Find out more on our website and via our newsletter: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c...

📣 ECEN's inaugural lecture! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Jeremy Davies of the University of Leeds, who will be speaking to us about 'Continuity and Change in Eighteenth-Century Environmental Culture'. When: 26th February, 5-7pm GMT Where: Online & in-person at Heslington Hall, York

Please join us for this inaugural lecture! We're beginning the seminar series with such an excellent speaker and truly an expert within the environmental humanities. You won't want to miss it! 🌱

It's here! We are delighted to announce that Issue 8 of the RRR Journal, Play in the Long Nineteenth Century, is available to read now at the link below. We can't wait to hear your thoughts on these brilliant articles! www.rrrjournal.com/issue/8

Didn't take long. Who would have thought that someone who has long called for the privatisation of Venezuela's energy resources would support the US's violent and illegal takeover?

If there was any doubt about the use of the Nobel Peace Prize as Western soft power... After today, the 2025 selection of the pro-capitalist, pro-Trump, and pro-privatisation María Machado certainly looks a lot more like a preparatory hearts-and-minds move. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

So the New Year starts with horror.

The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.

Saving.

I'm very excited to announce the launch of the #18thC Ecologies Network! Co-convened by myself & @calsutherland.bsky.social at @cecs-york.bsky.social , ECEN is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies of the period 🌱 Find out more: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c...

The #18thC Ecologies Network, based @cecs-york.bsky.social is a hub for researchers interested in the many diverse ecologies the period. Details of their seminar series will be published here: hzj520.wixsite.com/eighteenth-c... #skystorians #climate #environhist 🗃️