Melting Metropolis
@meltingmetropolis.bsky.social
Wellcome-funded project on histories of heat in London, New York and Paris. Based at Uni of Liverpool and Queens College, CUNY.
https://www.meltingmetropolis.com/
https://www.meltingmetropolis.com/
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
that is so many people, already
More than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heat stroke in Japan between May 1 and Sept. 28, according to preliminary data from the nation’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency
Japan Sees Record Number Treated for Heat Stroke in Hottest-Ever Summer
More than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heat stroke in Japan between May 1 and Sept. 28, according to preliminary data from the nation’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
bloom.bg
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
that is so many people, already
This Climate Week NYC, read about the work of our NYC team Kara Schlichting and Daniel Cumming on the Gotham Centre blog: www.gothamcenter.org/blog/melting...
[with brilliant photos from our Urban Archive collaboration]
[with brilliant photos from our Urban Archive collaboration]
Melting Metropolis: An Interview with Daniel Cumming and Kara Murphy Schlichting — The Gotham Center for New York City History
Melting Metropolis: An Interview with Daniel Cumming and Kara Murphy Schlichting Interviewed By Rachel Pitkin Public archives help create a record that highlights, or at least can suggest, the var...
www.gothamcenter.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This Climate Week NYC, read about the work of our NYC team Kara Schlichting and Daniel Cumming on the Gotham Centre blog: www.gothamcenter.org/blog/melting...
[with brilliant photos from our Urban Archive collaboration]
[with brilliant photos from our Urban Archive collaboration]
NYers! Join Melting Metropolis team members Kara Schlichting and Danny Cumming at Second Sundays at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, this Sunday, 2-4pm
Full info here:
pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
Full info here:
pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
Second Sundays: September 2025
Since 2013, Pioneer Works has hosted Second Sundays, a free monthly open house. Highlighting our programs, artists-in-residence, and Red Hook community ...
pioneerworks.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
NYers! Join Melting Metropolis team members Kara Schlichting and Danny Cumming at Second Sundays at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, this Sunday, 2-4pm
Full info here:
pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
Full info here:
pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
Who is in charge of tackling extreme heat in New York City? Read about @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social intern Selassie Mawuko's reseach on our blog:
www.meltingmetropolis.com/teamblog/nyc...
#nyc #climatechange #heatwave
www.meltingmetropolis.com/teamblog/nyc...
#nyc #climatechange #heatwave
NYC’s Fight Against Extreme Heat: A Citywide Effort — Melting Metropolis
www.meltingmetropolis.com
September 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Who is in charge of tackling extreme heat in New York City? Read about @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social intern Selassie Mawuko's reseach on our blog:
www.meltingmetropolis.com/teamblog/nyc...
#nyc #climatechange #heatwave
www.meltingmetropolis.com/teamblog/nyc...
#nyc #climatechange #heatwave
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
ENRGHI 2025 is open for registration, and last chance to submit an abstract is 1 September.
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
7-8 October, University of Bristol: join a 30 year tradition of connecting PGR and ECR research across geographies of health and wellbeing.
@healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
7-8 October, University of Bristol: join a 30 year tradition of connecting PGR and ECR research across geographies of health and wellbeing.
@healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
ENRGHI 2025 is open for registration, and last chance to submit an abstract is 1 September.
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
7-8 October, University of Bristol: join a 30 year tradition of connecting PGR and ECR research across geographies of health and wellbeing.
@healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
7-8 October, University of Bristol: join a 30 year tradition of connecting PGR and ECR research across geographies of health and wellbeing.
@healthgeographyrgs.bsky.social
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
A 2 year postdoc research assistant job to work on the early institutional history of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, leading to the writing of a report to contribute to broader decolonising and reparative efforts. Around 40k, deadline 5 Sept 25.
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Post-Doctoral Research Associate - LSTM Decolonial History Project | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to support the delivery of a two-year, independent academic research project to develop a rigorous...
