Jonathan Westaway
@jonwestaway.bsky.social
Cultural and environmental historian/geographer. Mountain and polar regions. Cryohistories. Indigenous knowledge. Island Studies.
PL AHRC 'Other Everests' network.
uclan.academia.edu/JonathanWestaway
PL AHRC 'Other Everests' network.
uclan.academia.edu/JonathanWestaway
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@calmandfearless.bsky.social
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@calmandfearless.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@calmandfearless.bsky.social
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@calmandfearless.bsky.social
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@adambutterworth.bsky.social
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
New podcast! We talk to historian of science @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
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IMAGE SOURCE: James Baillie Fraser, Views in the Himala Mountains (1820) historyarchive.org/works/books/...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
IMAGE SOURCE: James Baillie Fraser, Views in the Himala Mountains (1820) historyarchive.org/works/books/...
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🚞❄️ Glaciers are melting fast, yet tourism to them is booming.
A new Nature Climate Change perspective examines the contradictions of #glacier #tourism, from “last-chance tourism” to glaciers as symbols of #climate grief & political action.
Worth a read.
📖 bit.ly/4ttMfM0
#OurChangingMountains
A new Nature Climate Change perspective examines the contradictions of #glacier #tourism, from “last-chance tourism” to glaciers as symbols of #climate grief & political action.
Worth a read.
📖 bit.ly/4ttMfM0
#OurChangingMountains
February 10, 2026 at 3:40 PM
🚞❄️ Glaciers are melting fast, yet tourism to them is booming.
A new Nature Climate Change perspective examines the contradictions of #glacier #tourism, from “last-chance tourism” to glaciers as symbols of #climate grief & political action.
Worth a read.
📖 bit.ly/4ttMfM0
#OurChangingMountains
A new Nature Climate Change perspective examines the contradictions of #glacier #tourism, from “last-chance tourism” to glaciers as symbols of #climate grief & political action.
Worth a read.
📖 bit.ly/4ttMfM0
#OurChangingMountains
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बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head”
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @icimod.bsky.social
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @icimod.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head”
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @icimod.bsky.social
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @icimod.bsky.social
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As ever, when sport is underway, we turn to the expertise of Sportfolio for that peak period in the 1890s when moustaches and sporting endeavour combined
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
As ever, when sport is underway, we turn to the expertise of Sportfolio for that peak period in the 1890s when moustaches and sporting endeavour combined
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
London skaters Hiam & Syers struck a pose in 1896, "despite...our climate" & the routine absence of snow
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CTC/...
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Read scholar Kamila Hladíková's review of "Ocean, as Much as Rain" by @woeser.bsky.social , published by @dukepress.bsky.social and OUT NOW!
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highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
“Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” By Tsering Woeser: Book Review by Kamila Hladíková
Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of “Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” by Tsering Woeser, published by Duke University Press, …
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February 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Read scholar Kamila Hladíková's review of "Ocean, as Much as Rain" by @woeser.bsky.social , published by @dukepress.bsky.social and OUT NOW!
highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
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New open-access book: 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢: 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki. Download it as PDF or Epub on our Environment & Society Portal. #EnvHum
Rural Transitions in Mongolia and Central Asia: Pastoralism, Wellbeing and Economic Relations
Full open-access volume Rural Transitions in Mongolia and Central Asia: Pastoralism, Wellbeing and Economic Relations (2026), edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki.
www.environmentandsociety.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
New open-access book: 𝘙𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢: 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, edited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, and Takahiro Ozaki. Download it as PDF or Epub on our Environment & Society Portal. #EnvHum
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February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Today on the JHI Blog, Bhadrajee Hewage follows the nineteenth-century rise and fall of the “Ceylonese Buddha,” an English bookseller’s theory of the Buddha’s Sri Lankan origins—revealing a broader effort to naturalize history through geography by fixing living traditions to verifiable sites.
The Bookseller and the Buddha: Error, Empire, and the Problem of Origins
by Bhadrajee Hewage
web.sas.upenn.edu
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Today on the JHI Blog, Bhadrajee Hewage follows the nineteenth-century rise and fall of the “Ceylonese Buddha,” an English bookseller’s theory of the Buddha’s Sri Lankan origins—revealing a broader effort to naturalize history through geography by fixing living traditions to verifiable sites.
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By the marvellous Dr Katie Meheux, who has been researching, writing and presenting on Gordon Childe's political history for years!
Join us tomorrow to hear about political entanglements of prehistorian Vere Gordon Childe and world famous writer George Orwell, beginning with Childe's inclusion by Orwell on a secret government list of suspected crypto-Communists and Communist sympathisers. www.sal.org.uk/event/orwell...
February 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
By the marvellous Dr Katie Meheux, who has been researching, writing and presenting on Gordon Childe's political history for years!
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What happens when you put experts, prescient topics, engaged audiences, and #maps together? A Map Room Conversation!
Our Area special section is now available #openaccess
#geography #skystorians 🗃️
Our Area special section is now available #openaccess
#geography #skystorians 🗃️
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the title to browse this issue
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February 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
What happens when you put experts, prescient topics, engaged audiences, and #maps together? A Map Room Conversation!
Our Area special section is now available #openaccess
#geography #skystorians 🗃️
Our Area special section is now available #openaccess
#geography #skystorians 🗃️
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Tibetan artists’ collective Khadhok, based in Dharamsala & named for ‘colour’, is gaining global attention for its vibrant community focused exhibitions, workshops and projects that are expanding how contemporary #Tibetan art is seen and valued: asia.nikkei.com/life-arts/ar...
Khadhok's rise signals a new chapter for Tibetan art
India-based collective elevates contemporary voices in Tibet and in exile
asia.nikkei.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Tibetan artists’ collective Khadhok, based in Dharamsala & named for ‘colour’, is gaining global attention for its vibrant community focused exhibitions, workshops and projects that are expanding how contemporary #Tibetan art is seen and valued: asia.nikkei.com/life-arts/ar...
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Nepali herders are being harassed, and have even been beaten in some cases, by Chinese troops on the Tibetan side of the border despite a 2012 bilateral deal allowing seasonal grazing of herds within 30 km on each other’s sides.
#Nepal
www.tibetanreview.net/chinese-troo...
#Nepal
www.tibetanreview.net/chinese-troo...
Chinese troops harass, beat Nepal’s livestock farmers despite 2012 border grazing deal - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Feb07’26) – Nepal’s communist leaders have been criticising the ongoing visit of a Tibetan Buddhist master on invitation from the country’s Buddhist community at a 10-day religious...
www.tibetanreview.net
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Nepali herders are being harassed, and have even been beaten in some cases, by Chinese troops on the Tibetan side of the border despite a 2012 bilateral deal allowing seasonal grazing of herds within 30 km on each other’s sides.
#Nepal
www.tibetanreview.net/chinese-troo...
#Nepal
www.tibetanreview.net/chinese-troo...
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2 new ahead-of-print articles live now! In 'The Fugitive Steppe', Jackie Erlon-Baurjan examines how Russian imperial ambitions to transform the Kazakh steppe between 1840 and 1914 were shaped by and in turn reshaped understandings of climate. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist
February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
2 new ahead-of-print articles live now! In 'The Fugitive Steppe', Jackie Erlon-Baurjan examines how Russian imperial ambitions to transform the Kazakh steppe between 1840 and 1914 were shaped by and in turn reshaped understandings of climate. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist
'Minneapolis is the historic heart of the American Indian Movement. It was founded in the Twin Cities in 1968 amid extraordinary levels of violence against the Native community committed by the Minneapolis Police Department...'
Members of the American Indian Movement and the Many Shields Warrior Society are patrolling the streets of Minneapolis.
Indigenous-Led Collectives Are Keeping Minnesotan Communities Safe From ICE
Members of the American Indian Movement and the Many Shields Warrior Society are patrolling the streets of Minneapolis.
buff.ly
February 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
'Minneapolis is the historic heart of the American Indian Movement. It was founded in the Twin Cities in 1968 amid extraordinary levels of violence against the Native community committed by the Minneapolis Police Department...'
February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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And more on the collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art research and digital reconstruction here. #Skystorians
February 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And more on the collaboration with the Glasgow School of Art research and digital reconstruction here. #Skystorians
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When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. He died a few weeks later. His story has never been told—until now.
The Forgotten Hero of the 1953 First Ascent of Mount Everest
When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. He died a few weeks later. His story has never been told—until now.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
When Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made history by reaching the summit, a courier named Ten Tsewang Sherpa ran 200 miles to Kathmandu to deliver the news. He died a few weeks later. His story has never been told—until now.
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Such a great book! What happens when this major indigenous religious carving gets moved from its local and embedded place to outside the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City? Issues we usually see in imperial art repatriation situations are seen here between the nation & the community.
Save 30% on #NewBook "The Absent Stone" by Sandra Rozental, which tells the story of the Piedra de los Tecomates, the largest stone monument in the Americas and the issues of cultural patrimony surrounding it. buff.ly/BNjptWC
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Such a great book! What happens when this major indigenous religious carving gets moved from its local and embedded place to outside the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Mexico City? Issues we usually see in imperial art repatriation situations are seen here between the nation & the community.
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After releasing five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos from immigration detention, DHS has moved to end asylum claims for his family.
Immigration lawyer Danielle Molliver described the DHS’s latest motion as “retaliatory.” trib.al/LREQFxm
Immigration lawyer Danielle Molliver described the DHS’s latest motion as “retaliatory.” trib.al/LREQFxm
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
After releasing five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos from immigration detention, DHS has moved to end asylum claims for his family.
Immigration lawyer Danielle Molliver described the DHS’s latest motion as “retaliatory.” trib.al/LREQFxm
Immigration lawyer Danielle Molliver described the DHS’s latest motion as “retaliatory.” trib.al/LREQFxm
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Latest podcast! We talk to Simone Kenyon, choreographer + artistic creator of the place-sensitive performance piece Into the Mountain, inspired by the lyrical & embodied prose of Nan Shepherd’s 1974 book. #Cairngorms
shorturl.at/ac6QE
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social @julianhoffman.bsky.social
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@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social @julianhoffman.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Latest podcast! We talk to Simone Kenyon, choreographer + artistic creator of the place-sensitive performance piece Into the Mountain, inspired by the lyrical & embodied prose of Nan Shepherd’s 1974 book. #Cairngorms
shorturl.at/ac6QE
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social @julianhoffman.bsky.social
shorturl.at/ac6QE
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social @julianhoffman.bsky.social
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बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head”
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@royalhistsoc.org @historyworkshop.org.uk
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@royalhistsoc.org @historyworkshop.org.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head”
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@royalhistsoc.org @historyworkshop.org.uk
An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv
Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s.
@royalhistsoc.org @historyworkshop.org.uk