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Playing God: Testing and Reproducing Blood Miracles in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Starting in the late Middle Ages rumors spread throughout Europe about blood miracles which concerned first the alleged relics of Christ, then those o
Early Modern Recipes Online Collective
Established in 2012, the Early Modern Recipes Online Collective (EMROC) is an international group of interdisciplinary scholars working to crowd-sourc
Agricultural Modernization and Biodiversity Conservation in the Twentieth Century
Helen Curry's research investigated the history of seed banking as a global conservation practice. Through this project, she sought to understand how
The Dark Figure: Haunting and Counting the "Volksseele"
In Germany, studies on "the dark figure"—an estimation of the number of unreported or undiscovered crimes—have recently been made part of large-scale
Knowledge in Transit
For well over a decade, the notion of circulation has occupied a key position in the history of science. This emphasis has roots in a variety of
Paper Cures: Managing Knowledge and Health in the Early Modern Household
In recent years, the household has emerged as a central place for knowledge codification practices in the early modern period. Investigations into med
Tools of the Phrenological Trade: Gender, Paper, and Practices in Antebellum America
This project examines how phrenological practices depended on paper, or rather, on a system of paper. Considered a science by many in the early ninete
Knowledge Production in the Human Sciences: (In)visible Labour
There are powerful epistemological, social, and political reasons for concealing (or revealing) certain people, practices, and professions in the cour
Radio Archiving and the Sources of History
This project addresses the early history of sound archiving in broadcasting and its relationship to new arenas of cultural and knowledge production. F
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German Radio and the Development of Electric Music in the 1920s and 1930s
I am currently working on a book-length study of the role of scientific instrument makers, physicists, and later electrical engineers in shaping music