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A 2 year postdoc research assistant job to work on the early institutional history of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, leading to the writing of a report to contribute to broader decolonising and reparative efforts. Around 40k, deadline 5 Sept 25.
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
🗃️✨ Community Archiving Happy Hour returns on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 4pm ET ✨🗃️
July 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🗃️✨ Community Archiving Happy Hour returns on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 4pm ET ✨🗃️
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
5 September deadlines for 3 Royal Historical Society programmes: Martin Lynn Scholarship (PhD research) in African History (£1,500); Early Career Fellowships (up to £2,000) and Open Research Support (£500-1,000). #Skystorians
Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: three current programmes - RHS
The Society currently invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians across a range of career stages and backgrounds — with a closing date of 5 September 2025. For further i...
royalhistsoc.org
July 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
5 September deadlines for 3 Royal Historical Society programmes: Martin Lynn Scholarship (PhD research) in African History (£1,500); Early Career Fellowships (up to £2,000) and Open Research Support (£500-1,000). #Skystorians
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
ECR 'Blue bodies' conference in Bristol, 7-8th October, @uobrisceh.bsky.social @dudleymarianna.bsky.social would love to see your students there! 🌊💦https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/embodiment-and-water
ENRGHI 2025: Embodiment and water - blue bodies
Gain constructive feedback and engage with a community of researchers who share an interest in the geographies of health, wellbeing, and impairment.
www.rgs.org
July 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
ECR 'Blue bodies' conference in Bristol, 7-8th October, @uobrisceh.bsky.social @dudleymarianna.bsky.social would love to see your students there! 🌊💦https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/embodiment-and-water
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
Climate change is creating more frequent & intense heatwaves.
🌡️ Poorly designed, insulated & ventilated properties trap heat, making them dangerous during the summer months.
🌡️ More than half of UK homes fail to meet the bedroom overheating criteria.
www.tcpa.org.uk/thermal-comf...
🌡️ Poorly designed, insulated & ventilated properties trap heat, making them dangerous during the summer months.
🌡️ More than half of UK homes fail to meet the bedroom overheating criteria.
www.tcpa.org.uk/thermal-comf...
Thermal comfort for all homes - Town and Country Planning Association
The crisis of cold and overheated homes is not just a housing issue; it is a public health emergency. Investing in better housing today will save lives, reduce healthcare costs, and build a more resil...
www.tcpa.org.uk
July 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Climate change is creating more frequent & intense heatwaves.
🌡️ Poorly designed, insulated & ventilated properties trap heat, making them dangerous during the summer months.
🌡️ More than half of UK homes fail to meet the bedroom overheating criteria.
www.tcpa.org.uk/thermal-comf...
🌡️ Poorly designed, insulated & ventilated properties trap heat, making them dangerous during the summer months.
🌡️ More than half of UK homes fail to meet the bedroom overheating criteria.
www.tcpa.org.uk/thermal-comf...
New Yorkers! Please share your photos and memories of summer with us via our Urban Archive digital map:
mm.urbanarchive.org/pr/mm
More info here:
www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-lif...
#nyc #summer #history
mm.urbanarchive.org/pr/mm
More info here:
www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-lif...
#nyc #summer #history
Melting Metropolis
Summer in New York City is hot, as daily temperatures average around 80°F and heatwaves bake the city. This collection explores how New Yorkers have historicall
mm.urbanarchive.org
July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New Yorkers! Please share your photos and memories of summer with us via our Urban Archive digital map:
mm.urbanarchive.org/pr/mm
More info here:
www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-lif...
#nyc #summer #history
mm.urbanarchive.org/pr/mm
More info here:
www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-lif...
#nyc #summer #history
Op-ed piece from team members Kara Schlichting and Selassie Mawuko:
Does NYC need a heat czar?
citylimits.org/opinion-its-...
TLDR: yes!
Essential reading in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social given the high the temperatures #NYC has experienced this summer
#heatwave
📷 LoC
Does NYC need a heat czar?
citylimits.org/opinion-its-...
TLDR: yes!
Essential reading in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social given the high the temperatures #NYC has experienced this summer
#heatwave
📷 LoC
July 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Op-ed piece from team members Kara Schlichting and Selassie Mawuko:
Does NYC need a heat czar?
citylimits.org/opinion-its-...
TLDR: yes!
Essential reading in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social given the high the temperatures #NYC has experienced this summer
#heatwave
📷 LoC
Does NYC need a heat czar?
citylimits.org/opinion-its-...
TLDR: yes!
Essential reading in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social given the high the temperatures #NYC has experienced this summer
#heatwave
📷 LoC
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
June 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Yesterday I used this "AI -Free Statement" in a conference talk for the first time. Still trying to figure out the exact language.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
Feel free to borrow, modify, etc.
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
JOB: Lecturer in the Politics of Climate Change
This is a permanent post, based here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds.
Application deadline 30 June, so please spread the word!
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
@polisatleeds.bsky.social
This is a permanent post, based here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds.
Application deadline 30 June, so please spread the word!
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
@polisatleeds.bsky.social
Jobs at the University of Leeds
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
JOB: Lecturer in the Politics of Climate Change
This is a permanent post, based here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds.
Application deadline 30 June, so please spread the word!
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
@polisatleeds.bsky.social
This is a permanent post, based here in the School of Politics and International Studies at Leeds.
Application deadline 30 June, so please spread the word!
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
@polisatleeds.bsky.social
We have a ☀️NEW ☀️date for Stand of the Sun - Thursday 19 June 2025.
Still FREE, still at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
Reserve tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
Still FREE, still at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
Reserve tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
June 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We have a ☀️NEW ☀️date for Stand of the Sun - Thursday 19 June 2025.
Still FREE, still at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
Reserve tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
Still FREE, still at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
Reserve tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
Lots of Modern #UrbanHistory books available to review on everything from post-war architecture to atomic bombs.
Get in touch with Sam if you're interested 👇
Get in touch with Sam if you're interested 👇
Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes:
June 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Lots of Modern #UrbanHistory books available to review on everything from post-war architecture to atomic bombs.
Get in touch with Sam if you're interested 👇
Get in touch with Sam if you're interested 👇
FREE tickets are still available for Stand of the Sun: A solstice ritual for the melting metropolis, directed by Bryony Ella, with music from Bumi Thomas and choreography from Antoine Marc
8-9.45pm, 21 June 2025
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
8-9.45pm, 21 June 2025
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
FREE tickets are still available for Stand of the Sun: A solstice ritual for the melting metropolis, directed by Bryony Ella, with music from Bumi Thomas and choreography from Antoine Marc
8-9.45pm, 21 June 2025
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
8-9.45pm, 21 June 2025
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
🎥 Open call: Films of Return by A La Luz invites film/video art on the climate crisis including ecological memory, justice & collective futures. Jurors include Climate Museum director Miranda Massie. Submit by June 15!
To learn more, visit: www.pointsofreturn.org/film
To learn more, visit: www.pointsofreturn.org/film
Films of Return: Filmmakers & Video Artists Face Climate Change — Points of Return
www.pointsofreturn.org
May 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🎥 Open call: Films of Return by A La Luz invites film/video art on the climate crisis including ecological memory, justice & collective futures. Jurors include Climate Museum director Miranda Massie. Submit by June 15!
To learn more, visit: www.pointsofreturn.org/film
To learn more, visit: www.pointsofreturn.org/film
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
Increasing temperatures can seriously affect our health, wellbeing and work.
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
May 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Increasing temperatures can seriously affect our health, wellbeing and work.
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
The good news? There are things we can do about it.
Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
A reminder of an upcoming webinar organised by ESEH UK & Ireland region on 'New Directions in Urban Climates of the Atlantic Archipelago'
May 20, 2025: 13:00 – 15:00 (GMT +1)
Presenters: @erikahanna.bsky.social @rebwright.bsky.social @chrisjpearson.bsky.social
Zoom link eseh.org/envhistoday-...
May 20, 2025: 13:00 – 15:00 (GMT +1)
Presenters: @erikahanna.bsky.social @rebwright.bsky.social @chrisjpearson.bsky.social
Zoom link eseh.org/envhistoday-...
May 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A reminder of an upcoming webinar organised by ESEH UK & Ireland region on 'New Directions in Urban Climates of the Atlantic Archipelago'
May 20, 2025: 13:00 – 15:00 (GMT +1)
Presenters: @erikahanna.bsky.social @rebwright.bsky.social @chrisjpearson.bsky.social
Zoom link eseh.org/envhistoday-...
May 20, 2025: 13:00 – 15:00 (GMT +1)
Presenters: @erikahanna.bsky.social @rebwright.bsky.social @chrisjpearson.bsky.social
Zoom link eseh.org/envhistoday-...
☀️Come to a FREE Melting Metropolis event at Orleans House Gallery on #Summer #Solstice 21 June 2025: Stand of the Sun ☀️
Art, music and dance, with Bryony Ella, Bumi Thomas and Antoine Marc
Booking essential:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
#climatecrisis #londonart
Art, music and dance, with Bryony Ella, Bumi Thomas and Antoine Marc
Booking essential:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
#climatecrisis #londonart
May 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
☀️Come to a FREE Melting Metropolis event at Orleans House Gallery on #Summer #Solstice 21 June 2025: Stand of the Sun ☀️
Art, music and dance, with Bryony Ella, Bumi Thomas and Antoine Marc
Booking essential:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
#climatecrisis #londonart
Art, music and dance, with Bryony Ella, Bumi Thomas and Antoine Marc
Booking essential:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...
#climatecrisis #londonart
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
Historians, please sign!
OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs
In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...
tinyurl.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Historians, please sign!
We’re seeking a documentary filmmaker to join our Community Storytelling Partnership. Co-create with six community partner organisations and four storytellers across London and New York.
Deadline: 25/04/25
drive.google.com/file/d/1Ava6...
#FilmmakerCall #ClimateJustice #DocumentaryFilmmaker
Deadline: 25/04/25
drive.google.com/file/d/1Ava6...
#FilmmakerCall #ClimateJustice #DocumentaryFilmmaker
April 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We’re seeking a documentary filmmaker to join our Community Storytelling Partnership. Co-create with six community partner organisations and four storytellers across London and New York.
Deadline: 25/04/25
drive.google.com/file/d/1Ava6...
#FilmmakerCall #ClimateJustice #DocumentaryFilmmaker
Deadline: 25/04/25
drive.google.com/file/d/1Ava6...
#FilmmakerCall #ClimateJustice #DocumentaryFilmmaker
Reposted by Melting Metropolis
eseh.org/call-for-sub... reminder to send your submissions for the @eseh.bsky.social Bristol-Bern Prize in Public History by 1 May!
Call for Submissions: 2025 Bristol-Bern Prize in Public Environmental History (2Bs Prize) – European Society for Environmental History
eseh.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
eseh.org/call-for-sub... reminder to send your submissions for the @eseh.bsky.social Bristol-Bern Prize in Public History by 1 May!
A new Melting Metropolis opportunity!
Work with @chloeduteil.bsky.social on a graphic novel/BD on summer heat in Paris 👇
Work with @chloeduteil.bsky.social on a graphic novel/BD on summer heat in Paris 👇
As part of my work on everyday experiences of summer heat in Paris on the project Melting Metropolis, I am looking for an illustrator with whom to create a graphic novel bringing together history, climate, and fiction. For more & French, see below ☀️
#heatwave #illustrator #climate #paris #history
#heatwave #illustrator #climate #paris #history
March 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A new Melting Metropolis opportunity!
Work with @chloeduteil.bsky.social on a graphic novel/BD on summer heat in Paris 👇
Work with @chloeduteil.bsky.social on a graphic novel/BD on summer heat in Paris 👇