Call for Papers – Canadian Environmental Crime Research Network Proposal Deadline: 25 June 2026 For CECRN’s 2nd Annual General Meeting, to be held at Centennial College, Scarborough, on November 12 and 13th. niche-canada.org/2026/05/21/c... #envhist #envstudies #environment #crime

Today we have "Motherhood and Apple Pie: The League of Women Voters and the 1970s Energy Crises" by Warren Dennis This is the third post in our series “Mobilizing Motherhood,” focused on mothers in twentieth-century industrial and environmental activism. niche-canada.org/2026/05/15/m... #envhist

Suddenly have two tickets for Amyl and the Sniffers at Budweiser Stage Toronto for June 4th. Gutted to not be able to go, but if you’d like to, get in touch for a sweet deal on great seats!

If anyone in government has a few minutes to run the country in between plotting leadership challenges, could they please cast their eye over the devastation of Higher Education in the UK. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Turns out ChatGPT may NOT have a "large, positive impact on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking"

📚 The shortlist for the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize is out! Awarded biennially, the prize recognises outstanding scholarly books in HistSTEM. This year’s shortlist highlights topics including climate, race, extinction, capitalism, medicine, and animal experimentation. 🔗 bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...

We are THRILLED to announce the 2025 Winner of Best Article/Chapter in Canadian Environmental History Prize, @itsmayana.bsky.social!! niche-canada.org/2025/06/04/2... #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory #bchistory

So excited for census season! Seriously. My Canada post-1885 students will be rolling their eyes thinking of me when they get theirs in the mail, but hopefully they’ll remember the juice from the 1911 and 1921 censuses and fill them out as quick as can be. Whoop!

I've submitted the manuscript for my next book, but don't forget that you can still buy my previous one! Ghosts Behind Glass. Encountering Extinction in Museums is available to order through any bookstore online or in-person. It's a beautiful book. And probably the best thing I'll ever write.

Very sorry to see that the last undergrad archaeology class at Uni #Sheffield was taught yesterday. The wanton destruction happening now in academia on both sides of the Atlantic will be widely seen as the violence it is one day. #SaveSheffield #SaveSheffieldArchaeology

“Ever found yourself driving to the grocery store or coffee shop even tho it’s a 10-minute walk & perfectly nice day? New research suggests the reason isn’t just distance—it’s how the walk feels…its the sights, street life & amenities along the way that strongly shape whether people decide to walk.”

Hey, my book is 40% off! Who doesn't need some light spring time reading??? upittpress.org/intersection...

I just watched the documentary Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social in Toronto and am feeling affirmed and despairing and also tentatively hopeful about the world. If you get the chance, make time to watch it!

We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for our new collaborative series with Written in the Waves, Soil and Sea: Environmental Histories of the Atlantic World Proposal deadline: June 30, 2026 Series publication beginning September 2026 niche-canada.org/2026/04/30/c... #envhist

I don’t know if I’m ever going to get over people in Hamilton calling it a “chocolate croissant.” Refusing to call it “pain au chocolate” is actually insane.

Chuffed* to see the first view of my article on the development of Manchester's science museum @sim-manchester.bsky.social With very big thanks to @bshsnews.bsky.social Journal crew 🎊 *pun IYKYK www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Just a note for everyone in history land, perhaps especially #envhist folks: the American Mining History Association has its annual call out for research grants. Due date is May 1st! mininghistoryassociation.org/ResearchGran...

If Canada's biggest data centre gets built, the emissions from the fossil gas power plant it comes with would fully reverse the emissions reduced Alberta's coal phase-out from 2005 to 2023. Still waiting for AI to solve climate change, folks www.theenergymix.com/encore-exclu...

Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. osf.io/preprints/so... preprint w/ Richard Rogers

New Publication - A Cold Colonialism Modern Exploration and the Canadian North By Tina Adcock csn-rec.ca/news/84402-n... @ubcpress.bsky.social @tinaadcock.bsky.social

question: are there historians working at the intersection of science, med, and enviro centering the study of allergies? like a burgeoning field of critical allergy studies? I've been wanting to write on plantation forestry in postwar Japan and the hist of hay fever, and I'm looking for inspiration

Come help us shape the future of video game heritage in Scotland! New AHRC PhD opportunity for anyone interested in video game heritage and want to work with National Museums Scotland, Abertay Uni and Uni of Glasgow, apply! Applications due 11/05/2026 ce0173li.webitrent.com/ce0173li_web...

