Mette Lovschal
@lovschal.bsky.social
Landscape archaeology, commons, fences and deep time trajectories. Professor in Archaeology at Aarhus University/Moesgaard. PI in #ERC_ANTHEA.
Anwen Cooper & Tina Roushannafas @ox.ac.uk have just published a beautiful piece in Archaeological Dialogues @universitypress.cambridge.org on how archaeological work can realign to meet the needs of pressing environmental agendas and be part of #nature #recovery projects. doi.org/10.1017/S138...
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
People and time in nature: Positioning archaeology in an ecoclimate crisis
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Anwen Cooper & Tina Roushannafas @ox.ac.uk have just published a beautiful piece in Archaeological Dialogues @universitypress.cambridge.org on how archaeological work can realign to meet the needs of pressing environmental agendas and be part of #nature #recovery projects. doi.org/10.1017/S138...
Here's an interesting #heathland #restoration project relying not only on grazing and burning but also "cutting scrub and gorse by hand, forestry work, bracken control, foraging heather and creating bare ground by scraping". #ERC_ANTHEA @nationaltrust.org.uk
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampsh...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampsh...
Restoring heathland on Ludshott Common
Find out how we're restoring heathland habitats and protecting wildlife at Ludshott Common, including the reintroduction of grazing cattle.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Here's an interesting #heathland #restoration project relying not only on grazing and burning but also "cutting scrub and gorse by hand, forestry work, bracken control, foraging heather and creating bare ground by scraping". #ERC_ANTHEA @nationaltrust.org.uk
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampsh...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/hampsh...
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New Master in Public Environmental Humanities - @greenhouseuis.net
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
New Master in Public Environmental Humanities
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
niche-canada.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New Master in Public Environmental Humanities - @greenhouseuis.net
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
2-year masters program for students who want to study today’s environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history
Info sessions on November 11 & 21
niche-canada.org/2025/11/01/n...
#envhum #envhist #envstudies
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October 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#PhD in #Palaeoecology – University of Bern, Switzerland
Fully funded position under SNF project CIVES
Eligibility: MSc in #Ecology, Environmental Sciences, or Geography
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/phd-palaeoec...
#PhDPosition #EuropeJobs #AcademicJobs @izb-unibern.bsky.social
Fully funded position under SNF project CIVES
Eligibility: MSc in #Ecology, Environmental Sciences, or Geography
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/phd-palaeoec...
#PhDPosition #EuropeJobs #AcademicJobs @izb-unibern.bsky.social
Fully Funded PhD in Palaeoecology at University of Bern | HigherJobz
Apply for a fully funded PhD in Palaeoecology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Explore climate, land use, and vegetation history.
higherjobz.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
#PhD in #Palaeoecology – University of Bern, Switzerland
Fully funded position under SNF project CIVES
Eligibility: MSc in #Ecology, Environmental Sciences, or Geography
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/phd-palaeoec...
#PhDPosition #EuropeJobs #AcademicJobs @izb-unibern.bsky.social
Fully funded position under SNF project CIVES
Eligibility: MSc in #Ecology, Environmental Sciences, or Geography
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/phd-palaeoec...
#PhDPosition #EuropeJobs #AcademicJobs @izb-unibern.bsky.social
News from the Fens: @antiquity.ac.uk www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fenscapes: archaeology, natural heritage and environmental change in the Fens of eastern England | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Fenscapes: archaeology, natural heritage and environmental change in the Fens of eastern England
www.cambridge.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
News from the Fens: @antiquity.ac.uk www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The journal Environmental Humanities is still looking for midcareer/senior #envhum scholars interested in becoming a co-editor-in-chief from January 2026. You can apply as an individual and we'll find an appropriate co-editor match for you.
See environmentalhumanities.org
See environmentalhumanities.org
Environmental Humanities – A journal published by Duke University Press
environmentalhumanities.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The journal Environmental Humanities is still looking for midcareer/senior #envhum scholars interested in becoming a co-editor-in-chief from January 2026. You can apply as an individual and we'll find an appropriate co-editor match for you.
See environmentalhumanities.org
See environmentalhumanities.org
This one looks attractive and I'd be curious to know who gets the position #palynology #palaeoecology
higherjobz.com/postdoctoral...
higherjobz.com/postdoctoral...
Postdoctoral Research in Palynology – Bern | HigherJobz
Apply for a Postdoctoral Research position in Palynology and Palaeoecology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
higherjobz.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This one looks attractive and I'd be curious to know who gets the position #palynology #palaeoecology
higherjobz.com/postdoctoral...
higherjobz.com/postdoctoral...
