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Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network
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Hello Bluesky! We are a network for research and teaching in Environmental Humanities at University of Edinburgh ๐ŸŒฑโœจ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿ›โ„๏ธ
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If you work at Edinburgh and have recently published new Environmental Humanities work, please tag us so we can share ๐ŸŒฟ
Read about some of the new publications and other research achievements by our members in 2025: blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN Research Celebration Post 2025 โ€“ EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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I have funding for a PhD student* to study a topic related to IP and plants/agriculture ๐ŸŒฑ

Applications close 21 January 2026

*sorry, the funding doesn't support international students. Only UK, Irish nationals or EU nationals with settled status in UK
law.qub.ac.uk/schools/Scho...
QUB / DfE-Funded Studentship - Regulating Plants and Agriculture | School of Law | Queen's University Belfast
The School of Law is delighted to announce a PhD studentship funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE).
law.qub.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A reminder of this event on 20th November:
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Coming up this Friday:
We are co-hosting an online event celebrating Joanna Macy's life and legacy on 14 November, with Sustainability in Education Research Group (SIERG) and organised by our member Glen Cousquer blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
Online event: celebrating Joanna Macyโ€™s Life and Legacy, November 14 โ€“ EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Big recommend for this series:
Fifth and final episode of Winter Well on air BBC Radio 4 today: how should we anticipate our winters yet to come?

Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Winter Well - Episode 5 - Winters of the Future - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Date for the diaries of followers in Edinburgh or nearby, all welcome:
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are co-hosting an online event celebrating Joanna Macy's life and legacy on 14 November, with Sustainability in Education Research Group (SIERG) and organised by our member Glen Cousquer blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
Online event: celebrating Joanna Macyโ€™s Life and Legacy, November 14 โ€“ EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
EEHN will be hosting a joint reading group with @critiquecentre.bsky.social about Richard Healey and Angie Pepper's article 'Pets, Power and Legitimacy' on 20 November critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/pets-power-a...
Pets, Power, and Legitimacy โ€“ CRITIQUE-EEHN Reading Group (20th Nov)
Thursday 20th November 2025, 4-5:30pm Chrystal Macmillan Building room 3.15 Reading Group โ€“ All welcome CRITIQUE and the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network are holding a joint reading group se...
critique.sps.ed.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This already fairly quiet account is on hiatus over the summer. We will be back in September with plans for the new year. Please email if you need us! ๐ŸŒฑ
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes in Fiction and Biography are the UK's oldest literary prizes, founded in 1919 at University of Edinburgh by Janet Coats Black.
June 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This year's James Tait Black Prize for Fiction went to Lucas Rijneveld's My Heavenly Favourite, translated by Michele Hutchison. A book of great interest to animal and environmental scholars: www.ed.ac.uk/news/transla...
Translated works win UKโ€™s oldest book awards
A portrait of obsessive desire and a lushly illustrated elegy for the lost identity of the Arab world have won the UKโ€™s longest-running literary awards.
www.ed.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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We recently welcomed 21 new members to Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, after a call for applications. Read about their work here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN welcomes new members โ€“ EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ina will be giving a talk about her work at IASH tomorrow (4 June). Details here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-ina...
June 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ina Linge (Exeter) joined us this month as EEHN-IASH Visiting Fellow. Ina will be here until the end of June, working on her AHRC Catalyst-funded project, โ€˜Queer Natures: Animals, Environment and Modern Sexual Knowledge Production (1860s to 1930s and today)โ€™ blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN-IASH Visiting Fellow: Dr Ina Linge โ€“ EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We recently welcomed 21 new members to Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, after a call for applications. Read about their work here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN welcomes new members โ€“ EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Spotted: our member @david-farrier.bsky.social's new book Nature's Genius in @argonautbooks.bsky.social!
May 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We're looking forward to welcoming guests from @seisydney.bsky.social next week for a joint workshop on ecological transformations. Hoping the sunny weather will stay with us! ๐ŸŒž
May 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
some Edinburgh sights from a sunny weekend ๐ŸŒž
April 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This isn't environmental humanities-specific, but may be of interest to our followers! Open to researchers from any ODA-recipient country, working on arts, humanities or social sciences topics within the British Council's remit (more info on the link)
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The 2026 British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowship is now open for applications!

Two 13-month Fellowships are available, Jan-Dec 2026 at ยฃ2,500 per month.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/british...
British Council Fellowships for 2026 | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Somehow TOMORROW is the LAST seminar in the series! Do join us to cap off the seminar series, with papers on BP and the aesthetics of labour. Eventbrite is closing imminently, but feel free to email me directly for a meeting link.
Following last week's symposium on BP, petroculture and the cultural imaginary, @malcolmcook76.bsky.social and myself are thrilled to announce a follow-up seminar series! Full programme and free registration to all four events here: tinyurl.com/oily25

Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
April 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We're looking forward to welcoming Ina Linge next week as our second @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow of 2024-25. Ina will be working on a project about nature and sexuality in late 19/early 20c German arts, science and culture: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-i...
Dr Ina Linge | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We've appreciated having Brittany Mechรฉ here for the past few months as @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow. Brittany has been working on a fantastic project about arid lands and empire in West Africa www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-b...
Dr Brittany Mechรฉ | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Forgot to do alt text! Image shows ridged landscape covered in yellow bushes, blue sky with some clouds in background
April 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The gorse is out in Holyrood Park
April 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM