Dr. Katie Sagal
@aksagal.bsky.social
Associate Professor; 18thc Brit Lit & Science. Author of Botanical Entanglements (UVA Press). New project on marine ecology in the works. Super into plants, running, art museums, libraries, cheese, pandas, and video games.
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Dr. Katie Sagal
@aksagal.bsky.social
· Nov 5
Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025
muse.jhu.edu
I'm thrilled to see that the special issue of ECS, "Eighteenth-Century Coasts," is finally out today! Check out my essay on coral, and many other fantastic contributions: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889
Ooo very psyched for this!
Violent Waters: Environmental Politics in Early Modern England is out now with Cambridge University Press: www.cambridge.org/core/books/v...
This watery, riotous book has been more than a decade in the making, and I'm delighted to see it out in the world to live its own life!
This watery, riotous book has been more than a decade in the making, and I'm delighted to see it out in the world to live its own life!
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Ooo very psyched for this!
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Phd Position: Art and Soil Ecologies, Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Closes 15 March 2026
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#envhum
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#envhum
Phd Position: Art and Soil Ecologies (closes 15 March 2026)
We are hiring! We are excited to announce a PhD position on “Art and Soil Ecologies” within the JUST ART research consortium. The project engages with the vital role crucial role soil plays within …
ehc-amsterdam.nl
February 13, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Phd Position: Art and Soil Ecologies, Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Closes 15 March 2026
ehc-amsterdam.nl/phd-position...
#envhum
ehc-amsterdam.nl/phd-position...
#envhum
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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Anyway textile arts and feminine-coded arts have a VERY long history of both resistance and also people being really shitty about it and idk I invite you to think about why that may be.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Anyway textile arts and feminine-coded arts have a VERY long history of both resistance and also people being really shitty about it and idk I invite you to think about why that may be.
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People keep complaining about the red hats because they’re not “real” protest but that lady has raised and donated over $600,000 to her neighbors in MN *and* is the the daughter of a refugee from Egypt. Y’all gotta sit with those impulses and then calm tf down and think about WHY you feel dismissive
February 9, 2026 at 4:43 AM
People keep complaining about the red hats because they’re not “real” protest but that lady has raised and donated over $600,000 to her neighbors in MN *and* is the the daughter of a refugee from Egypt. Y’all gotta sit with those impulses and then calm tf down and think about WHY you feel dismissive
Can never resist sharing some Delany art!
Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis, China Rose, 1775, by #MaryDelany (English, 1700-1788). Held at the British Museum, www.britishmuseum.org/research/col... #RoseDay #artherstory #womenartists
February 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Can never resist sharing some Delany art!
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Here’s a preview of the cover and contents of ‘Plant Perspectives’ 3.1, forthcoming in April. #plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
February 6, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Here’s a preview of the cover and contents of ‘Plant Perspectives’ 3.1, forthcoming in April. #plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
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Special Issue of Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
'Video Games & Horror’
Abstract deadline: 1 April 2026
Full article draft deadline: 28 July 2026
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
'Video Games & Horror’
Abstract deadline: 1 April 2026
Full article draft deadline: 28 July 2026
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds; The peer-reviewed Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds explores the cultural effects of gaming and virtual worlds across platforms and genres, as their increasing...
www.intellectbooks.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Special Issue of Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds
'Video Games & Horror’
Abstract deadline: 1 April 2026
Full article draft deadline: 28 July 2026
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
'Video Games & Horror’
Abstract deadline: 1 April 2026
Full article draft deadline: 28 July 2026
www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-g...
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Today on Edge Effects, we take our first dive into Botanical Imaginations with our Spring 2026 Faculty Favorites! Faculty across academic disciplines recommend plant-y books and poems they're excited to read/teach this semester 🌿 📖
Faculty Favorites: Critical Interventions in the Plant Humanities - Edge Effects
Faculty recommend their favorite books and poems at the intersection of plants and the environmental humanities
edgeeffects.net
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Today on Edge Effects, we take our first dive into Botanical Imaginations with our Spring 2026 Faculty Favorites! Faculty across academic disciplines recommend plant-y books and poems they're excited to read/teach this semester 🌿 📖
I seem to have deleted all relevant emails -- does anyone know when the Women's Caucus lunch is at ASECS??
February 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I seem to have deleted all relevant emails -- does anyone know when the Women's Caucus lunch is at ASECS??
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📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 10 February with Susan Carlile presenting a paper on “Thinking Globally in The Lady's Magazine, or Polite Companion, 1759-1767"
🗓️ Tuesday 10 February, 5pm
📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall & online
🔗 Register www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
🗓️ Tuesday 10 February, 5pm
📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall & online
🔗 Register www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
Susan Carlile 10 Feb - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York
CECS Research Seminar with Susan Carlisle, California State University, Long Beach
www.york.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 11:36 AM
📢 Our next seminar is scheduled for Tuesday 10 February with Susan Carlile presenting a paper on “Thinking Globally in The Lady's Magazine, or Polite Companion, 1759-1767"
🗓️ Tuesday 10 February, 5pm
📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall & online
🔗 Register www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
🗓️ Tuesday 10 February, 5pm
📍 HG/09, Heslington Hall & online
🔗 Register www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...
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The more I think about it the more unAmerican it seems for any state to take direction from a groundhog from a different state, what happened to local pride
February 3, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The more I think about it the more unAmerican it seems for any state to take direction from a groundhog from a different state, what happened to local pride
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Right now from the far left to center right the only divisions I care about are: Team fight vs Team don’t fight. Opposition vs politics as usual.
and it’s not a division that maps to precious ideological categories.
and it’s not a division that maps to precious ideological categories.
February 3, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Right now from the far left to center right the only divisions I care about are: Team fight vs Team don’t fight. Opposition vs politics as usual.
and it’s not a division that maps to precious ideological categories.
and it’s not a division that maps to precious ideological categories.
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The glow up for these devices is campaigns like this, which is an attempt to obscure the fact of them building a surveillance network for an authoritarian state.
Move Over, Puppy Bowl: Ring's Dog-Rescuing Super Bowl Ad Brings Tears and Tech
Ring is bringing its pup-finding AI to everyone, even non-Ring owners, with an adorable video for the big game day.
www.cnet.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The glow up for these devices is campaigns like this, which is an attempt to obscure the fact of them building a surveillance network for an authoritarian state.
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Lady while you are young, and beautiful…, c. 1836–37, by #SarahMappsDouglass (American, 1806-82). From the Elizabeth Smith Friendship Album, held at Moorland Spingarn Research Center at Howard Univ; source, artherstory.net/visual-feast... #artherstory #womenartists #BlackHistoryMonth
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Lady while you are young, and beautiful…, c. 1836–37, by #SarahMappsDouglass (American, 1806-82). From the Elizabeth Smith Friendship Album, held at Moorland Spingarn Research Center at Howard Univ; source, artherstory.net/visual-feast... #artherstory #womenartists #BlackHistoryMonth
Maybe one day I will spell Linnaeus right on the first try. Today is not that day.
January 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Maybe one day I will spell Linnaeus right on the first try. Today is not that day.
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Opening March 19 at the Ashmolean Museum -
In Bloom
How Plants Changed Our World
19 Mar – 16 Aug 2026
www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/i...
In Bloom
How Plants Changed Our World
19 Mar – 16 Aug 2026
www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/i...
IN BLOOM EXHIBITION
The stories behind some of Britain’s most beloved blooms – from roses and tulips to camellias and peonies.
www.ashmolean.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Opening March 19 at the Ashmolean Museum -
In Bloom
How Plants Changed Our World
19 Mar – 16 Aug 2026
www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/i...
In Bloom
How Plants Changed Our World
19 Mar – 16 Aug 2026
www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/i...
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Do you work on the history of the #zoo (and #HistNatHist) ? Then you simply have to apply for @sochistnathist.bsky.social Summer Meeting jointly organised with @zslofficial.bsky.social for their 200th anniversary.
Deadline for applications 6 February.
#AnimalHistory
Deadline for applications 6 February.
#AnimalHistory
🚨We have a SUPER exciting announcement!🚨
Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳
📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
Our next Summer Meeting will be at @zslofficial.bsky.social on the theme of The Zoological Society of London at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World 🥳
📅1-3 July 2026
🗺️Zoological Society of London
Find out how to submit 👇🏻
shnh.org.uk/all-events/c...
January 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Do you work on the history of the #zoo (and #HistNatHist) ? Then you simply have to apply for @sochistnathist.bsky.social Summer Meeting jointly organised with @zslofficial.bsky.social for their 200th anniversary.
Deadline for applications 6 February.
#AnimalHistory
Deadline for applications 6 February.
#AnimalHistory
I'm just a girl, sitting here asking authors to stop using SA as a minor plot device to characterize a woman as having a "hard life" or "difficult childhood." Especially when the book has NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE TOPICS.
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I'm just a girl, sitting here asking authors to stop using SA as a minor plot device to characterize a woman as having a "hard life" or "difficult childhood." Especially when the book has NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE TOPICS.
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They're murdering innocent Americans trying to practice their constitutional rights. Why? Because this regime has decided it's in the business of killing innocent Americans and then smearing their corpses.
That's the whole story.
That's the whole story.
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
They're murdering innocent Americans trying to practice their constitutional rights. Why? Because this regime has decided it's in the business of killing innocent Americans and then smearing their corpses.
That's the whole story.
That's the whole story.
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BHL holds 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Among them are all kinds of marvels, including "Marvels of the Universe", a lavishly illustrated early 20th-century celebration of astronomy, plants, animals, and the oceans. Explore it on BHL:
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
BHL holds 63 million pages of biodiversity knowledge. Among them are all kinds of marvels, including "Marvels of the Universe", a lavishly illustrated early 20th-century celebration of astronomy, plants, animals, and the oceans. Explore it on BHL:
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪
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"People are asking, many people, strong people with great cholesterol: 'Why doesn’t Trump own McDonaldland already?' I ask the same question."
Trump’s Letter to Mayor McCheese Demanding the Sale of McDonaldland
“In a text message over the weekend, President Trump told Jonas Gahr Store, Norway’s prime minister, that since being denied the Nobel Peace Prize,...
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January 22, 2026 at 3:20 AM
"People are asking, many people, strong people with great cholesterol: 'Why doesn’t Trump own McDonaldland already?' I ask the same question."
I can't help but read "Davos" as "Davros"--sounds about right on the evil scale, though.
January 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I can't help but read "Davos" as "Davros"--sounds about right on the evil scale, though.
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On 5 February, our symposium 'Exploring Queerness in Natural History' will look at engaging LGBTQ+ audiences in nature, the challenges of researching queer figures in the history of science, and supporting staff.
Tickets at buff.ly/Csfwc1U
Tickets at buff.ly/Csfwc1U
January 21, 2026 at 4:41 PM
On 5 February, our symposium 'Exploring Queerness in Natural History' will look at engaging LGBTQ+ audiences in nature, the challenges of researching queer figures in the history of science, and supporting staff.
Tickets at buff.ly/Csfwc1U
Tickets at buff.ly/Csfwc1U
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One of just 5 known self-portraits by Artemisia Gentileschi returns to the market
Uno dei soli cinque autoritratti conosciuti di Artemisia Gentileschi è tornato sul mercato - Il Giornale dell'Arte
Uno dei soli cinque autoritratti conosciuti di Artemisia Gentileschi è tornato sul mercato
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
One of just 5 known self-portraits by Artemisia Gentileschi returns to the market