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Sample Medical Card for Croydon Schoolboys 1920s-1930s

Medical Cards for Croydon Schoolchildren 1920s-1930s

Historians must make more – and more creative – use of AI technologies for data analysis as well as for routine task of data sorting and transcription. To create a simple example, I have put […]

Proceedings of the Seventh International Genetical Congress held in 1939 and published in 1941.

Using LLMs to query 1939 International Genetical Congress

What work can large-language models (LLMs) do for historical researching? They offer tools for voluminous compilation of data ready for complex human analysis. They can organise and reorganise data. They can extract data from source material. They can be set to search for trends. We’re coming to grips with LLM tools for historical researching, and we’re quickly moving well beyond the LLM-as-author model so distrusted in our community. Historians must push ourselves to be as creative and demanding of LLM resources as those in our sister disciplines.

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Student Recording of Teaching Sessions and Presentations

ProfJoeCain’s policy on recording teaching sessions and presentations.

The Bernissart Iguanodons in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels. One Iguanodon stands outside the glass enclosure and is positioned in a modern interpretation.

Bernissart Iguanodons in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels

The Dinosaur Gallery in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (Brussels Museum of Natural History) includes the famous Bernissart Iguanodons. This consists of thirty complete or nearly complete skeletons excavated from an underground coal […]

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GenAI Helps Review Patterns in Student SWOT Projects for Publishing Module (Postgraduate)

I’ve used generative AI to help me review patterns in my marking and feedback given for student assignments in the module, HPSC0044 Publishing as Science Communication. This module is taught at UCL as both a […]

HPSC0044 Book Proposal feedback form 2025

GenAI Helps Review Patterns in Student Book Proposals for Publishing Module (Undergraduate)

I’ve used generative AI to help me review patterns in my marking and feedback given for student assignments in the module, HPSC0044 Publishing as Science Communication. This module is taught at UCL as both a […]

Bathysphere for William Beebe's Half Mile Down, New York Zoological Society, 1934

Going the Extra (Half) Mile for STS

One of the tiny bits of my job is to help with publicity and marketing. We’ve a big Open Day event coming up, and we need to replace an old banner for our stand. I […]

Jarvis Lynn Cain in 2003

Jarvis Lynn Cain (1933-2024) obituary

Professor Jarvis Lynn Cain, 90, died on March 9, 2024. Jarvis was born on October 1, 1933 to Benjamin Harrison Cain and Lona Bertha (Randall) Cain in Warsaw, Indiana. He had one sister, Joyce Eloise (Cain) […]

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Jarvis Lynn Cain (1933-2024) professional resume and academic publications

Jarvis Lynn Cain retired in 1999 as Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at University of Maryland College Park. This page presents a summary of his resume and publications. For administrative purposes at the university, […]

Flight of the Langoustine, by Pierre Diamantopoulo at Hove Plinth

Flight of the Langoustine sculpture by Pierre Diamantopoulo

I love “Flight of the Langoustine,” at Hove Plinth, a production of Hove Civic Society. It was created by Pierre Diamantopoulo MRSS. It was inaugurated in September 2023. The location is on the Hove Promenade. […]

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