https://qoto.org/@bibliolater/112361737170719247 bibliolater@qoto.org - "Incense spheres discovered in Tang hoards, which are the earliest artefacts found to date, reveal multicultural origins upon close examination. Persian and Sogdian silversmith elements, Buddhist ideas and Syriac Christian liturgical practices, may all have left their traces on the making of the object."

Fang, F. X. (2024). Scent, Art and Astronomy: New Light on Tang Incense Spheres and Their Global Connections. The Medieval History Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09719458231226000

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Medieval #Medievodons #History #Histodon #Histodons #Asia #China #India #Iran #CentralAsia #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @medievodons

Bibliolater 📚📜🖋📐 (@bibliolater@qoto.org)

"Incense spheres discovered in Tang hoards, which are the earliest artefacts found to date, reveal multicultural origins upon close examination. Persian and Sogdian silversmith elements, Buddhist ideas and Syriac Christian liturgical practices,...

#academic publishing in a nutshell

https://twitter.com/JohnHolbein1/status/1778593622851477870

https://mastodon.social/@franco_vazza/112180314490273266 franco_vazza@mastodon.social - #academic
Question time in conferences!

"I have a question"
Vs
"Mine is more a comment than a question"

#astrodon

franco_vazza (@franco_vazza@mastodon.social)

Attached: 2 images #academic Question time in conferences! "I have a question" Vs "Mine is more a comment than a question" #astrodon

The West's governments have access to excellent #intel, #demography, national #statistics, #anthropology & other #info describing the people-groups, cultures & #societies of the #people they have imported into #Western nations.

The West's #governments used #NATO, #UN, #paramilitary & intel agencies to kick proverbial wasp nests in the Middle East, #Africa & South-West #Asia & then opened the West's borders to hostile peoples from antithetical #cultures.

None of the #political, #corporate, #academic, #plutocratic or #aristocratic #elites have been harmed. The #victims have been the peoples of the #West who had little to no say in #geopolitical affairs. The West’s elites are at #war with Western peoples.

#theelite #westerncivilization #thewest #middleeast #islam #uk

A quotation from Linnaeus, Carl

A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discoverers are among them, as comets amongst the stars.

Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, physician [Carl von Linné, Carolus Linnæus]
Quoted in Theodor Magnus Fries, Linnaeus, ch. 10 “Pupils” (1903) [ed./tr. B. J. Jackson (1923)]

#quote #quotes #quotation #academic #development #encouragement #mentor #professor #student
Sourcing / notes: https://wist.info/linnaeus-carl/63196/

Quoted in Theodor Magnus Fries, Linnaeus, ch. 10 "Pupils" (1903) [ed./tr. B. J. Jackson (1923)] - Linnaeus, Carl | WIST Quotations

A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discoverers are among them, as comets amongst the stars.

When Are We All Finally Going to Stop Living in Fear?

Back in the 1950s, this psychology professor at Swarthmore had an idea. He wondered just how powerful peer pressure was.

So he rounded up 123 students.

They were male.

He put them in groups of five or seven. He told one dude in every group he was conducting vision tests. He told the rest of the group he was really studying peer pressure. He told them all to give the right answer the first two times. After that, they were supposed to give the same wrong answer for almost every question. The wrong answer wasn't just a little wrong.

It was obviously wrong.

Epically wrong.

The professor expected the one dude to hold his ground most of the time, that he wouldn't conform. The professor was wrong. Only about 25 percent of his test subjects resisted the urge to conform. About a third of them conformed almost all of the time, and 5 percent conformed completely.

https://www.okdoomer.io/its-time-to-stop-living-in-fear

#fear #PeerPressure #academic #CriticalThinking #society #social #pressure #facts #lies #OKdoomer #independence #freedom #psychology

When Are We All Finally Going to Stop Living in Fear?

Back in the 1950s, this psychology professor at Swarthmore had an idea. He wondered just how powerful peer pressure was. So he rounded up 123 students. They were all dudes. He put them in groups of five or seven. He told one dude in every...

The Finnish authorities have announced this Thursday the tightening of the restrictions on entry into the country for Russian businessmen, students and owners as of July 10.

"The new #restrictions will enter into force at 00:00 (local time) on July 10, 2023 and will remain in force until further notice," the #ForeignMinistry said in a statement.

Russian #businessmen will not be able to transit to other countries via #Finland and, in the case of owning #RealEstate in the country, they will have to give explanations about their presence in Finnish territory.

#Students may only participate in programs aimed at obtaining a degree or as part of exchanges, but may not participate in other types of #academic courses.

https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-finlandia-endurece-restricciones-entrada-pais-ciudadanos-rusos-partir-10-julio-20230706195050.html

#Russia #NewColdWar #GroupPunishment #Discrimination #Politics #WTF

Finlandia endurece las restricciones de entrada al país para ciudadanos rusos a partir del 10 de julio

Las autoridades de Finlandia han anunciado este jueves el endurecimiento de las restricciones de entrada...

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tp8K3iW2QrU

Lifelong #academic, 300 + publications can no longer get published, not good. Just who decides what is #truth these days?
Direct link to Professor Fenton’s sub stack, Where are the numbers, wherearethenumbers.substack.com/p/manipulating-mortality
Link to Norman’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/@NormanFenton81

Hackaday Links: January 29, 2023

#hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #slider #academic #chatgpt #cheating #cometc2022e3ztf #cryptomining #diatomiccarbon #empirestatebuilding #exam #fish #machinevision #mba #motioncapture #noise #pokemon #test #hackaday
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Hackaday Links: January 29, 2023

We’ve been told for ages that “the robots are coming for our jobs!” It’s true that we’ve seen robots capable of everything from bugger flipping to bricklaying being de…

https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/

The Journal of Controversial Ideas is the first open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal specifically created to promote free inquiry on controversial topics. It offers a forum for careful, rigorous, unpolemical discussion of issues that are widely considered controversial, in the sense that certain views about them might be regarded by many people as morally, socially, or ideologically objectionable or offensive.

