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We've added a new post to our blog, by Björn Billing on 'Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period'; read it here:
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Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period
Today’s blog by Björn Billing introduces his recent article in Environment and History (online first, December 2025), Visualising Icebergs: Early Modern Depictions, ca 1570–1770 and shows how…
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And lastly, in "War: Wasting at Another Pace," Iris Borowy analyzes the multifaceted intersections between war and waste management, examining the ways in which industrial warfare waste has shaped landscapes.
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In "Coastal Commons in Times of Crisis", Wanda Marcussen explores the role of Oslofjord fisheries in mitigating the 1740-1743 famine in coastal Norway
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In "Wearing Wild Birds", Laura Valls examines the late 19th century fashion trend of entire birds displayed on women's hats and clothing, exploring public reactions that led to the first preservation movements
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Four (!) new ahead-of-print articles live now! In "Sick of the City", Beth Wittmann explores the fat body politics of outdoor culture in the US, arguing that body size was a culturally impactful factor in shaping perceptions of outdoor recreation
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We've published a new
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article ahead of print in 'The Journal of Population and Sustainability' in which Richard Grossman asks 'Is Legal Abortion Required for a Sustainable Population?' Online here:
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We've published a new
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article ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', in which Sabrina Dookie considers 'Mangroves as Sacred Forests'. You can find it here:
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We've published a new
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article ahead of print in 'Nomadic Peoples', being Ariell Ahearn et al. on 'Adaptation and Resilience of Pastoralists during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Mongolia'; online here:
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THE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE OF PASTORALISTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN MONGOLIA | Nomadic Peoples
This paper draws on research conducted from 2021–2023 by multiple teams in Mongolia to understand COVID-19 impacts on rural pastoralist communities. While Mongolia adopted limited national-level COVID-19 policies specifically tailored for mobile ...
https://doi.org/10.3828/whpnp.63837646691085
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In a new blog post, Claudia Leal asks 'Do the vast majority of world dogs – past and present – have a place in history?' Free to read here:
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Do the vast majority of world dogs – past and present – have a place in history?
In this blog, Claudia Leal contextualises her new article in Environment and History, Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs (online first October 2025), aims to contribute to the broader histor…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/15/tenacious/
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Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Global Environment' 19.1 (2026), a special issue on 'Global Fat Resources' edited by Elena Kochetkova, Matthias Heymann and Ines Prodöhl;
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thanks to the KOALA Consortium and all our subscribers!
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We're pleased to announce a new
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book by John Foster, forthcoming June 2026: 'Lifeworld: A Fresh Approach to Environmental Philosophy'. More info attached, and here:
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We've published a new
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THE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE OF PASTORALISTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN MONGOLIA | Nomadic Peoples
This paper draws on research conducted from 2021–2023 by multiple teams in Mongolia to understand COVID-19 impacts on rural pastoralist communities. While Mongolia adopted limited national-level COVID-19 policies specifically tailored for mobile ...
https://doi.org/10.3828/whpnp.63837646691085
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In "Technocratic Environmentalism in Socialist Science Diplomacy," Barbora Buzássyová examines Czechoslovak geologists' use of the International Geological Correlation Programme to advance technocratic environmentalism in diplomacy during the late Cold War.
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2 more ahead-of-print articles! In "Visualising Icebergs," Björn Billing examines visual representations of icebergs in engravings and other works of art (c. 1570-1770), elucidating aesthetic and epistemological aspects of the early modern Arctic
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We've added a new post to our blog, in which Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in 'Environment and History' on ‘Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve’:
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Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve
In this blog, Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in Environment and History (online first December 2025), ‘Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/03/germanys-feral-rheas/
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We're delighted to share more information about our forthcoming
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book 'Grasping Soil', edited by Emily Brownell and forthcoming in March. See attached the details; and paperback copies are available for pre-order here:
www.whpress.co.uk/publications...
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We're delighted to report that Adam Liebman (Chinese University of Hong Kong) has accepted the role of Deputy Editor at Worldwide Waste. Welcome aboard,
@adamdliebman.bsky.social
! Bio:
www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/memberp...
