Caroline Ashcroft
20th century political thought at Harris Manchester College and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Author of Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought (EUP, 2024)
- Reposted by Caroline AshcroftNow online: Eric Loefflad (University of Kent) reviews "Catastrophic Technology in Cold War Political Thought (@edinburghup.bsky.social, 2024) by @carolineashcroft.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Fantastic conference in the gorgeous town of Freiburg yesterday - thank you @martinbaesler.bsky.social for the invitation to come and speak!
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- Reposted by Caroline Ashcroft"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil." - Hannah Arendt
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- I'll be speaking (online) about technology and nature at the LUPS Research Institute for Politics and Government this Wednesday at 1pm UK time. Please do join! ripg.uni-nke.hu/hirek/2025/0...
- I wrote about technology, catastrophe and the risks of techno-optimism: iai.tv/articles/tec...
- Reposted by Caroline AshcroftTwo salaried 4-year PhD positions open at the Department of History of Science and Ideas in Uppsala, one in idéhistoria (intellectual/cultural history, broadly speaking), the other in history of science: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/... www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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- I wrote about Catastrophic Technology for the page 99 test: page99test.blogspot.com/2024/12/caro...
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- Very pleased and excited that Catastrophic Technology is NOW OUT! (And just in time for Christmas 😉) edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-catastr...
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