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In the Nordic Bronze Age, bronze acquisition networks and the the sun's movement were tied together in cosmology, with barrows often aligned with the sun and wheels, wagons, ships and sun symbols often associated with each other in rock art 5/6
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
October 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In the Nordic Bronze Age, bronze acquisition networks and the the sun's movement were tied together in cosmology, with barrows often aligned with the sun and wheels, wagons, ships and sun symbols often associated with each other in rock art 5/6
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Full Professorship(s) in Archaeology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Are you going to be our new colleague at @au.dk @auarcher.bsky.social? Full professorship in #archaeology, deadline November 9.
international.au.dk/about/profil...
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Today was the opening day of The #Celtic World - Europe's Lost Legacy on display at Moesgaard, Aarhus, Denmark. With loans from 24 European museums, the exhibition is beyond spectacular. Go see it!
www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/kommende-uds...
www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/kommende-uds...
October 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Today was the opening day of The #Celtic World - Europe's Lost Legacy on display at Moesgaard, Aarhus, Denmark. With loans from 24 European museums, the exhibition is beyond spectacular. Go see it!
www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/kommende-uds...
www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/kommende-uds...
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I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I am looking for a multispecies archaeologist with a strong theoretical and interpretive profile to join my group (100%, 3 years): uni.koeln/2E7CR
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
Deadline: 30.09.2025.
Apply here: uni.koeln/ZQMKA ("Wiss2508-21")
@nakedprimate.bsky.social @mesh-research-hub.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social
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#CFP: "Climate, arts, and activism: Critical inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives" for ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies (ed. Y. Schmidt, S. Thieme, M. Winkel)
Deadline: 15th of October 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
#ecolit #ecocriticism #envhum #envhist
Deadline: 15th of October 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
#ecolit #ecocriticism #envhum #envhist
Call - Special Issue - Climate, arts, and activism | H-Net
We wish to draw your attention to a new special issue we are guest editing in the fully open access (and no author fees) journal ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies on the topic of...
networks.h-net.org
August 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
#CFP: "Climate, arts, and activism: Critical inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives" for ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies (ed. Y. Schmidt, S. Thieme, M. Winkel)
Deadline: 15th of October 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
#ecolit #ecocriticism #envhum #envhist
Deadline: 15th of October 2025
Info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
#ecolit #ecocriticism #envhum #envhist
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This #PhilTransB issue brings together the major elements of a theory of human #evolution and #sustainability on Earth. It shows how diverse theories and approaches help to understand the past, present and future evolution of the #Anthropocene. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
August 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This #PhilTransB issue brings together the major elements of a theory of human #evolution and #sustainability on Earth. It shows how diverse theories and approaches help to understand the past, present and future evolution of the #Anthropocene. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Paper out by Shumon Hussain and Monika Stobiecka on conviviality thinking in archaeology and heritage landscapes. Anthropogenic #heathlands, modified for millennia by wildlife and livestock & fire regimes could be another example of a deep past ecology of #multispecies co-existence, co-shaping.
Convivial Heritage: A Disruptive Archaeology Of Species Coexistence | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core
Convivial Heritage: A Disruptive Archaeology Of Species Coexistence
www.cambridge.org
September 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Paper out by Shumon Hussain and Monika Stobiecka on conviviality thinking in archaeology and heritage landscapes. Anthropogenic #heathlands, modified for millennia by wildlife and livestock & fire regimes could be another example of a deep past ecology of #multispecies co-existence, co-shaping.
Interesting finding on #heathland #conservation in Biological Conservation, concluding that conservation efforts and actions "cannot substitute for traditional agricultural practices that have lasted for centuries... to ensure the long-term conservation of heathlands”.
Fifty years of regional-scale vegetation change on Atlantic heathlands
Heathlands are semi-natural habitats of high conservation interest in Europe. The Armorican Massif (north-west of France) is a prime area for heathlan…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Interesting finding on #heathland #conservation in Biological Conservation, concluding that conservation efforts and actions "cannot substitute for traditional agricultural practices that have lasted for centuries... to ensure the long-term conservation of heathlands”.
This symposium looks interesting!
Climate Havens: Humanistic Perspectives on Resilience, Migration, and Resources Symposium | H-Net
CALL FOR PAPERSClimate Havens: Humanistic Perspectives on Resilience, Migration, and Resources SymposiumUniversity of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology, April 16-17, 2026We invite papers...
networks.h-net.org
June 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This symposium looks interesting!
Toad comeback in recent heathland conservation project
Natterjack toad makes 'wonderful' comeback at national park
It is the first time natterjack toads have been recorded breeding at the Blackmoor site in 50 years.
www.bbc.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Toad comeback in recent heathland conservation project
Check out this special issue on "plant humanities".
