Dolly Jørgensen
LightNews LightNews
banner
dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
5.5K followers 1K following 2K posts

Environmental historian. Professor Univ of Stavanger. Co-director Greenhouse Center for #envhum. Co-editor Environmental Humanities journal. Extinction; animal history.
New book: The Medieval Pig (Boydell 2024) https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781837651689/th .. more

Videos

Dolly Jørgensen is Professor of History at University of Stavanger, Norway and co-editor in Chief of Environmental Humanities. She served as president of the European Society for Environmental History, 2013–2017. Her research ranges from medieval to contemporary environmental issues, approached through environmental history, history of technology, and environmental humanities perspectives. Her primary areas of interest are human-animal relations, the urban environment, and environmental policymaking. Her research has been covered in media such as The New Yorker and Bioscience. She holds a PhD in History from University of Virginia (2008), a MA in history from University of Houston (2003), and a BA in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University (1994). .. more

Environmental science 24%
History 18%
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Nov 13
Ghosts Behind Glass has been officially published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social!

If you are looking for an absolutely gorgeous book that tackles a deeply serious topic, this is a perfect choice. Would make a really thoughtful Christmas gift.

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Ghosts Behind Glass
How museums display extinct species—and what these exhibits say about us.   While it’s no longer possible to encounter a dodo in the wild, we can still come face-to-face with them in museums. The rema...
press.uchicago.edu

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 5h
2025 in museums review: Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas, visit in February.
Lots of agricultural history from early colonial history of Texas: brands, barbed wire, pesticides. The game where you are a settler trying to avoid disasters (from tornados to no water) was fascinating.
An iron cattle brand Display of barbed wire Protecting your investment display with pesticide sprayer A game with holes that represent disasters

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

drspacejunk.bsky.social
Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 8h
50. 'The Glaisher snowflakes (1855) are amongst the most recognizable images of snow crystals produced in the nineteenth century'.
🧪 #TabClosed2026
How the Glaishers pictured snowflakes | The British Journal for the History of Science | Cambridge Core
How the Glaishers pictured snowflakes - Volume 57 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Dolly Jørgensen

inverting-vision.bsky.social
Danny Robb @inverting-vision.bsky.social · 18h
Scientists studying reindeer/caribou early in the Cold War made a startling discovery. It led to a major public health investigation, turning Canada and the Arctic into nuclear spaces.

#histSTM 🗃️

daily.jstor.org/the-radioact...
The Radioactive Reindeer Problem - JSTOR Daily
Cold War nuclear testing left troubling levels of Cesium-137 in caribou, prompting years of research into Arctic fallout and its risks to human health.
daily.jstor.org

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 20h
Exactly what I thought when I read it earlier today. Glad you got a chance to read it too.

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

envhistnow.bsky.social
Environmental History Now @envhistnow.bsky.social · 1d
Looking for a seasonal or festive read? Check out Roisin Gilloch Boyle’s latest for EHN, on snow globes and the Anthropocene #envhist #envhum envhistnow.com/2025/12/24/o...
On Snow Globes
Snow globes bear witness to their times and are the perfect curio for the Anthropocene. What would our snow globe of the Anthropocene be made of?
envhistnow.com

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 1d
Happy (hoppy) holidays!
Homemade card with plaid paper and image of a jumping squirrel. Text: hoppy holidays

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Dolly Jørgensen

linneansociety.bsky.social
The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 1d
This Christmas Day, we're sharing a festive favourite with a scientific past.

This illustration of Poinsettia pulcherrima comes from Fleurs de Java (1742), created during the Linnean age of botanical discovery.

From science to Christmas tradition, season’s greetings from us at the Society!

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 1d
I received the perfect handmade gift for Christmas. Awesome extinct-ness.
Cross stitch of Blue colored dodo. Text: The dodo was a flightless bird

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 2d
Holiday greetings to everyone!
Homemade card on plaid paper with image of small rodent reaching up to eat blackberries with text below “Have a Berry Merry Christmas “

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

hankgreely.bsky.social
Hank Greely @hankgreely.bsky.social · 2d
Episode 39 of the current Kilauea eruption has started. Currently the live web cams are showing some great, nighttime lava fountaining!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXKu...
and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk0t...
Lately these episodes have been lasting a day or less; check it out while you can!
[V3cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (south Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Mark D. White, Anders Nilsson , and 2 more

bcdreyer.social
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 2d
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 2d
Sweet! Looking forward to finding out more about hyrax substitutes.

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

kevinbparry.bsky.social
Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · 2d
Happy holidays! Probably my favorite stop-motion from the past few years. Really enjoyed creating this one.

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 3d
On Friday 13 Feb I’ll be at the perfect place to talk about extinction in natural history museums: Oxford University Museum of Natural History @morethanadodo.bsky.social.

Free tickets available for “Dead as a Dodo: The Haunted Heritage of Extinction”
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
#extinction
Dead as a Dodo: The Haunted Heritage of Extinction’
In the halls of natural history museums all over the world, you can peer through the glass and come face-to-face with the ghosts of extinction.
oumnh.ox.ac.uk

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce, Rebecca Tushnet , and 10 more

appuhn.bsky.social
Karl Appuhn @appuhn.bsky.social · 3d
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 4d
Nice thread about cool new research.
Love point at post 9: “All it [an LLM] can do is tell you what researchers have already said on the subject. My job, as a researcher, is to say something new, and give my carefully checked reasons for thinking that new thing.”
quatrus.bsky.social Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 4d
Here's a 🧵 on how I came to write the article I'm working on right now, and you can decide for yourself whether AI was ever going to go in this direction:
erinbartram.bsky.social Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 4d
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 4d
Wonder if one of the early Japanese animated films would work for this : animation.filmarchives.jp/works
作品一覧 | 日本アニメーション映画クラシックス
公開されている作品を、年代順・作品名順に画像つきのリストとして見ることができます。また検索ワードを入力することで、お望みの作品を探すこともできます。
animation.filmarchives.jp

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 4d
Looks great! Now you have a find a nice spot to display it, which is often a harder task than building it for us!

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

dfeds.bsky.social
David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · 4d
Favorite recent history essays (let's say last five years or so) exploring the intersection of environment and empire? Any time period/place welcome. Please and thank you!

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Steve Peers , and 19 more

erinbartram.bsky.social
Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 4d
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

Reposted by Elizabeth Stevenson, Dolly Jørgensen, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson

quatrus.bsky.social
Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 4d
Here's a 🧵 on how I came to write the article I'm working on right now, and you can decide for yourself whether AI was ever going to go in this direction:
erinbartram.bsky.social Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 4d
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

libbydeq.bsky.social
Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Happy Festive Season, bird lovers! A great story #Extinction @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
‘Miracle’ of Zealandia: chick is born to rare takahē pair thought to be infertile
Unexpected arrival is a boon for birdlife in New Zealand, where there are only 500 takahē left
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

tedmccormick.bsky.social
Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 4d
Last of the year’s W. S. Merwin, enjoy
The Wild Geese It was always for the animals that I grieved most for the animals I had seen and for those I had only heard of or dreamed about or seen in cages or lying beside the road for those forgotten and those long remembered for the lost ones that were never found again among people there were words we all knew even if we did not say them and although they were always inadequate when we said them they were there if we wanted them when the time came with the animals always there was only presence as long as it was present and then only absence suddenly and no word for it in all the great written wisdom of China where are the animals when were they lost where are the ancestors who knew the way without them all the wise words are bits of sand twitching on the dunes where the forests once whispered in their echoing ancient tongue and the animals knew their way among the trees only in the old poems does their presence survive the gibbons call from the mountain gorges the old words all deepen the great absence the vastness of all that has been lost it is still there when the poet in exile looks up long ago hearing the voices of wild geese far above him flying home

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

cjslaby.bsky.social
Chris Slaby @cjslaby.bsky.social · 4d
The standard practice and expectation in history for about the past hundred years is that if you’re conducting research for a project, you read the scholarship. You find a good, quality article/book, you follow their notes, you talk to others, you gather more sources, and work though—read—that info.

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

sicilyfiennes.bsky.social
Sicily Fiennes 🍉 @sicilyfiennes.bsky.social · 5d
Proud to have my photo essay out in the publication Current Conservation. I got really into photography during my PhD including using a film camera. I hope it conveys some of the visual experience of being in a bird market and the sense of place. Enjoy 🐦

www.currentconservation.org/visual-stori...
Visual stories from a bird marketplace | Current Conservation
Current Conservation Visual stories from a bird marketplace
www.currentconservation.org

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

bionomia.net
Bionomia @bionomia.net · 6d
Behind the Picture: German Filmmakers as Agents of Natural History Collections. The Case Study of Adolf Freiherr von Dungern in the Amazon doi.org/10.5334/johd... @svmering.bsky.social
Behind the Picture: German Filmmakers as Agents of Natural History Collections. The Case Study of Adolf Freiherr von Dungern in the Amazon | Journal of Open Humanities Data
doi.org

Reposted by Claire Connolly

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 6d
I’ll be at Cambridge Museum of Zoology @zoologymuseum.bsky.social on Wednesday, 11 February, 19:00-20:00, to talk about encountering #extinction in museums with lots of reference to their exhibitions!

Book your free place:
www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-...
Open book. Photo on left shows birds, including pair of huia, at Cambridge Museum of Zoology. Right page is text.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, John L. Provis, Peter Thorne , and 12 more

ryancordell.org
Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 6d
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite

dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 6d
So awesome!

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

farsouthhistory.bsky.social
Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 7d
Check out Lawrence Kessler's review of Henry Gee's "The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction," published in 2025 by St. Martin's Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #extinction #STS
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org