The stage of deterioration where gangs of large (mostly) white men just publicly assault people who seem to be brown because they're brown in the hopes of doing far more harm to them in the name of the state. Glad this one escaped.

This is an essay, a reading list and a poem on why I think Pan-Africanism, Afrofuturism and Decolonisation can be insightful tools for realising visions of flourishing future worlds for all. folukeafrica.com/pan-africani...

'As modern Māori, what do our stories and journeys look like?’ The brilliant Melissa Oliver reviews Overseas Experience by Nicola Andrews (Āporo Press, 2025) 💛🩵🩶 www.takahe.org.nz/overseas-exp...

I’ll be sharing some #envhum insights from *A Cold Colonialism* in a @greenhouseuis.net book talk next Monday, September 8th at 7 am PT / 10 am ET / 4 pm CET. Please join us! ❄️ Click below for more info, including the Zoom link ⬇️ #envhist #cdnhist newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Six weeks from publication! Forgive a little book promo. I’ve got some talks lined up this autumn if you want to hear more about Electric Wind. Feel free to message me for more details.

Members, pls join us for the 6th of our Spring 2025 #waterstudies #envhum Reading Group Series! Topic #Media Infrastructures & the #Ocean Sept 4 | 12pm-1pm GMT Register:tinyurl.com/estuarysept4 or scan the QR code. An ECR but not yet a member? Join us-it's free! www.estuary-harbour.com #academicsky

Join our first hybrid talk for 25-26 as part of the SMMI Ocean Justice SIG by @josiegoldman.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au on #nuclearmemory in the #pacific. Register on QR code for ms team or join us in the room in person @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Happening today at #RGSIBG2025 📢 Publishing research on development, planning & policy in the global South? Meet Dr Daniel Hammett, co-editor of International Development Planning Review, to discuss your work. 📅 13:10–14:25 BST 📍 Muirhead 118 @rgsibg.bsky.social @hamstertowers.bsky.social

Conference: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025. Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

400 signatures and counting!!!

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

I once gave a talk at Bristol Museum about the Benin Bronzes. Many of the questions afterwards sounded like: "But if we give them back, what will we look at?" I had an answer to that but did not use it. It was a Sunday, so a no-violence day for me. Here is the talk: folukeafrica.com/museum-talk-...

"academia (is) a competitive, ultra high-pressure, deadline-heavy environment that sometimes seems more aimed at perpetuating itself than at any kind of scientific improvement." Ali Hazelwood

Hey look its now properly out and available journals.publishing.umich.edu/ergo/article...

Looking for a #postdoc in Aquatic #STS! MARBLOOM analyses algal blooms from a social scientific perspective with emphasis on the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Position for 3+ years. Deadline 14.08.25. Link to #opencall: tinyurl.com/49wn7vzh

"Now 55, [Jonathan] is the eldest son in the fourth generation of the mining dynasty that began with Ernest Oppenheimer in the early 1900s. The family is worth $10.4-billion, according to Forbes. Almost all of that money was made from gold and diamonds dug from beneath southern African soil."

It is good that universities in the Global North assess what they GAIN from an empire of blood. However, in this poetic reflection, I suggest that this accounting often means that we don't notice what has been and is still being LOST, which in many ways is far more. folukeafrica.com/the-middle-p...

2⃣ “The Land of Language, the Language of the Earth” by Gabriela Milone and Franca Maccioni. READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢 As you are all busy preparing your syllabi for next academic year, here's our offer to you: If you are assinging a chapter of Shifting Sovereignties as a class reading, we are happy to join you via Zoom to be part of a lecture or a class discussion.

📝 We're looking to recruit a researcher in our energy & environment team to help shape progressive policy on climate, housing, energy, and the economy. Find out more and apply by 4th Aug: www.ippr.org/jobs/researc...

A team of scientists investigating a large area of the Pacific Ocean have found an astonishing 5,000 new species living on the ocean floor. 🐙 We must refrain from #deepseamining to avoid huge environmental damage and yet another human-made disaster: blueplanetsociety.org/deep-sea-min...

Meet the #DeepCurrentsCollective’s Khadija Stewart, Environmentalist & Activist, Snr Campaigner for RiseUp for the Ocean & founder of EcoVybz Environmental Creatives, bringing powerful insight to the urgent issue of deep sea mining #ocean #deepseamining #deepseabiodiversity #collective #oceanjustice

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind #DeepSeaMining #OceanProtection #MarineEcosystems #Environment #UNCLOS #ISAGovernance #OceanCrisis #ClimateImpact #SeabedMining #OceanLaw the-14.com/current-lega...

For the past 2 yrs, we've been hosting a fab transdisciplinary fresh & salt #water studies WG! Our 6th session examined #Decolonising #OceanLaw #OceanPolicy Speculation & #OceanJustice w/works by Surabhi Ranganathan, Folúkẹ́ Adébísí, Jacqueline Lau, Georgina Gurney & Joshua Cinner #estuaryharbour

@roxannedouglas.bsky.social @giuliachampion.bsky.social

For our August 19 meeting, the #oceanhist #maritime group of the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine will be having a book club to discuss a new on-theme novel. Vote on a book and come join us! #envhist #enhum #ecocrit #histsci forms.gle/dmpH3EWN6rJb...

It's been a busy few weeks, all culminating tomorrow as I present my work on Batavia's colonial water infrastructures in this amazing series of online seminars put together by @samgrinsell.bsky.social and @giuliachampion.bsky.social. Do check out the whole programme, lots of cool stuff in there!

'Khalili dissects what continues to be plundered to power an unrelenting rapacious capitalist world' ICYMI: A brilliant review of #ExtractiveCapitalism by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com. Read the full piece here: tinyurl.com/msmswzrn

It is an honor to present to the world, MALCOLM LIVES: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers. It comes out today! It is a gift to the world, and a gift to Malcolm as the world is about to celebrate his 100th birthday on May 19. His favorite gift, a book.

Thrilled to have guests @susanneferwerda.bsky.social and @giuliachampion.bsky.social coming to Bremen for the discussion panel Anna Pasco Bolta and I have been putting together on ‘Seabed Imaginaries’ 🪸 We’re also very lucky to have the wonderful Kim Peters as moderator 🙏

Protecting the High Seas is essential, not just for marine life, but for the health of our entire planet. #BBNJPrepCom discussions will help shape how the Treaty works in practice. Follow the developments through the HSA Treaty Tracker: buff.ly/HDdUEIB

Talks at #ISBA30 Monday showed the many considerations #deepseamining regulations must address, such as: • regard for other activities in the marine environment • emergency response and contingency plans • underwater cultural heritage • insurance obligations Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/internationa...

[1/5] Le sommet «SOS Océan», tenu à Paris les 30-31 mars, alerte sur l’état critique des mers. Les scientifiques rappellent que tous les indicateurs océaniques sont en déclin rapide : élévation du niveau marin, perte de biodiversité, surexploitation. #geography #SOSOcean #UNOC3 #deepseamining

Did you miss Khadija Stewart of Ecovybz's presentation "Driving youth engagement and leadership in ocean and climate action across the Caribbean" last Friday? Watch it now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox_C...

www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene... come to @thebartlettucl.bsky.social on 28 May to hear about my work on the southern North Sea in the nineteenth century and now. Book your place through the link

How can policy support safe, accessible sea swimming and lower barriers for swimmers on the Isle of Wight? 🏊‍♀️ This new policy brief explores the barriers to blue health benefits on the island, in collaboration with Swim the Wight CIC. 🌊 Read the story of the project here 🔗 #polisky #seaswimming

@rachelmurray.bsky.social Two days to go until our launch event, kindly hosted by the Southampton Maritime and Marine Institute (SMMI) and organised by Dr. Giulia Champion. We look forward to seeing you there!