Katja Bruisch
@kbruisch.bsky.social
Environmental historian, Trinity College Dublin. Author of "Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy" (CUP 2025) & "Als das Dorf noch Zukunft war: Agrarismus und Expertise zwischen Zarenreich und Sowjetunion" (Böhlau 2014).
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Katja Bruisch
@kbruisch.bsky.social
· Sep 25
📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5
#envhist #energysky
#envhist #energysky
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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
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On advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*
Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t
doi.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
On advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Wow. What an incredible find!!! This one here is perfect for my upcoming class on Soviet environmentalism - "Global ecological problems" from 1987 produced for Soviet 10th graders
February 6, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Wow. What an incredible find!!! This one here is perfect for my upcoming class on Soviet environmentalism - "Global ecological problems" from 1987 produced for Soviet 10th graders
Preparing a lecture thinking the visual literature review should be recognized as a genre
January 31, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Preparing a lecture thinking the visual literature review should be recognized as a genre
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A few of us got together for a forum on degrowth in
@envirohistory.bsky.social. Here is my bit: "It's the Economy Stupid." And check out the entries from
@fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social, and
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
@envirohistory.bsky.social. Here is my bit: "It's the Economy Stupid." And check out the entries from
@fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social, and
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
It’s the Economy, Stupid | Environmental History: Vol 31, No 1
www.journals.uchicago.edu
January 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A few of us got together for a forum on degrowth in
@envirohistory.bsky.social. Here is my bit: "It's the Economy Stupid." And check out the entries from
@fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social, and
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
@envirohistory.bsky.social. Here is my bit: "It's the Economy Stupid." And check out the entries from
@fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social, and
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In case we thought that ecological disasters were a special talent of modernity, let’s talk about how the 13th-century peat trade of Norfolk made it permanently vulnerable to flooding, including 3 catastrophic floods just since 2013.
#medievalstorytime
#medievalstorytime
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An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class will be published by Verso in October!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class will be published by Verso in October!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
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Our book is out today! 🎉
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
Cultural Landscapes of Energy: Constructing Histories of Power, Prosperity, and Decline in Europe
This volume explores the contested heritage of landscapes impacted by energy production. It offers a comparative perspective across Europe on different energy resources and reveals the hidden historie...
www.routledge.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Our book is out today! 🎉
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
"Cultural Landscapes of Energy" adds a historical perspective to current debates on energy transition by bringing together conflicting histories around work, habitation and leisure in landscapes impacted by energy production across Europe.
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what do we talk about when we talk about energy? my answer features (among many others) adorno, bogdanov, and the austrian communist wilhelm frank, who experimented with national exergy balances in the 1950s. out april 2026.
January 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM
what do we talk about when we talk about energy? my answer features (among many others) adorno, bogdanov, and the austrian communist wilhelm frank, who experimented with national exergy balances in the 1950s. out april 2026.
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New paper in CNS:
'Cold War Ecology. Socialist Environmental Reflexivities from the “Club of Moscow” to Harich's “Degrowth Communism” in the GDR'
This link gives full access ⤵️
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNGYF...
An illustrated thread Part 1 ⬇️
'Cold War Ecology. Socialist Environmental Reflexivities from the “Club of Moscow” to Harich's “Degrowth Communism” in the GDR'
This link gives full access ⤵️
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNGYF...
An illustrated thread Part 1 ⬇️
January 27, 2026 at 5:19 PM
New paper in CNS:
'Cold War Ecology. Socialist Environmental Reflexivities from the “Club of Moscow” to Harich's “Degrowth Communism” in the GDR'
This link gives full access ⤵️
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNGYF...
An illustrated thread Part 1 ⬇️
'Cold War Ecology. Socialist Environmental Reflexivities from the “Club of Moscow” to Harich's “Degrowth Communism” in the GDR'
This link gives full access ⤵️
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VNGYF...
An illustrated thread Part 1 ⬇️
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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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New article of mine, "Ecosocialism and Critical Agrarian Studies," is now available for free in The Journal of Peasant Studies!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ecosocialism and critical agrarian studies
This paper reconstructs Karl Marx’s evolving vision of communism through ecological, agrarian, and decolonial debates. While early Marx was shaped by the trinity of productivism, Eurocentrism, and ...
www.tandfonline.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:31 AM
New article of mine, "Ecosocialism and Critical Agrarian Studies," is now available for free in The Journal of Peasant Studies!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Jorge Riechmann es un filósofo, poeta y matemático que ha influido e influye en varias generaciones de ecologistas. Tengo la suerte de que también ha leído y recomendado "La guerra por la energía: Poder, imperios y crisis ecológica", que estará en librerías la semana que viene:
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Jorge Riechmann es un filósofo, poeta y matemático que ha influido e influye en varias generaciones de ecologistas. Tengo la suerte de que también ha leído y recomendado "La guerra por la energía: Poder, imperios y crisis ecológica", que estará en librerías la semana que viene:
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Published in the January 2026 issue!
"A Tall Order: Baku and the Battle for Soviet Oil Exports, 1920–1929"
Jonathan Sicotte
doi.org/10.1111/russ...
"A Tall Order: Baku and the Battle for Soviet Oil Exports, 1920–1929"
Jonathan Sicotte
doi.org/10.1111/russ...
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Published in the January 2026 issue!
"A Tall Order: Baku and the Battle for Soviet Oil Exports, 1920–1929"
Jonathan Sicotte
doi.org/10.1111/russ...
"A Tall Order: Baku and the Battle for Soviet Oil Exports, 1920–1929"
Jonathan Sicotte
doi.org/10.1111/russ...
Our term has started and we've got another round of great Environmental History Research Seminars scheduled in Dublin. Come and join us!
Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for supporting and hosting the series!
#envhist @historytcd.bsky.social
👇
Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for supporting and hosting the series!
#envhist @historytcd.bsky.social
👇
January 19, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Our term has started and we've got another round of great Environmental History Research Seminars scheduled in Dublin. Come and join us!
Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for supporting and hosting the series!
#envhist @historytcd.bsky.social
👇
Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for supporting and hosting the series!
#envhist @historytcd.bsky.social
👇
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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!
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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!
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An epidemic of workforce demoralization? "Intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity. We could even see a reverse ‘productivity J-curve’: short-term productivity gains rapidly overwhelmed by a deterioration in labour quality" newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Cédric Durand, After AI — Sidecar
Legacies of the bubble.
newleftreview.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
An epidemic of workforce demoralization? "Intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity. We could even see a reverse ‘productivity J-curve’: short-term productivity gains rapidly overwhelmed by a deterioration in labour quality" newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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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 5, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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...
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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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ICYMI: Andrew Demshuk's "The Filthiest Village in Europe
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
January 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
ICYMI: Andrew Demshuk's "The Filthiest Village in Europe
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
Grassroots Ecology and the Collapse of East Germany" is now shipping! What great news for a Friday!
Check it out and order yours at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501.... I'll wait...
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For the JHI Blog's Forum on political economy, Véronique Mickisch critiques the continued association of "Marxism in practice” with the First Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union and raises the need to recover the work of Marxist thinkers violently suppressed during the Stalinist purges of the 1930s.
The First Five-Year Plan, Stalinism, and the Fate of Marxist Political Economy in the USSR
Véronique Mickisch
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
web.sas.upenn.edu
January 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
For the JHI Blog's Forum on political economy, Véronique Mickisch critiques the continued association of "Marxism in practice” with the First Five-Year Plan in the Soviet Union and raises the need to recover the work of Marxist thinkers violently suppressed during the Stalinist purges of the 1930s.
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This wednesday, @kbruisch.bsky.social will present and discuss her book "Burning Swamps" with Jan Zofka @leibnizgwzo.bsky.social. It tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia's industrialisation and electrification, moving beyond familiar narratives dominated by coal, oil & gas.
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
This wednesday, @kbruisch.bsky.social will present and discuss her book "Burning Swamps" with Jan Zofka @leibnizgwzo.bsky.social. It tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia's industrialisation and electrification, moving beyond familiar narratives dominated by coal, oil & gas.
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Join us on Monday 15 Dec at 5 pm for Svitlana Matviyenko’s talk, Ecologies of War, exploring how environments become targets and tools in the war against Ukraine.
A collaboration with the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies, and @tlrhub.bsky.social
A collaboration with the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies, and @tlrhub.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Join us on Monday 15 Dec at 5 pm for Svitlana Matviyenko’s talk, Ecologies of War, exploring how environments become targets and tools in the war against Ukraine.
A collaboration with the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies, and @tlrhub.bsky.social
A collaboration with the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies, and @tlrhub.bsky.social