Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network
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A reminder of this event on 20th November:
EEHN will be hosting a joint reading group with @critiquecentre.bsky.social about Richard Healey and Angie Pepper's article 'Pets, Power and Legitimacy' on 20 November critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/pets-power-a...
Pets, Power, and Legitimacy – CRITIQUE-EEHN Reading Group (20th Nov)
Thursday 20th November 2025, 4-5:30pm Chrystal Macmillan Building room 3.15 Reading Group – All welcome CRITIQUE and the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network are holding a joint reading group se...
critique.sps.ed.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A reminder of this event on 20th November:
Coming up this Friday:
We are co-hosting an online event celebrating Joanna Macy's life and legacy on 14 November, with Sustainability in Education Research Group (SIERG) and organised by our member Glen Cousquer blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
Online event: celebrating Joanna Macy’s Life and Legacy, November 14 – EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Coming up this Friday:
Big recommend for this series:
Fifth and final episode of Winter Well on air BBC Radio 4 today: how should we anticipate our winters yet to come?
Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Big thanks to all contributing folks who gave voice to experience and expertise. And esp to Helen Needham, producer whizz and all-round winter wonder.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Winter Well - Episode 5 - Winters of the Future - BBC Sounds
A guide to thriving in winter, offering advice on how to get through the darker months.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Big recommend for this series:
Date for the diaries of followers in Edinburgh or nearby, all welcome:
EEHN will be hosting a joint reading group with @critiquecentre.bsky.social about Richard Healey and Angie Pepper's article 'Pets, Power and Legitimacy' on 20 November critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/pets-power-a...
Pets, Power, and Legitimacy – CRITIQUE-EEHN Reading Group (20th Nov)
Thursday 20th November 2025, 4-5:30pm Chrystal Macmillan Building room 3.15 Reading Group – All welcome CRITIQUE and the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network are holding a joint reading group se...
critique.sps.ed.ac.uk
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Date for the diaries of followers in Edinburgh or nearby, all welcome:
We are co-hosting an online event celebrating Joanna Macy's life and legacy on 14 November, with Sustainability in Education Research Group (SIERG) and organised by our member Glen Cousquer blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
Online event: celebrating Joanna Macy’s Life and Legacy, November 14 – EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are co-hosting an online event celebrating Joanna Macy's life and legacy on 14 November, with Sustainability in Education Research Group (SIERG) and organised by our member Glen Cousquer blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN will be hosting a joint reading group with @critiquecentre.bsky.social about Richard Healey and Angie Pepper's article 'Pets, Power and Legitimacy' on 20 November critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/pets-power-a...
Pets, Power, and Legitimacy – CRITIQUE-EEHN Reading Group (20th Nov)
Thursday 20th November 2025, 4-5:30pm Chrystal Macmillan Building room 3.15 Reading Group – All welcome CRITIQUE and the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network are holding a joint reading group se...
critique.sps.ed.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
EEHN will be hosting a joint reading group with @critiquecentre.bsky.social about Richard Healey and Angie Pepper's article 'Pets, Power and Legitimacy' on 20 November critique.sps.ed.ac.uk/pets-power-a...
This already fairly quiet account is on hiatus over the summer. We will be back in September with plans for the new year. Please email if you need us! 🌱
July 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This already fairly quiet account is on hiatus over the summer. We will be back in September with plans for the new year. Please email if you need us! 🌱
This year's James Tait Black Prize for Fiction went to Lucas Rijneveld's My Heavenly Favourite, translated by Michele Hutchison. A book of great interest to animal and environmental scholars: www.ed.ac.uk/news/transla...
Translated works win UK’s oldest book awards
A portrait of obsessive desire and a lushly illustrated elegy for the lost identity of the Arab world have won the UK’s longest-running literary awards.
www.ed.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This year's James Tait Black Prize for Fiction went to Lucas Rijneveld's My Heavenly Favourite, translated by Michele Hutchison. A book of great interest to animal and environmental scholars: www.ed.ac.uk/news/transla...
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Romanticism teaching post at Edinburgh @uoe-llc.bsky.social. 0.8, 17 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH593/e...
Early Career Teaching Fellow in English Literature (Romanticism) at The University of Edinburgh
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Early Career Teaching Fellow in English Literature (Romanticism) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
June 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Romanticism teaching post at Edinburgh @uoe-llc.bsky.social. 0.8, 17 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH593/e...
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We recently welcomed 21 new members to Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, after a call for applications. Read about their work here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN welcomes new members – EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We recently welcomed 21 new members to Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, after a call for applications. Read about their work here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
Ina will be giving a talk about her work at IASH tomorrow (4 June). Details here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-ina...
June 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ina will be giving a talk about her work at IASH tomorrow (4 June). Details here: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-ina...
Ina Linge (Exeter) joined us this month as EEHN-IASH Visiting Fellow. Ina will be here until the end of June, working on her AHRC Catalyst-funded project, ‘Queer Natures: Animals, Environment and Modern Sexual Knowledge Production (1860s to 1930s and today)’ blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN-IASH Visiting Fellow: Dr Ina Linge – EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ina Linge (Exeter) joined us this month as EEHN-IASH Visiting Fellow. Ina will be here until the end of June, working on her AHRC Catalyst-funded project, ‘Queer Natures: Animals, Environment and Modern Sexual Knowledge Production (1860s to 1930s and today)’ blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
We recently welcomed 21 new members to Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, after a call for applications. Read about their work here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN welcomes new members – EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We recently welcomed 21 new members to Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network, after a call for applications. Read about their work here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
Spotted: our member @david-farrier.bsky.social's new book Nature's Genius in @argonautbooks.bsky.social!
