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News from the European Society for Environmental History. http://www.eseh.org
Next conference in Uppsala, 18–22 August 2025.
Also check out https://bsky.app/profile/esehnextgate.bsky.social
Next conference in Uppsala, 18–22 August 2025.
Also check out https://bsky.app/profile/esehnextgate.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Netta Cohen, whose monograph 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯: 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 is the winner of the 2025 Turku Book Award. Read the full motivation here: eseh.org/turku-book-a...
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CFP with short deadline: "Beyond Governance
Terraformings and Other Arts of Cohabiting and Care"
Submissions by early-career scholars welcome.
#EnvHist #EnvHum
Terraformings and Other Arts of Cohabiting and Care"
Submissions by early-career scholars welcome.
#EnvHist #EnvHum
Beyond Governance
Terraformings and Other Arts of Cohabiting and Care
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January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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There is still time to register for tomorrow's seminar: Yunting Gu (28th Jan, 3-4, CET) Disputing the lacquer tree: Visual Evidence and Global Knowledge in the Early Modern World. Zoom link: instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se instructingnaturalhistory.com/events/yunti...
#skystorians #envhist #museums
#skystorians #envhist #museums
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 PM
There is still time to register for tomorrow's seminar: Yunting Gu (28th Jan, 3-4, CET) Disputing the lacquer tree: Visual Evidence and Global Knowledge in the Early Modern World. Zoom link: instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se instructingnaturalhistory.com/events/yunti...
#skystorians #envhist #museums
#skystorians #envhist #museums
Our Asian sister organization apparently had a fantastic conference in Japan last year!
How is environmental history doing in Asia? It's thriving! Read Mu Cao's beautiful account of the Asian Association for Environmental History (AAEH) conference in Japan last year.
AAEH is a biennial conference, so keep an eye out for the next one in 2027!
#envhist #envhum #history
AAEH is a biennial conference, so keep an eye out for the next one in 2027!
#envhist #envhum #history
A Classroom Called the Inland Sea: The 2025 AAEH Conference — ICEHO
The First Biennial Conference of the Asian Association for Environmental History took place in Japan in the fall of 2025.
www.iceho.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Our Asian sister organization apparently had a fantastic conference in Japan last year!
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A reminder about our online free book talk with @kbruisch.bsky.social tomorrow!
Join us to hear about Burning Swamps.
#envhist #envhum
Join us to hear about Burning Swamps.
#envhist #envhum
Monday, 26 January 2026, at 16:00 CET / 15:00 GMT:
Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social, Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025) .
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social, Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia’s Fossil Economy (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025) .
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
A reminder about our online free book talk with @kbruisch.bsky.social tomorrow!
Join us to hear about Burning Swamps.
#envhist #envhum
Join us to hear about Burning Swamps.
#envhist #envhum
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Apply to this fantastic workshop by 31 January!
There's still just over two weeks left to apply to our workshop exploring historical approaches to non-human life.
It will take place on 9-10th April 2026, and aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary divides.
PGR and ECR support available thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!
It will take place on 9-10th April 2026, and aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary divides.
PGR and ECR support available thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!
January 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Apply to this fantastic workshop by 31 January!
Postdocs, PhD candidates, and students interested in environmental history, make sure to join our early-career network to learn about new opportunities and conferences around Europe! #EnvHist #EnvHum
Join our new Early-Career #EnvHist Network! We have created a listserv for opportunities related to environmental history (broadly conceived), and we welcome students, PhD candidates and post-docs interested in what happens in Europe. To join, send us a Private Message.
Members can also contribute!
Members can also contribute!
January 19, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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We're delighted to welcome Dr. Leona Watson (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) as Editor of 'Environment and History'. Huge thanks to outgoing Editor, Dr. David Moon (@york.ac.uk), for his excellent work over the last few years. We look forward to seeing what's next for @eandhwhp.bsky.social! #envhist
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
We're delighted to welcome Dr. Leona Watson (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) as Editor of 'Environment and History'. Huge thanks to outgoing Editor, Dr. David Moon (@york.ac.uk), for his excellent work over the last few years. We look forward to seeing what's next for @eandhwhp.bsky.social! #envhist
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Environment and History Vol. 32, no. 1 is out now! This issue includes new research articles, snapshots, book reviews, and the @eseh.bsky.social notepad. Subscribers can read here liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32/1 🗃️ #envhist
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Environment and History Vol. 32, no. 1 is out now! This issue includes new research articles, snapshots, book reviews, and the @eseh.bsky.social notepad. Subscribers can read here liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32/1 🗃️ #envhist
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The @greenhouseuis.net is slowly awaking from hibernation and is starting off the year with book talks by @issygapp.bsky.social and @kbruisch.bsky.social (as always online and open to all) and a special event to celebrate the Gad Rausing Prize 2025 awarded to @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
#envhum
#envhum
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The @greenhouseuis.net is slowly awaking from hibernation and is starting off the year with book talks by @issygapp.bsky.social and @kbruisch.bsky.social (as always online and open to all) and a special event to celebrate the Gad Rausing Prize 2025 awarded to @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
#envhum
#envhum
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CFP 📢 Join us for a panel on conservation histories for the European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social If you're interested, email @georgeholmes.bsky.social or me with an abstract by Feb 9.
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
January 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
CFP 📢 Join us for a panel on conservation histories for the European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social If you're interested, email @georgeholmes.bsky.social or me with an abstract by Feb 9.
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
#envhist #histsci #animalhist
#conservationhumanities
Join the European Society for Environmental History! We are our members, and with a modest yearly fee (25 or 10 €) you will contribute to the community and our next conference. And there are benefits! You can also help by spreading the word! Read more here:
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#EnvHist #EnvHum
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#EnvHist #EnvHum
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Join the European Society for Environmental History! We are our members, and with a modest yearly fee (25 or 10 €) you will contribute to the community and our next conference. And there are benefits! You can also help by spreading the word! Read more here:
eseh.org/membership/h...
#EnvHist #EnvHum
eseh.org/membership/h...
#EnvHist #EnvHum
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We're pleased to report that Tim Soens' 2013 article 'Flood Security in the Medieval and Early Modern North Sea Area: A Question of Entitlement?' is now #openaccess, thanks to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. You can read the piece here: www.doi.org/10.3197/0967... #envhist #northsea @eandhwhp.bsky.social
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January 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
We're pleased to report that Tim Soens' 2013 article 'Flood Security in the Medieval and Early Modern North Sea Area: A Question of Entitlement?' is now #openaccess, thanks to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. You can read the piece here: www.doi.org/10.3197/0967... #envhist #northsea @eandhwhp.bsky.social
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For the New Year, we're running a SALE of 25% off all books on our site. Use code WHP2026NY on anything listed here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... || Thanks to M. Johnson for painting these aconites, blossoming near Cambridge even in deep midwinter. #envhist #envhum #pastorialism #plantstudies
January 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
For the New Year, we're running a SALE of 25% off all books on our site. Use code WHP2026NY on anything listed here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... || Thanks to M. Johnson for painting these aconites, blossoming near Cambridge even in deep midwinter. #envhist #envhum #pastorialism #plantstudies
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Great news to start off 2026: Audio versions of all episodes of the Greenhouse #envhum book talks -- that's 188 episodes! -- are now available for you to listen to.
Audio feed you can subscribe to: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
(also available via many standard podcast listening services)
Audio feed you can subscribe to: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
(also available via many standard podcast listening services)
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Great news to start off 2026: Audio versions of all episodes of the Greenhouse #envhum book talks -- that's 188 episodes! -- are now available for you to listen to.
Audio feed you can subscribe to: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
(also available via many standard podcast listening services)
Audio feed you can subscribe to: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
(also available via many standard podcast listening services)
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“Environmental history has grown broader, more porous, more ambitious—and, crucially, more willing to experiment with forms of knowledge that sit beyond the archive.” - @wildpasts.bsky.social & Marco Armiero
Read more on our website: www.iceho.org/news/2025/12...
#envhist
Read more on our website: www.iceho.org/news/2025/12...
#envhist
January 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
“Environmental history has grown broader, more porous, more ambitious—and, crucially, more willing to experiment with forms of knowledge that sit beyond the archive.” - @wildpasts.bsky.social & Marco Armiero
Read more on our website: www.iceho.org/news/2025/12...
#envhist
Read more on our website: www.iceho.org/news/2025/12...
#envhist
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#CFP: “Historical Maritime Ecologies” for the NASOH conference. Panel organized by Derek Lee Nelson, Adam Sundberg & Brooke Grasberger.
Deadline: 15 January 2026
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Conf link: nasoh.org/conferences
#envhum #envhist #bluehum @estuaryharbour.bsky.social
Deadline: 15 January 2026
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Conf link: nasoh.org/conferences
#envhum #envhist #bluehum @estuaryharbour.bsky.social
Call for Panelists: Panel on “Historical Maritime Ecologies” at NASOH | H-Net
Dear colleagues,We’re looking for panelists whose research centers the history of mutually-influential relationships between humans and non-humans in maritime spaces. We are organizing a panel tentati...
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January 2, 2026 at 10:03 AM
#CFP: “Historical Maritime Ecologies” for the NASOH conference. Panel organized by Derek Lee Nelson, Adam Sundberg & Brooke Grasberger.
Deadline: 15 January 2026
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Conf link: nasoh.org/conferences
#envhum #envhist #bluehum @estuaryharbour.bsky.social
Deadline: 15 January 2026
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Conf link: nasoh.org/conferences
#envhum #envhist #bluehum @estuaryharbour.bsky.social
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Join us! We are the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations and we hope to expand our reach and representation in 2026. We consist of ssociations, networks, centers, institutions, publishers, and journals. Check out the page below to see our current members. #EnvHist
Members — ICEHO
www.iceho.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Join us! We are the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations and we hope to expand our reach and representation in 2026. We consist of ssociations, networks, centers, institutions, publishers, and journals. Check out the page below to see our current members. #EnvHist
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We've added a new post to our blog, by Björn Billing on 'Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period'; read it here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/22/v... #envhist @eandhwhp.bsky.social #iceberg #arctic
Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period
Today’s blog by Björn Billing introduces his recent article in Environment and History (online first, December 2025), Visualising Icebergs: Early Modern Depictions, ca 1570–1770 and shows how…
whitehorsepress.blog
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We've added a new post to our blog, by Björn Billing on 'Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period'; read it here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/22/v... #envhist @eandhwhp.bsky.social #iceberg #arctic
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Music, materials, weather and climate - a great story about a set of organ record books from the 1960s to now. Are there older ones? When did recording temperature and humidity become a common part of the tuner's practice? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #histSTM #envhist
Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate
Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Music, materials, weather and climate - a great story about a set of organ record books from the 1960s to now. Are there older ones? When did recording temperature and humidity become a common part of the tuner's practice? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #histSTM #envhist
ESEH Vice-President Sandra Swart and former ESEH President Marco Armiero have written a great summary of our last conference in Uppsala, Sweden!
#envhist @wildpasts.bsky.social
#envhist @wildpasts.bsky.social
ICEHO's Sandra Swart and Marco Armiero have co-written a fantastic conference report for ESEH 2025! With 550 #EnvHist scholars from around the world, the hometown of Carl Linnaeus became a site for thinking about the importance of the past like never before.
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
ESEH 2025: A Conference to Remember — ICEHO
The 2025 ESEH Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, was a huge success. Read ICEHO’s Sandra Swart’s and Marco Armiero’s summary.
www.iceho.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
ESEH Vice-President Sandra Swart and former ESEH President Marco Armiero have written a great summary of our last conference in Uppsala, Sweden!
#envhist @wildpasts.bsky.social
#envhist @wildpasts.bsky.social
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Had a blast with Marco remembering how much fun we had with @eseh.bsky.social and some of you get sneaky mentions!
ICEHO's Sandra Swart and Marco Armiero have co-written a fantastic conference report for ESEH 2025! With 550 #EnvHist scholars from around the world, the hometown of Carl Linnaeus became a site for thinking about the importance of the past like never before.
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
ESEH 2025: A Conference to Remember — ICEHO
The 2025 ESEH Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, was a huge success. Read ICEHO’s Sandra Swart’s and Marco Armiero’s summary.
www.iceho.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Had a blast with Marco remembering how much fun we had with @eseh.bsky.social and some of you get sneaky mentions!
📢 JOB: PhD student / research position at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
📌 The position is a part of the project “Understanding the Collapse of the System: Crisis and reconstruction of socio-ecological systems in pre-modern Brandenburg and Greater Poland”, directed by Adam Izdebski
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📌 The position is a part of the project “Understanding the Collapse of the System: Crisis and reconstruction of socio-ecological systems in pre-modern Brandenburg and Greater Poland”, directed by Adam Izdebski
#Envhist
Scholar / PhD students - competition for the project OPUS LAP " Understanding the collapse of the system: crisis and reconstruction of the socio-ecological systems of pre-modern Brandenburg and Greate...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📢 JOB: PhD student / research position at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
📌 The position is a part of the project “Understanding the Collapse of the System: Crisis and reconstruction of socio-ecological systems in pre-modern Brandenburg and Greater Poland”, directed by Adam Izdebski
#Envhist
📌 The position is a part of the project “Understanding the Collapse of the System: Crisis and reconstruction of socio-ecological systems in pre-modern Brandenburg and Greater Poland”, directed by Adam Izdebski
#Envhist
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#CFP: "Cattle Commodification in Global History: Capitalism, Science and Empire". International Workshop, Ghent University, 3-5 June 2026.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2026
Info: cattlefrontiers.eu/workshop-cat...
#envhum #envhist #agriculture #environment #hstm #histsci
Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2026
Info: cattlefrontiers.eu/workshop-cat...
#envhum #envhist #agriculture #environment #hstm #histsci
Cattle Commodification in Global History - International Workshop
Call for Papers - CATTLEFRONTIERS International Workshop, 3-5 June, Ghent University
cattlefrontiers.eu
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#CFP: "Cattle Commodification in Global History: Capitalism, Science and Empire". International Workshop, Ghent University, 3-5 June 2026.
Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2026
Info: cattlefrontiers.eu/workshop-cat...
#envhum #envhist #agriculture #environment #hstm #histsci
Deadline for abstracts: 23 January 2026
Info: cattlefrontiers.eu/workshop-cat...
#envhum #envhist #agriculture #environment #hstm #histsci
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New #Speak4Nature essay by 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡, director of the Rachel Carson Center. Originally published in 2024, this Spanish-language article tells the story of Rachel Carson's ground-breaking 1962 book. Read it here for free: www.fuhem.es/wp-content/u...
#EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson
#EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
New #Speak4Nature essay by 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡, director of the Rachel Carson Center. Originally published in 2024, this Spanish-language article tells the story of Rachel Carson's ground-breaking 1962 book. Read it here for free: www.fuhem.es/wp-content/u...
#EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson
#EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson