As we welcome in the New Year 🎉 and things to look forward to in 2026…… A reminder of the deadline for proposals for #SSHM2026 (University of Leeds, 30 June- 3 July 2026) Deadline for abstracts: 11 January

ICYMI: "The history of artificial Christmas trees illustrates shifting societal priorities, and the ways humans have historically sought a more perfect form of the natural world." - @historiamagoria.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/12/11/a... #envhist #christmas #trees #plastics

Choosing supervisors, managing mental health and surviving academic culture: things our readers wish they'd known before starting their PhDs go.nature.com/4oUfOCM

I know not everyone shares my #Foucault obsession, but this just out in #Archivaria 100th anniversary issue "Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives." Thanks guest ed @archivalobjects.bsky.social. Thanks also @historiamagoria.bsky.social for hosting my Messecar Visiting Prof gig, where this began.

If anyone out there wants to explore this avalanche database and write a blog post about it! Let us know! Our Guidelines for Contributors: niche-canada.org/guidelines-f... #envhist #cdnhist

Thank you so much! Love getting into the Damn History world. #EnvHist #histSTM

To get us all into the festive spirit, I've written a piece on the #EnvHist #histSTM of artificial xmas trees for @nichecanada.bsky.social. Click for the wild ideas, stay for the wisdom of Peanuts. niche-canada.org/2025/12/11/a...

Planning an AI & History research symposium for spring 2026 and looking for Humanities scholars in the Southern Ontario region to participate. Currently, the list is 100% male. Looking for recommendations for women/non binary scholars in this field! We have LK Bertram coming for another event (woo!)

Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.

It’s my book’s half-birthday today! To celebrate, I’d like to mail one of you a free signed copy. Just like this post to enter the draw. You can enter your name until 11:59 pm Pacific time on Wednesday, December 3rd. Please reskeet! #cdnhist #envhist www.ubcpress.ca/a-cold-colon...

This is the final day of the @nichecanada.bsky.social fundraising drive! If you haven’t already, please consider donating to help the network support #ECRs, #EnvHist, #CdnHist and #histSTM! fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...

We’re still raising funds for @nichecanada.bsky.social to continue its fantastic work supporting #EnvHist #CdnHist #histSTM Have a look at this great video then head over to the fundraiser page! fundrazr.com/niche2025?re... www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEi-...

Canadian historians: is there a reference list somewhere of all the government record groups (RGs) at LAC? I hope so but Google is not turning up anything... #cdnhist #cdnhistory

You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?

Have you written an excellent article on women’s and gender history in Canada? If so, please consider submitting it for the French or English Hilda Neatby prize by January 1st. The prizes will be awarded at the CHA’s annual meeting in Charlottetown. #cdnhist #prize

New Masters in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026 in Stavanger. Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it! Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇 www.uis.no/en/studies/t... #envhum #environment

Interview w/ Dr Marianna Dudley, abt her academic work & book "Electric Wind." "There can be debilitating overwhelm when it comes to climate action. I want the stories of communities who effected real change ... to offer narratives of hope and determination." allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/18/i...

We have update our interactive map for 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝! It is still a work in progress, so please help us expand and diversify the map by suggesting more institutions, hubs, and associations. Browse the map here: www.iceho.org/eh-map #EnvHist

Excellent article from two outstanding scholars of resource extraction in Canada. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

A student is looking for recommendations on books that discuss the promotion of bars, clubs, Pride, etc in the 1970s and 1980s. Geographic location open. Any suggestions, Skymind?

“It’s time for the ‘publish more’ mindset to perish.” Mandy Hill, writing in the Financial Times, calls for reform in academic publishing: Read the full letter (paywall) 🔗 https://cup.org/3WRVlDm

We're advertising!!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...

This is worth reading closely. The piece makes a very strong case for being very careful when embracing AI for historical research.

A friendly reminder that we are in peak fundraising season for @nichecanada.bsky.social! Anything that you could spare would be put to excellent use for this fantastic network. Don’t be shy, click on the link! fundrazr.com/niche2025?re... #EnvHist #CdnHist #histSTM

🌐 THE WEB WE’VE BUILT is a cinematic journey through our shared digital history & preserved pages in the Wayback Machine. archive.org/details/the-... Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/11/11/l... #Wayback1T

My new book will be out in early December 2025 via @mitpress.bsky.social Details at: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255348... #HistSci #Computing #History #Books 🗃️

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Here’s the direct link to my introduction chapter to ‘Long COVID and Society’, open access and free to read for all, either directly online or downloaded as a PDF link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

I just contributed to the NiCHE campaign. I hope that others will join me in supporting #Envhist #Cdnhist

Today marks the first day of the annual @nichecanada.bsky.social fundraising drive! NiCHE 100% made me the scholar I am today, and I'm not alone. All donations, big and small, help the network do great things: fnd.us/niche2025?re... #EnvHist #HistSTM #CdnHist

New Master in Public Environmental Humanities - @greenhouseuis.net 2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history Info sessions on November 11 & 21 niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n... #envhum #envhist #envstudies

I have Pat Borders autograph on my ‘93 game 6 ticket. He was my absolute Favorite and I even tried chewing tobacco at the back of geography class in honour of him, ha. The fact that I was there for THAT home run still fills me with electric joy!

"Climate & History," @nichecanada.bsky.social's Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May 2026, on Prince Edward Island.🦞 Apply now to attend! The deadline is 30 Nov, but we'd much appreciate early apps. #envhist #cdnhist #chess2026 #gojays niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...

Professor – History (Canada-Québec). Deadline: December 8, 2025. #cdnhist #québec #laval #skystorians cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...

If you're in London in February and want to get your geek on with me: "This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of 2 Indigenous researchers to collaborate through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics." www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

"Climate and environmental conditions of internment sites are common topics in memories that Japanese-Canadian internees, like Adachi, share about their experiences. Yet, there remains a gap within historical work on internment." - Letitia Johnson niche-canada.org/2020/02/13/a... #envhist #cdnhist

In the first contributor post in the series about environmental histories of residential and day school, Antoine Mountain reflects on how residential school disconnected K’áhsho Got’ı̨nę children from the Land and important seasonally-specific cultural knowledge. niche-canada.org/2025/10/07/a...

🚨 We're hiring! Join our team as a bilingual communication specialist and turn complex evidence into engaging content. If you are a storyteller with an eye for detail and a creative and collaborative spirit, this is your opportunity. go.cca-reports.ca/4nQqz9m Deadline: Oct 19, 2025

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities! Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December. Applications are welcome until 24 October. #envhum #envhist #energyhistory

Coming soon💨 How has energy shaped a nation? Electric Wind by @DudleyMarianna.bsky.social is a cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain, from the industrial revolution to the aftermath of war, through energy crises and the changing politics of the late twentieth century💡 Pre-order now!

So there's an EU-funded campaign to get millenials to eat potatoes and - I swear to Jesus I'm not making this up - it's slogan is: "Europe's favourite since 1536."

Our new CFP is up and it is monstrous.

Today we are privileged to share Crystal Gail Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social's intro to their new series, Land, Memory, & Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education The series will run for at least 12 weeks & is still accepting submissions. niche-canada.org/2025/09/30/e... #envhist

I started tracking the TRC's Calls to Action in 2016 and, since Eva Jewell and I stopped writing annual reports in 2023 out of despair, things have only become more bleak. No meaningful structural changes have been made. They were never even attempted. A clear-eyed take from @michellecyca.com

Notre département recrute! Professeure adjointe ou professeur adjoint et Bourse professorale Ruby Heap en histoire des femmes www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/trouver-un-e...

Our department is hiring! Assistant Professor and Ruby Heap Professorship in Women’s History universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Today we have "History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games" by @jacobleetom.bsky.social This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h... #envhum

I would also add to this that autism existed before acetaminophen was synthesized and before any vaccines were developed. #HistMed #histSTM

Really cool new partnership opportunity with @nichecanada.bsky.social! #EnvHist #CdnHist networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

👩 Meet Linda Maraniss ⭐ In 1986, she visited Padre Island National Seashore, in Texas. 🏖️ She expected a beach. 🤢 She found a landfill. ▶️ Listen to ep 2 of our "Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution" series to find out what happened afterwards tinyurl.com/4xsvnbv3 #InternationalCoastalCleanup