Call for Proposals- Are Rivers Heritage? A NiCHE Series Abstract deadline: May 1, 2026 Edited by @ramya.bsky.social NiCHE invites submissions for a blog series asking if rivers can be heritage and if so, what kind of heritage. niche-canada.org/2026/04/08/c... #rivers #envhist #envhum #heritage

🔔⏰Just over 1 month to go! ⏰🔔 Call for papers: Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn' A two-day workshop organised by @andrewseaton.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below!

There is never an easy time to be flogging a book with the subtitle "A Hopeful History of Uranium" but there is also never a time when uranium isn't of global interest either. So go on buy a copy and find out more about this fascinating and incredibly important element.

Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con. Register here: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

this @greenhouseuis.net programme is no April fool! April is bursting with activities, energy, and visitors, so make sure to drop by the online book talks or the events in Stavanger! #envhum 🌷

Today's launch isn't technically "going to the Moon," but it is doing something very exciting that hasn't been done since 1972: leaving low-earth orbit. This is astonishing to me. Humans went to (and came back from!) the Moon, and then...we stopped leaving. No one has left orbit in my lifetime.

I may be in the same building as Joni Mitchell. I may be about to faint with glee. #Junos2026

⏳ Two days left The BSHS Small Grants deadline is 31 March - don't miss the chance! Grants of £50–£500 are available to support research activities such as archival visits, research trips, or remote archive assistance. More info & application: bshs.org.uk/grants/#rese...

📣 BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants Have an idea for sharing #HistSci with wider audiences? We offer grants of up to £500 to support creative engagement projects — from events to collaborations with museums or heritage sites. Next deadline is May 15, 2026! bshs.org.uk/oec/#project...

We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum

Great lecture from Jason W. Moore "Slaveship Earth: Capitalism’s Secret 500-Year Climate History" "The climate crisis didn’t begin with factories, smokestacks, or fossil fuels. It began with slave ships." www.youtube.com/watch?v=lykF... #envhist #climhist #anthropocene

Today we have "“Filth, Squalid Misery, and Seemingly Drunken Debauchery”: Energy Relief in Toronto’s House of Industry Records" by Kenzie Kosowan. Part of the Assembling a City project, which examines the urban metabolism of Toronto between the 1830s and the 1930s. niche-canada.org/2026/03/20/f...

Join us online on Monday 23 March for @brycchancarey.bsky.social discussing The Unnatural Trade: Slavery, Abolition, and Environmental Writing, 1650-1807 (Yale UP 2024) in @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talk series. Starts 4pm CET, 3pm GMT, 10am EST newnatures.org/greenhouse/e... #ecocrit

Excerpt: A Slumless America: Mary K. Simkhovitch and The Dream of Affordable Housing by Betty Boyd Caroli This article includes excerpts from A Slumless America: Mary K. Simkhovitch andthe Dream of Affordable Housing by Betty Boyd Caroli and published by OxfordUniversity Press in the US © Caroli…

In trying to figure out the link between fascism and capitalism, I wrote this piece for @activehist.bsky.social Lemme know what you think! activehistory.ca/blog/2026/03...

In light of recent federal and provincial budget cuts, CHA president Colin Coates has written a letter to CHA members and to the public. The letter can be read here. #cdnhist

Jessica van Horssen introduces the film, "The Extraordinary Meaning of Everyday Life: Joy Parr’s Pioneering Vision in the History of Technology."

If you haven't yet, make sure you read @lootina.bsky.social's latest for us, "Canada Strong, Knowledge Devalued: Decommissioning the Parks Canada Library," which includes a suggested action to take. niche-canada.org/2026/03/10/c... #envhist #cdnhist #parkscanada #parkhistory #cdnpoli

In "The Extraordinary Meaning of Everyday Life: Joy Parr’s Pioneering Vision in the History of Technology", @historiamagoria.bsky.social introduces a new tribute film that she recently released. niche-canada.org/2026/03/06/t... #envhist #histtech #cdnhist #genderhistory #history

Crisis can be opportunity. Seize it.

This film was such a privilege to make. Please take a look! #EnvHist #histSTM

Great hidden #CdnHist moment and song!

We're delighted to announce publication of 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for The Environmental Humanities' (E. Brownell, ed.) – exploring #soil as a vessel of human #history and point of view for inquiry. Available print or #openaccess here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist

Excited to be on the line-up for this fab seminar series — if you’re disgruntled with Emerald Fennell, come along next week to immerse yourselves in the dangerous histories of an alternative (and dare I say superior) moor

🚨 @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I - along with a dream team of incredible collaborators - are excited to announce a new book challenging residential school denialism! Truth Before Reconciliation will be released in September with the University of Manitoba Press: uofmpress.ca/books/truth-...