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Dolly Jørgensen

Dolly Jørgensen

@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social

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Environmental historian. Professor Univ of Stavanger. Co-director Greenhouse Center for #envhum. Extinction; animal history.
Books: The Medieval Pig (2024) & Ghosts Behind Glass (2025)
https://dolly.jorgensenweb.net/

Dolly Jørgensen is Professor of History at University of Stavanger, Norway and co-editor in Chief of Environmental Humanities. She served as president of the European Society for Environmental History, 2013–2017. Her research ranges from medieval to contemporary environmental issues, approached through environmental history, history of technology, and environmental humanities perspectives. Her primary areas of interest are human-animal relations, the urban environment, and environmental policymaking. Her research has been covered in media such as The New Yorker and Bioscience. She holds a PhD in History from University of Virginia (2008), a MA in history from University of Houston (2003), and a BA in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University (1994). .. more

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 8d

2026 in #museums thread set to begin!
Will update this space with museums I see this year. Often these will cover special exhibits, but I’ll delve into regular collections too.

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 3h

2026 in museums 4: Arctic fever, Thomas Fisher
Rare Book Library (not a museum but still GLAM), Toronto, Canada.
Book-based exhibition on desires to “tame” the Arctic, whether through expedition, science, or imperialism (often indistinguishable). Loved the peep show pop-up of whaling in Spitsbergen.

Poster with linograph of whale tail

Peep show of whaling

Above: Nansen’s farthest north book with golden letters on cover
Below: Nansen’s farthest north flyer with a polar bear on cover

Above: open book with Sami line drawings
Below: two open books with drawings of indigenous Arctic peoples in colorful outfits

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Camellia Tea Ceremony @camelliakyoto.bsky.social · 6h

Offering colour at winter's end, it was believed that daffodils, camellias, wintersweet and Japanese apricots were at their most fragrant when it snowed.

Collectively known as the '4 Friends of the Snow', the 'setchū-no-shiyū' (雪中四友) were a popular subject for Chinese painters.

Fallen camellias sit in the moss below a field of weeping plum trees at Jonan-gu.

Nao-san enjoying the plum blossoms in the Imperial Palace park.

Camellia flowers peek out from the snow.

Nao-san enjoys a matcha beneath the ume blossoms at Kitano Tenmangu.

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 16h

Our Winter Olympics & Their Environments series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social and M. Blake Butler, begins today with "The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins" by @finnarne.me

niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...

#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory

The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins

Lillehammer’s “Green Games” housing created high-energy cabin villages, reshaping Norwegian leisure culture while undermining long-term sustainability goals.

niche-canada.org

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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · 17h

So pleased to have an essay in the latest issue of Configurations! It's called, "Stories of Arctic Crisis and Alaskan Mammoths: Neocolonial and Anticolonial Approaches to De-Extinction and Rewilding."

muse.jhu.edu/issue/56326

#mammoth, #Alaska, #neocolonialism, #woodbison, #colossal

Herd of large, brown woolly mammoths walking out of a forest into a snowy clearing.

Reposted by Dolly Jørgensen

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 18h

Congratulations to Agricultural History on the publication of Volume 100, Number 1. View the full TOC: buff.ly/yrsABY9

Learn more about the Journal of the Agricultural History Association: buff.ly/mXd9JS0

Agricultural History journal cover showing empty livestock stalls in a bright white interior Volume 100 Number 1 February 2026

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 18h

Four studies of mules, c. 1630-40
Claude Lorrain (British Museum)

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 18h

Interesting new #OpenAccess #envhum collection :
Unserious Ecocriticism: Humor, Play & Environmental Destruction in Art & Visual Culture

www.jstor.org/stable/10.39...

Cover of book unserious Ecocriticism with someone in a blow up pink flamingo

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 19h

I might not care one bit about watching the winter olympics, but I have a new #envhist #energyhistory piece out in @nichecanada.bsky.social on how the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic media village built on Norwegian cabin traditions - and transformed them after the games. niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...

The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins

Lillehammer’s “Green Games” housing created high-energy cabin villages, reshaping Norwegian leisure culture while undermining long-term sustainability goals.

niche-canada.org

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 20h

Headed over to UK for a week of giving talks on encountering extinction in museum.
Did you know that if you are in UK, you can order Ghosts Behind Glass from uk.bookshop.org for only £16?!?

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...

Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums

Encountering Extinction in Museums

uk.bookshop.org

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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 21h

Some mudlarking finds survived for centuries in the muddy banks of the River Thames. Others are freshly baked tasty snacks. 🍪

This biscuit (cookie) set recreates ten of the 350+ mudlarked objects in London Museum's Secrets of the Thames exhibition.

The exhibition closes on 1 March. Don’t miss it!

Laid out against a dark grey background are ten biscuits that resemble aged, chipped mudlarking finds. An oval biscuit in a rich, dark green looks like the seal of a glass bottle, and features a raised characterful face at its centre. Next to it is an unevenly shaped black biscuit with grey chips and the raised shape of a hare’s face, ears, and upper legs. There are two large biscuits with jagged edges, each decorated in blue and white to look like broken pieces of delftware plates. One features the shape of a small bird surrounded by swirling lines, the other has a series of concentric circles and curved shapes. A small biscuit with a multifaceted texture replicates a knapped flint arrowhead. Next to it are a tiny hammer-shaped biscuit in pewter with delicate cross markings, and a very small gold biscuit button etched with lines, circles, and a rough star shape. The smallest biscuit is made to look like a yellow glass cufflink with decorative circles in blue, white, and red. Another small biscuit has the appearance of an aged metal button edged with decorative white and turquoise dots. Finally, there is a small angular biscuit in a terracotta colour with raised lines roughly in the shape of two intwined figures.

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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 2d

Mourn the species declared extinct in 2025 -- then fight like hell to prevent other plants and animals from the same fate. https://therevelator.org/extinct-2025/

Rocket Frog, Damselfish, and Bandicoots: The Species Declared Extinct in 2025 • The Revelator

This year’s list includes a notable extinction caused by climate change — and several caused by introduced predators.

therevelator.org

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John MacNeill Miller @snarlsdickens.bsky.social · 2d

Very proud of my former student and his amazing article on the environmental politics of field guides (published in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment)!

#envhist #envhum

Seeing the World Anew: Allegheny Student Publishes Research on Field Guides and Environmental Awareness

When Allegheny College student Milo Watson ’26 first flipped through a field guide, he didn’t expect it would lead to a published peer-reviewed research paper. A few years later, that’s exactly what h...

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Luregn @luregn.bsky.social · 3d

🐴 Short public-facing piece on donkey histories in Namibia
Written with Giorgio, Romie & Martha

theconversation.com/donkeys-are-...
www.namibian.com.na/the-colonial...

Donkeys are a common sight in northern Namibia – what colonial history has to do with it

The story of donkeys in Namibia is one of colonial control but also resistance.

theconversation.com

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 3d

No excuses for this. It incensed me so much I wrote not one, but two articles linking to millions of free to use public domain images.

world.hey.com/jordanacosta...

Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers

You have options other than Generative AI to illustrate your work The other day, I posted the following Substack Note: My opinion was challenged with two now-familiar rebuttals: 1. The vast majority o...

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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 3d

#IMC2026 Registration opens Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 10am (GMT)! With the weekend on the way, take the time to read our IMC Registration checklist to make sure that you are prepared!😀

Email imc@leeds.ac.uk if you have any questions. 👍

#MedievalSky #SkyStorians

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Dolly Jørgensen, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 4d

Call for Contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather & Weathering teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c...
Full details linked and here teleskopos.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜

Call for Contributions: Histories of Weather & Weathering

Call for Contributions: A Sourcebook for Histories of Weather and Weathering (working title) Editors: Rebekah Higgitt, Tamara Caulkins and Lotta Leiwo We invite contributions to this planned open a…

teleskopos.wordpress.com

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 4d

They do have interactive screens in front of the cases that let you explore the maps that are on the accompanying website storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3850...

Arctic Fever: Image and Narrative...

Mark A. Cheetham

storymaps.arcgis.com

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 4d

You can explore a companion virtual exhibition with maps here: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3850...

Arctic Fever: Image and Narrative...

Mark A. Cheetham

storymaps.arcgis.com

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 4d

Nice to see that the Arctic Fever exhibition at the U of Toronto Fisher Rare Books library that I’m here in Canada for (opening event tonight) got coverage in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
#envhum #envhist #books

Arctic Fever: new exhibit finds 19th-century parallels to Trump’s Greenland obsession

As far back as 1867, White House officials have viewed Greenland, and Iceland, as having immense strategic value

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 4d

A gallery of ant plants, and plant ants.

Ants and Plants - Alex Wild

Images of interactions among ants and plants, two of the most dominant terrestrial organisms.

www.alexanderwild.com

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, David Edgerton, Margot C. Finn , and 5 more Lesley A. Hall, David Edgerton, Margot C. Finn, Dolly Jørgensen, Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Kevin O’Sullivan, Katrina Navickas, Renaud Morieux

Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 4d

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'.

A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May.

Details in poster below, please share.

This two-day workshop will explore several questions. How can environmental history complement or offer alternatives to existing historiographical narratives and periodisations in British history? What new actors, events, or phenomena might come to the fore? How should it foster engagements with places beyond its national borders or with other disciplines? Is environmental history different from longstanding traditions of ‘landscape’ or ‘urban’ histories of Britain? What contributions can historians make to environmental advocacy and policymaking? And how might a focus on the environment reshape teaching in British history?

To take part, participants should submit a 300 word proposal for a short ‘position paper’ (approx. 2500 words) that will be pre-circulated at the workshop. These position papers will address the place of environmental approaches and themes within modern British history (1800 to the present) from the perspective of the participant’s own research. Participants will orally summarise their papers at the workshop. The event is free to attend and includes lunch and refreshments.

Submissions are welcomed across a range of perspectives and topics, including but not limited to: energy, extraction, non-human actors, pollution, toxicity, rural and urban landscapes, everyday environmental histories (including how they are shaped by class, gender, and race), imperialism and decolonisation, ‘green’ policy, activism, and the political economy of the natural world.

Please send proposals and a one-paragraph biography in a single PDF to andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk by 15 May 2026. Please also direct enquiries to this address.

This event is organised by Dr. Max Long (Oxford) and Dr. Andrew Seaton (Manchester).

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Valerie M. Delmotte, Naomi Klein , and 8 more Michael E. Mann, Valerie M. Delmotte, Naomi Klein, David M. Schultz, A. E. Dessler, Luc Int Panis, Patrick A. Jansen, Jonathan A. Foley, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Dolly Jørgensen, Valentina De Marchi

Shannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 5d

I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team

Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 5d

What about the new Arctic Fever exhibition at the Fischer Library? library.utoronto.ca/exhibit/arct...

Also has accompanying storymap online: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3850...

Arctic Fever: Image and Narrative in North Circumpolar Voyaging of the Long Nineteenth Century - Exhibits | University of Toronto Libraries

library.utoronto.ca

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 5d

2026 in museums 3: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, visited Feb.
Main extinction case still there minus dodo (for reworking).
But the C. parakeet display that I open the “play” chapter of Ghosts Behind Glass with has lost its mirrors - which means no flock! 😢
The trash panda rocks, though.

Extinction case with ivory-billed woodpecker pair, passenger pigeon, thylacine skull, great auk in glass box, Xerxes butterfly, and large skeleton of giant moa.

A lonely parrot on branch. Background is gray.

A raccoon stands on back legs with hand on trashcan lid

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 5d

Save 30% on #NewBook "Atomic Bombshells" by Isabelle Held, which examines the effects of military-industrial science and the emergence of synthetic materials such as nylon, silicone, and foams on the female body. buff.ly/9yab5C6

Cover of Atomic Bombshells: How Plastics Shaped Postwar Bodies by Isabelle Held. The cover is a a blue and coral pink duotone of a woman wearing a leotard that depicts a mushroom cloud. She is posing with her hands up and her mouth open in joy. The blue and pink are inverted to create circles around her. The title is written vertical in a large bold yellow sans serif font. The subtitle is in white in the bottom left corner. The author's name is below in yellow.

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Tolkien Seminar DTG @tolkienseminardtg.bsky.social · 5d

📢 #CfP for the 22nd #Tolkien Seminar of the @germantolksoc.bsky.social in cooperation with the Environmental Education Centre in Augsburg and WTP
📜Environment, the World around us, and the Connatural World in Tolkien’s Works
#envhum #ecocrit

www.tolkiengesellschaft.de/55214/tolkie...

Tolkien Seminar 2026 – Call for Papers [EN] & Scholarship

The 22st seminar of the German Tolkien Society is supported by Walking Tree Publishers and will take place in cooperation with the Department of Book Science in a hybrid format (mainly in presence but...

www.tolkiengesellschaft.de

Reposted by Silvia Secchi, Dolly Jørgensen

Krista Langlois @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social · 6d

If you write primarily about nature and environmental issues, it can be hard to see the value of your work during times like these. I wrote about this a bit in my introduction to @biographic.bsky.social's weekly newsletter.

A screenshot of text from a newsletter that reads: "When I struggle to find value in my own work during such times, I think of a line my friend Sierra Crane Murdoch once wrote: “Violence toward land begets violence toward people, and vice versa.” Similarly, care for the land begets care for its people. The well-being of all beings is connected. We can care about plants and animals and ecosystems while also caring about human lives, not only because we have complex brains capable of holding multiple truths at once but because we’re all intertwined. Government violence connects to oil connects to climate change connects to biodiversity. People connect to oxygen connect to trees connect to fungi connect to insects connect to birds."

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 7d

That’s a crazy one. I completely would have selected a bowl as a thing you put liquid in like a glass. A plate, no. A bowl, yes.

Reposted by Peter Adamson, Lesley A. Hall, Dolly Jørgensen

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7d

18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027.

Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians

Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid

The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.

www.jobs.london.ac.uk

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 7d

This is no exaggeration.
When I was working at enviro consulting firm, we had DoD client. He could not even ride in our car to the worksite (which was still on base). That was considered a gift that could influence him.

Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 8d

I was a White House ethics lawyer.

I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.

I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 8d

Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.

Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.

They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.