Docteur, @cmmc_mediterr, Univ. Côte d'Azur (Nice), Histoire des prédictions météorologiques au XVIIIe siècle, ATER à l'@Univ_Savoie (LLSETI)
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Some highlights from Forecasting the Weather between Science and Divination at Oxford last week @TORCHOxford
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⛈️⛈️⛈️Tomorrow at @magdalenoxford, the wonderful Catherine Ross from the @metoffice will be speaking about the true story behind the film Pressure ⛈️⛈️⛈️
All welcome; no need to register!
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We have a second public lecture on the history of weather forecasting! 🌦️
On 9 Oct, Louisiane Ferlier (@royalsociety) explores the Royal Society’s meteorological archive & the development of forecasting before the @metoffice.
📍 Schwarzman Centre, Oxford | 9 Oct, 5.30pm 👇
The D-Day forecast: From synoptic charts to the silver screen 🌦️🎬
Join us for a public lecture at @magdalenoxford on 8 Oct as @metoffice’s Catherine Ross explores the D-Day weather forecast and the history behind Pressure.
📍 Magdalen College, Oxford | 8 Oct | 5.30pm 👇
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The D-Day forecast: From synoptic charts to the silver screen 🌦️🎬
Join us for a public lecture at @magdalenoxford on 8 Oct as @metoffice’s Catherine Ross explores the D-Day weather forecast and the history behind Pressure.
📍 Magdalen College, Oxford | 8 Oct | 5.30pm 👇
The first trailer for ‘Pressure’ is here, the film which tells the story of the most important weather forecast; the D-Day forecast.
Andrew Scott stars as Group Captain James Stagg – the Met Office meteorologist tasked with delivering the weather forecast and helping shape D-Day's plans.
In cinemas 9 September.
#pressuremovie @StudiocanalUK
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Online registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/NrDN…
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Freshly released and received 🤗🥂
My new book: ‘Club sociability in colonial America. From British tradition to American experience, 1720-76’ @ManchesterUP
More details here: manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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I'm excited to announce that my book, Inventing Immortality, is now out with @OxUniPress in their Oxford-Warburg series.
It's about people who thought ancient pagans invented the soul, but more broadly its about how academic scholarship fares when let loose in the public sphere
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Parution de Le portefeuille sous toutes ses coutures, dirigé par S. Dolet, auquel j’ai contribué. Une réflexion sur la manière dont l’histoire de l’État est aussi celle des technologies de pouvoir, lesquelles s’incarnent dans des objets spécifiques
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Enfin un peu de froid. Inscriptions ouvertes pour nos JE « Le froid, objet d'histoire(s) : savoirs, pratiques et environnements (XVIe-XXe) », co-organisées avec Axelle Chassagnette à Lyon les 29-30 juin prochains. Lien de connexion en visio également disponible sur demande !
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CfP: "Forecasting the weather, between divination and science. Antiquity to the present." October 9, University of Oxford, UK. Organized by Simon Dolet and @michpfeffer Application deadline on May 31. is-ih.com/.../cfp-forecastin…
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New CFP: Forecasting the weather, between divination and science, 9 Oct 2026, Oxford @TORCHOxford
If you're working on the history of weather forecasting, please do send us an abstract! ⛈️⛈️⛈️
More info here: tinyurl.com/5n6c8thj
🔴CFP: Very pleased to announce the workshop "Forecasting the Weather between Divination & Science (Antiquity to the Present)" organised with @michpfeffer, University of Oxford, UK, 9 October 2026. Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026, academia.edu/165392068/CFP_F…
Image: © Météo-France
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Appel à communication – Journée d’études “Forecasting the weather between divination and science Antiquity to the present”
Date: 9 October 2026
Location: University of Oxford
Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026
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Prompted by yesterday's solar eclipse, I wrote for @ConversationUK about how these celestial events have been associated with the fate of rulers for thousands of years
theconversation.com/for-thou…
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🗓️Annonce. Colloque international les 9-11 décembre prochains à Pise, coorganisé par @Univ_CotedAzur et @Unipisa sur le thème "Ordre et désordre dans la presse"
Il sera diffusé en ligne par la Domus Mazziniana, youtube.com/@domusmazziniana…
Programme 👇
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Our special issue on #MedMobilities is finally out! Glad to have worked on this with @vitticomacchi and Roberta Biasillo since our EUI workshop. With contributions by Antonino Campagna @StellaGeremia Maria Gloria Tumminelli & Jackson Perry. Intro in OA ⬇️
francoangeli.it/riviste/arti…
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Excited to share the CFPs for a special issue in the Italian #histsc journal Physis, written by Federica Bonacini & myself, & bringing together histories of food with histories of knowledge/environment. Looking forward to your papers by the 30th November! Please circulate widely!
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The review of my book on French Jews and Nazism @editions_PUF that Emmanuel Droit kindly wrote for @laviedesidees is now available in English on Books and Ideas. Thank you very much to the reviewer and the review
booksandideas.net/An-awarene…
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L'excellente revue "Parlement(s)" publie un numéro sur "Villages en politique" (XVIIe-XXe siècles) en lien avec les programmes de l'agrégation d'histoire (moderne & contemporaine) & de géographie (contemporaine).
Une mine d'articles en libre accès.
shs.cairn.info/revue-parleme…
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To mark the start of #conclave, I wrote for @ConversationUK about the astrologers who once made a living predicting the death of popes (with lots of citations of @ProfM_Azzolini)
theconversation.com/the-dang… – at North Hinksey Village, England
