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Assistant Professor of Music Alex Bádue recently published an article titled “Orpheus in Hell: Adaptation and reimagination of a myth in Rio de Janeiro’s musical theatre,” in the peer-reviewed journal Studies in Musical Theatre. buff.ly/1EGoNsA #KnowThyself

Thinking about natural history? These are some classics. daily.jstor.org/natural-histor…

Hot off the press!

Speaking at Glasgow today. gla.ac.uk/research/az/gl…

Why did Darwin care about beauty? In “Olympia’s Choice,” Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen shows how art history holds the key to sexual selection—and why the female gaze changed evolution. 🧬🎨 If you're around Hamilton College this Friday - I see you, alums coming up to attend

Can't wait for Pamela Smith's visit next week!

Next week Prof. Steve Davis will be coming to discuss his work on the Bitter Aloe Project, an artificial intelligence (AI) research group that applies advanced machine learning models to extract data from materials produced by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

For those headed to the American Society for Environmental History, hope to see you at our panel on "Colonialism, Science, and Long-Term Histories of Environmental Extraction."

Check out Erin Giffin's book on translating space. Very proud to have her at Hamilton! hamilton.edu/news/story/eri…

Visiting Professor of Art History Erin Giffin’s new book, Early Modern Replicas of the Holy House of Loreto, explores how Santa Casa replicas shaped Catholic devotion across Europe and Latin America. buff.ly/ZLYoLOy #KnowThyself

Our book “Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds” has been reviewed in Spanish! revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/dyna…

Deepest thanks to Julianna Morcelli Oliveros for her thoughtful review of our book, Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds, in Dynamis. She wrestles with the methodology and its implications for the field of the history science. raco.cat/index.php/Dyna…

Honored to be back on Stanford's palm-speckled campus for this conference tomorrow. I'll be speaking about my new book in a talk called "Dr. Francisco Hernández, Bioprospector: Extracting the Pharmacopeia from New Spain’s Natural World." Please swing by if you're around the Farm.

Historical Pharmacopeias update: Maria Ester Silva has transcribed this account review of apothecary Antonio da Costa Coelho - brava! It dates back to October 1807, from the Royal Treasury Pharmacy in Rio de Janeiro. Spanning 54 pages, it provides a detailed financial record of

The Special Issue on Historical Pharmacopeias is out with History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals. Thanks to Paula de Vos for shepherding this project from inception to completion. As an overview, check out the "Visual Pharmacy" essay (co authored with Dan Smail) which lays out

The newest issue is now out! Thanks to all the staff, contributors, and special issue editors! 🫵👏 #pharmacy #pharmaceuticals #history #medicine #drugs

🪾Bartolomeo Maranta 1559🌱Methodi🌿-quite a fascinating attempt to provide theoretical order to medicinal plants, well before Pena and Lobel (1571) and Cesalpino (1583). And Maranta was a student of Ghini in Pisa, before moving to Napoli (he worked in Pinelli's garden) #histsci

Cambridge Early Modern Science and Medicine Essay Prize 2025 For the third year, Early Science and Medicine and the Early Sciences Forum of the History of Science Society are joining together to run a prize competition for the best essay focusing on early science, medicine,