This is exciting to see! #Envhist was only just beginning to appear at Cambridge when I was a grad student there in the late 2000s, although (as the organizers note) British historians have long thought about human-environment relations in other guises (landscape/economic history, hist. geography).

🔔⏰Just over 1 month to go! ⏰🔔 Call for papers: Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn' A two-day workshop organised by @andrewseaton.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below!

Can't wait to read and teach this - Alma Igra's forthcoming book The Lion's Share on how science of nutrition emerged out of turn-of-the-century British imperial management. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

#DidYouKnow Britain recruited thousands of nurses from the Commonwealth after WWII? In the 2024 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted book 'Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution’, Andrew Seaton brings together an engaging account of the institution. ⬇️ bit.ly/4kU2gXz

We are pleased to be supporting the "Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'" worshop at Lincoln College, University of Oxford @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social) on 16 - 17 September 2026 See call for papers (closes 15 May 2026) below: pastandpresent.org.uk/call-for-pap...

@newcastleuni.bsky.social will be hosting the British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research conference on 7-8 May. Tickets (no charge) for the event go live today at 9am. We have an excellent programme of speakers. Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk @sslh.bsky.social @ialhi.bsky.social

On Thursday I will be chairing our online session on writing history aimed at a wider audience with guests Elliot Prior and Sabhbh Curran from Curtis Brown Literary Agency. All welcome - sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

If you're a PhD candidate or a recently graduated PhD and you work on neoliberalism, this is a great opportunity for funding and networking:

A review in the new @litreview.bsky.social of Marianna Dudley's excellent book on wind power: literaryreview.co.uk/blowing-in-t...

How did people talk about the earth's holistic ecology before the Gaia thesis? Minji Lee #Hildegard expert @archumanities.bsky.social + François Quiviger @warburginstitute.bsky.social & editor of @reaktionbooks.bsky.social's #Renaissance Lives series talk #ecology & the #Anthropocene, Weds 3pm GMT👇

Paul R. Ehrlich died yesterday. He was a biologist who influenced the western environmental movement during the 60s and 70s with deeply controversial warnings about 'overpopulation' and resource scarcity. Ehrlich thought Britain wouldn't make it to the year 2000 due to population pressures

I learned to love cinema at the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford as an undergrad. It's been around since 1911, and is now a fantastic community-owned venue. But it's at risk of development by Oriel College. This would be a terrible loss for independent cinema. Save the UPP! c.org/TpFdQMnhRN

A review in the new @litreview.bsky.social of Marianna Dudley's excellent book on wind power: literaryreview.co.uk/blowing-in-t...

We'll have a great discussion Wed 4 March 1500 GMT with @mohamedamermeziane.bsky.social & Melissa Leach + James Fairhead on other worlds' & the nonhuman re their books @versobooks.bsky.social & @princetonupress.bsky.social. All @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social + @uclhistory.bsky.social #Anthropocene

I am giving the Edinburgh Uni LGBTQ+ History Month lecture on the evening of 27 February, with the title 'Scottish Trans Pasts, Useable and Otherwise'. Details and link to register are here: hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... Do come along if you're in Edinburgh!

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'. A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below, please share.

The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories. Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo... #envhist #envhum

On 12 Feb, I'll be speaking at UCL's new Centre for Modern and Contemporary Britain on 'Looking at Britain through Health and Health Care: Changes and Challenges'. We'll be covering history, policy, and discrimination in medical education. Sign-up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/looking-at...

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Light & Dark. We have chosen Two Miners Drilling by Graham Sutherland, sketched in a Welsh coalmine (1942) as a War Artist. Ink & red crayon heighten the miners’ monumental forms and the rock’s looming threat.

Insightful analysis of the challenges facing recent graduates told from the perspective of one my former students when I was at UCL (who was brilliant). Link free to read for first three people: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Very excited for the @cshhh.bsky.social upcoming seminar series. #HistMed & #HistSex folks should come along if they can! Keep an eye on the page as we've to come! www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/d...

Great opportunities for fully-funded PhDs in history of science and/or technology in London, for candidates from anywhere in the world.

I am organizing a workshop on “critical mineral histories” in March 2026. If you or someone you know might be interested in participating, please see the following CfP for more information on the concept and how to submit a proposal (by 10 January, if possible). Thanks! www.kth.se/anthropocene...

At @kingschostm.bsky.social we are now accepting applications for the Hans Rausing Studentship in the History of Science & Technology, available in 2 forms: - 3 year doctoral award - 1 year Masters funding, followed by a 3 year doctoral award Full details here: www.kingschostm.com/funding-oppo...

🚨 New MBH article alert! This piece was the wonderfully deserving winner of the Tanner Prize last year. “Roads to Economization: Valuing Life, Limb, and Leisure in the Social Democratic State” by Charles Troup is out now in Modern British History. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/tcbh... #ModernBritishHistory

Graduate of the American Studies programme that the University of Nottingham wishes to close wins 2025 Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade. History, it's a long game. Divest in haste, repent for the longue durée.

This evening, the winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 will be announced live! Join us in celebrating outstanding history. We will be posting live from the winner ceremony, so make sure you're following @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social and #WolfsonHistoryPrize for live updates throughout the night.

I've had friends' mums message me, so to confirm, it was me on the telly yesterday. I was the historian for two episodes of this fun new show on the BBC which tells a social history of Britain through buildings that no longer exist. All episodes on iPlayer: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

I'll be in Oxford this Thursday to give a talk from my recent research (and to check out the new Schwarzman Centre)

Thanks to @melinabuns.bsky.social for putting together such a stimulating workshop on extraction last week at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social

Yale University Press London (@yalebooks.bsky.social) are having a 50% off sale for the month of November, which is ideal for early Christmas shopping (and enables you to purchase OUR NHS for £5.99 - or 1.61 pence per page): yalebooks.co.uk

We have Adrián Lerner and Pollyanna Rhee talking to us about cities and the Anthropocene in 30mins (3pm UK time). Feel free to join us using the sign-up link below!

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For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social). It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT. Open to all, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...

Thanks to all of the students yesterday on a very wet day at Exeter College. We talked about GCSEs, A Levels, applying to university, and history.

We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...

On Weds 22 Oct, there's an exciting interdisciplinary conversation about 'Planetary Health' at UCL. I'll be talking (I think) about its antecedents and older traditions like social medicine. All welcome, through will be primarily aimed at postgrads and ECRs. Sign up a must: tinyurl.com/5e7s6yby

Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Friends! I have no idea (yet!) what I'm going to say about cities in the Anthropocene on Oct. 29th! But am very excited to help open UCL's Anthropocene Histories seminar for the year! (Will probably talk a little about my book: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)

I reviewed Chris Locke's new book on GPs and political protest for Social History of Medicine - a valuable take on its history from the late nineteenth century to the start of the NHS. academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

For the first Anthropocene Histories seminar of 2025-2026, we're talking about 'Cities' with Adrián Lerner (@adrianler.bsky.social) and Pollyanna Rhee (@parhee.bsky.social). It'll be online on 29th October between 3-5pm GMT. Open to all, sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anthropoce...

Congrats to this year's Wolfson History Prize nominees

I'm looking forward to presenting some new work at the Oxford TORCH Enviro Humanities Research Hub on 4 December and discussing it with Danny Dorling. My talk will feature state planners, population anxieties, and photographs of smiling men in wheat fields

This is a huge blow to critical, independent research on the BBC. If you care about maintaining access to the archive of a major cultural institution, please read and sign.

Nye is back! 🩺💙📚 The bookshop would like to bring you a NEW display, NEW Nye playtext and NEW Welsh books. To name a few: Nye 2025 National Theatre Playtext by Tim Price Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton Wales As Is by David Hurn

Congrats to Izzy Conn and @ihr.bsky.social for their new 'Leading Labour' podcast which considers the histories of previous Labour leaders. I joined the cast for the first episode to discuss Clement Attlee: open.spotify.com/episode/10wB...

For someone who isn't very good at abandoning books even if not enjoying them, the Salt Path revelations couldn't have arrived at a better time

In fifteen minutes (3pm UK time) we have a session on histories of heating for the Anthropocene Histories seminar - details here if you'd like to join us on Zoom!: www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...

My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed

This Wednesday, @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social have an online talk about the history of 'scarcity' - details and sign-up below: