Monica Vasile 🐾
@monicavasile.bsky.social
Environmental historian working on wildlife conservation, extinction & political ecology of forests. University of Oulu, Finland, since June 2025.
Former @MaastrichtUni & former RCC fellow
Former @MaastrichtUni & former RCC fellow
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Monica Vasile 🐾
@monicavasile.bsky.social
· Jun 26
When you research the history of #PrzewalskisHorse and your partner is a painter
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From The Christian Science Monitor 1983
January 29, 2026 at 1:18 PM
From The Christian Science Monitor 1983
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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!
In other news, end of panda diplomacy btw China and Japan 🐼 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#envhist #animalhistory
#envhist #animalhistory
Black and white and sent back over: end of panda diplomacy as Japan returns bears to China
The departure of pandas will leave legions of Japanese admirers bereft, but it is also symptomatic of a dramatic deterioration in China-Japan relations
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:15 PM
In other news, end of panda diplomacy btw China and Japan 🐼 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
#envhist #animalhistory
#envhist #animalhistory
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Good news on the #endangered #species front. Reintroduction of the Cascadian #frog in the #Sierra.
#environment #envhist @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
#environment #envhist @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
The fight to bring a lost species back to a California national park
"We need to be recovering them to places where they’ve been lost."
www.sfgate.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Good news on the #endangered #species front. Reintroduction of the Cascadian #frog in the #Sierra.
#environment #envhist @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
#environment #envhist @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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Check out Buckley T. Foster's review of Steve Kemp's "An Exaltation of Parks: John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Crusade to Save
America's Wonderlands," published in 2025 by @uofupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #nationalparks
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
America's Wonderlands," published in 2025 by @uofupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #nationalparks
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Check out Buckley T. Foster's review of Steve Kemp's "An Exaltation of Parks: John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Crusade to Save
America's Wonderlands," published in 2025 by @uofupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #nationalparks
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
America's Wonderlands," published in 2025 by @uofupress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #nationalparks
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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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!
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Currently reading the booklet “Housing for Wood Ducks,” published by the Illinois Natural History Survey (1953) and want to know more about the making, circulation, and use of natural history circulars from the mid cent. Any suggestions for readings/info on this topic? #envhist #histSTM
January 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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📚Thrilled to get my hard copy of the new #PoliticalEcology Handbook, expertly put together by @drjesshope.bsky.social @eliapos.bsky.social & @yolandaariadne.bsky.social A go-to resource to get the latest developments in the field⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
📚Thrilled to get my hard copy of the new #PoliticalEcology Handbook, expertly put together by @drjesshope.bsky.social @eliapos.bsky.social & @yolandaariadne.bsky.social A go-to resource to get the latest developments in the field⬇️
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Apparently, evidence indicates that #climatechange, not humans or something else, drove the woolly rhinoceros to #extinction. Clever science here. #envhist #Pleistocene @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino
Decoded genome of meat in pup’s stomach helps scientists build picture of what caused extinction of species
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Apparently, evidence indicates that #climatechange, not humans or something else, drove the woolly rhinoceros to #extinction. Clever science here. #envhist #Pleistocene @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Favorite student evaluation of the year so far:
"most of the lectures were actually relevant and/or interesting"
I take that as a win 🥰 #studentevals
"most of the lectures were actually relevant and/or interesting"
I take that as a win 🥰 #studentevals
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Favorite student evaluation of the year so far:
"most of the lectures were actually relevant and/or interesting"
I take that as a win 🥰 #studentevals
"most of the lectures were actually relevant and/or interesting"
I take that as a win 🥰 #studentevals
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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
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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Our early-career network is growing! Join us if you are interested in #EnvHist in or about Europe. You will then be added to our listserv and receive updates on events and opportunities, and you will also be able to contribute to the network. Send us a DM with your email to be added.
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 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our early-career network is growing! Join us if you are interested in #EnvHist in or about Europe. You will then be added to our listserv and receive updates on events and opportunities, and you will also be able to contribute to the network. Send us a DM with your email to be added.
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
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OUT NOW: Humanimalia 16.1 (2025), special issue on “Elephant (Research) Routes”, guest edited by Violette Pouillard and Marianna Szczygielska. 🐘🐘🐘
With essays on Babar, Avi, Ziggy, Arikomban, Kalloor Komban, Soorya, and Hansken, any many more!
Read it for free here: humanimalia.org/issue/view/1...
With essays on Babar, Avi, Ziggy, Arikomban, Kalloor Komban, Soorya, and Hansken, any many more!
Read it for free here: humanimalia.org/issue/view/1...
December 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
OUT NOW: Humanimalia 16.1 (2025), special issue on “Elephant (Research) Routes”, guest edited by Violette Pouillard and Marianna Szczygielska. 🐘🐘🐘
With essays on Babar, Avi, Ziggy, Arikomban, Kalloor Komban, Soorya, and Hansken, any many more!
Read it for free here: humanimalia.org/issue/view/1...
With essays on Babar, Avi, Ziggy, Arikomban, Kalloor Komban, Soorya, and Hansken, any many more!
Read it for free here: humanimalia.org/issue/view/1...
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Triggerfinger
On the Chair‘s Hiring Committee Service
Deadlines Are Forever
The PI Who Loved Me
License to Teams
A Peer Review to Kill
Qualtrix of Solace
Cite All
No Tenure Till You Die
On the Chair‘s Hiring Committee Service
Deadlines Are Forever
The PI Who Loved Me
License to Teams
A Peer Review to Kill
Qualtrix of Solace
Cite All
No Tenure Till You Die
Publish and Let Perish
December 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Triggerfinger
On the Chair‘s Hiring Committee Service
Deadlines Are Forever
The PI Who Loved Me
License to Teams
A Peer Review to Kill
Qualtrix of Solace
Cite All
No Tenure Till You Die
On the Chair‘s Hiring Committee Service
Deadlines Are Forever
The PI Who Loved Me
License to Teams
A Peer Review to Kill
Qualtrix of Solace
Cite All
No Tenure Till You Die
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York is talking pests, vermin, weeds and germs next april! If you know anyone interested in historical approaches to these maligned beings, please send them this CFP (or apply yourself!)
It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
York is talking pests, vermin, weeds and germs next april! If you know anyone interested in historical approaches to these maligned beings, please send them this CFP (or apply yourself!)
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Ending a turbulent year with something to look forward to.
In January, I’ll be starting a new NWO-funded project on intermediaries in postwar global environmental policymaking:
www.nwo.nl/en/projects/...
#envhist #histsci
In January, I’ll be starting a new NWO-funded project on intermediaries in postwar global environmental policymaking:
www.nwo.nl/en/projects/...
#envhist #histsci
Between field and fora: Non-Western gatekeepers in international environmental policymaking (1960s-1980s) | NWO
Status Starts shortly
www.nwo.nl
December 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Ending a turbulent year with something to look forward to.
In January, I’ll be starting a new NWO-funded project on intermediaries in postwar global environmental policymaking:
www.nwo.nl/en/projects/...
#envhist #histsci
In January, I’ll be starting a new NWO-funded project on intermediaries in postwar global environmental policymaking:
www.nwo.nl/en/projects/...
#envhist #histsci
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our letter in @theguardian.com on the rise of 'beaver bombing' and other illicit and unregulated species reintroductions in Britain and elsewhere.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The rise of ‘beaver bombing’ across Europe | Letter
Letter: Prof George Holmes and Gabriel Rowland say illicit releases need to be included in our conversations about which species belong in the UK, and who gets to decide this
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
our letter in @theguardian.com on the rise of 'beaver bombing' and other illicit and unregulated species reintroductions in Britain and elsewhere.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NiCHE partners with scholars working on projects in environmental history and adjacent fields, particularly when these projects include attention to northern North America.
niche-canada.org/2025/12/18/p...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog
niche-canada.org/2025/12/18/p...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog
Partner with NiCHE on Your Next Grant
The deadline for SSHRC Insight Development Grant applications is 2 February 2026. Have you thought about including a partnership with NiCHE? Our expertise and track-record can be especially helpful in...
niche-canada.org
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NiCHE partners with scholars working on projects in environmental history and adjacent fields, particularly when these projects include attention to northern North America.
niche-canada.org/2025/12/18/p...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog
niche-canada.org/2025/12/18/p...
#envhist #cdnhist #envhum #histgeog
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We are excited to share that the newest issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live! Three essays, a visual narrative, a short story, and an interview join forces to uncover missing pieces in our quest to understand human–environment interactions: springs-rcc.org
#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We are excited to share that the newest issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live! Three essays, a visual narrative, a short story, and an interview join forces to uncover missing pieces in our quest to understand human–environment interactions: springs-rcc.org
#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
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CfP: International Congress of the History of Technology, to take place in Alexandroupolis, Greece, on 8–11 October 2026.
Deadline: 31 January. icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr
#EnvHist #HistTech #STS
Deadline: 31 January. icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr
#EnvHist #HistTech #STS
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
CfP: International Congress of the History of Technology, to take place in Alexandroupolis, Greece, on 8–11 October 2026.
Deadline: 31 January. icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr
#EnvHist #HistTech #STS
Deadline: 31 January. icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr
#EnvHist #HistTech #STS
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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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Great short-format opportunity for busy early-career #EnvHist researchers!
Don't miss the chance to submit to Germinate!
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.
We're excited to read your work!
g-ehr.com/submit/
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.
We're excited to read your work!
g-ehr.com/submit/
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Great short-format opportunity for busy early-career #EnvHist researchers!
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Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Global Environment' 19.1 (2026), a special issue on 'Global Fat Resources' edited by Elena Kochetkova, Matthias Heymann and Ines Prodöhl; #openaccess thanks to the KOALA Consortium and all our subscribers! @globalenvironment.bsky.social #envhist #fat
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Global Environment' 19.1 (2026), a special issue on 'Global Fat Resources' edited by Elena Kochetkova, Matthias Heymann and Ines Prodöhl; #openaccess thanks to the KOALA Consortium and all our subscribers! @globalenvironment.bsky.social #envhist #fat
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Whenever I hear stories of "Canadian" animals spotted in the UK, I first wonder if they're the descendants of donated Canadian national park ones that escaped. It's happened.
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Whenever I hear stories of "Canadian" animals spotted in the UK, I first wonder if they're the descendants of donated Canadian national park ones that escaped. It's happened.
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....
Here are beaver heading to London, Eng, 1946. 2 died in the traps, another in transit. heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm....