The latest issue of Environment and History (Vol. 32 No. 3) is live now! Subscribers can read here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32... #envhist #history

Finding out that your favorite kebab spot in Paris has permanently closed:

Another great FCHS Conference in the books. Heading back to France tomorrow for more research.

Arrived in Maynooth. 22°C after five days of heat wave in southern France feels incredible. I’m on for the very first panel of the conference tomorrow - here we go.

39°C in Lyon today. As much as I love this city, I am very ready to return to Ireland for FCHS

Wrapped up a productive week of research in Aix. This was my first time back post-PhD, nice to see some familiar sites.

We’re delighted to announce that our 2025 Impact Factor has increased to 0.8 (Q1, 90th percentile in History & 51st out of 553 ranked history journal). Many thanks to our readers and authors for your continued support! clarivate.com/academia-gov... #envhist #history @whitehorsepress.bsky.social

The 2025 Impact Factors have landed! All our journals have increased their IF – 'Nomadic Peoples' to an excellent 1.3 (Q2 Anthropology); 'Environment and History' to 0.8 (Q1, 90th percentile in History at 51st out of 553 journals ranked) and 'Global Environment' to 0.5 (solidly in Q2 for History).

Day 1 in Dublin

Just finished nine hours of AP exam scoring. Six more days of this and then off to Ireland & France

In 'Building Cistersn to Buffer Water Scarcity', Milja Van Tielhof examines rainwater harvesting and storage as a form of climate adaptation in eighteenth-century Amsterdam. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

2 new AOP articles! In 'Listening to Deep Time', Naomi Yuval-Naeh and Leore Joanne Green investigate how nineteenth-century British writers imagined the soundscapes of ancient environments, focusing on the Carboniferous period as a case study doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

There's still time to submit a proposal for our conference this fall at SUNY Cortland. Email your paper or panel proposal to [email protected] by May 30th.

#AcademicSky Has anyone had success with oral exams, particularly in online courses? I'm working on an undergraduate history survey (9-10 students) and am considering this route for the final assessment. Would anyone who has had success with these be willing to share materials/frameworks?

Finally diving back into some article revisions and conference prep for FCHS. Uncovering swaths of new visual sources for this project on dam-building and disaster in Algeria

More recent ahead-of-print articles! In 'Regulating the Wood Trade and Forestry', Cristiano La Lumia examines political & social tensions over timber tariffs in Imperial Germany. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

In 'From Conversion to Conservation', Nawiyanto and Pim de Zwart analyze this shift in environmental practices in colonial Java, driven by consequences of deforestation doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

New ahead of print articles! In 'Makhtesh Ramon as a Contested Landscape', Galia Limor-Sagiv examines the environmental history of Israel’s Makhtesh Ramon in the 20th century. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

Looking out my window over a rainy, dreary Syracuse has me longing for the California trip I took a few weeks ago

The latest issue of Environment and History (32.2) is out now! Subscribers can read here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32... 🗃️ #envhist

CFP: New York State Association of European Historians (NYSAEH) Annual Conference, Oct. 9-10 at SUNY Cortland. Submit your proposal by May 30! #history #skystorians docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A fantastic and free medieval history conference taking place later this month at Syracuse University! Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to attend

Just resharing this.

47°F and sunny is apparently "grade papers on my balcony in a t-shirt weather" in Upstate New York

New open access ahead-of-print article! In 'Landscapes of Caste Exclusion', Nivedita Nath evaluates the role of caste in the colonial transformation of entangled subcontinental landscapes of forests and fields. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... 🗃 #envhist

2 new ahead-of-print articles live now! In 'The Fugitive Steppe', Jackie Erlon-Baurjan examines how Russian imperial ambitions to transform the Kazakh steppe between 1840 and 1914 were shaped by and in turn reshaped understandings of climate. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

The History Department at SUNY Cortland is hiring a 2-year PRODiG+ postdoctoral fellow (transitioning into a TT line) for a historian of Latin America, Caribbean/Atlantic World, OR Colonial America. Read more about the position here: jobs.cortland.edu/postings/10927 #academicsky 🗃️ #AcademicChatter

We're delighted to welcome Dr. Leona Watson (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) as E&H's new editor. Many thanks to outgoing editor Dr. David Moon (@york.ac.uk) for his excellent work over the last few years. #envhist

