The @northernenvhistory.bsky.social's first seminar of the year is fast approaching! 27/1 2pm GMT Sign up below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snake-word...

This is going to be great! Well done to the organising team who've put in so much work! 👀👇 @northernenvhistory.bsky.social

It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!

There's still just over two weeks left to apply to our workshop exploring historical approaches to non-human life. It will take place on 9-10th April 2026, and aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary divides. PGR and ECR support available thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!

We also have a new seminar series starting next week. The first speaker will be Alfie Howard (@alfiehoward66.bsky.social) on "Snake Words in Estonia: Nature and Nationalism in Andrus Kivirähk's 'The Man Who Spoke Snakish'". 27/01/26, 1400 GMT, signup here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snake-word... 4/4

Firstly, we have a really exciting workshop comming up in April in York, with a deadline for the #CfP on the 31/01! The theme is 'Yuck: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Non-Human Life', considering unwanted life as historically produced, its sources, and the future of more-than-human-histories 2/4

Environment and History Vol. 32, no. 1 is out now! This issue includes new research articles, snapshots, book reviews, and the @eseh.bsky.social notepad. Subscribers can read here liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32/1 🗃️ #envhist

We're delighted to welcome Dr. Leona Watson (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) as Editor of 'Environment and History'. Huge thanks to outgoing Editor, Dr. David Moon (@york.ac.uk), for his excellent work over the last few years. We look forward to seeing what's next for @eandhwhp.bsky.social! #envhist

We're delighted to welcome Dr. Leona Watson (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) as E&H's new editor. Many thanks to outgoing editor Dr. David Moon (@york.ac.uk) for his excellent work over the last few years. #envhist

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 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

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. 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

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. 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

We're already looking foward to our next speaker, Richard Warren at the University of Bern, who will be speaking about 'Volcanos and Climatic Instability in Early Nineteenth-Century India' on the 2nd at 1500 GMT. Sign up to join us online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volcanoes-...

Still time to sign up for this next week!

This is going to be a really interesting talk next Tuesday afternoon!

Sign up is now open for our last talk before Christmas! ❄️ Richard Warren @unibe.ch is speaking about volcanoes, weather and climate in nineteenth century India 🌋 2/12 📆 15:00 GMT 🕒 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volcanoes-...

We're looking forward to this comming up online on Tuesday afternoon, with our own @islayshelbourne.bsky.social! There's still time to sign up for tickets using the link below:

There's still time to sign up for @islayshelbourne.bsky.social talk on Californian health myths and contagion! #HSTM #Envhist @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social @hpsleeds.bsky.social @chstmphds.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @northernenvhistory.bsky.social 🕐 Tuesday @ 3pm Sign up 👇

Come along next Tuesday to hear all about Californian health myths and their impact on perceptions of TB and the 1918-19 Flu. I'm excited to share my findings and delve into all the details that didn't fit into my recently submitted PhD thesis, reincarnating zephrys and mammoth oranges included!

New ahead-of-print article! In "Tenacious," Claudia Leal examines the multidimensional history of dogs in Latin America since the colonial era. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

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. #envhist

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 @eandhwhp.bsky.social

We're looking forward to @islayshelbourne.bsky.social's paper in a few weeks' time, on histories of contagion in modern California. To sign up, use the eventbrite link here: (Just look at the size of those oranges!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/california...

I wee reminder that this is comming up on tuesday afternoon!

A reminder that tickets are still available for Thomas Banbury's talk at 15:00 28/10!

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: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

Issue 31.4 of Environment and History is out now! This special issue entitled "Dam Scientists: The limits of scientific knowledge and environmentalism" features 6 research articles, 2 snapshots, and 3 book reviews. Read online here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/31... #envhist🗃️

Sign-up for the Northern Environmental History Network's first talk of 2025/26 is now available! 📆28/10 15:00 @eseh.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social

For those looking forward to Thomas' talk on historical environmental medicine in a a couple of weeks, you can now sign up using the eventbrite link below. Looking forward to seeing you online at 1500 GMT on the 28th of October. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Save the dates of these exciting upcoming seminars! Details on how to sign up will available soon. @eseh.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @greenhouseuis.net @envhistnow.bsky.social @pages-ipo.bsky.social @climatehistorynet.bsky.social

The nights are drawing in, and the rain is tapping on the windows, which means that we probably ought to be getting our term-card out. Three really exciting papers to look forward to!

In "The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope," Larsen revisits the 1990s scholarly debate over the ‘Ecological Indian’ as a pivotal moment in the history of Indigenous knowledge among anthropologists and conservation scientists. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3... #envhist 🗃️

2 new ahead-of-print articles out now! In "Wildlife Corridors," Felten-Kury explores the interplay between imperial infrastructure, environmental dynamics and animal mobilities in colonial Southeast Asia. #envhist 🗃️https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3828/whpeh.63861480345877

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

I'm delighted to announce that I'll be starting a new PDRA position @exeter.ac.uk tomorrow! AHRC-funded project: Informing Contemporary Land-Use through Sustainability Assessment of Medieval & Early Modern Farming Systems 👩‍🌾🌱🐑🐂 📷 Exeter cathedral nave

Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

permanent Liberal Arts lecturership (= assistant professorship) in Glasgow: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM506/l...

New #Skystorians job alert! The impressive VCH Herefordshire project have been fundraising hard for some time and are now able to advertise two contributing editor roles which will work towards completing work histories of Ledbury and the Malvern Hills. Details in the link below. 1/2

I have gotten our @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks for September & October posted! Always on Mondays at 16:00 (4pm) Central European time. For details see: newnatures.org/greenhouse/

Does anyone know of any (UK-based) ECRs in geography, history & archaeology working on the Little Ice Age? I'm looking for collaborators for a potential workshop! @eseh.bsky.social @northernenvhistory.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @greenhouseuis.net

The Cambridge Oceanic and Maritime History Workshop is back — MPhil and PhD students from all universities are welcome to apply! @camhistory.bsky.social

I've been talking about this network a lot recently! If you're a UK ECR (you have your PhD in hand), sign up for it! You don't need an affiliation. You get access to their brilliant events (they fund your travel so you can attend), offer biannual conference funding, + access to larger funding opps.

📣 A reminder that applications for the Thames Environment Fund close this Friday. 🌻 Applications are open to any project ideas that will be of environmental benefit to the tidal Thames. Find out more ➡️ pla.co.uk/thames-envir... #RiverThames #CleanThames #PortOfLondon #London #Essex #Kent

Interested in the historic environment? Want to help research, support and develop histories of place with the oldest and most ambitious (arguably) national local history project anywhere? Come and work with us!

I had a fantastic time @eseh.bsky.social 2025 in Uppsala. Incredible setting, fascinating new #envhist research and opportunity to meet new people & catch-up with old friends. @northernenvhistory.bsky.social @roblnaylor.bsky.social @robertsuits.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social

ESEH 2027, “Environmental History Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries,” will take place on 6–10 September in beautiful Salzburg, Austria! #ESEH2025 #ESEH2027 #envhist #envhum @mknoll.bsky.social

Tomorrow at 9am 🕒 (Humanities Theatre, English Park, House 22), come along to our panel on ***New Sources of Early Modern Climate History***! There'll be: 📘weather diaries 🌊storm surges 🎣fish 💻 climate models @eseh.bsky.social @northernenvhistory.bsky.social @envhistnow.bsky.social #envhist

Out 28th August: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment & Identity in Modern England & Wales by Andrew McTominey published w/ @royalhistsoc.org & @ihr.bsky.social. The 23rd book in the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series, all of which are #OpenAccess w/ no author charge. uolpress.co.uk/book/watersc...

Looking forward to presenting on diaries as sources for reconstructing Little Ice Age weather and climate @eseh.bsky.social in Uppsala next week! 📕❄️🌡️ #envhist 🖼️ ©️KHLC @northernenvhistory.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social @eandhwhp.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @roblnaylor.bsky.social

Just on time for the next @eseh.bsky.social #envhist #envhum bit.ly/4l5xQAj