Besides the chimps, the material legacy of her research there was especially memorable for me. Her cabin (and all the books, skulls, and objects collected by her and others over the years), her son “grub”’s house that kept him safe from the baboons, the old feeding station. #animalhist

Thinking about Jane Goodall, and grateful to have spent time at Gombe as a @anthropogeny.org graduate student in 2019.

Sharing my fav photo from my research on the work of Herman Bohlman and William and Irene Finley: A self portrait with golden eagles, taken from 158 feet up a sycamore tree, 1904. #animalhist

Excited to talk #animalhist with other art historians today at the “Interspecies Interactions in the Visual Arts”symposium, org by @claralanger.bsky.social and Oriane Poret. I’ll be speaking about seeking a “bird’s eye view” in avian photography, and finding (un)wanted encounters.

Looking forward to next week’s online workshop “Wild or Domestic? Research on Artificial Bird Nesting Sites” organized by @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social & Thomas Reitmaier. I’ll be discussing wood duck conservation via nest boxes and the film Wood Duck Ways (1956) [linked below] #envhist #animalhist

And most recently, trying to solve a mystery about two swans at the Bell Museum. More to come! #animalhist #envhum

Presenting my research on wildlife photography and wapiti (elk) at a conference in Banff while two walk by the window and steal the show #animalhist #envhist

And searching for cows with @monicavasile.bsky.social in the Swiss alps as part of the @eseh.bsky.social summer school

Also not to forget the non-humans: holding lemming, loon, and finch along the way!

Found a sandhill crane feather in the archive last year - taped to a letter from 1930. 🪶
#animalhist #envhist

My article discusses 19th cent self-taught naturalist Martha Maxwell, who was ahead of her time in modernizing taxidermy and its display. I conclude by sharing the experience of holding one of the finches she collected in the 1870s.

In good company with @moneschleper.bsky.social and @monicavasile.bsky.social in the recently published Gender and Animals in History, edited by @wildpasts.bsky.social! So many good chapters 🐱🪿🐞🐆🐘🐎 open access with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social at library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

This week: Presenting new research on habitat dioramas as productive archives of human-(migratory)animal histories for the TU Berlin workshop “From Passive Livestock to Untamed Beings: Reanimating Animals in the History of Technology” organized by Christian Zumbrägel.
#animalhist

Lots of zoo animal taxidermy at the Natural History Museum in Berlin. Including Bobby (1928-1935), Knut (2006-2011) and unnamed son (195?-?) of Knautschke (1943-1988). #animalhist

My favorite find in the archive: a letter from 1874 addressed to Maxwell that crosses out the stationery’s “Sir”

Happy #IWD
Excited to share my article on Martha Maxwell (taxidermist & feminist) in the Yearbook of Women’s History: Gender and Animals in History, edited by @wildpasts.bsky.social out next month! #envhist

Working on something about migratory birds represented in habitat dioramas. Does anyone know of dioramas or museums that display tagged/ringed birds (like this tundra swan at the Bell Museum)? thank you! #envhist

Getting ready to talk about wildlife filmmaking, lemmings, and Disney for the upcoming Moving Animals fest @naturalis.bsky.social and learned that lemming populations can shape snowy-owl migrations (and they make nests out of lemming corpses?!)