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Katrin Kleemann
@katrinkleemann.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the German Maritime Museum/Leibniz Institute for Maritime History. Environmental historian working on volcanoes, earthquakes, oceans, history of science, and of course #Laki1783🌋🇮🇸.

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Excited to share that my new article on research expeditions and seafloor mapping in the Southern Ocean is now available open access in "Räume in der Internationalen Geschichte" (in German)! 🌊 Huge thanks to the editors! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #oceanhist #histsci #envhist
Internationale Forschungsexpeditionen und die Vermessung des Meeresbodens im Südlichen Ozean im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
Internationale Forschungsexpeditionen und die Vermessung des Meeresbodens im Südlichen Ozean im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert was published in Räume in der Internationalen Geschichte on page 203.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
katrinkleemann.bsky.social
Next week (22-24 Oct), the German Maritime Museum is hosting an international conference titled "Planetary Waters: A Challenge between Abstraction and Empathy." Join us for the public keynote, live (with a reception afterwards) and on Zoom. www.dsm.museum/en/calendar/... #envhist #envhum #oceanhist
October 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Next week I will take part in the Planetary Waters conference in the German Maritime Museum, in Bremerhaven. Organized by Fabienne Will, @katrinkleemann.bsky.social and Noemi Quagliati

With @eikeheine.bsky.social we will present a paper on the Norwegian petroleum museum
Flyer from the Planetary Waters conference: a challenge between Abstraction and Empathy
October 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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muntera.bsky.social
Interesting conference feat. @katrinkleemann.bsky.social, @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and many brilliant minds
hsozkult.bsky.social H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · Oct 12
Konf: Planetary Waters - A Challenge Between Abstraction and Empathy

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158006

Bremerhaven, 22.10.2025-24.10.2025, Katrin Kleemann, German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History, Bremerhaven;

Noemi Quagliati, THE NEW INSTITUTE Center for …
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October 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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💡Junge Spitzenforschung: Neun Young Academy Fellows verstärken die Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg.
Die neuen #YAFs werden bei dem Festakt der Akademie anlässlich ihres 20-jährigen Bestehens am 16.10.2025 in #Hamburg offiziell begrüßt.

Zur Pressemitteilung 👉 www.awhamburg.de/aktuell/pres...
Young Academy Fellows 2025
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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weatherhistory.bsky.social
I'm just passing along a book by @katrinkleemann.bsky.social called A Mist Connection: An Environmental History of the Laki Eruption of 1783 and Its Legacy.
Enjoy!

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July 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
katrinkleemann.bsky.social
Please spread the word and submit an abstract for our "Planetary Waters" conference in Bremerhaven, 22-24 October 2025. The deadline to submit an abstract is 15 June 2025. For more info, see: www.dsm.museum/fileadmin/us... 🌊🚢
June 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🚢 Planetary Waters: Call for Papers 🌊 How do we visualize the vastness of oceans while keeping the human connection?

🗓️ Oct 22-24, 2025 📍 German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Germany

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 June 2025. Find the call here: www.dsm.museum/fileadmin/us...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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*CfP: “Planetary Waters - A Challenge Between Abstraction and Empathy”*

An exciting conference organised by three wonderful scholars this autumn - do check it out!

📆22-24 October, 2025
📍Bremerhaven, GER
🔜Paper submissions due 15 June, 2025
Call for Papers Conference “Planetary Waters - A Challenge Between Abstraction and Empathy” Date: 22–24 October 2025 Location: German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History Aims of the Conference: The Leibniz Institute of Maritime History (DSM) invites submissions for the conference “Planetary Waters – A Challenge Between Abstraction and Empathy”, taking place on October 22–24, 2025, at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. This interdisciplinary event will bring together scholars, researchers, and practitioners to explore public communication strategies that integrate the planetary scale of water studies while maintaining a focus on human-water relationships at the local level. The intertwined crises of climate change and biodiversity loss urge us to incorporate a planetary perspective into our thinking and actions more than ever before. The conference “Planetary Waters” addresses this challenge by examining water in its many forms—oceans, seas, inland waters, and wetlands—through interdisciplinary dialogues that balance abstraction with empathy. Key questions include: How can the complex effects of climate change on the hydrosphere be made accessible to diverse audiences? Can the humanities and museum exhibitions integrate a planetary perspective while conveying local dimensions in an engaging and empathetic manner? What role can visualization techniques play in this process? The conference brings together scholars, science communicators, curators, and artists drawing on Blue Humanities to explore human-water relationships while advancing three central goals: deepening the planetary dimension in the humanities, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to water studies, and developing innovative public communication strategies. Submission Guidelines: Interested participants are invited to submit a single PDF document containing an abstract of no more than 300 words and a brief bio by June 15, 2025. Please send submissions to all three organizers: k.kleemann@dsm.museum; noemi.quagliati@unive.it; f.will@deutsches-museum.de. Important Information: ● Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025 ● Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2025 ● 1st Draft Paper Submission Deadline (5 pages): October 10, 2025 We request first drafts as pre-circulated papers, which will form the basis for a subsequent publication in Deutsches Schifffahrtsarchiv, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal (in English or German) where we will publish our conference papers. Find more information here. Additional Information: The conference will feature two keynote speakers: oceanographer Prof. Dr. Elda Miramontes, (MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen) and art historian Dr. Anne Hemkendreis (The Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities, Stavanger University). Additionally, a workshop will be held with two practitioners – environmental journalist Christian Schwägerl (RiffReporter) and artist-filmmaker Sonia Levy (Royal College of Art, London) – offering hands-on insights into visual and narrative strategies for communicating water-related issues. Practical Information: Meals and accommodation costs for speakers to Bremerhaven will be covered by the organizers, while travel costs are subject to available funding
May 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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I was awarded the 2025 William E. and Mary B. Ritter Memorial Fellowship by @scrippsocean.bsky.social in La Jolla. It has been an absolute pleasure and privilege to spend the last two months in California, carrying out research and thinking about #oceanhist. #envhist scripps.ucsd.edu/about/awards...
May 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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If you are near the @scrippsocean.bsky.social in La Jolla, come by to the Ritter Memorial Fellowship Lecture tomorrow at 3 pm, I will be talking about the emergence of the German Maritime Observatory (Deutsche #Seewarte).
April 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
katrinkleemann.bsky.social
Exciting morning in La Jolla, CA, today! We had an earthquake this morning, just after 10 am. The Shake Alert said magnitude 6.3 but it was later corrected to 5.2. #earthquake #sandiego
April 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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It was a big week for publishing papers. @ambio-journal.bsky.social published our paper "Climate, peace, and conflict—past and present: Bridging insights from historical sciences and contemporary research" yesterday! 🥳 #envhist #climhist #climatechange #skystorians
February 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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New OA publication! @katrinkleemann.bsky.social and I developed an analytical tool for interdisciplinary studies that explore past nature-induced disasters using Eldgjá and Laki as case studies.
doi.org/10.30909/vol...

#Volcanoes #HistSci #SciHist #EnvHist #MiddleAges
#earlyModernAge#Volcanica
Eldgjá and Laki: Two large Icelandic fissure eruptions and a historical-critical approach for interdisciplinary researchers working on past nature-induced disasters | Volcanica
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February 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
katrinkleemann.bsky.social
🌋 Exciting News! Stephan Ebert & I just published our new paper in Volcanica! 🌍 We've developed an analytical tool for interdisciplinary studies that explore historical nature-induced disasters. In the paper, we're using the Eldgjá & Laki eruptions as case studies. #envhist
doi.org/10.30909/vol...
Eldgjá and Laki: Two large Icelandic fissure eruptions and a historical-critical approach for interdisciplinary researchers working on past nature-induced disasters | Volcanica
doi.org
February 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Der NDR hat vor kurzem einen Beitrag mit Video und Audio über die Geschichte der Deutschen Seewarte im Kontext der Flaschenposten veröffentlicht: www.ndr.de/geschichte/s... #Seewarte #hamburg #neumayer #flaschenpost
Deutsche Seewarte in Hamburg: Als die Flaschenpost wichtige Informationen über Meeresströmungen lieferte
Flaschenpost, Strömungskarten und Sturmwarnungen: Ab 1875 kümmert sich die Deutsche Seewarte in Hamburg um eine sichere Schifffahrt. Heute nimmt das Bundesamt für Seefahrt und Hydrographie diese und w...
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January 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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In case you are an ECR and have a recently published article or yet-to-be published article on #oceanhist: The call for this year's Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History is out! #envhist
January 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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"In the summer of 1783 individuals in many parts of the northern hemisphere witnessed blood red sunsets and a peculiar, long-lasting dry fog." - @katrinkleemann.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2017/10/02/s...

#envhist #wxhistory
Speculating About the Weather: The Unusual Dry Fog of 1783
In the summer of 1783 individuals in many parts of the northern hemisphere witnessed blood red sunsets and a peculiar, long-lasting dry fog.
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January 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The German Maritime Museum invites applications for 3-9 month-long fellowships to work on interdisciplinary object-based research focussing on the cultural & political significance of the relationship between humans and the sea. Deadline 31 January 2025. More info: www.museumsbund.de/stellenangeb...
Global Connectivity in Maritime Perspective – International Fellowships DSM 2025 | Deutscher Museumsbund e.V.
Do you also think that the global impact of our relationship with the sea has so far been little addressed? The German Maritime Museum, Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (DSM) offers you the oppo...
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January 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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A Mist Connection is now available as a paperback for 24.95 Euro (it remains available open access as an eBook). Coincidentally it was a misty morning in Northern Germany today. www.degruyter.com/document/doi... #envhist #Laki1783 #volcano #iceland @degruyterbrill.bsky.social
October 24, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Zotero fest 2024 is happening this week! Please consider spending a few minutes helping ICHO improve our shared bibliography. Help improve a shared resource and have a chance to win prizes! #histsci #envhist oceansciencehistory.com/2024/10/22/j...
Join us for Zotero Fest 2024!
Dear Colleagues,  Please join us 21-25 October 2024 for a collaborative cleaning and updating of ICHO’s Zotero library. The event is scheduled for the entire week so that you can participate w…
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October 22, 2024 at 3:32 PM
katrinkleemann.bsky.social
Das Deutsche Schifffahrtsmuseum / Leibniz Institut für Maritime Geschichte hat eine Postdoktorandenstelle im Bereich Digitale Maritime Kulturen ausgeschrieben. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 15. Oktober 2024. Mehr Infos hier: www.dsm.museum/stellenangeb... #oceanhist
Postdoktorand:in (m/w/d)
Postdoktorand:in (m/w/d)
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September 30, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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Lesetipp der Woche: @katrinkleemann.bsky.social great book about the global consequences of the Laki eruption in 1783. Environmental history at its finest.
Book cover, Katrin Kleeman, A Mist Connection.
September 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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(1/27) STARTER PACK THREAD. The environmental humanities, broadly conceived, have been flourishing on BlueSky lately. To further promote this growth, we recommend the following starter packs in and beyond the #EnvHum, beginning with ICEHO's for environmental history. Let's connect!
#envhist
September 15, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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carsoncenter.bsky.social
(8/27) Since earthquakes and Anthropocene are common topics among environmental humanities scholars, make sure to follow some geoscientists! List created by @geohenning.bsky.social
#geoscience #anthropocene #earthquakes
September 15, 2024 at 1:09 PM