadillos are well-represented on swag!
#histSTM #sciart #armadillo
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A box full of Christmas goodies thanks to @LindaHall_org @bhgross144
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Now that the contract is signed, I am happy to announce that I’ll be joining in April as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellow to work on my new project “Weathering Colonial Calcutta”. Looking forward to working with !
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Less than a month in Darmstadt and I can’t stress enough how much I’ll miss walking in to work in a 13th century castle every morning.
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Honestly, trying to finish a book manuscript while writing fellowship and job applications, and packing my life up to move to another country can be a bit stressful. Thanks, precarious academic job market!
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Here's something I wrote for the Project Global HoT blog: electricpunkah.com/writing-as-a-r
Also see: medien.gugw.tu-darmstadt.de/wp/global-hot/
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In the audience for doctoral defence . Interesting work on the politics of flooding, drainage and traffic infrastructures in colonial & post-colonial Dar-es-Salaam
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Here's something I wrote for the Project Global HoT blog: electricpunkah.com/writing-as-a-r
Also see: medien.gugw.tu-darmstadt.de/wp/global-hot/
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Twitteristorians and twitteratis: if someone were interested in learning more about digital and digitised archives, including digitisation platforms, cataloguing and metadata, where should they start? Any texts you’d suggest? #digitalhumanities #histstm #archives
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And I can’t help but see how much my chapter and ‘s chapter on Ladrones de Luz, despite major differences, speak to each other
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Writing my book chapter on how electricity theft in colonial Calcutta arose from issues of middle-class identity based on thrift and consumption in the financial hardships of the interwar period collided with the way CESC defined consumers’ interactions with electric supply
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Spent the last few days in Doha , discussing affects and energy transitions. Thanks to for thought-provoking and helpful comments and contributions
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While one can see several newspaper headlines celebrating India's independence on 15 August 1947 being circulated on social media, it's also interesting to dig slightly deeper into the pages of these newspapers and see how businesses used the event to advertise their products.
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Academic Twitter! Do you have any recommendations/suggestions for language editors who can work on history dissertations, books and articles...preferably based in the UK or Europe?
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Thanks to , Rohini Patel, and for a wonderful panel on colonialism and science. Expertly chaired by . Now for the discussion!
#bshs2022 #colonialism #science #hps #history #empire #electricity #engineering
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Question from the floor on non human actors role in electrification processes in India has made me think of 's brilliant work (2nd time I've recommended it today) see
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Finally we hear from Animesh Chatterjee
(Universität Darmstadt) with A Marriage of Convenience: the Politico-Spatial Layout of early twentieth-century ‘Electrical Calcutta’
#bshs2022
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Thanks to @electricpunkah, Rohini Patel, and @nathanbossoh for a wonderful panel on colonialism and science. Expertly chaired by @skidwayy. Now for the discussion!
#bshs2022 #colonialism #science #hps #history #empire #electricity #engineering
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