Historian at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. Author of “Teaching Science Through Science Fiction” and “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Astronomy.” https://vcu.academia.edu/Determannhttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mx26xpzvkc22“I thank you from my heart” (أشكرك من قلبي), Abdullatif Alhemaid. In a session chaired by Bedour AlOthman at the First Symposium on Saudi Historical Writing on October 7, 2026, Abdullatif will offer a “critical reading” of my book Historiography in Saudi Arabia: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpKCct6dDSC-EecQyhyiEtqm4823Ac9cJkvCajgC74tLJsaQ/viewform04 Oct 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx26xpzvkc22https://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mw4ghzehmc27Ashkuruki jazīl al-shukr “I thank you very much,” Sara Elamin! Sara generously invited me to speak at a session of Qahwa Talks, a Doha-based initiative she founded. On October 13, 2026, I will present “How Science Fiction United Science and the Humanities.” https://qahwatalks.com/events/october-1322 Sep 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4ghzehmc27https://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mvrjupg24k2gThree thank-yous go to Jessie Cohen, @calebzakarin.bsky.social and Marshall Poe of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. The trio generously offered me a slot in “NBN in the Classroom,” a regular feature of the New Books Network Newsletter. https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/i/213978112/nbn-in-the-classroom-jorg-matthias-determann18 Sep 2026 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrjupg24k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mv6hcluqkc2pOnce again, I would like to say how proud I am of my daughter, Maria. She is among the silver medal winners in the International Kangaroo Mathematics Competition (IKMC) 2026. I am immensely grateful to DESS for enabling her to enter this contest. https://www.kangarooqatar.org/ikmc/ikmcresults/results-ikmc-202610 Sep 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6hcluqkc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mu4s7uxf3c2oThank you thirty times to @spencerstriker.bsky.social for releasing all thirty episodes of Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm! Many exchanges with fellow scholars got us to this point. You can watch the trailer of our docudrama series on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt43701153/28 Aug 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4s7uxf3c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mttatu7c3k2mAllah razı olsun (may God be pleased with you), Ece Yiğit, for enabling me to hire a research assistant again through the Student Employment Program at VCUarts Qatar. All students currently enrolled at a university in Education City are eligible for this role. https://www.academia.edu/172303264/Available_Position_Job_Reference_VCUQ_SEP_LAS_00124 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttatu7c3k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mtjs4ozeck26I am doubly grateful to @brianclegg.bsky.social for reviewing my book Teaching Science Through Science Fiction and the wider @springer.springernature.com series on Science and Fiction of which it is part. He posted his opinion on his site Popular Science. https://popsciencebooks.blogspot.com/2026/08/teaching-science-through-science.html20 Aug 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjs4ozeck26https://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3msupbhurvc25I am beyond fortunate to have @emadscifi.bsky.social. He was the first to request a copy of my new @springer.springernature.com, Teaching Science Through Science Fiction. Thanks to his editor at The Liberum, Arthur Blok, his review is also the first to be published. https://theliberum.com/exclusive-teaching-science-through-science-fiction-by-dr-jorg-matthias-determann/12 Aug 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3msupbhurvc25https://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3msiiunddsk2bGrazie ancora di cuore and thank you again from the bottom of my heart to Lisa Scalone and her colleagues at @springer.springernature.com for publishing my book Teaching Science Through Science Fiction: A Story of Innovation in the Classroom and Beyond! https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-24353-907 Aug 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiiunddsk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mr7ujwdsa22nThank you very much to @spencerstriker.bsky.social for releasing another episode with me of his docudrama series “Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra and the Algorithm.” The fifth installment, “House of Wisdom,” is on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cDH964xVHCM22 Jul 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7ujwdsa22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mqvn2cycw227For the second time this year, I express my gratitude to @anthony-nairn.bsky.social and Fraser Watts. The two of them provided me with feedback on, and ultimately published, an essay about teaching with @wikipedia.org for the July 2026 blog of @the-issr.bsky.social . https://www.issr.org.uk/blog/july-2026-blog/18 Jul 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqvn2cycw227https://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mqrqq6jmyk2sI am hugely grateful to Spencer Striker of @nuqatar.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to his docudrama series “Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra and the Algorithm.” It premiered on July 15. Episode 2 “The Prodigy from Khwarizm” with me is already on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Ieys50hzcs16 Jul 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrqq6jmyk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mqckg5u3dc2rI am profoundly appreciative of Joe Holloway for accepting and editing an essay of mine entitled “Using Places and Plaques to Teach the History of Science.” My piece appeared in Viewpoint: Magazine of @bshsnews.bsky.social 138 (summer 2026), 2–3. https://bshs.org.uk/viewpoint-no-138/10 Jul 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqckg5u3dc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mpzx6ww5fk27Thank you to all those who participated in our ICE Conference 2026 yesterday! Shoaib Ahmed Malik, Majid Daneshgar and I had to alter the schedule for July 7: Julio César Cárdenas Arenas, Julia Tomasson, Nazir Khan and Hani Ahmed Zewail will speak between 12 and 2pm. https://divinity.ed.ac.uk/news-and-events/upcoming-events/islamic-colloquia-of-edinburgh-ice-conference-202607 Jul 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpzx6ww5fk27https://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mpt2fvi6rk2aI owe dozens of individual thank-yous to all those who submitted an abstract to the Islamic Colloquia of Edinburgh (ICE) Conference 2026 on “The Histories of Islam and Science.” Shoaib Ahmed Malik, Majid Daneshgar and I had great difficulty selecting the speakers. https://divinity.ed.ac.uk/news-and-events/upcoming-events/islamic-colloquia-of-edinburgh-ice-conference-202604 Jul 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpt2fvi6rk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mpnfrmo2g22jI thank everyone involved in reviewing my application for Membership in the International Astronomical Union (after 2 years of me being an Associate). I am immensely grateful to @susanne-m-hoffmann.bsky.social, Chair of @iau-wgsn.bsky.social, for encouraging me to apply. https://www.iau.org/Profile?ID=4233402 Jul 2026 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnfrmo2g22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3mp3rx7shns25Jazāka Allāhu Khayran “May God reward you with goodness,” Abdullah Ansar, for reviewing Shoaib Ahmed Malik’s and my edited book on Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life (@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social): “a timely, innovative, and largely successful intervention” https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/197/article/99358725 Jun 2026 06:19 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3rx7shns25https://bsky.app/profile/determann.bsky.social/post/3movd6ypnxc2xMy utmost appreciation goes to James Campbell for interviewing me for the “In Conversation” podcast of @intellectbooks.bsky.social. On June 3, 2026, we spoke on Google Meet about the Journal of Gulf Studies and my work more generally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTSqWohBlis22 Jun 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:2wekvqmf5vitgvg2osbk677h/app.bsky.feed.post/3movd6ypnxc2x