Martin Meiske
@mmeiske.bsky.social
Envirotech historian #infrastructure #maintenance #creosote Postdoc Fellow @ Harvard & TU Berlin #envhist #histtech #histsci; Die Geburt des Geoengineerings (Wallstein 2021); Beyond the Lab and the Field (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2022) martinmeiske.com
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Martin Meiske
@mmeiske.bsky.social
· Jul 23
The new Technology & Culture is out, featuring a special section on “The Challenge of New Materialism for the History of Infrastructure”. I’m happy to have been able to contribute an article on “Tracing Creosote’s Legacy: From the Rails of Europe to Unplanned Deposits” ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Spread the word about this brand new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities with me and The Greenhouse crew in Norway.
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Spread the word about this brand new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities with me and The Greenhouse crew in Norway.
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
Tens of thousands gathered in silence in Novi Sad today, at the exact moment the roof collapsed one year ago. The incident has sparked the largest protest movement in Serbia’s modern history — marked by impressive creative forms of protest and acts of solidarity across generations and regions. ✊
Serbia: One year after the tragedy that led to mass protests – DW – 10/31/2025
A year after 16 people were killed when a canopy at Novi Sad railway station collapsed, the Serbian government and the student movement remain locked in a war of attrition. A commemoration event is pl...
www.dw.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tens of thousands gathered in silence in Novi Sad today, at the exact moment the roof collapsed one year ago. The incident has sparked the largest protest movement in Serbia’s modern history — marked by impressive creative forms of protest and acts of solidarity across generations and regions. ✊
"The factory is almost brand new, but its machinery is not: it comes from the former Miteni factory in Vicenza, Italy. Miteni closed down in 2018 after one of the worst environmental scandals in the country’s recent history. [...] And the factory has just started to produce forever chemicals again."
Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India
Where does a western chemical plant that contaminated drinking water go next? To India
Miteni factory closed after water pollution scandal but machinery and patents were bought and rebuilt by Indian company
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"The factory is almost brand new, but its machinery is not: it comes from the former Miteni factory in Vicenza, Italy. Miteni closed down in 2018 after one of the worst environmental scandals in the country’s recent history. [...] And the factory has just started to produce forever chemicals again."
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🚨We are launching the 6th edition of the NEXTGATe Writing Support Program!
Are you an early career author looking for feedback on your writing in a supportive peer-group plus expert advice? You have come to the right place!
For more information and how to apply, see below 👇
#envhist #envhum
Are you an early career author looking for feedback on your writing in a supportive peer-group plus expert advice? You have come to the right place!
For more information and how to apply, see below 👇
#envhist #envhum
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Want to understsnd the relationship between hurricane Melissa and climate change? Read this:
www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
Hurricane Melissa (2025) | Climate Central
Information about tropical cyclones.
www.climatecentral.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Want to understsnd the relationship between hurricane Melissa and climate change? Read this:
www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
www.climatecentral.org/tropical-cyc...
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CfP for the 2026 Tensions of Europe Conference is out!
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026
» Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026 | Research network on history, technology and Europe
www.tensionsofeurope.eu
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
CfP for the 2026 Tensions of Europe Conference is out!
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL
Deadline: 4 January 2026
#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist
Entire call and information ⤵
www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
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Call for Applications
The Early Career branch of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEHNEXTGATe) is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027.
Please find the more detailed call text attached.
The Early Career branch of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEHNEXTGATe) is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027.
Please find the more detailed call text attached.
September 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Call for Applications
The Early Career branch of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEHNEXTGATe) is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027.
Please find the more detailed call text attached.
The Early Career branch of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEHNEXTGATe) is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027.
Please find the more detailed call text attached.
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I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
September 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
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JOB: 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Humanities, Harvard University (USA)
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69060/h...
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69060/h...
Harvard University - 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships | H-Net
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September 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
JOB: 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Humanities, Harvard University (USA)
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69060/h...
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69060/h...
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excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
After wonderful years in Munich, a new journey begins: thanks to an 18-month DAAD PRIME fellowship with TU Berlin as host, I start today as a Postdoc Fellow at @harvardhistsci.bsky.social Six months here, then six at the University of Maryland, before returning to Berlin. Excited & grateful!
September 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
After wonderful years in Munich, a new journey begins: thanks to an 18-month DAAD PRIME fellowship with TU Berlin as host, I start today as a Postdoc Fellow at @harvardhistsci.bsky.social Six months here, then six at the University of Maryland, before returning to Berlin. Excited & grateful!
In March 2024, I had the pleasure of visiting the @ghilondon.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Fellow – many thanks for hosting me!!! I also contributed a short piece to their blog: "How to Commemorate #Railways at 200? Unearthing Histories of #Maintenance, Global #Material Flows, and #Colonialism" 👇🛤️🚂
As we commemorate the bicentenary of modern railways in 2025, what narratives are we leaving out? 🚂
1/6
1/6
August 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
In March 2024, I had the pleasure of visiting the @ghilondon.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Fellow – many thanks for hosting me!!! I also contributed a short piece to their blog: "How to Commemorate #Railways at 200? Unearthing Histories of #Maintenance, Global #Material Flows, and #Colonialism" 👇🛤️🚂
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Did you forget to submit your proposal for the ASEH 2026 Conference in Kansas City? There's still time!
We know how busy you are so we are keeping the submission portal open until Friday, Aug. 29.
To submit please go to: aseh.org/ASEH-Confere...
We know how busy you are so we are keeping the submission portal open until Friday, Aug. 29.
To submit please go to: aseh.org/ASEH-Confere...
American Society for Environmental History - ASEH Conference 2026
aseh.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Did you forget to submit your proposal for the ASEH 2026 Conference in Kansas City? There's still time!
We know how busy you are so we are keeping the submission portal open until Friday, Aug. 29.
To submit please go to: aseh.org/ASEH-Confere...
We know how busy you are so we are keeping the submission portal open until Friday, Aug. 29.
To submit please go to: aseh.org/ASEH-Confere...
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ESEH 2027, “Environmental History Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries,” will take place on 6–10 September in beautiful Salzburg, Austria! #ESEH2025 #ESEH2027 #envhist #envhum @mknoll.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ESEH 2027, “Environmental History Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries,” will take place on 6–10 September in beautiful Salzburg, Austria! #ESEH2025 #ESEH2027 #envhist #envhum @mknoll.bsky.social
The new Technology & Culture is out, featuring a special section on “The Challenge of New Materialism for the History of Infrastructure”. I’m happy to have been able to contribute an article on “Tracing Creosote’s Legacy: From the Rails of Europe to Unplanned Deposits” ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The new Technology & Culture is out, featuring a special section on “The Challenge of New Materialism for the History of Infrastructure”. I’m happy to have been able to contribute an article on “Tracing Creosote’s Legacy: From the Rails of Europe to Unplanned Deposits” ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
A new review of BEYOND THE LAB AND THE FIELD, just out in @isisjournal.bsky.social !
Many thanks to Pankaj Sekhsaria for his thoughtful and generous reading of our book! 🙏
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#histsci #histtech #envhist #envirotech #infrastructures @upittpress.bsky.social
Many thanks to Pankaj Sekhsaria for his thoughtful and generous reading of our book! 🙏
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#histsci #histtech #envhist #envirotech #infrastructures @upittpress.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A new review of BEYOND THE LAB AND THE FIELD, just out in @isisjournal.bsky.social !
Many thanks to Pankaj Sekhsaria for his thoughtful and generous reading of our book! 🙏
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#histsci #histtech #envhist #envirotech #infrastructures @upittpress.bsky.social
Many thanks to Pankaj Sekhsaria for his thoughtful and generous reading of our book! 🙏
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
#histsci #histtech #envhist #envirotech #infrastructures @upittpress.bsky.social
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#conference: "Residue and Oblivion: Manufacturing Toxic Legacies. Cross-reflections based on the exemplary case of asbestos (20th-21st centuries)". (Grenoble, France, June 23-24, 2025)
More info in English and French: asbestos.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr
#envhum #envhist #ecology #hstm #histstm
More info in English and French: asbestos.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr
#envhum #envhist #ecology #hstm #histstm
May 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#conference: "Residue and Oblivion: Manufacturing Toxic Legacies. Cross-reflections based on the exemplary case of asbestos (20th-21st centuries)". (Grenoble, France, June 23-24, 2025)
More info in English and French: asbestos.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr
#envhum #envhist #ecology #hstm #histstm
More info in English and French: asbestos.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr
#envhum #envhist #ecology #hstm #histstm
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I just received the two latest books in the Intersections book series I co-edit with Sarah Elkind at @upittpress.bsky.social! So happy to see these out in the world.
May 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I just received the two latest books in the Intersections book series I co-edit with Sarah Elkind at @upittpress.bsky.social! So happy to see these out in the world.
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If you thought March was busy at the @greenhouseuis.net, buckle up for an #envhum May with among others @davidvailphd.bsky.social @camillemarys.bsky.social @jamesweldon.bsky.social & @rebwright.bsky.social - and an online symposium organised with our partners at @uobrisceh.bsky.social and VU!
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May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
If you thought March was busy at the @greenhouseuis.net, buckle up for an #envhum May with among others @davidvailphd.bsky.social @camillemarys.bsky.social @jamesweldon.bsky.social & @rebwright.bsky.social - and an online symposium organised with our partners at @uobrisceh.bsky.social and VU!
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At the start of my #Maintenance & #Repair History seminar @kit.edu my trains from Munich to Karlsruhe and back were perfectly on time today. Big Thanks to all who work the days & nights to make this possible! #histtech #envirotech
April 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
At the start of my #Maintenance & #Repair History seminar @kit.edu my trains from Munich to Karlsruhe and back were perfectly on time today. Big Thanks to all who work the days & nights to make this possible! #histtech #envirotech
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New Feature Story: "From Natural to #Synthetic? Rethinking Narratives of #Chemical 'Replacement' in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" 🎨
In brief case studies, Leije Zeng, Jonathan Haid, and Omri Polatsek highlight how social elements shape material advancement 🧵1/5
🔗 bitly.cx/ToM14
#HistSci
In brief case studies, Leije Zeng, Jonathan Haid, and Omri Polatsek highlight how social elements shape material advancement 🧵1/5
🔗 bitly.cx/ToM14
#HistSci
April 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New Feature Story: "From Natural to #Synthetic? Rethinking Narratives of #Chemical 'Replacement' in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" 🎨
In brief case studies, Leije Zeng, Jonathan Haid, and Omri Polatsek highlight how social elements shape material advancement 🧵1/5
🔗 bitly.cx/ToM14
#HistSci
In brief case studies, Leije Zeng, Jonathan Haid, and Omri Polatsek highlight how social elements shape material advancement 🧵1/5
🔗 bitly.cx/ToM14
#HistSci
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Environment and History 31.2 is available online now! This is a special issue entitled 'Sensing the World: Exploring Sensory Histories of the Environment,' edited by @gpetrick.bsky.social & @gfitz.bsky.social liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/31/2 #envhist @eseh.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Environment and History 31.2 is available online now! This is a special issue entitled 'Sensing the World: Exploring Sensory Histories of the Environment,' edited by @gpetrick.bsky.social & @gfitz.bsky.social liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/31/2 #envhist @eseh.bsky.social
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Early bird registration closes on Monday, 31 March! #EnvHist
ESEH 2025 Registration and Fees - ESEH CONFERENCE 2025
Early registration for the conference is open from February 7th, 2025 – March 31st, 2025.Late registration begins on April 1st, 2025.Presenters must register by March 31st, 2025 in order to be include...
eseh2025.com
March 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Early bird registration closes on Monday, 31 March! #EnvHist
⏰Noch 2 Wochen bis zum Anmeldeschluss für die Jahrestagung gtg/VDI-IGTG 2025 „Un:chaining: Mikrogeschichten des multilokalen und globalen Fertigens“, die vom 3.-5. April in Berlin stattfindet. Wir freuen uns auf Euch!
👉Anmeldung: shorturl.at/JJXMI
#technikgeschichte #histtech #histsci #envhist #sts
👉Anmeldung: shorturl.at/JJXMI
#technikgeschichte #histtech #histsci #envhist #sts
March 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
⏰Noch 2 Wochen bis zum Anmeldeschluss für die Jahrestagung gtg/VDI-IGTG 2025 „Un:chaining: Mikrogeschichten des multilokalen und globalen Fertigens“, die vom 3.-5. April in Berlin stattfindet. Wir freuen uns auf Euch!
👉Anmeldung: shorturl.at/JJXMI
#technikgeschichte #histtech #histsci #envhist #sts
👉Anmeldung: shorturl.at/JJXMI
#technikgeschichte #histtech #histsci #envhist #sts