York Minster looking fine this evening

🏙️✨ The City of Today is a Dying Thing Join us for a public lecture by @desfitzgerald.bsky.social (@ucc.ie ), exploring how cities, health + the environment intertwine — and what “green urbanism” really means. 📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔5–7pm 📍 @york.ac.uk 🎟️ Book here➡️https://buff.ly/RvbkKuw

Why go interdisciplinary?🤔 Join us next Monday for Interdisciplinary Research: Back to Basics — exploring the why, how + what ifs of working across disciplines. Led by @desfitzgerald.bsky.social, it’s a chance to reflect, share + rethink what collaboration really means. 🔗 buff.ly/2aZG2TX

In our recent volume, 'Forced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire', @anilliams.bsky.social contributed a chapter on the forced deportation of Liverpool's Chinese seamen at the end of WWII. @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social brill.com/display/book...

So how was your weekend?

It was a real pleasure to write this afterword for a fantastic special issue on the history of invasive species by Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social and Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social

Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns chng.it/k8fBh7sY via @UKChange

And there’s more good news 🌿✨ The YESI Fellows Scheme 2025/26 opens on Monday 8 September! If you’re a University of York researcher with ideas for tackling environmental sustainability challenges, this is your chance. Details here 👉 buff.ly/W6IXpUe

Delighted that the University of York has been shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership 🌍👏 Recognition for our pioneering YESI Fellows Initiative driving interdisciplinary, impact-led sustainability research. Full shortlist👉 lstm.ac/3HZY0XE

By the River Foss in York

Ahem... my first acedemic article just went live on the BMJ/STI website. What can 'hidden' cures in handwritten family recipe books tell us about how people dealt with STIs in the long 17th century? doi.org/10.1136/sext... #17thC #earlymodern

History & Policy will shortly be unveiling the first publicly-searchable database of historians with policy-relevant expertise. If you are a professional historian who would like to engage more with policymakers, there's still time to submit a profile. Register your interest here: bit.ly/3YMcsXu

A walk with the dog brings some quiet and his joy is my pleasure.

🚨 Exciting news! @sabineclarke.bsky.social joins the YESI leadership team as co-lead for the Health and Environment Research Theme. Sabine brings expertise in the history of science + medicine, focusing on global health and environment. Welcome, Sabine! 🎉 Read more➡️ ow.ly/6c3250VzNLG

Introducing a new YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project, working with York Explore and other groups in the city, to explore ways of using local archives to produce new histories of environmental change. ➡️https://ow.ly/yM4950VyQWr @sabineclarke.bsky.social @willtullett.bsky.social

I am co-organising a workshop (with Dr Isabel Davis) on 'Colonies, hives and queens: Insects and Imperialism' at the Natural History Musuem in London on Thursday the 3rd of April. There will be a set of flash talks on the theme in the morning. Teams link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...

I had such a wonderful time being interviewed by students in the History Department at York for their amazing podcast series. Take a look! (Or indeed a "listen")

Alert! Deadline for this fantastic PhD opportunity is 2nd February!

⏰ Final Reminder! The deadline for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 CfP is TOMORROW! Submit your individual papers or sessions by Fri, 17 Jan 2025. 📍 When & Where: 8–10 July 2025, Cambridge 🌟 Open to researchers at all career stages & nationalities on any HSTM topic! conference.bshs.org.uk

York, UK, at 9.30 this morning

Isn’t this thistle head beautiful? Like the head of a medieval mace.

I'm excited to announce a PhD studentship, based at UofYork, exploring how land management in African savanna affects climate, past and present. I'm joined by the fabulous Prof Colin Beale & @sabineclarke.bsky.social to join historic delivery of ecosystem functions with future savanna management.

I found this Christmas pudding in the larder yesterday which is almost 2 years out if date. Ate it. Despite disapproval of cat.

This looks like a terrific opportunity!

This point about the use of the term "post-productivism" could really be applied to the over use of the word "Anthropocene" "A sure sign of a term's ascendency is its emblematic use in papers where it is not defined and adds little of value to the discussion".

Please circulate this great opportunity to do a PhD at Kew Gardens and the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at York! The student will look at the history of marginalised individuals who made knowledge about fungi in the early 20th century.

Excited to share the advert for the first of three new #envhist postdocs! Three-year position focusing on climate history and climate coloniality in Zimbabwe, working with a team of geographers and historians: jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Posts focusing on Malawi and Mozambique to follow.

www.academictransfer.com/nl/345235/ph... A vacancy for a PhD position at Maastricht University, to work with @moneschleper.bsky.social, @blenormand.bsky.social and me. Spread the news!

Starting now at #WCEH2024: "The sound of nature: soundscapes and environmental awareness." In case any #envhum people (or anyone really) consider #sound & #museums, we'd love to hear from you & hopefully meet you at our workshop in December in Hamburg. See the cfp below. #envhist #soundstudies 📗

Do you have a fantastic MA student in environmental humanities, or the history of science, who would like the opportunity for a fully funded PhD? See here for a great opportunity at York to look at weeds and weeding . www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

Writing my email auto-response for Friday. Something along the lines of: “You’re kidding, right? I’ll respond on Monday”.

A fantastic opportunity for a senior research fellow in any Arts and Humanities area related to biodiversity and the Anthropocene is available at the University of York. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

I’m in Jamaica on a research trip, with a detour to Orange Street.

The History Department at the University of York UK, is looking for a historian of South Asia for a permanent lectureship. Please spread the word! We are a great department with lovely colleagues jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

The History Department at the University of York is excited to launch a new PhD by Practice - a route for anyone with significant experience of public history practice or research in museums, archives, heritage organisations, the media or education. york. www.york.ac.uk/history/stud...

Upcoming workshop!

York at sunset this afternoon

Please spread the word about these fantastic PhD opportunities at the University of York (including one in History on weeds) www.york.ac.uk/professorial...