Wendy McMahon
@wendymcmahon.bsky.social
Academic. Environmental Humanities, University of Exeter, UK (Cornwall)
Co-Director Centre for Arts and Environmental Humanities.
Caribbean and American Studies
https://hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk/environmental-humanities/
Co-Director Centre for Arts and Environmental Humanities.
Caribbean and American Studies
https://hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk/environmental-humanities/
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As warming increases, we are already accelerating past some well-known #climate tipping points - points of no return - while others are approaching fast. These tipping points mark critical forks in the road.
Until now most changes have been manageable, but… 1/
Until now most changes have been manageable, but… 1/
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As warming increases, we are already accelerating past some well-known #climate tipping points - points of no return - while others are approaching fast. These tipping points mark critical forks in the road.
Until now most changes have been manageable, but… 1/
Until now most changes have been manageable, but… 1/
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Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica shrinks at fastest rate recorded in modern history
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... via @ABCaustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... via @ABCaustralia
Antarctic glacier shrinks at fastest pace in modern history
Antarctic scientists have documented the fastest retreat of a glacier in modern history, after it lost eight kilometres of ice in just two months, according to a new report.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica shrinks at fastest rate recorded in modern history
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... via @ABCaustralia
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... via @ABCaustralia
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We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
I delighted to announce this news
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University of Exeter and National Trust to create student research opportunities
Students on a landmark environmental degree have been granted the opportunity to work with National Trust properties across Cornwall to help them address some of their climate and sustainability needs...
news.exeter.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I delighted to announce this news
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Thanks, @americanstudier.bsky.social !
Today’s my younger son’s high school graduation, but through proud Dad tears I’m still sharing my 227th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 227
Shared on June 1, 2025
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June 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thanks, @americanstudier.bsky.social !
1stYR EnvHums Climate Emergency fieldschool. Students from ecology, marine science, philosophy & theology, comparative literature, politics & IR, history+ EnvHUMs.
We’ve worked on the beach, in gardens, in archives+more & our students hv been inspired & inspiring
Photo: Jen McDerra, Hypatia Trust.
We’ve worked on the beach, in gardens, in archives+more & our students hv been inspired & inspiring
Photo: Jen McDerra, Hypatia Trust.
May 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
1stYR EnvHums Climate Emergency fieldschool. Students from ecology, marine science, philosophy & theology, comparative literature, politics & IR, history+ EnvHUMs.
We’ve worked on the beach, in gardens, in archives+more & our students hv been inspired & inspiring
Photo: Jen McDerra, Hypatia Trust.
We’ve worked on the beach, in gardens, in archives+more & our students hv been inspired & inspiring
Photo: Jen McDerra, Hypatia Trust.
This project was a real labour of love and hope during the dark times of UK HE as well as the overwhelm of climate change, where cause for hope can seem illusive. Thanks to all of our wonderful contributors
Delighted that our double special issue of Comparative American Studies is now out. Thanks to all our wonderful contributors, and my fabulous colleague and co-editor @wendymcmahon.bsky.social
#EnvironmentalHumanities
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#EnvironmentalHumanities
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‘Wild Possibilities’: American Literatures, Climate Change, and Hope in the Anthropocene: Part 1
This special issue of Comparative American Studies explores the literatures of the American hemisphere and their engagement with Anthropogenic climate change. The complex and contentious histories,...
www.tandfonline.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This project was a real labour of love and hope during the dark times of UK HE as well as the overwhelm of climate change, where cause for hope can seem illusive. Thanks to all of our wonderful contributors
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On Wednesday, the Society's President, Lucy Noakes, and RHS Councillors will be visiting historians at the Cornwall campus of @exeter.ac.uk, at Penryn, Falmouth.
The visit includes a public event and reception with Lucy (4.30pm on 21 May) to which all are very welcome bit.ly/4j2po4B 1/2
The visit includes a public event and reception with Lucy (4.30pm on 21 May) to which all are very welcome bit.ly/4j2po4B 1/2
Cultural Memory and the Two World Wars in Britain
In this public dialogue, historians Lucy Noakes & Catriona Pennell reflect on how the two world wars have shaped cultural memory in Britain.
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May 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On Wednesday, the Society's President, Lucy Noakes, and RHS Councillors will be visiting historians at the Cornwall campus of @exeter.ac.uk, at Penryn, Falmouth.
The visit includes a public event and reception with Lucy (4.30pm on 21 May) to which all are very welcome bit.ly/4j2po4B 1/2
The visit includes a public event and reception with Lucy (4.30pm on 21 May) to which all are very welcome bit.ly/4j2po4B 1/2
We have updated our website. Check us out: hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk/environmenta...
Environmental Humanities | Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall | University of Exeter
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May 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We have updated our website. Check us out: hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk/environmenta...
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Absolutely fabulous postdoctoral position, part of the interdisciplinary project «Home in Crisis» at the University of Copenhagen - engaged with the idea of climate change unfolding in our «home» (climate change, law, humanities)
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Postdoctoral position in Law and Humanities
jobportal.ku.dk
March 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Absolutely fabulous postdoctoral position, part of the interdisciplinary project «Home in Crisis» at the University of Copenhagen - engaged with the idea of climate change unfolding in our «home» (climate change, law, humanities)
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Counting down to the Easter break so that I can read this
March 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Counting down to the Easter break so that I can read this
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"A weaker current may also allow more warm water to penetrate southwards, exacerbating the melting of Antarctic ice shelves and contributing to global sea-level rise. Faster ice melting could then lead to further weakening of the current, commencing a vicious spiral of current slowdown."
Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound
Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current down 20% by 2050.
theconversation.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"A weaker current may also allow more warm water to penetrate southwards, exacerbating the melting of Antarctic ice shelves and contributing to global sea-level rise. Faster ice melting could then lead to further weakening of the current, commencing a vicious spiral of current slowdown."
It is fantastic to see this but correction for @theguardian.com
our BA Environmental Humanties at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social Uof Exeter was actually the 1st degree of its kind to address environmental crisis, climate change & justice, launched in Sept 2023.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
our BA Environmental Humanties at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social Uof Exeter was actually the 1st degree of its kind to address environmental crisis, climate change & justice, launched in Sept 2023.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Sussex to launch UK’s first climate justice undergraduate degree
University announces new BA, after survey found most 14- to 18-year-olds want more rigorous climate change education
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It is fantastic to see this but correction for @theguardian.com
our BA Environmental Humanties at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social Uof Exeter was actually the 1st degree of its kind to address environmental crisis, climate change & justice, launched in Sept 2023.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
our BA Environmental Humanties at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social Uof Exeter was actually the 1st degree of its kind to address environmental crisis, climate change & justice, launched in Sept 2023.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
#climatecrisis
theconversation.com/earth-is-alr...
#climatecrisis
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Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to systems supporting life on our planet.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
#climatecrisis
theconversation.com/earth-is-alr...
#climatecrisis
theconversation.com/earth-is-alr...
I cannot wait to indulge in this and if anyone is around the Penzance area on the 14th, do go to the launch at the Morrab Library at 2pm! 📕 📖❣️ @hass-cornwall.bsky.social
Our lovely new anthology, Cornwall in Short, spotted in the wild at the beautiful Falmouth Bookseller 😍
December 10, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I cannot wait to indulge in this and if anyone is around the Penzance area on the 14th, do go to the launch at the Morrab Library at 2pm! 📕 📖❣️ @hass-cornwall.bsky.social
End of term / marking reflection: I’ve managed to instil my obsession with maps / imagined worlds across the student body. A win in my mind!
December 10, 2024 at 9:48 PM
End of term / marking reflection: I’ve managed to instil my obsession with maps / imagined worlds across the student body. A win in my mind!
A great end of term event with some of our @hass-cornwall.bsky.social environmental humanities and history students showcasing some of the work they’ve done this term in Foundations of Env Hums; Caribbean Histories; & Pacific Histories. Lots of posters, wizzy websites, & exciting online exhibitions
December 10, 2024 at 6:14 PM
A great end of term event with some of our @hass-cornwall.bsky.social environmental humanities and history students showcasing some of the work they’ve done this term in Foundations of Env Hums; Caribbean Histories; & Pacific Histories. Lots of posters, wizzy websites, & exciting online exhibitions
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All very welcome and may ameliorate the damage, but really many years too late. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:03 PM
All very welcome and may ameliorate the damage, but really many years too late. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Fantastic PhD opportunity in Sweden!
#EnvHist PhD opportunity in Stockholm at the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory! Read more here:
www.kth.se/lediga-jobb/...
@robgioielli.bsky.social
#EnvHum
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#EnvHum
December 5, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Fantastic PhD opportunity in Sweden!
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Ok #skystorians (*taps mic*), my first podcast episode announcement on this site: New today from #HistoryInFocus, "Histories of Resilience," our episode on American Historical Review's first ever special issue. @historians.org #HistoryPodcast
www.historians.org/podcast/hist...
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Histories of Resilience
In this episode board of editors members Josh Reid and Cymone Fourshey discuss how the AHR special issue came together with cameos from a few of the contributors.
www.historians.org
December 4, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Ok #skystorians (*taps mic*), my first podcast episode announcement on this site: New today from #HistoryInFocus, "Histories of Resilience," our episode on American Historical Review's first ever special issue. @historians.org #HistoryPodcast
www.historians.org/podcast/hist...
www.historians.org/podcast/hist...
I have been talking to my students about exactly this over the last term (as well as the environmental impacts).
I see a lot of people talk about the environmental costs of AI. I don't see as much about the human exploitation behind it.
Training AI takes heavy toll on Kenyans working for $2 an hour | 60 Minutes
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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December 5, 2024 at 7:22 AM
I have been talking to my students about exactly this over the last term (as well as the environmental impacts).
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On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
#ClimateCrisis
Story by Natricia Duncan
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
#ClimateCrisis
Story by Natricia Duncan
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
As ICJ hears landmark climate case, Grenada’s PM says vulnerable nations expect a long, hard fight for justice
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:25 PM
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
#ClimateCrisis
Story by Natricia Duncan
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
#ClimateCrisis
Story by Natricia Duncan
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Is anyone keeping track of numbers across the sector? In the last week alone I’ve seen announcements that total 1100 jobs across 4 universities. Devastating on so many levels
There's no doubt whatsoever that British Higher Ed is in headlong retreat. All the stuff Ministers talk about - Widening Participation, more intense teaching, local links, regional growth - is Potemkin Village fantasy. It just won't and can't happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sussex University: Hundreds of jobs up for voluntary redundancy
After other cost-saving measures, the vice-chancellor has launched a voluntary redundancy scheme.
www.google.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Is anyone keeping track of numbers across the sector? In the last week alone I’ve seen announcements that total 1100 jobs across 4 universities. Devastating on so many levels
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Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court
Vanuatu leads the charge of several nations arguing developed nations have a legal responsibility beyond UN commitments
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...