Jonathan Westaway
@jonwestaway.bsky.social
Cultural and environmental historian/geographer. Mountain and polar regions. Cryohistories. Indigenous knowledge. Island Studies.
PL AHRC 'Other Everests' network.
uclan.academia.edu/JonathanWestaway
PL AHRC 'Other Everests' network.
uclan.academia.edu/JonathanWestaway
'Greenlandic parents in Denmark are 5.6 times more likely to have children taken into care than Danish parents, according to the Danish Centre for Social Research, a government-funded research institute.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#KalaallitNunaat #Greenland #IndigenousRights #Colonialism
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#KalaallitNunaat #Greenland #IndigenousRights #Colonialism
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
'Greenlandic parents in Denmark are 5.6 times more likely to have children taken into care than Danish parents, according to the Danish Centre for Social Research, a government-funded research institute.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#KalaallitNunaat #Greenland #IndigenousRights #Colonialism
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#KalaallitNunaat #Greenland #IndigenousRights #Colonialism
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Here's an excellent piece by Sverker Sörlin on his notion of integrative #humanities..
To solve some of the issues for #science raised in recent posts by @ersatzben.com @richardaljones.bsky.social @profserious.bsky.social we will need more of this thinking
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
To solve some of the issues for #science raised in recent posts by @ersatzben.com @richardaljones.bsky.social @profserious.bsky.social we will need more of this thinking
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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November 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Here's an excellent piece by Sverker Sörlin on his notion of integrative #humanities..
To solve some of the issues for #science raised in recent posts by @ersatzben.com @richardaljones.bsky.social @profserious.bsky.social we will need more of this thinking
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
To solve some of the issues for #science raised in recent posts by @ersatzben.com @richardaljones.bsky.social @profserious.bsky.social we will need more of this thinking
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Profoundly beautiful account of the history of snow studies, the fragility of snow and the impact of the anthropocene by Sverker Sörlin.
Also an appeal for a different way of doing #science
Also an appeal for a different way of doing #science
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Profoundly beautiful account of the history of snow studies, the fragility of snow and the impact of the anthropocene by Sverker Sörlin.
Also an appeal for a different way of doing #science
Also an appeal for a different way of doing #science
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Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/23/g...
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Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom
R. Gordon Wasson was Vice President at the American investment bank J.P. Morgan & Co., a major supporter of Slavic Studies in the United States during the Cold War, and fascinated by hallucinog…
progressivegeographies.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/23/g...
progressivegeographies.com/2025/11/23/g...
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he Miners' Library, Wanlockhead. established 1756. Not quite as old as the one in neighbouring Leadhills, which opened in 1741, but still and important resource for working people.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway
November 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
he Miners' Library, Wanlockhead. established 1756. Not quite as old as the one in neighbouring Leadhills, which opened in 1741, but still and important resource for working people.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway
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Join the Society's Historical Geography Research Group for their upcoming conference: 'Practising Historical Geography: Porous Archives 2'.
📍 In person (Newcastle University) and online
📅 Friday 12 December
Find out more and register for free 👉 blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives
📍 In person (Newcastle University) and online
📅 Friday 12 December
Find out more and register for free 👉 blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join the Society's Historical Geography Research Group for their upcoming conference: 'Practising Historical Geography: Porous Archives 2'.
📍 In person (Newcastle University) and online
📅 Friday 12 December
Find out more and register for free 👉 blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives
📍 In person (Newcastle University) and online
📅 Friday 12 December
Find out more and register for free 👉 blogs.ncl.ac.uk/porousarchives
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This battle to get these recordings released is important just for admirers of Dick Gaughan’s music, but for music fans in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This battle to get these recordings released is important just for admirers of Dick Gaughan’s music, but for music fans in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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"Seasonality at the Bear Island Indian Day School" by @tweedwoodcabin.bsky.social is the latest article in our Land, Memory, and Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education series edited by Crystal Gail Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/18/s...
#envhist #cdnhist
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#envhist #cdnhist
Seasonality at the Bear Island Indian Day School
The Bear Island Indian Day School balanced Anishnabeg seasonality and colonial schooling until Ontario’s environmental policies dismantled land-based life and autonomy.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Seasonality at the Bear Island Indian Day School" by @tweedwoodcabin.bsky.social is the latest article in our Land, Memory, and Schooling: Environmental Histories of Colonial Education series edited by Crystal Gail Fraser & @jdunkin.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/18/s...
#envhist #cdnhist
niche-canada.org/2025/11/18/s...
#envhist #cdnhist
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Just discovered that Julia Stephens' new book will be out soon! I've been looking forward to this since a UK train conversation with Julia years ago about jewelry in South Asian history: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @juliasteph
Worldly Afterlives
The hidden histories of empire, told through the haunted afterlives of colonial migrations
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November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just discovered that Julia Stephens' new book will be out soon! I've been looking forward to this since a UK train conversation with Julia years ago about jewelry in South Asian history: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @juliasteph
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Today is publication day for my book, Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest, through the University of Minnesota Press!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...
Mixed-Blood Histories
An unprecedented study that puts mixed-ancestry Native Americans back into the heart of Indigenous history Historical accounts tend to neglect mixed-ancestry...
www.upress.umn.edu
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today is publication day for my book, Mixed-Blood Histories: Race, Law, and Dakota Indians in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest, through the University of Minnesota Press!
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...
www.upress.umn.edu/978151792034...
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Four new books open up debate on why same-sex marriage has come to anchor queer politics in India, and how the notions and politics of Southasian queer life shift across local, diasporic and transnational scales of identity and belonging.
A review essay by Rahul Rao :
A review essay by Rahul Rao :
Navigating new scales of queer Southasia
IT WASN’T THAT long ago that queer Southasian studies – perhaps especially work centred on India – seemed to be intensely preoccupied with the frame of the nati
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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Four new books open up debate on why same-sex marriage has come to anchor queer politics in India, and how the notions and politics of Southasian queer life shift across local, diasporic and transnational scales of identity and belonging.
A review essay by Rahul Rao :
A review essay by Rahul Rao :
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Unfurling with a Song: Ecological Themes and the Question of Creative Labour in Contemporary Scroll-Paintings:
Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Unfurling with a Song: Ecological Themes and the Question of Creative Labour in Contemporary Scroll-Paintings:
Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Tomorrow at 17:30 p.m
Join on site or online: univienna.zoom.us/j/6395063435.... (688384)
Or in the seminar room 1 of the ISTB (Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7)
stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
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In the latest #HOPOS Ivan Ferreira da Cunha "examines the role of imagination and fiction in Otto Neurath’s work, particularly in his scientific utopianism."
Link to the article here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Link to the article here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In the latest #HOPOS Ivan Ferreira da Cunha "examines the role of imagination and fiction in Otto Neurath’s work, particularly in his scientific utopianism."
Link to the article here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
Link to the article here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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New on advance access: "Tibetan Gift-Giving, British Indifference, and the Erasure of Provenance in Colonial India"
by @tibetcurator.bsky.social (@uomsalc.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @tibetcurator.bsky.social (@uomsalc.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
TIBETAN GIFT-GIVING, BRITISH INDIFFERENCE, AND THE ERASURE OF PROVENANCE IN COLONIAL INDIA*
Abstract. In 1913, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet dispatched a lavish diplomatic gift to the viceroy of India. However, upon its arrival the colonial a
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
New on advance access: "Tibetan Gift-Giving, British Indifference, and the Erasure of Provenance in Colonial India"
by @tibetcurator.bsky.social (@uomsalc.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by @tibetcurator.bsky.social (@uomsalc.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
Building Anew: Ephemerality and the Igluvigaq (Igloo)
Snow architecture enabled Inuit placemaking, memory, and renewal, while Europeans misread its ephemerality to erase Indigenous history and justify imperial claims.
niche-canada.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today we have "Building Anew: Ephemerality & the Igluvigaq (Igloo)" by Phoebe Springstubb
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
This is the seventh post in Part V of the Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North series edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & guest edited by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/17/b...
#envhist
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It highlights novel ways that Tibetan & Himalayan worlds can be made relevant beyond their local contexts. Edited by @tibetcurator.bsky.social @trineb.bsky.social and @wiselange.bsky.social
Available in #openaccess at doi.org/10.11588/has...
Available in #openaccess at doi.org/10.11588/has...
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It highlights novel ways that Tibetan & Himalayan worlds can be made relevant beyond their local contexts. Edited by @tibetcurator.bsky.social @trineb.bsky.social and @wiselange.bsky.social
Available in #openaccess at doi.org/10.11588/has...
Available in #openaccess at doi.org/10.11588/has...
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"Climbers wanted her approval more than a certificate. Messner called her 'the only authority' on Himalayan records." ✅
Nice tribute to the founder of the Himalayan Database, Elizabeth Hawley 🏔️
explorersweb.com/remembering-...
Nice tribute to the founder of the Himalayan Database, Elizabeth Hawley 🏔️
explorersweb.com/remembering-...
Remembering Elizabeth Hawley, the Sherlock Holmes of Himalayan Summits » Explorersweb
For over 50 years, Elizabeth Hawley documented Himalayan expeditions. We commemorate her birthday by revisiting some of her important investigations.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Climbers wanted her approval more than a certificate. Messner called her 'the only authority' on Himalayan records." ✅
Nice tribute to the founder of the Himalayan Database, Elizabeth Hawley 🏔️
explorersweb.com/remembering-...
Nice tribute to the founder of the Himalayan Database, Elizabeth Hawley 🏔️
explorersweb.com/remembering-...
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The British Academy invite applications for the Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund 2026. The scheme encourages research on the antiquities, historical geography, early history or arts in parts of Asia: https://bit.ly/488Axh7
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The British Academy invite applications for the Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund 2026. The scheme encourages research on the antiquities, historical geography, early history or arts in parts of Asia: https://bit.ly/488Axh7
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“Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from #Tibet” By Tsering Woeser @woeser.bsky.social Available for Preorder @dukepress.bsky.social
Beautiful cover art by Tenzing Rigdol, foreword by Pankaj Mishra. Publication date Feb 10, 2026!
Info: highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
Beautiful cover art by Tenzing Rigdol, foreword by Pankaj Mishra. Publication date Feb 10, 2026!
Info: highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
“Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” By Tsering Woeser Available for Preorder
We are delighted to share that “Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” by Tsering Woeser, translated and edited by Fiona Sze-Lorrain with Dechen Pemba (Du…
highpeakspureearth.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from #Tibet” By Tsering Woeser @woeser.bsky.social Available for Preorder @dukepress.bsky.social
Beautiful cover art by Tenzing Rigdol, foreword by Pankaj Mishra. Publication date Feb 10, 2026!
Info: highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
Beautiful cover art by Tenzing Rigdol, foreword by Pankaj Mishra. Publication date Feb 10, 2026!
Info: highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social is photographic portraiture for the #PhotoPortraitPrize at the NPG
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social is photographic portraiture for the #PhotoPortraitPrize at the NPG
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
We've chosen this #photograph of Josef Willisch - an ice axe smith who made axes for Robert Lawrie and the 1924 #Everest expedition. Taken by Christine L Reid in 1933.
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'The University of Cambridge has announced it has acquired and for the first time unsealed Levy’s personal archive, including letters, draft manuscripts, photographs and diary entries. It is expected the material will inform a wealth of new scholarship on her life, work and mental health.' 1/2
‘A girl of genius’: archives unsealed of Amy Levy, queer Jewish writer admired by Oscar Wilde
Levy’s work was ‘ahead of her time’ and speaks to current debate around feminism, LGBTQ+ literature and Jewish identity, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
'The University of Cambridge has announced it has acquired and for the first time unsealed Levy’s personal archive, including letters, draft manuscripts, photographs and diary entries. It is expected the material will inform a wealth of new scholarship on her life, work and mental health.' 1/2
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Our special issue, ‘Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea’ is out!
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Our special issue, ‘Liquid Worlds: Historical Geographies and Cartographies of the Sea’ is out!
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
sciencedirect.com/special-issue/106NCK35M97
Take a look at the issue’s contents below.
(Special issue: ‘Liquid Worlds’)
1/16
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Upcoming workshop on spirituality at Kyudai this Friday
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Upcoming workshop on spirituality at Kyudai this Friday
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
For those in the area, let me know if you’d like to join us (sorry, in-person only)
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Read "Microhistory: Silence as Possibility," made freely available for three months: buff.ly/j21EQeF
Microhistory | Romanic Review | Duke University Press
Max S. Hering Torres, Rosario Casas Dupuy; Microhistory: Silence as Possibility. Romanic Review 1 September 2025; 116 (2): 274–296. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00358118-12120799
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November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Read "Microhistory: Silence as Possibility," made freely available for three months: buff.ly/j21EQeF