May 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Spotted: our member @david-farrier.bsky.social's new book Nature's Genius in @argonautbooks.bsky.social!
We're looking forward to welcoming guests from @seisydney.bsky.social next week for a joint workshop on ecological transformations. Hoping the sunny weather will stay with us! 🌞
May 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We're looking forward to welcoming guests from @seisydney.bsky.social next week for a joint workshop on ecological transformations. Hoping the sunny weather will stay with us! 🌞
some Edinburgh sights from a sunny weekend 🌞
April 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
some Edinburgh sights from a sunny weekend 🌞
This isn't environmental humanities-specific, but may be of interest to our followers! Open to researchers from any ODA-recipient country, working on arts, humanities or social sciences topics within the British Council's remit (more info on the link)
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The 2026 British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowship is now open for applications!
Two 13-month Fellowships are available, Jan-Dec 2026 at £2,500 per month.
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/british...
The 2026 British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellowship is now open for applications!
Two 13-month Fellowships are available, Jan-Dec 2026 at £2,500 per month.
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/british...
British Council Fellowships for 2026 | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This isn't environmental humanities-specific, but may be of interest to our followers! Open to researchers from any ODA-recipient country, working on arts, humanities or social sciences topics within the British Council's remit (more info on the link)
Reposted by Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network
Somehow TOMORROW is the LAST seminar in the series! Do join us to cap off the seminar series, with papers on BP and the aesthetics of labour. Eventbrite is closing imminently, but feel free to email me directly for a meeting link.
Following last week's symposium on BP, petroculture and the cultural imaginary, @malcolmcook76.bsky.social and myself are thrilled to announce a follow-up seminar series! Full programme and free registration to all four events here: tinyurl.com/oily25
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
Preview of what is happening, in thread below!
April 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Somehow TOMORROW is the LAST seminar in the series! Do join us to cap off the seminar series, with papers on BP and the aesthetics of labour. Eventbrite is closing imminently, but feel free to email me directly for a meeting link.
We're looking forward to welcoming Ina Linge next week as our second @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow of 2024-25. Ina will be working on a project about nature and sexuality in late 19/early 20c German arts, science and culture: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-i...
Dr Ina Linge | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We're looking forward to welcoming Ina Linge next week as our second @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow of 2024-25. Ina will be working on a project about nature and sexuality in late 19/early 20c German arts, science and culture: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-i...
We've appreciated having Brittany Meché here for the past few months as @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow. Brittany has been working on a fantastic project about arid lands and empire in West Africa www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-b...
Dr Brittany Meché | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We've appreciated having Brittany Meché here for the past few months as @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow. Brittany has been working on a fantastic project about arid lands and empire in West Africa www.iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-b...
Well done to our PG convenor Annie Gallagher and the EEHN PhD Lab, who wrapped up the third of the Prokalo lecture series tonight at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture - a great success! blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
EEHN PhD Lab to partake in ESALA’s Prokalo student-led lecture series – EEHN
blogs.ed.ac.uk
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Well done to our PG convenor Annie Gallagher and the EEHN PhD Lab, who wrapped up the third of the Prokalo lecture series tonight at the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture - a great success! blogs.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
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If you work at Edinburgh and have recently published new Environmental Humanities work, please tag us so we can share 🌿
December 9, 2024 at 9:47 AM
If you work at Edinburgh and have recently published new Environmental Humanities work, please tag us so we can share 🌿
Our member - and founder! - David Farrier is doing events around the country to celebrate his new book, Nature's Genius, including two talks in Edinburgh.
Nature's Genius is out three weeks from today! (8 May)
It's about the incredible lessons evolution can teach us about our greatest challenges and I can't wait to share it!
I'll be doing events through May - preorder and book tickets here
buythebook.online/natures-genius
It's about the incredible lessons evolution can teach us about our greatest challenges and I can't wait to share it!
I'll be doing events through May - preorder and book tickets here
buythebook.online/natures-genius
April 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Our member - and founder! - David Farrier is doing events around the country to celebrate his new book, Nature's Genius, including two talks in Edinburgh.
This is tomorrow:
Just a few days left to grab your tickets for 'Desert Future' at the Edinburgh Science Festival! Friday 11 April, 7pm-8:30pm at the Bayes Centre: www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/desert...
We'll talk about drylands, climate fiction and film, indigenous knowledge and much more!
We'll talk about drylands, climate fiction and film, indigenous knowledge and much more!
Desert Future - Edinburgh Science
This film screening of Wanuri Kahiu's "Pumzi" and discussion explores climate fiction, environmental humanities, history of science, and Black/Africana studies.
www.edinburghscience.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is tomorrow:
A number of our members are involved in this event on Friday:
Just a few days left to grab your tickets for 'Desert Future' at the Edinburgh Science Festival! Friday 11 April, 7pm-8:30pm at the Bayes Centre: www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/desert...
We'll talk about drylands, climate fiction and film, indigenous knowledge and much more!
We'll talk about drylands, climate fiction and film, indigenous knowledge and much more!
Desert Future - Edinburgh Science
This film screening of Wanuri Kahiu's "Pumzi" and discussion explores climate fiction, environmental humanities, history of science, and Black/Africana studies.
www.edinburghscience.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A number of our members are involved in this event on Friday: