Today started in medieval Islamic Cairo, which dates from 10th century. After walking thru the impressive Bab al-Futah gate, we visited the beautiful Al-Hakim Mosque (10th c with 13th c minarets).

Remember to apply by tomorrow (Sept 22nd!)

Elephant, 1637 Rembrandt Van Rijn (Albertina, Vienna)

My 2nd day in Cairo, but the 1st with the Landscape Research Group tour that I’ll be joining for 5 days. Our first stop was the Mazhar Botanic garden in Giza mazharbotanicgarden.com/about It has both Egyptian plants & foreign ones that work in the climate.

My 2nd day in Cairo, but the 1st with the Landscape Research Group tour that I’ll be joining for 5 days. Our first stop was the Mazhar Botanic garden in Giza mazharbotanicgarden.com/about It has both Egyptian plants & foreign ones that work in the climate.

Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives! We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...

Stop by the Museum from Friday, September 19, through Monday, September 29, to see how eight dioramas have been transformed. Explore our full slate of Climate Week NYC programs which are supported by Wellcome Trust, bringing health to the heart of #ClimateWeekNYC.

In Cairo this week so I’ll be sharing some sightseeing this week. First stop: The Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A new Grand Egyptian Museum will replace it, but still lots here now.

40% off @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social's "The Medieval Pig‽" 😲 What in the name of all that is porcine are you waiting for? Perhaps listening to this superb interview she sat with the @themerl.bsky.social's "Absolute Units" podcast hosts will nudge you to act. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

My contribution, "Reclaimed Land," looks at how 17th-century natural histories were entangled with projects of colonial trade and conquest by virtue of their capacity to both present and obscure past interventions in local landscapes, underlining the promise and the necessity of new transformations.

In Cairo this week so I’ll be sharing some sightseeing this week. First stop: The Egyptian Museum in Cairo. A new Grand Egyptian Museum will replace it, but still lots here now.

Yes! Buy a copy - and ask your local library to buy one too. 🏰 + 🐷 + discount : what’s not to love?!?

Save 40% on the paperback edition of The Medieval Pig which examines the role of the pig in medieval society in material and textual sources. Ends 29 Sept 2025. 🐷 Buy the book > buff.ly/cJs8ee6 #medievalsky @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social

“Can these animals ever be assimilated into the UK landscape, and visually, how might that manifest?” writes Rae Ferner-Rose envhistnow.com/2025/09/15/s... #envhist #envhum

Blue iguana climbs back from the brink. Grand Cayman’s blue iguana, once down to fewer than 25 individuals, now numbers more than 1,000 in the wild. Captive breeding, habitat restoration and community engagement reversed what was nearly a Caribbean extinction. CNN buff.ly/GKiJpcz #ShareGoodNewsToo

New Absolute Units is live! Join special guest @katrinanavickas.bsky.social as we delve into the commons: the history of shared resources, the historical forces that encroached upon them, and the fight to get them back. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

I’m so acculturated to academic life that my seasons have always been odd—“next year” means “after August”—“fall” is mid-August to December, “spring” is January to mid-May, & “summer” is mid-May to mid-Aug My year doesn’t have “winter” but thanks to climate change that’s increasingly accurate so

A clever bit of artistry in this manuscript, making it appear like a dog has gone through one side of the page and out the other - 15th century, Kraków, MNK 3025 I, pp. 469-470

#newbook: "Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities" ed. Gabriela Jarzębowska-Lipińska, Aleksandra Ross & Krzysztof Skonieczny (Brill) Open access: www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde... #envhum #envhist #openaccess #ecocriticism #ecolit #environment

Exciting opportunity here for doctoral students with funding for travel. Click here to apply: www.uis.no/en/research/... #EnvHum #Petrocultures

Check out this brilliant fall line-up for @uguelphhist.bsky.social's Rural History Roundtable series! First one is next week with @alanmaceachern.bsky.social! niche-canada.org/2025/09/15/h... #envhist #cdnhist #rural

A good summary of how it’s going. Finished my PhD 9 years ago and am still stringing things together. As the first Anon says, what does ECR (or Mid-career) even mean anymore? That kind of career linearity depends on first vaulting over the fault line of secure/insecure - now a nearly impossible task

We’ve published a short video in ‘Worldwide Waste’, exploring how Cainiao, a global delivery company, runs its packaging recycling programme at a pick-up station in Shenzhen, China. The video and a short abstract are #openaccess here: doi.org/10.3197/whpw... #waste #recycling #China

A final reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is the end of next week #medievalsky Details 👇

I have been using a lot this book by Cara New Dagett for my thesis on #petroculture and narratives in the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. My aim was to show how petroculture informs us and reinforce bigger systems: patriarchy, capitalism and extractivism.

It was long thought that all coelacanths went extinct millions of years ago until one appeared in a fishing net in the Indian Ocean in 1938. The fish was identified by Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer who was a keen naturalist born in South Africa.

Read the entire call and learn more on how to apply here: www.uis.no/en/research/...

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities! Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December. Applications are welcome until 24 October. #envhum #envhist #energyhistory

What can we learn from the pioneers who started the citizen science beach cleanup movement? I wrote about the lessons we can learn from their plastics activism for the conversation.

The IMC 2026 Bursary application deadline is now just 1 month away! For your application to be considered, don't forget to submit by 23:59 on Wednesday 15 October. For more information on IMC bursaries, and the application process, visit www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/about/bursary/ #IMC2026 #Medievalsky

📘 PUBLICATION DAY 📘 Oceanic Connections: The Sea in Irish and Caribbean Poetry is out today from Syracuse UP. It wouldn't have been possible without colleagues at @dublincityuni.bsky.social & the support of friends & family. I'm thrilled to see it out in the world 🥰 Book launch details coming soon

📚🌏 The @britishlibrary.bsky.social is hosting webinars focused on libraries and the climate crisis. The first will explore how libraries are embracing climate literacy to empower staff, users and communities. 📅: 30 Oct 2025, 4-5:30pm 📍: Online ✏️:

Coming up in 15 minutes! Join us online for the live talk

#CFP: "Cold altitudes: knowledge, imagination, and experiences of mountain ice" (May 11-12, 2026, Switzerland). Deadline: 31.10.2025 Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ... #envhist #envhum #hstm #ecolit

Join us online Monday 15 Sept 2025 for @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social discussing Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910–1948 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024) in Greenhouse #envhum book talk series at 16:00 in Norway / 15:00 in UK. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Looking forward to talking on The Greenhouse tomorrow about my book!

#cfp: "The Montreal Moment: The History of Global Environmental Governance", edited volume by Dario Fazzi & Frank Gerits. DL: 30 September 2025 Info: www.roosevelt.nl/en/nieuws/ca... #envhum #envhist #publichistory @dariofazzi.bsky.social @frankgerits.bsky.social

Join us online Monday 15 Sept 2025 for @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social discussing Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910–1948 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024) in Greenhouse #envhum book talk series at 16:00 in Norway / 15:00 in UK. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

If you want to learn more about water management jobs in Roman Egypt, see: Abdelwahed, Y. & Shehata, F. (2022): ‘The Nile Water Management in Graeco-Roman Egypt: Some Water-related Jobs’ rosetta.bham.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Below is the Nilometer (Nile measurer) on the mosaic from Sepphoris.

Gotta love the details the journalist has included about a mysterious package addressed to Swona: “Swona's cattle originated from a cross between Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn stock. They mostly graze on grass around the ruined houses, and also forage for seaweed.”

It's official! The Wellcome Trust has awarded me a grant worth over £1 million. The next 5 years, I will lead the project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)", at King's College. wellcome.org/research-fun...

Yes! Precisely what we do in the humanities. 👇

Frog and Toad looked into a mirror. “We look brave,” said Frog. “Yes, but are we?” asked Toad.

🎨 Apply by 29 Sept 2025 for a £10,000 Artist Residency at Mount Stewart, Co. Down! Part of the Historic Houses, Global Crossroads research, the 6-week residency (May–June 2026) invites artists to explore global plant networks & reimagine the site’s ecological legacy🌿See link in thread.

JOB AD: If you research philosophy, history or social studies of biology, with interest in agroecology, crop science or environmental intelligence, consider applying for 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Munich! Deadline for applications: 31/10, details www.sts.sot.tum.de/en/sts/arbei... #philsci

'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”' Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.

Two native Hawaiian land snails rediscovered on Kaua‘i | Big Island Now #molluscmonday bigislandnow.com/2025/09/10/t...

With the organizers' permission, here's a great #icms2026 CFP on "Naturing Bodies, Embodying Nature." I'm not going this year but would def attend this session! Apply: wmich.edu/medievalcong... Contact: Hunter Phillips (hap48[at]cornell.edu), Asher Courtemanche (ac2457[at]cornell.edu) #MedievalSky

ASEH Applications for Prizes, Fellowships, and Grants are now open! Deadline to submit is November 20, 2025. Please visit the ASEH website to learn more and apply: https:/aseh.org/Awards-&-Funding

The world has been especially dark this week and the new baby tapir at the Calgary Zoo has been cheering me up.