We have an exciting lineup of @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks for the spring. Mark your calendars now to join the talks live at 4pm Central European time on Mondays. All are welcome. Here's what we have set for the first 5 talks. 👇

for the new year we should just impeach everyone

One of my favorite end of semester things about teaching the world history of water. Inevitably, this generation of students are deeply shocked by swimming pool discrimination earlier in US history. I love that they simply cannot fathom the depth and silliness of that racial discrimination.

It’s grading season!!!

hey hey! it's new episode day! this week @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social talk about their recent book "Oathbreakers" (conveniently NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK!!!). we talk about a civil war in which, quoting @wsj.com, "the brothers just didn't get along" #medievalsky pca.st/rg0l36e8

Mitt institutt ved UiS søker en førsteamanuensis i historie innenfor moderne norsk og internasjonal historie, med særlig vekt på politiske og økonomiske perspektiver. Må kunne skandinavisk. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

Urgent care for a bread knife related injury was definitely not on my planner today. Luckily glue not stitches.

Routledge End of Year sale--20% off Water in World History. For anyone considering adopting for classroom use, I'm happy to zoom in to meet with your class! www.routledge.com/Water-in-Wor...

Happy everything in academia is due at the same time season for those who celebrate!

An extremely cool map

Today is McDonald's day in Food History.

breathing steadily, calmly. but there are blurbs now. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Happy to have been able to circle back to this research (@medievalpenguin.bsky.social will recognize it!) in the context of this summer's droughts and resulting dry wells. #cdnhist #envhist

Interested in a tenure track position to work with us in environmental history at SEC and BOKU University in Vienna? Deadline to apply is Jan, 6 next year, details here: boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...

So amidst the regular angst of late semester grading and emails, I also have a *very big thing* that is out in the world now. Waiting to see if good things happen. Waiting is hard.

Grading student responses to hydropower week while listening to Guthrie's Columbia River Collection

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.

Trying to wring one pleasure out of the piles of grading

morning! so, it's my birthday today and I'm now 50 (yikes) but it turns out i have a present for YOU! a new episode of @americanmedieval.bsky.social w/ the exceptional @sarahebond.bsky.social! we talk dinosaurs & the American obsession w/ Rome (among other things...) Listen now!

AND WE'RE LIVE!!!!! Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

So, @americanmedieval.bsky.social talks to really cool people!Including the always interesting @greenleejw.bsky.social

Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Just sharing this cartoon made by Niels again. Shieldwalls are awesome. Regularly check in with loved ones to make sure they're perhaps in need of a shieldwall. www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...

Well this was oddly prescient.

There are now 183 videos of our Greenhouse #envhum book talks available to view via our Vimeo showcase. This includes our most recent talks. You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...

At Notre Dame to give the keynote 😳 at the Midwest Medieval History Association meeting, which has Water, Rivers, and the Environment in the Middle Ages as the theme!

Well, Canvas being down on the very first day of the 7 week online class and the same day a bunch of assignments were due has definitely added j-ne-se-quoi to today.

I do not think it is possible to do all the grading I need to do in the hours that exist in the world.

Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025 www.uis.no/en/research/... #envhum #envhist #energy

Amongst many great essays, there is a little story about an inter-war American "penguin craze" by yours truly.

🚨 job alert! History of Modern US at Ohio Wesleyan (I'm the chair if you have questions) jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69198

🚨 history job alert! Modern World History at Ohio Wesleyan! (I'm the chair if you have questions!) networks.h-net.org/jobs/69192/o...

Two jobs in history at Ohio Wesleyan, a four-year SLAC. One in Modern World and one in Modern US. (I'm chair there, let me know if you have any questions!) networks.h-net.org/jobs/69192/o... networks.h-net.org/jobs/69198/o...

So my proud of my friend!

We are so proud of @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and her new book. It truly is a stunningly beautiful book - and an important one. #envhist #envhum

15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...

Marc Bloch will be admitted to the Pantheon in Paris! The date for the "Panthéonisation" is set for 16 June 2026. Meanwhile, @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social has launched a website to keep track of the many conferences to celebrate the event. Some of them start this month. marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr

Incredibly proud of this recognition by my peers. Finalist for the biennial St. Andrew's book award from the ESEH and RCC, both communities that matter deeply to me.

Congratulations to Netta Cohen, whose monograph 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯: 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 is the winner of the 2025 Turku Book Award. Read the full motivation here: eseh.org/turku-book-a... #EnvHist #EnvHum

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

I ADORE teaching this world history of food class. This is the kind of big picture, non-majors class that it feels I was built for.

Today is spice tasting day in my food in world history class!!

Timelapse of the relocation of the #Oseberg ship is now available. On the same page you will also find press images that are free to use (with proper attribution). www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/relo...

This is especially true for smaller journals!

Join us Mon 1 Sept 2025 for @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talk with @richardfallon.bsky.social on Contesting Earth’s History in Transatlantic Literary Culture 1860-1935: Believers & Visionaries on the Borderlines of Geology & Palaeontology (Oxford UP 2025). newnatures.org/greenhouse/e... #histsci

So I've written a book! Waterscapes is about how impactful our need for water is on the environment and people. It's also about the ways in which infrastructure projects can impact place for good or bad.

I found out yesterday that Medieval Riverscapes was one of the three finalists for the Turku book prize, a biennial award for best environmental history books on European history!!!!

My hotel in Uppsala is right near the botanical garden that Linnaeus worked in. It’s lovely.

#ASEH2026 Call for proposals is live! We extended the deadline so that those attending #ESEH2025 could meet and plan, but that means the deadline is FINAL. No extensions, so get those proposals in! aseh.org/ASEH-Confere...

The CfP's open — don't wait! Submit by August 25, no debate. There’s no deadline extension, So give it attention — Learn how to submit (don’t be late)! aseh.org