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Dr. Dominik Huenniger
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curator & #EnvHist @ German Port Museum, Hamburg & @hunterianglasgow.bsky.social
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7095-4403
#C18 #C19
#HistSTM #EntHist
#HistOcean #AnimalHistory #QueerHistory #museums
Founder @collecol.bsky.social
Treasurer @dgej.bsky.social
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · Sep 25
Join us for another semester of @collecol.bsky.social fun online.
#HistNatHist #HistSTM #collections #museums #EnvHist #EnvHum
collecol.bsky.social Collection Ecologies @collecol.bsky.social · Sep 25
@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲

We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along!

On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination".

All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...
Collection Ecologies | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
www.chstm.org
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uofglasgowasc.bsky.social
📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!

We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.

Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

📆Closing date: 5 January 2026

#UofGLibraryFellows
Graphic showing double page opening of emblem book from Stirling Maxwell Collection featuring portrait of a man on the left and a printed emblem of text and image on the right. The image is overlaid with information about the fellowship scheme welcoming researchers and repeating closing date and URL to follow.
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
It’s #UPWeek so I want to give a shout-out to the university presses out there doing a fantastic job to bring scholarship to life. They are the antidote we need to the massive commercial academic presses!

I’ve published numerous books with university presses - a thread:
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
This looks so good ! Congratulations @whitmerkelly.bsky.social , @tedmccormick.bsky.social , Vera Keller & everyone involved!

#HistKnow
jhokjournal.bsky.social jhokjournal.bsky.social @jhokjournal.bsky.social · 1d
In the early 18th century, German-speaking planners placed work as a precondition for helping young people reach happiness. What role could institutions play to facilitate this pursuit? Read more from Professor Kelly Whitmer's full Special Issue article: journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view...
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
…and they say Germans have no sense of humour..
A bag of a bread mix called „ Jamie Lee Kürbis“ Kürbis is German for pumpkin and it sounds a little like Curtis.
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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farsouthhistory.bsky.social
Are you looking to read some new scholarship over the winter? Check out this amazing list of books that I have available to review for H-Environment! Spread the word! #envhist #envhum #ecocrit #aghist #landscape #conservation #sustainability #anthropocene #waterhist
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Books Available to review for H-Environment
Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at dmccahey@uci.edu. If we haven’t met,...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
JOB: Assistant Professor in Environmental History, University of Warwick, Coventry campus (UK) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
#envhist
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Apply now for the Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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finnarne.me
My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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monicavasile.bsky.social
Wrote a piece for Springs @carsoncenter.bsky.social Marmots, eagles, Finland, Canada, two wildlife biologists

springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo...

#envhist #envhum
#animalhist #histsci
#goldeneagles
#vancouverisland
Katia and I on fieldwork in Finland this summer, checking golden eagles' nests, took selfie with a drone
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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juliaditter.bsky.social
Deadline extended to 16 November!

@asle-us.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @advancesjournal.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @bacls.bsky.social
juliaditter.bsky.social Julia Ditter @juliaditter.bsky.social · Oct 3
Call for Contributions: Victorian Infrastructures & their Environmental Legacies

We're still looking for articles to be included in our @openlibhums.org special issue!

Abstracts are due 31 October, full texts 31 March '26.

@bavs-uk.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @asleuki.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social
OLHJ_CfP.pdf
shorturl.at
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
This will be a fantastic opportunity to study environmental humanities and put it into practice with an internship partner.

Pass this masters study opportunity along to all your students!
greenhouseuis.net Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 15d
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.

Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!

Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Poster for Masters in Public Environmental Humanities. Our 2-year masters program in beautiful Stavanger, Norway, invites you to study today's environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history. Key aspects: • Combine critical thinking with hands-on engagement • Work across humanities fields • Put learning into action through an internship • Taught entirely in English • Free tuition for students from EU/EEA/Switzerland and affordable for others If you believe community-engaged humanities can help build a more sustainable future, this is the place to start. GET MORE INFO & APPLY FOR FALL 2026 Questions? Email PEH@uis.no
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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schanzenini.bsky.social
Der Stadtspaziergang „Küche, Care, Kunst“ lädt dazu ein, gleich zwei Ausstellungen zusammen zu entdecken und gleichzeitig die auf dem Weg liegenden Stadtviertel mit anderen Augen zu sehen. 12 - 14Uhr
Institute for Contemporary Art & Transfer (ICAT) der HFBK Hamburg
heuteinhamburg.de/event/kueche...
Küche, Care & Kunst – Ein Stadtspaziergang mit zwei Ausstellungen
Entdecke Hamburg mal anders – beim Stadtspaziergang „Küche, Care und Kunst“ verbindest du zwei Ausstellungen mit einem neuen Blick auf die Stadt. Unterwegs erfährst du, wie Care-Arbeit und Küche als O...
heuteinhamburg.de
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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brucealexb.bsky.social
Book launched!
@lindaaburnett.bsky.social @kathryn-seymour.bsky.social
#C18th #race #colonization #ScottishEnlightenment
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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lscholz.bsky.social
Join us for another series of online and in-person events on the digital environmental humanities:
www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...

Next up on November 12: @ehameeteman.bsky.social on desalination

#envhist #envhum #skystorians #DH @kmcdono.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
#NowSpinning the new Of Monsters And Men record : All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade. It’s very good. Maybe a bit too mellow & a wee bit saccharine at times but still beautiful. #Vinyl
#OfMonstersAndMen
An apricot coloured vinyl record on a turntable. Album cover in the background, white drawings & writing on black.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
Not quite one of the #PuttiOfScience but certainly one of the many #PuttiOfLabour

Ping @rhiggitt.bsky.social
dbellingradt.bsky.social Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Jan 16
*humming in 1534*

… I like big books an´ I can not lie.
You otha brothas can´t deny.

#bookhistory
Detail of the the hand-colored title page of "Biblia, das ist, die gantze Heilige Schrifft Deudsch. Mart. Luth. Wittemberg. Begnadet mit Kürfurstlicher zu Sachsen freiheit." from 1534 showing a small angel carrying a big as big as the angel. Source: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:32-1-10036633619
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 AM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
Same here.

„nuclear family“ - the OG social construct. Quite literally I guess.
octobeth.bsky.social Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 18d
part of my transition to adulthood was finding out how many of my childhood aunts/uncles

1) were actually cousins
or
2) were friends of an older family member and weren't even really related to me but had been honoraried into aunthood (or uncledom)

Lots of ways to family
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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ankahajkova.bsky.social
More on the new book! There is a discount coupon for people ordering from Europe. The paperback issue is £15. You can use FFS25 for 30% off and order here: mngbookshop.co.uk/978148755711...
discount flyer for People without History Are Dust.
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social

Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025

www.uis.no/en/research/...

#envhum #envhist #energy
Apply for PhD Course on Energy Humanities
5 ECTS PhD course ‘Themes within Environmental Humanities’ to be held in Stavanger, 1-5 December 2025. This year’s thematic focus is the developing field of the Energy Humanities.
www.uis.no
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
Die fabelhafteste Woche des Jahres. Habe schon sehr bewegende Filme gesehen und es gibt noch weitere 4 Tage ein super Programm.

The most fabulous week of the year. Did see some amazing films already and there are 4 more days of program packed with gems.
#HIQFF #HIQFF2025
#queer #film www.hiqff.de
A picture of a cinema screen showing the logo of the Hamburg international queer film festival: a yellow cat.
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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juliahauser.bsky.social
Unser offener Brief, in dem wir fordern, Privatdozent*innen in Reformen der Personalstruktur an Universitäten einzubinden, kann noch bis Montag unterzeichnet werden. Bitte unterstützt unser Anliegen!

#IchBinHanna #PDprekär #StableJobsBetterScience #AcademicPrecarity
nnwiss.bsky.social Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · Oct 7
Wichtige und dringende Kampagne! Bitte teilen und unterschreiben!
pdprekaer.bsky.social Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · Oct 6
Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
October 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
dominikhhh.bsky.social
Oh no, indeed. 🥲
October 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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sabineclarke.bsky.social
It was a real pleasure to write this afterword for a fantastic special issue on the history of invasive species by Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social and Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social
Invasive Species, Health, and Global History Afterword: The Disavowal of Human Agency
Abstract. The papers in this special issue explore the metaphorical realms that inform discourses on disruptive plants and animals. They explore how specie
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October 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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nicokarge.bsky.social
In „Politik & Kultur“ berichten Patricia Rahemipour und Kathrin Grotz von Ergebnissen ihrer Studie zur volkswirtschaftlichen Relevanz deutscher Museen: Sie „kosten nichts, sie zahlen sich aus: 9,4 Milliarden Euro betrug der Beitrag der rund 7.000 Museen [...] zum Bruttoinlandsprodukt [...] 2023.“
Ausgabe: Nr. 10/25 | Deutscher Kulturrat
www.kulturrat.de
October 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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annikabaerwald.bsky.social
Wonderful opportunity for scholars, activists, and artists engaging with early Black presences in Europe🗃️
hsozkult.bsky.social H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Oct 7
CFP: Black Presence and Influence in Europe Before the Atlantic Slavery

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157868

Lüneburg, 21.01.2026-22.01.2026, Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) in Culture and Society, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.10.2025
www.hsozkult.de
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM