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October 6th, 2015
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/09/switzerland-botany-biodiversity-grassland-agriculture...
Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life
www.theguardian.com
Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows
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Postdoctoral position available within the “Tandem” project:![]()
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Paper Bonds: Bookmaking for Kin, Friends and Self in Contemporary Europe and the Middle East![]()
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led by a “Tandem” of 2 researchers:![]()
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Hélène Martinelli (ENS / CNRS, based at CEFRES, Prague)![]()
Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė (Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)![]()
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“The project explores self-made books and private bookmaking practices in contemporary Europe and the Middle East, focusing on their material, symbolic and social dimensions. Adopting a genealogical perspective, it examines how non-commercial publishing and book production shape relationships, express identity and responds to political and technological change.![]()
Drawing from the disciplines of anthropology, book history and sociology of literature, the project aims to reappraise the social significance of the print book in the era of digital publishing. Researchers working on contemporary bookmaking practices from the perspective of book history, anthropology, sociology, literary studies and other disciplines such as information and communication sciences are more than welcome to apply.”![]()
Read more about the project here.![]()
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CFA: Two Postdoctoral positions at CEFRES 2026–2027
cefres.cz
Call opens June 16, 2025 Deadline for submission: September 15, 2025 Publication of the results: beginning of October 2025 Period: January 1, 2026-December 31, 2027 Application Language: English Addre...
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/02/painter-discovers-message-in-a-bottle-lighthouse-w...
‘He was so excited’: painter discovers 122-year-old message in a bottle inside lighthouse walls
www.theguardian.com
Bottle stashed in wall cavity of heritage-listed Cape Bruny lighthouse contained letter written in 1903 by Tasmanian lighthouse inspector