Filmmaker Jeanna Kolesova @jeannakolesova.bsky.social made a moving speculative documentary about peat & peatlands in the USSR, drawing, in part, on stories from my 🔥Burning Swamps🔥. The trailer & stills give you a sense of what I struggled to convey in writing 👉 jeannakolesova.com/in-zombie-fire

This is such a beautiful cover for a history book. Forest and Brännvin! We need more covers like this.

🔥Burning Swamps🔥 book talk: next Tuesday, 16 June, at 4 PM (EET) / 3 PM (CET), in Helsinki in person & online. Please register here 👇 mwsosteuropa.hypotheses.org/17714 @maxweberstiftung.de

Stone #fishweir aka “me” of the #MarshallIslands. Aligned around the outer edge, atoll large groupings of stone V-shaped weirs can be identified. Structurally, the traps come in two distinct forms: a U-shaped & V-shaped, with a round catch area at the eye of the weir. #coastalhistory #4oceans 1/5

This is how it looks: the splendid future of 20th c. Irish environmental history! Earlier this month, we celebrated the graduation of Dr Gabriel Coleman & Dr Lily Toomey. It was such a privilege to supervise these two brilliant minds. Watch out for their work! /1 (image posted with permission)

Join ICES Workshop to develop methods in determining effort metrics for bottom-contacting static gears (WKSTGEM) 📅5-7 May 🕑13:30-17:00 CET 🌐Online 🗣️Chaired by @jmburgos.bsky.social ⏰Register by Friday 1 May!👉https://www.ices.dk/community/groups/Pages/WKSTGEM.aspx

Preserved wicker fish trap dating to the Roman period from #Valkenburg, #Netherlands. One of the traps found in wet sites in the region was identified as a Roman site on a major waterway, where a northern branch of the Rhine River flowed into the North Sea. #coastalhistory #4oceans

These were their topics Lily Toomey: “'A national resource of primary importance': Transforming Ireland’s peatlands in the twentieth century" Gabriel Coleman: "Carrying Capacity: Nitrogen and the Intensification of Irish Pasture Systems, 1945-2007" @historytcd.bsky.social @tcdtceh.bsky.social /2

Our very own Francis Ludlow featured in the NY Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

#ICESASC26 call for abstracts open🔔deadline 25 February Which theme sessions are you interested in? 🟠Single-species fisheries management? Session A 🟣Bycatch reduction tech? Session D 🟡"Restoration" in fished waters? Session I 🟢Tracking gelatinous zooplankton? Session P 👀 www.ices.dk/events/asc/2...

A recent output of #4oceans ERC Syn Grant by our co-PI @poulholm.bsky.social #oceanspast #historicalfisheries #humanities4theocean

The Lisbon team of the #4oceans project has released a new visual output. Check the story of stranded whales and earthquakes in early modern Portugal. With @crisbri.bsky.social @joangong.bsky.social @poulholm.bsky.social and many other colleagues. #bluehumanities

@erc4oceans.bsky.social has been formally recognised by @unesco-bridges.bsky.social delighted with this new! @tcdtceh.bsky.social @poulholm.bsky.social @crisbri.bsky.social #JamesBarrett #FrancisLudlow

Join us for a #BehindTheHeadlines discussion on shifting global norms and the changing international order. Experts in history, law, environmental humanities, and politics will explore recent tensions and their implications for Europe and the world. 🎫 www.eventbrite.ie/e/1981570379...

Book event:Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy on Tues 17 Feb 6PM @tlrhub.bsky.social After, Diogo de Carvalho Cabral and Jennifer Keating will share thoughts on the book + small reception. @kbruisch.bsky.social Register www.eventbrite.com/e/burning-sw...

Environmental History Research Seminar Series Spring 2026 . . . @tcdtceh.bsky.social Trinity College Dublin 🧜🏼Let us go take a look behind the door #bluehumanities #whalestudies #animalstudies #environmentalhistory 🐋

Marine environments by environmental historians at 23nd Dansk Havforskermøde. Keynote by Poul Holm on 16c presence of fish in Danish waters. Johannes Rom Dahl x 2 on past Extreme coastal weather + kelp fisheries 17c @poulholm.bsky.social @erc4oceans.bsky.social

The student led Environmental Humanities Open Lunch series, held bi-weekly from 2-3 pm, Trinity Long Room Hub is back! As always, bring your own lunch or snacks. TCEH are happy to support this initiative with tea, coffee and biscuits! Join their mailing list here [email protected]

Some outtakes images from Rising islands and sinking seas in the Maldives - recent visit to the #Maldives #corralreefs #ecology #maritimeheritage #fishing #heritage #coastsinmind www.tcd.ie/tceh/blogs/m... @tcdtceh.bsky.social

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