Journal:
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Adam LIEBMAN | Department of Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
An internationally recognized centre for the study of culture and society in Hong Kong, China, and Asia.
https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/memberprofile/adam-liebman/
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We've published a new
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Thomas More’s 'Utopia' as a Steady State Economy | The Journal of Population and Sustainability
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We've added a new post to our blog, in which Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in 'Environment and History' on ‘Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve’:
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Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve
In this blog, Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in Environment and History (online first December 2025), ‘Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/03/germanys-feral-rheas/
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In "Energy, Ecology and Gender in the Middle-Class Home of the Eighteenth-Century Low Countries," Wout Saelens examines the impact of fossil fuel usage on housewives and maidservants who bore the burden of new discomforts accompanying this new energy regime 🗃️
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In "The Treatment of Smog in Britain," Caizhou Cui analyses the roles played by national organizations in raising public awareness and influencing policy on air pollution in 20th century Britain, which served as a model for other nations. 🗃️
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3 new ahead-of-print articles available now! In "Germany’s Feral Rheas," Chris Halstead examines the establishment of a population of these flightless birds in northern Germany, facilitated by the creation of the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve. 🗃️
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We've published a new
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Thomas More’s 'Utopia' as a Steady State Economy | The Journal of Population and Sustainability
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We've published two new poems online first in 'Plant Perspectives': Pujita Guha, 'the plants to live by' (
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We're delighted to share more information about our forthcoming
#openaccess
book 'Grasping Soil', edited by Emily Brownell and forthcoming in March. See attached the details; and paperback copies are available for pre-order here:
www.whpress.co.uk/publications...
#envhum
#soil
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We've added a new post by Nils Johansson to our blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation'; originally published as a Snapshot in 'Environment and History'. Check it out here:
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THE PLASTIC BAG: FROM A MUNDANE SWEDISH INNOVATION TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS
This blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation’, republishes a Snapshot by Nils Johansson, originally published in Environment and Histor…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/11/10/the-plastic-bag/
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We're delighted to report that Adam Liebman (Chinese University of Hong Kong) has accepted the role of Deputy Editor at Worldwide Waste. Welcome aboard,
@adamdliebman.bsky.social
! Bio:
www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/memberp...
Journal:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/WW/index
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Adam LIEBMAN | Department of Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
An internationally recognized centre for the study of culture and society in Hong Kong, China, and Asia.
https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/~ant/memberprofile/adam-liebman/
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We've published a new
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article in 'The Journal of Population and Sustainability', by Theodore P. Lianos on 'Thomas More’s Utopia as a Steady State Economy'. Available here:
www.doi.org/10.3197/whpj...
#population
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Thomas More’s 'Utopia' as a Steady State Economy | The Journal of Population and Sustainability
https://www.doi.org/10.3197/whpjps.63887831800451
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We've published a new
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article in 'The Journal of Population and Sustainability', by Theodore Lianos on 'Thomas More’s Utopia as a Steady State Economy'. Available here:
www.doi.org/10.3197/whpj...
#population
#utopia
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Thomas More’s 'Utopia' as a Steady State Economy | The Journal of Population and Sustainability
https://www.doi.org/10.3197/whpjps.63887831800451
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We're delighted to announce a new book, forthcoming in March: 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities', edited by Emily Brownell; now open for pre-orders. More information:
www.whpress.co.uk/publications...
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'The Piruzai of Afghanistan' is now available for shipment anywhere in Europe, USA and Canada if you order on our website (or, by enquiry, to many other regions!):
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We've published two new poems online first in 'Plant Perspectives': Pujita Guha, 'the plants to live by' (
doi.org/10.3197/WHPP...
); and Nicholas Robinette, 'Betula papyrifera' (
doi.org/10.3197/WHPP...
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We've added a new post to our blog, being a collection of personal tributes to the renowned anthropologist Jeremy Swift (1939–2024). The most recent issue of Nomadic Peoples has a special section in honour of Swift. Read the blog here:
whitehorsepress.blog/2025/10/27/j...
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JEREMY J. SWIFT (1939–2024)
Jeremy Swift This blog post was published as part of a Special Section in tribute to Jeremy Swift in Nomadic Peoples 29.2 (September 2025) and offers a collection of personal tributes to this renow…
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We've added a new post by Nils Johansson to our blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation'; originally published as a Snapshot in 'Environment and History'. Check it out here:
whitehorsepress.blog/2025/11/10/t...
@eandhwhp.bsky.social
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THE PLASTIC BAG: FROM A MUNDANE SWEDISH INNOVATION TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS
This blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation’, republishes a Snapshot by Nils Johansson, originally published in Environment and Histor…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/11/10/the-plastic-bag/
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We're delighted to announce a new book, forthcoming in March: 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities', edited by Emily Brownell; now open for pre-orders. More information:
www.whpress.co.uk/publications...
#envhum
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'The Piruzai of Afghanistan' is now available for shipment anywhere in Europe, USA and Canada if you order on our website (or, by enquiry, to many other regions!):
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We've posted another new piece ahead of print in 'Environment and History', being Claudia Leal's article 'Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs'; online here:
doi.org/10.3828/whpe...
#envhist
#dogs
#mongrels
#colombia
#latinamerica
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We've posted a recording of the excellent event 'Plants, Memory, Belonging', co-hosted recently by Oak Spring Garden Foundation and our journal 'Plant Perspectives'. Fascinating presentations and discussion! Check it out here:
youtu.be/CssAzff55Q4?...
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Plants, Belonging, Memory
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New ahead-of-print article! In "Tenacious," Claudia Leal examines the multidimensional history of dogs in Latin America since the colonial era.
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We've added a new post to our blog, being a collection of personal tributes to the renowned anthropologist Jeremy Swift (1939–2024). The most recent issue of Nomadic Peoples has a special section in honour of Swift. Read the blog here:
whitehorsepress.blog/2025/10/27/j...
#pastoralism
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JEREMY J. SWIFT (1939–2024)
Jeremy Swift This blog post was published as part of a Special Section in tribute to Jeremy Swift in Nomadic Peoples 29.2 (September 2025) and offers a collection of personal tributes to this renow…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/10/27/jeremyswift/
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We've posted another new piece ahead of print in 'Environment and History', being Claudia Leal's article 'Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs'; online here:
doi.org/10.3828/whpe...
#envhist
#dogs
#mongrels
#colombia
#latinamerica
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We’ve posted 2 new
#openaccess
articles in
@globalenvironment.bsky.social
: W. van Engelen et al., ‘African Buffalo as Disease Reservoir in Botswana’; & a review of R.K. Barman’s ‘River, Society and Culture’ (
@livunipress.bsky.social
). Both here:
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpge/0/0
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We've posted a recording of the excellent event 'Plants, Memory, Belonging', co-hosted recently by Oak Spring Garden Foundation and our journal 'Plant Perspectives'. Fascinating presentations and discussion! Check it out here:
youtu.be/CssAzff55Q4?...
@plantperspectives.bsky.social
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Plants, Belonging, Memory
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Happy to have my essay on P.B. Shelley and Wordsworth's 'woodland state' included in the 'Tree Cultures and the Arboreal Humanities' special issue of
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Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to
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for editing this excellent special issue.
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New open access article! In "The Contradictions of Dam Building in the People's Republic of China," the authors examine tensions between the PRC's limited capacities and promethean visions of taming China's rivers in the mid-20th century. Read it here:
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We've put a new post up on our blog, in which Maria Kernecker explores how plants can provide a 'way in' to a landscape; the relates to her recently published article in 'Plant Perspectives'.
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Plants as a Way In
In this blog, linked to her recently published article in Plant Perspectives, entitled BETWEEN GRAZING AND GATHERING: PLANT KNOWLEDGES, BELONGING AND BECOMING IN THE SWISS ALPS, Maria Kernecker exp…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/10/07/plants-as-a-way-in/
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We've added a new post to our blog, presenting the second-prize-winning poster from
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in Uppsala – Johannes Ellingsen’s visually striking poster investigates the resurgence of heath-burning in Norway. Online here:
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ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE 2025 – RUNNER-UP
We much enjoyed supporting the ESEH poster prize at the conference in Uppsala last month. Johannes Ellingsen’s striking poster, which was awarded second prize, impressed the judges with its v…
https://whitehorsepress.blog/2025/09/30/eseh-poster-prize-2025-runner-up/
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‘Plant Perspectives’ 2.2 is now available online – entirely
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thanks to our
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