Finally checked out the local Mediterranean market here in Syracuse today. Came in clutch

Environment and History Vol. 32, no. 1 is out now! This issue includes new research articles, snapshots, book reviews, and the @eseh.bsky.social notepad. Subscribers can read here liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32/1 🗃️ #envhist

Planning to ditch annotated bibliography assignment in a couple of my history teaching methods courses. Rampant AI usage + procrastination have made it too cumbersome to manage. Ideas for similar assignments that actually push students to complete and reflect upon readings? #academicsky

Fall semester is coming to a close. I was recognized for two awards last night: one for a Teaching Innovation Grant used to support critical simulation exercises in social studies teacher education, and the other for my ongoing research on French colonial urbanism in North Africa

2 more ahead-of-print articles! In "Visualising Icebergs," Björn Billing examines visual representations of icebergs in engravings and other works of art (c. 1570-1770), elucidating aesthetic and epistemological aspects of the early modern Arctic doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

3 new ahead-of-print articles available now! In "Germany’s Feral Rheas," Chris Halstead examines the establishment of a population of these flightless birds in northern Germany, facilitated by the creation of the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve. 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

We've added a new post by Nils Johansson to our blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation'; originally published as a Snapshot in 'Environment and History'. Check it out here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/11/10/t... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhist #plastic

My review of Nicole Beth Wallenbrock's 'The Franco-Algerian War Through a Twenty-First Century Lens' is live now on H-War Reviews. A fascinating read for scholars interested in film history, decolonization, or historical memory. 🗃️ www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

We're delighted to announce a new book, forthcoming in March: 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities', edited by Emily Brownell; now open for pre-orders. More information: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist #soil

New ahead-of-print article! In "Tenacious," Claudia Leal examines the multidimensional history of dogs in Latin America since the colonial era. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

New open access article! In "The Contradictions of Dam Building in the People's Republic of China," the authors examine tensions between the PRC's limited capacities and promethean visions of taming China's rivers in the mid-20th century. Read it here: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

Issue 31.4 of Environment and History is out now! This special issue entitled "Dam Scientists: The limits of scientific knowledge and environmentalism" features 6 research articles, 2 snapshots, and 3 book reviews. Read online here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/31... #envhist🗃️

In "The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope," Larsen revisits the 1990s scholarly debate over the ‘Ecological Indian’ as a pivotal moment in the history of Indigenous knowledge among anthropologists and conservation scientists. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3... #envhist 🗃️

2 new ahead-of-print articles out now! In "Wildlife Corridors," Felten-Kury explores the interplay between imperial infrastructure, environmental dynamics and animal mobilities in colonial Southeast Asia. #envhist 🗃️https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3828/whpeh.63861480345877

This morning, I was describing Téléfrançais to a co-worker whose spouse is learning French & reminiscing about how ridiculous it looks by 2025 standards. I can't decide if l'Ananas is more haunting or endearing in retrospect

I'm looking to organize a panel for next year's French Colonial Historical Society conference (July 25-27 in Maynooth, Ireland) on the aftermaths of colonial infrastructure/development projects. If you're working on similar topics in French colonial history, let's chat! #history #envhist

SUNY ESF is under attack as a broader political and cultural shift seeks to undermine environmental education and research in the US. Please sign and spread the word to support ESF and send a message to the state about the critical value of higher education actionnetwork.org/letters/gov-...

"We’re not mismanaging. We’re not failing. We’re operating exactly as intended. And we are under attack." Read more from UUP President Fred Kowal and UUP ESF Chapter President Matt Smith on the impact of SUNY ESF across the state and why an investment is needed now: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2025...

6 weeks of international travel is finally coming to an end. Excellent research in France & Morocco, plenty of exploration in between, and a terrific ESEH in Sweden to wrap things up.

The History Department at SUNY Cortland is hiring 2 tenure-track positions for Fall 2026. Feel free to reach out with any questions! #history 20th Century US History: jobs.cortland.edu/postings/10487 History & Social Studies Teacher Preparation jobs.cortland.edu/postings/10486

Come see us tomorrow morning at #eseh2025!

Great first day in Uppsala. Excited for #eseh2025 this week!