York is talking pests, vermin, weeds and germs next april! If you know anyone interested in historical approaches to these maligned beings, please send them this CFP (or apply yourself!)

A little while ago my very first publication came out - a chapter in a book on life in Amsterdam through the ages. It's based on a bit of my master's research on dogs in the Dutch capital. It explores methods of uncovering animal history and shows a glimpse of dogs' lives. Open access is pending!

The move to a new desk begins...

After two weeks of travel I'm finally reunited with my rats :D

Dutch insurance advertisements used to hit different (translations in the alt texts)

No sleep till Breukelen

excited to share the call for the workshop EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025, 
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social deadline: 10 September! full call below ⤵ #envhist #envhum

All geared up for a weedy, verminy and ratty discussion at session 12-06 this afternoon at #ESEH2025 🌱🐀🐾

Rapt multispecies audience this morning at the histories of soils and pesticides session at #ESEH2025

Great roundtable session on early modern art as sources for climate change! Tons of thoughts on its applicability to other "invisible" environmental processes, like invasive species 🤔 #eseh2025

An amazing pair of keynotes to kick off #ESEH2025 excited for the rest of the conference!

Last month was the @archaeorattus.bsky.social project's annual meeting and we realised that we're halfway through the project! Read all about it on our blog! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/r...

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 ‼️ The 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' network welcomes papers which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the conference theme of ‘temporalities’, c.500-1500! Get in touch by 15 September

Rat-nap

Back home with my boys 🐀🐀❤️

From Zeeland to Scotland, Middelburg to St Andrews, conference to conference to learn all about histories of animal-borne diseases

I got to speak about rat history with some amazing people at the RIAS-DEHN conference in Middelburg this week! (Thanks to @chrmeijer.bsky.social for the photo!)

It's #worldratday! To celebrate, I wrote a pretty fun post for the @archaeorattus.bsky.social project blog about #rats nibbling on #archive material. Check it out! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/r...

My beautiful sign and I have become the face of #antifa in English rightwing media this weekend after a peaceful protest against #ReformUK in #York! I couldn't be more proud :)

Today marks one year since I moved to the UK to start my ratty PhD journey! Since you can't do a PhD alone, I finally decided to get a friend! Meet Gilgamesh! (Don't worry, he has a brother - bonus points if you can guess his name) #rats

I think it’s time I finally introduce myself on these blue skies. I’m Daan, a PhD candidate in Rat History at the RATTUS project in York! If you’d like to know more about me, check out this post on the RATTUS blog: the-rattus-project.blogspot.com/2024/11/meet...