Eleonor Marcussen
@eleonormarcus.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in History
South Asia, environment, disasters, aid, colonialism, postcolonial studies, critical theory, infrastructure, archives, political ecology...
Author of Acts of Aid: Politics of Relief and Reconstruction...(CUP, 2023)
South Asia, environment, disasters, aid, colonialism, postcolonial studies, critical theory, infrastructure, archives, political ecology...
Author of Acts of Aid: Politics of Relief and Reconstruction...(CUP, 2023)
Happy to have two PhD students from Ashoka University with us this semester! Institutional collaboration at its best.
Welcome to PhD students and Erasmus+ ICM scholarship holders Ajayant Katoch and Khadiza Naufa Fatin from Ashoka University! They are joining us for 3 months this fall at Concurrences and are part of the Global Humanities graduate programme at @linneuni.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Happy to have two PhD students from Ashoka University with us this semester! Institutional collaboration at its best.
The 8th ENIUGH Congress has started, or rather arrived - it's wonderful to have so many colleagues visiting LNU for discussions and sharing new ideas and research!
@lnuccon.bsky.social 🌏
@lnuccon.bsky.social 🌏
Doors open in #Växjö, Sweden: the ENIUGH Congress kicks off at Linnaeus University. Scholars of world & global history are here to rethink entanglements, methods, and thematic expansions at the Eighth European Congress.
#ENIUGH #GlobalHistory
#ENIUGH #GlobalHistory
September 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The 8th ENIUGH Congress has started, or rather arrived - it's wonderful to have so many colleagues visiting LNU for discussions and sharing new ideas and research!
@lnuccon.bsky.social 🌏
@lnuccon.bsky.social 🌏
Årets stora evenemang för allmänheten äger rum på Huseby bruk i Småland med Malin Lennartsson (LNU), Gunnel Cederlöf (LNU) och Arun Kumar (Nottingham University) - organiserat av projektet "Vändpunkter" om entreprenörskap sedan 1860-talet. ☀️ 🌿 🌲
August 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Årets stora evenemang för allmänheten äger rum på Huseby bruk i Småland med Malin Lennartsson (LNU), Gunnel Cederlöf (LNU) och Arun Kumar (Nottingham University) - organiserat av projektet "Vändpunkter" om entreprenörskap sedan 1860-talet. ☀️ 🌿 🌲
Critical nature-society relations in Palestine/Israel: A Virtual Special issue
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August 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Critical nature-society relations in Palestine/Israel: A Virtual Special issue
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
Congratulations - this looks amazing!!
Very much looking forward to book talks and introducing it to the ma-students in postcolonial studies - and of course and the course Race and racism: a postcolonial perspective.
Very much looking forward to book talks and introducing it to the ma-students in postcolonial studies - and of course and the course Race and racism: a postcolonial perspective.
August 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Congratulations - this looks amazing!!
Very much looking forward to book talks and introducing it to the ma-students in postcolonial studies - and of course and the course Race and racism: a postcolonial perspective.
Very much looking forward to book talks and introducing it to the ma-students in postcolonial studies - and of course and the course Race and racism: a postcolonial perspective.
Had to leave the #ESEH early for a meeting and simultaneously visited Sweden's 3rd oldest oak, the Stufvenäs oak: 800 years! An oak grows for 300 years, lives for 300 years and dies for 300 years according to the sign.
August 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Had to leave the #ESEH early for a meeting and simultaneously visited Sweden's 3rd oldest oak, the Stufvenäs oak: 800 years! An oak grows for 300 years, lives for 300 years and dies for 300 years according to the sign.
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Very excited to receive the paperback of my book, which was published last year. It is a study of the varying economic practices of the Moravian (Herrnhuter) missionaries in St. Thomas, Bethlehem (PA), and Greenland.
July 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very excited to receive the paperback of my book, which was published last year. It is a study of the varying economic practices of the Moravian (Herrnhuter) missionaries in St. Thomas, Bethlehem (PA), and Greenland.
August 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"The central working assumption of PEN America and of the State Department—that the liberal American can teach the seriously swarming races what is meant by democracy—has been annihilated."
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
Speaking Reassurance to Power, by Pankaj Mishra
harpers.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"The central working assumption of PEN America and of the State Department—that the liberal American can teach the seriously swarming races what is meant by democracy—has been annihilated."