#journalofcontroversialideas #controversial #ideas #journal #academic

This series explores how #Israeli #academic institutions uphold state structures of #colonialism and #apartheid, drawing examples from seven different Israeli accredited #Universities. In 2004, the #Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of #Israel (PACBI) called for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Academic #boycott is one tactic of #solidarity with Palestinian #academics and students who are denied fundamental rights under Israeli apartheid, including the right to #education.

https://www.visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/academia-apartheid

#HumanRights #Palestine

Scientific-academic strike and educational disobedience / Let's take back the university.

RÉBELLION SCIENTIFIQUE GLOBALE Grève scientifique et académique_

From 4-9 April 2022, Scientist #Rebellion calls for the largest global #scientific and #academic strike in history, demanding immediate and radical action in the face of the #Climate #Emergency. Simultaneously, we propose the "Take Back the University" campaign to the student body.

1.5ºC is dead. We need a climate revolution.

https://scientistrebellion.com/sr-strikes-occupations/

Face à la #gravité et l’#urgence de la situation, nous posons la question suivante : nous paraît-il cohérent de poursuivre le travail de #recherche ou d’#enseignement sans prendre en compte cette réalité alors que l’#humanité affrontera un #effondrement systémique massif dans les années à venir comme conséquence de la crise #climatique ? Quel rôle voulons-nous jouer dans l’#histoire ? #XR

Discovery and invention: How the vanadium flow battery story began

Andy Colthorpe speaks to Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, one of the original inventors of the vanadium redox flow battery, about the origins of the technology and its progression.
https://www.energy-storage.news/discovery-and-invention-how-the-vanadium-flow-battery-story-began/
#electrolyte, #features, #interviews, #materials, #academic, #research, #flow, #battery, #innovation

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Discovery and invention: How the vanadium flow battery story began

Andy Colthorpe speaks to Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, one of the original inventors of the vanadium redox flow battery, about the origins of the technology and its progression.

Petition · Petition for the Resumption of Visa Issuance and Entry to Japan for Students · Change.org https://www.change.org/p/h-e-mr-hidenao-yanagi-petition-for-the-resumption-of-visa-issuance-and-entry-to-japan-for-students?recruiter=1184201713&

As some of you may know, Japan still has entry restrictions for foreigners and also has halted issuing of (long term) visa. This makes it really bad for students and researchers. They have no chance to experience the country firsthand.
The student council of the university of Heidelberg for Asian studies imitated an open letter to the Japanese ambassador in Germany on the Resumption of Visa.

It would be cool if you could sign this and/or forward this to people or local institutions in the academic world who might also be affected by this.

#Japan #followerpower #visa #academic #students

Starten Sie Ihre Kampagne!

Change.org ist die größte Petitionsplattform der Welt. Über 200 Millionen Nutzerinnnen und Nutzer setzen sich mithilfe der Plattform für Veränderung ein.

The Covid Report 21-04-20: What Price A Life?

"What will be the consequences of the lockdown, how might we get out of it, and what will the new economic order look like after all this is over?" Must-watch UK programme interviewing four experts from the world of health, economics and law.

#covidreport #pandemic #covid #covid19 #covid_19 #covid-19 #sarscov2 #sars-cov-2 #sars_cov_2 #coronavirus #coronavirusdisease #coronavirusdisease2019 #ppe #personalprotectiveequipment #facemask #facemasks #uk #unitedkingdom #united-kingdom #united_kingdom #lockdown #economy #academic #health #economics #law

Les tendres souhaits

Que ne suis-je la fougère,
Où, sur la fin d'un beau jour,
Se repose ma bergère,
Sous la garde de l'amour ?
Que ne suis-je le zéphyr
Qui rafraîchit ses appas,
L'air que sa bouche respire,
La fleur qui naît sous ses pas ?

Que ne suis-je l'onde pure
Qui la reçoit en son sein ?
Que ne suis-je la parure
Qui la couvre après le bain ?
Que ne suis-je cette glace,
Où son minois répété,
Offre à nos yeux une grâce,
Qui sourit à la beauté ?

Que ne puis-je par un songe,
Tenir son cœur enchanté ?
Que ne puis-je du mensonge
Passer à la vérité ?
Les dieux qui m'ont donné l'être,
M'ont fait trop ambitieux.
Car enfin je voudrais être,
Tout ce qui plaît à ses yeux.

Charles-Henri Ribouté (1708-1740)

Peinture : William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Pastourelle, 1889 – Huile sur toile – Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, US-OK.

En musique

#art #peinture #painting #académique #academic #bouguereau
#fr #poésie #poème #berceuse #Cécile #bonnefête #bonnenuit

Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel

Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

Hawking, 71, the world-renowned theoretical physicist and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, had accepted an invitation to headline the fifth annual president's conference, Facing Tomorrow, in June, which features major international personalities, attracts thousands of participants and this year will celebrate Peres's 90th birthday.

Hawking is in very poor health, but last week he wrote a brief letter to the Israeli president to say he had changed his mind. He has not announced his decision publicly, but a statement published by the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine with Hawking's approval described it as "his independent decision to respect the boycott, based upon his knowledge of #Palestine, and on the unanimous advice of his own academic contacts there".

#hawking #academic #boycott #israel