Deadline August 1 2025.
#envhum #planthumanities #envhist #ecolit #ecocriticism
Deadline August 1 2025.
#envhum #planthumanities #envhist #ecolit #ecocriticism
#CFP: "Plant Humanities". International Journal of Contemporary Humanities.
Deadline for full articles: August 1, 2025
Full call: www.amkrpub.com/ijch/call_fo...
#envhum #planthumanities #envhist #ecolit #ecocriticism
Deadline for full articles: August 1, 2025
Full call: www.amkrpub.com/ijch/call_fo...
#envhum #planthumanities #envhist #ecolit #ecocriticism
May 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Check out this special issue on "plant humanities".
Deadline August 1 2025.
#envhum #planthumanities #envhist #ecolit #ecocriticism
Deadline August 1 2025.
#envhum #planthumanities #envhist #ecolit #ecocriticism
No#fence collars are becoming increasingly popular as a new grazing management technology, making the use of traditional fences redundant. Will this also be the end of traditional forms of human-livestock and -landscape management practices such as herding?
New technology to enhance landscape management
Lancashire Wildlife Trust has started a new research initiative that will change how landscapes are managed.
uk.news.yahoo.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
No#fence collars are becoming increasingly popular as a new grazing management technology, making the use of traditional fences redundant. Will this also be the end of traditional forms of human-livestock and -landscape management practices such as herding?
250 ha #heathland restoration in The New Forest National Park as part of creating mosaics of varied and interconnected ecosystems: www.countryfile.com/wildlife/res...
Smooth snakes, adders and sand lizards: UK national park to create huge haven for rare reptiles | Countryfile.com
Conservationists are enhancing 250 hectares of heathland – an area roughly the size of 350 football pitches.
www.countryfile.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
250 ha #heathland restoration in The New Forest National Park as part of creating mosaics of varied and interconnected ecosystems: www.countryfile.com/wildlife/res...
Check out this position at Lyngheisenteret in Norway. A fantastic place that has played a key role in disseminating human-heathland relations and ancient culture-historical landscape practices. Deadline May 4th
www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
#HumanDimension #EnvHis #sustainability #nature
www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
#HumanDimension #EnvHis #sustainability #nature
Fagansvarlig Kystlynghei (277638) | Museumssenteret i Hordaland
Stillingstittel: Fagansvarlig Kystlynghei (277638), Arbeidsgiver: Museumssenteret i Hordaland, Søknadsfrist: søndag 4. mai 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
April 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Check out this position at Lyngheisenteret in Norway. A fantastic place that has played a key role in disseminating human-heathland relations and ancient culture-historical landscape practices. Deadline May 4th
www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
#HumanDimension #EnvHis #sustainability #nature
www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
#HumanDimension #EnvHis #sustainability #nature
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Interested in humans from a macro-ecological/macro-archaeological perspective? Here's the right postdoc for you international.au.dk/about/profil... - deadline tomorrow April 1st at 2359 CEST!
2-yr postdoc on human macroecology in a functional trait perspective Aarhus University (re-advertisement) - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Heritage Studies, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
March 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Interested in humans from a macro-ecological/macro-archaeological perspective? Here's the right postdoc for you international.au.dk/about/profil... - deadline tomorrow April 1st at 2359 CEST!
This paper just landed on my desk, dealing with the #historical dynamics of socioecological 'traps':
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- a really neat parallel to our writings on deep-time trajectories of entrapment:
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- a really neat parallel to our writings on deep-time trajectories of entrapment:
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The logics of enclosure: deep‐time trajectories in the spread of land tenure boundaries in late prehistoric northern Europe
Invasive schemes involving the erection of land tenure boundaries are currently spreading quickly across vast areas throughout the globe, turning former unfenced forests and grasslands into closed-of...
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This paper just landed on my desk, dealing with the #historical dynamics of socioecological 'traps':
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- a really neat parallel to our writings on deep-time trajectories of entrapment:
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- a really neat parallel to our writings on deep-time trajectories of entrapment:
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This week, I am featuring in a podcast on a deep-time perspective on #heathlands, fences and landscape-based communities by Mads Flinterup, Hedeselskabet. You can listen to it here (in Danish): www.spreaker.com/podcast/hede...
Hedeselskabet
www.spreaker.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This week, I am featuring in a podcast on a deep-time perspective on #heathlands, fences and landscape-based communities by Mads Flinterup, Hedeselskabet. You can listen to it here (in Danish): www.spreaker.com/podcast/hede...