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
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🌿 On Friday 30 May 2025, @maguiregeoff.bsky.social and @julesod.bsky.social host 'Sexual ecologies: Space, nature and queer cinema', a workshop focussing on the queer turn in ecocritical media.
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May 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🌿 On Friday 30 May 2025, @maguiregeoff.bsky.social and @julesod.bsky.social host 'Sexual ecologies: Space, nature and queer cinema', a workshop focussing on the queer turn in ecocritical media.
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We are hiring a new PhD student in the history group @unistavanger.bsky.social. There are several possible topics, including «Intersections between history education and education for sustainable development/environmental citizenship», which should be interesting for the #envhist #envhum crowd.
May 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We are hiring a new PhD student in the history group @unistavanger.bsky.social. There are several possible topics, including «Intersections between history education and education for sustainable development/environmental citizenship», which should be interesting for the #envhist #envhum crowd.
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Don't miss tomorrow's seminar by the fabulous @nathanbossoh.bsky.social: Making Colonial Laboratories: Investigating the Role of Suggestions and Instructions in Managing the Aburi Botanic Gardens. 21 May, 15.00-16.00 CET. Please note time dif.To register please email instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se
May 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Don't miss tomorrow's seminar by the fabulous @nathanbossoh.bsky.social: Making Colonial Laboratories: Investigating the Role of Suggestions and Instructions in Managing the Aburi Botanic Gardens. 21 May, 15.00-16.00 CET. Please note time dif.To register please email instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se
For faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research to sign:
#uppsaladeclaration
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#uppsaladeclaration
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May 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
For faculty and staff in Swedish higher education and research to sign:
#uppsaladeclaration
uppsaladeclaration.se
#uppsaladeclaration
uppsaladeclaration.se
Ended the work day with a screening of the documentary No Other Land (2024)on the forceful eviction & violence against Palestinian villagers in the West Bank, followed by panel discussion w Nina Gren (Lund U), Wafa Jamil (film director) and Anders Persson (Linnaeus U). Highly recommend it...
May 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Ended the work day with a screening of the documentary No Other Land (2024)on the forceful eviction & violence against Palestinian villagers in the West Bank, followed by panel discussion w Nina Gren (Lund U), Wafa Jamil (film director) and Anders Persson (Linnaeus U). Highly recommend it...
Quote of the day:
What Is AI? Neither Artificial nor Intelligent
(Crawford, The Atlas of AI)
What Is AI? Neither Artificial nor Intelligent
(Crawford, The Atlas of AI)
April 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Quote of the day:
What Is AI? Neither Artificial nor Intelligent
(Crawford, The Atlas of AI)
What Is AI? Neither Artificial nor Intelligent
(Crawford, The Atlas of AI)
Four-leaf clover anno 1867 pressed in notebook of Joseph Stephens at Huseby Bruk.
April 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Four-leaf clover anno 1867 pressed in notebook of Joseph Stephens at Huseby Bruk.
Recently we published an illustrated booklet by the collaborative pilot project "Welcome Re-Course":
"Welcoming Refugee, Migrant and International Students"
The training booklet also available for downloading in French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish. 📗 📚 📝
lnu.se/en/research/...
"Welcoming Refugee, Migrant and International Students"
The training booklet also available for downloading in French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish. 📗 📚 📝
lnu.se/en/research/...
Project: Welcome Re-Course: Co-produced Online Training to Support the Inclusion of Refugee, Migrant and International Students
Welcome Re-Course is a co-produced online training to support the inclusion of refugee, migrant, and international students in order to improve well-being within universities and society.
lnu.se
April 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Recently we published an illustrated booklet by the collaborative pilot project "Welcome Re-Course":
"Welcoming Refugee, Migrant and International Students"
The training booklet also available for downloading in French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish. 📗 📚 📝
lnu.se/en/research/...
"Welcoming Refugee, Migrant and International Students"
The training booklet also available for downloading in French, Spanish, Italian and Swedish. 📗 📚 📝
lnu.se/en/research/...
I'm planning to start a #topothek/#topotek/#topotheque for a #citizenscience project as a part of a larger project - does anyone have experiences to share or other recommendations? Suggestions and input much appreciated.
Olivia's portraits of cats: Tessa with triplets: gotland.topotek.se?doc=1108829
Olivia's portraits of cats: Tessa with triplets: gotland.topotek.se?doc=1108829
Olivias porträtt av katter - Datering okänd
Tessa, husdjur, katter, kattungar, Olivia Wittberg
gotland.topotek.se
April 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm planning to start a #topothek/#topotek/#topotheque for a #citizenscience project as a part of a larger project - does anyone have experiences to share or other recommendations? Suggestions and input much appreciated.
Olivia's portraits of cats: Tessa with triplets: gotland.topotek.se?doc=1108829
Olivia's portraits of cats: Tessa with triplets: gotland.topotek.se?doc=1108829
Happy to host PhD student Joseph Manock from Manchester University at LNUC #Concurrences this spring - arrived on campus Växjö with spring and a clear blue sky. ☀️🌻
April 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy to host PhD student Joseph Manock from Manchester University at LNUC #Concurrences this spring - arrived on campus Växjö with spring and a clear blue sky. ☀️🌻
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Today we have "A Degrowth Theorist in the Nineteenth Century? Eugène Huzar and the Dangers of Scientific and Industrial Growth" by @benst.bsky.social
This is the third post in the Historicizing Adaptation blog series, edited by @stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/20/a...
#envhist
This is the third post in the Historicizing Adaptation blog series, edited by @stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/20/a...
#envhist
A Degrowth Theorist in the Nineteenth Century? Eugène Huzar and the Dangers of Scientific and Industrial Growth
Eugène Huzar warned that industrial science-driven growth threatened Earth's balance, advocating global oversight but recognizing its limits, foreseeing degrowth's necessity.
niche-canada.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today we have "A Degrowth Theorist in the Nineteenth Century? Eugène Huzar and the Dangers of Scientific and Industrial Growth" by @benst.bsky.social
This is the third post in the Historicizing Adaptation blog series, edited by @stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/20/a...
#envhist
This is the third post in the Historicizing Adaptation blog series, edited by @stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/03/20/a...
#envhist
Delighted to read this short story translated by Sarah Irving in The Book of Gaza.
Part of literary readings in continuation of last year's history seminars on disasters and politics during the 20th cent.
#bookclub
@drtermagant.bsky.social
Part of literary readings in continuation of last year's history seminars on disasters and politics during the 20th cent.
#bookclub
@drtermagant.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Delighted to read this short story translated by Sarah Irving in The Book of Gaza.
Part of literary readings in continuation of last year's history seminars on disasters and politics during the 20th cent.
#bookclub
@drtermagant.bsky.social
Part of literary readings in continuation of last year's history seminars on disasters and politics during the 20th cent.
#bookclub
@drtermagant.bsky.social
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Excited that the first article of my ongoing research project on the history of Indian women in rural development has been published in Comparativ. If you cannot access it and are interested to read, let me know. @unierfurt.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
Gendered Development Work and Non-State Primary Healthcare Provisions: The Skippo Medical Van Scheme in Rural India, c. 1940s to mid-1970s
This article focuses on gendered rural development work in late colonial and early post-colonial
India. Next to the question of livelihood generation and education, the issue of health and
hence of wo...
www.comparativ.net
March 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Excited that the first article of my ongoing research project on the history of Indian women in rural development has been published in Comparativ. If you cannot access it and are interested to read, let me know. @unierfurt.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
www.comparativ.net/v2/article/v...
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Very excited to have my first article published! It's about why British mountaineers travelled to Norway in the nineteenth century and the transnational networks they formed. Open access in Studies in Travel Writing here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🏔️
William Cecil Slingsby and Elizabeth Le Blond in Norway: transnational mountaineering, modernity and temporality, 1870–1910
In both William Cecil Slingsby’s Norway. The Northern Playground (1904) and Elizabeth Le Blond’s Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun (1908), Norway is presented as an alternative destina...
www.tandfonline.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Very excited to have my first article published! It's about why British mountaineers travelled to Norway in the nineteenth century and the transnational networks they formed. Open access in Studies in Travel Writing here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🏔️
‘(...) It not only illuminates a critical historical event but also underscores the significance of disaster history to inform future policies and strategies for disaster preparedness and response.' By Vipul Singh, in Environment and History
Publisher's update:
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Publisher's update:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Acts of Aid
Cambridge Core - Environmental History - Acts of Aid
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March 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
‘(...) It not only illuminates a critical historical event but also underscores the significance of disaster history to inform future policies and strategies for disaster preparedness and response.' By Vipul Singh, in Environment and History
Publisher's update:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Publisher's update:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...