Sci-fi writers imagine worlds that don't yet exist That makes them climate adaptation thinkers The #ManufacturedEcosystems Sci-Fi Climate Technology Database explores climate technologies Here's what writers have imagined about #BioGas sfmanufacturedecosystems.hcommons.org/biogas/

Article's publication titled "The Whispering Leaves: Ancient Greek Literature, Comparative Literature, and the Birth of Eco-Media", written by Professor Andreas Markantonatos and me. journals.wsiz.edu.pl/sc/article/v...

Professor Christopher Schliephake's online lecture titled On beginnings - (Pre-)Foundational Narratives and the Environment in Graeco-Roman Literature 4th of July 2026 17:00 p.m. EEST (Eastern Europe Summer Time zone / Athens, Greece) Zoom forms.gle/JmRBcGWScJ5e... @h-net-humanities.bsky.social 🍀

👏🏻👏🏻Andreas Markantonatos, Professor of Greek in the Department of Philology of the University of the Peloponnese in Greece 🇬🇷 has been elected as an Honoray Member of The Academy of Romanian Scientists 🇷🇴♥️🇬🇷

Plants & Poetry, an independent literary arts publishing house based in Northwest Arkansas, is inviting open submissions between May 17 - Aug 17, 2026 for an anthology of drafts and works in progress. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

On a passé une petite heure la tête dans le cerisier. 🍒🍒🍒

Dear colleagues, you are welcome to attend Professor Steven Mentz's online lecture on "Toward a Wetter Future: The Blue Humanities in the Anthropocene." Date: 13th of June 2026 Time: 17:00 p.m. EEST (Eastern Europe Summer Time Zone) Venue: Zoom forms.gle/X1Z5h6eM3SsX...

The #humanities are more relevant now than ever. With the rise of fast-paced media, it can feel hard to stay grounded. The humanities help us slow down & think critically about current events & different perspectives.📰🔍 That's why these conversations matter! That's why H-Net keeps them going.❤️

Master "Environmental Humanities", Universitat Wurzburg, Germany Deadline: 15 July 2026 Info: www.uni-wuerzburg.de/environmenta... #envhum #envhist #environment #maprogram

Ever heard this before in #HigherEd? “To be promoted, you must demonstrate your ability to conduct independent research.” This is systemic exclusion. Time for a change in how we recognize excellence.

I am happy about the translation of my article on ecophenomenology in the work of Janko Polić Kamov and Angelos Sikelianos into Croatian, which was published in the collective volume "Ekokritika: između prirode i kulture" by Sveučilišta u Zadru in Croatia. 🇭🇷♥️

1. Get them addicted to using it 2. Change pricing to usage-based #HigherEd #AI www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/github-copil...

Dr. James M. Cochran's title on Waste and the Hygienic Imagination: Perspectives from American Literature and Culture www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/was...

Over 75% of the world’s food crops need pollinators. Yet, bee populations are declining due to: 🔸habitat loss 🔸climate change 🔸excessive use of pesticides Our fertiliser plan promotes healthier ecosystems vital for bees’ survival. We need to keep our bees busy and well. #WorldBeeDay

Professor Andreas Markantonatos’ new article’s publication on “Artificial Intelligence and Ancient Greek Theatre: Attic Drama in the Fourth Industrial Revolution” has been published in the “Results of Scholarly Works” of the European Academy of Sciences (Ukraine). sci-result.de/journal/arti...

Professor Steven Mentz's online lecture on "Toward a Wetter Future: The Blue Humanities in the Anthropocene." Date: 13th of June 2026 Time: 17:00 p.m. EEST (Eastern Europe Summer Time Zone) Venue: Zoom Registration Link: forms.gle/pPDUrtyYN18X...

The Plant Initiative's @theplantinitiative.bsky.social May 2026 free monthly e-newsletter contains many events, resources, opportunities, and action items regarding the human-plant connection. Access it at mailchi.mp/plantinitiat... or subscribe at plantinitiative.org

Great ideas in the #humanities begin with connection. 🤝 H-Net brings together scholars, educators, and researchers from around the world to share knowledge, spark discussions, and build academic communities. 💞 Isn't that what the humanities are all about?

Free webinar from The Plant Initiative @theplantinitiative.bsky.social Perspectives on Plants: From Phytopoetics to Networking in Community, a conversation with Dr. Joela Jacobs @joelalala.bsky.social, Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 12-1 pm CT. www.eventbrite.com/e/perspectiv...

🍀I am delighted to offer an online lecture on 'Greening' Comparative Literature: Theory and Praxis in the National University of Modern Languages. Multan Campus in Pakistan. Date: 14th of May 2026 Time: 10:00 a.m. EEST 📍: Online meet.google.com/ifi-bmqq-ock

#newpublication: 'Irish Ecomedia. Empire and Environmental Justice in the Modernization of Postcolonial Ireland' by EASLCE Kate Huber! Info: upress.virginia.edu/title/10163/ @ecocritickate.bsky.social #ecomedia #ecocriticism #environment #colonialstudies #envhum #irishstudies

My take on Transdisciplinary Research in Canada: Until we learn to genuinely work across the breadth of research culture diversity, we will not achieve the potential of Transdisciplinary Research Innovation in Canada #HigherEd #AcademicResearch #Research #Transdisciplinary

Ever wonder who helps bring H-Net’s digital journals to life? 💻📚✨ Meet Marisa! – our Digital Publishing Production Editor, who creates layouts for articles and reviews across H-Net’s four digitally published journals. “I'm a published author of a romance trilogy 📖”

These commercial deals were made by Executive Leadership, who will likely move on to higher-paying positions long before the consequences arrive and almost certainly without accountability for their role in accelerating the dismantling of #HigherEd while climbing their executive career ladders.

🇪🇺 Europe Day at @ec.europa.eu headquarters, on Berlaymont Esplanade, in Brussels. We’ll be around at the Open Days on 9 May from 10:00 to 18:00. How much do you know about EU science, research & innovation? Come test it with our quizzes. More info: link.europa.eu/JQ6Kqg

Applications are still open for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. These grants help to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl

#HigherEd hot take: If your department doesn’t use a group contract, bylaws, or a shared code of conduct, but requires students to use them in your courses, then you’re not really walking the walk on collaboration, accountability, or community governance.

Fungal Activism and Sovereignty in Ethnomycology, posting by Giuliana Furci of the Fungi Foundation "This essay tells the story of what happens after a shift in environmental and cultural understanding and what it takes for such changes to take root..." cswr.hds.harvard.edu/publications...

🍀 Great eco-news! 🍀 Ecokritike has been indexed in Erih+: erihplus.hkdir.no/journal?id=5... Special thanks to our journal's Advisory and Editorial Committees, and our colleagues across the globe for their warm support and work published in the journal. 🙏🏻

Here is a nice mushroom

My cordial thanks to the team of ITHAKA Labs (prev. Jstor Labs) for my interview about my Post-doc Research on Digital Ecologies, that has been defended in the Department of Philology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. labs.jstor.org/blog/digital...

🔁 REA_research The 2025 #MSCA Choose Europe for Science results are out! 🔹16 projects (from 49 eligible) 🔹Led by organisations in 9 countries with 84 partners across 25 countries Grant agreements to be signed in June-July 2026. Projects to start as of August 2026. link.europa.eu/Bn9BkK

The Spring 2026 issue of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture is now available online and for free download. This issue is "dedicated to realism as a critical tool in ecology and the representation of the more than-human world." www.antennae.org.uk

Bloomsbury "Posthumanities and Citizenship Futures" Series Editors: Professor Peggy Karpouzou Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki We are extremely excited for the forthcoming book titles' publications below:

Exeter Studies in Environmental Humanities. Past, Present and Future Econarratives Series Editors: Professor Peggy Karpouzou Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki Our Multispecies Futures. Control, Care and Kinship in a Transformed World by Vetri Nathan www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/our...

Enjoying the sunny weekend with a nice book 📚

We know you’ve all been waiting… H-Net is excited to announce our 5th annual conference! 🎉🎉🎉 “Why It Matters: Teaching Empathy, Critical Thinking, and Civil Discourse across Humanities and Social Sciences” is the theme. The deadline for proposals is Friday, May 22, 2026. #humanities #socialscience

🍀 We are extremely glad and deeply honoured for "Ecokritike's" indexing in DOAJ. Our warm thanks to the editorial and advisory boards, reviewers and indeed authors of all academic levels from across the globe for their support and trust in our journal. 🍀

The Plant Initiative's April 2026 monthly e-newsletter contains many timely events, resources, opportunities and action items related to the human-plant connection. Subscribe free at plantinitiative.org or access this issue at mailchi.mp/plantinitiat...

Call for Abstracts "Islands as Chronotopes: Geographies of Isolation, Imagination and Interconnection from Antiquity to the Anthropocene" in the scientific journal "Space and Culture" of Sage (Q1). 📌 You are welcome to submit your abstract by June 30, 2026.

🔁 REA_research The #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 call is open! €399M in EU funding will support around 1,600 researchers: link.europa.eu/t6jYb3 🔵 European fellowships: 12-24 months in Europe 🔵 Global fellowships: 12-24 months abroad + return Deadline: 9 September (17:00 CEST)

💦🌸 สุขสันต์วันสงกรานต์ 🌸💦 เทศกาลเฉลิมฉลองสุดยิ่งใหญ่ในประเทศไทย 🇹🇭 *** 💦🌸 Happy Songkran 🌸💦 A great celebration in Thailand 🇹🇭

Picture of the century. 😍 📷 credit: Science Tube

In Thinking AI, John MacCormick reveals a new landscape of emergent intelligence—a world in which computer programs can emulate many or all aspects of human thinking but humanity retains its meaning & purpose. Out April 21 (16 June UK pub)! Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The oldest fossil octopus is actually a nautilus.

What are the perks of becoming a KC user champion, you ask?! 😃 Along with supporting us, user champions receive special perks like merch, custom domains, and priority technical support. It's a pretty cool program, if we do say so ourselves. 😇 Learn more here: about.hcommons.org/kc-champions/

Diversity is our strength. Some 10–12 million Roma in Europe, and many face isolation, poverty, and limited access to essentials like housing and education. On #InternationalRomaDay, we stand together to protect the human rights of Roma. 🟢🔴🔵Let’s end antigypsyism now.

I am delighted for my article's publication, "‘Greening’ Comparative Literature: Human and More-than-Human World in Zacharias Papantoniou The High Mountains and Roderick O’Grady’s Bigfoot Mountain" in Mabini Review Journal 16.1 (2026). publishing.pup.edu.ph/ojs/index.ph...

Invitation to attend my lecture "Econarratives of Collective Volcanicities: Magma, Intimacy and Opacity in Modern Canadian and Greek Fiction (20th-21st ce.)" Wednesday 15th of April at 13.00 (UK time) teams.microsoft.com/meet/3294758... Meeting ID: 329 475 893 164 396 Passcode: YL9Lv3c4

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 41, No.1 (2026) academic.oup.com/dsh/issue/41/1 @adho-org.bsky.social @michaelgavin.bsky.social @michaelwitmore.bsky.social @jiemakel.bsky.social @pnilsson.bsky.social @kaarelsikk.bsky.social