Yaron J. Balslev
@yaronbalslev.bsky.social
Environmental historian who works on waste history in the Middle East. MSCA postdoc at the University of Stavanger, Norway.
My main project is BLOCYP: https://www.uis.no/en/research/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanit
My main project is BLOCYP: https://www.uis.no/en/research/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanit
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CFP for the Colonial Sanitation Workshop on 2 June 2026.
It doesn’t matter whether you deal with sewage in French Algeria, waste in British India, German knowledge migration, or Human-Nature relations: any relevant research topics are welcome!
Submission deadline: 8 December 2025
CFP for the Colonial Sanitation Workshop on 2 June 2026.
It doesn’t matter whether you deal with sewage in French Algeria, waste in British India, German knowledge migration, or Human-Nature relations: any relevant research topics are welcome!
Submission deadline: 8 December 2025
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Spread the word:
CFP for the Colonial Sanitation Workshop on 2 June 2026.
It doesn’t matter whether you deal with sewage in French Algeria, waste in British India, German knowledge migration, or Human-Nature relations: any relevant research topics are welcome!
Submission deadline: 8 December 2025
CFP for the Colonial Sanitation Workshop on 2 June 2026.
It doesn’t matter whether you deal with sewage in French Algeria, waste in British India, German knowledge migration, or Human-Nature relations: any relevant research topics are welcome!
Submission deadline: 8 December 2025
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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...
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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...
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A few months ago, in order to stay in touch with academic research while I found my footing, I started helping former colleagues and some students with small research and editing tasks. These side projects reminded me how much I enjoy dealing with complex ideas.
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A few months ago, in order to stay in touch with academic research while I found my footing, I started helping former colleagues and some students with small research and editing tasks. These side projects reminded me how much I enjoy dealing with complex ideas.
An hour before take-off towards the AIS conferece, Norwegian canceled the flight. They separated me from the family, booking the family later today, and me for tomorrow. Nothing helped until a charming Berg-Hansen travel agent found an alternative for me today via Tirana.
Albania, here I come!
Albania, here I come!
September 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
An hour before take-off towards the AIS conferece, Norwegian canceled the flight. They separated me from the family, booking the family later today, and me for tomorrow. Nothing helped until a charming Berg-Hansen travel agent found an alternative for me today via Tirana.
Albania, here I come!
Albania, here I come!
I just received some photos of my talk at the University of Nicosia a week or so ago. Thanks to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Cyprus for organizing the occasion! We had a good discussion, and I hope to stay in touch with some of the people I met there.
May 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I just received some photos of my talk at the University of Nicosia a week or so ago. Thanks to the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Cyprus for organizing the occasion! We had a good discussion, and I hope to stay in touch with some of the people I met there.
Speaking of history: Ottoman, British, Greek, Turkish, Muslim, Christian Orthodox, conflict - you name it. In one word: Cyprus
May 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Speaking of history: Ottoman, British, Greek, Turkish, Muslim, Christian Orthodox, conflict - you name it. In one word: Cyprus
Today I had my first talk on Cyprus' waste history. The best thing was that it was in Cyprus! It was a good panel, followed by a long discussion. It feels good to see how long days of collecting and reading archival documents turn into a historical story that is new to a Cypriot audience.
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today I had my first talk on Cyprus' waste history. The best thing was that it was in Cyprus! It was a good panel, followed by a long discussion. It feels good to see how long days of collecting and reading archival documents turn into a historical story that is new to a Cypriot audience.
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It appears that hundred years ago, the urban waste was sorted for producing compost. For some years they even kept a herd of pigs on the dumpsite, for “improving the compost”. That’s hilarious!
/YJB
/YJB
May 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It appears that hundred years ago, the urban waste was sorted for producing compost. For some years they even kept a herd of pigs on the dumpsite, for “improving the compost”. That’s hilarious!
/YJB
/YJB
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For those of us #envhum who do archival work but are lazy in filing – file it fast! If you'll keep saying, ”I’ll soon do it”, time will quickly pass, and you’ll stay with a pile of hundreds of photos without a clue how to refer them in your writing. So now I file... ☹ /YJB
May 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
For those of us #envhum who do archival work but are lazy in filing – file it fast! If you'll keep saying, ”I’ll soon do it”, time will quickly pass, and you’ll stay with a pile of hundreds of photos without a clue how to refer them in your writing. So now I file... ☹ /YJB
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Two more days of a Greenhouse spotlight on my @yaronbalslev.bsky.social waste history research for the #envhum community. Today I had great success in the Cyprus State Archives. Out of this pile of files I found some important documents on Nicosia’s waste treatment in colonial times.
May 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Two more days of a Greenhouse spotlight on my @yaronbalslev.bsky.social waste history research for the #envhum community. Today I had great success in the Cyprus State Archives. Out of this pile of files I found some important documents on Nicosia’s waste treatment in colonial times.
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After a long walk, I could relax in a tavern with good Musaka, local beer and a book on Colonial Cyprus. It is so different to read it in the main street of Nicosia, a few steps from the checkpoint between the two parts of the city. /YJB @yaronbalslev.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
After a long walk, I could relax in a tavern with good Musaka, local beer and a book on Colonial Cyprus. It is so different to read it in the main street of Nicosia, a few steps from the checkpoint between the two parts of the city. /YJB @yaronbalslev.bsky.social
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At the #greenhouse, we have takeover weeks of the Greenhouse Bluesky. This week I do it. I will repost it here for those who are not following the GH.
May 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
At the #greenhouse, we have takeover weeks of the Greenhouse Bluesky. This week I do it. I will repost it here for those who are not following the GH.
It's all part of a research trip to Cyprus. Working on waste history in Colonial Cyprus
May 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It's all part of a research trip to Cyprus. Working on waste history in Colonial Cyprus
The sidewalk ends here. Please step down to the road. Nicosia.
May 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The sidewalk ends here. Please step down to the road. Nicosia.
Hello Cyprus! Just on time for a beautiful sunset
May 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Hello Cyprus! Just on time for a beautiful sunset
If you're into VR, there's a new place in Finnøy. The opening party is on Saturday!
April 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you're into VR, there's a new place in Finnøy. The opening party is on Saturday!
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For #envhum #envhist early career scholars: I would be open to hosting a MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship application with @greenhouseuis.net @unistavanger.bsky.social this year. We have a very good track record with these grants. Our uni arranges applicant courses.
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March 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
For #envhum #envhist early career scholars: I would be open to hosting a MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship application with @greenhouseuis.net @unistavanger.bsky.social this year. We have a very good track record with these grants. Our uni arranges applicant courses.
We Pay by the Tail!
Things you can find in archives:
I recently returned from research travel in Kew, London, seeking historical documents on waste in Cyprus. I was curious about a file titled “Destruction of Rats”. After all, rats are often associated with garbage…
Things you can find in archives:
I recently returned from research travel in Kew, London, seeking historical documents on waste in Cyprus. I was curious about a file titled “Destruction of Rats”. After all, rats are often associated with garbage…
April 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We Pay by the Tail!
Things you can find in archives:
I recently returned from research travel in Kew, London, seeking historical documents on waste in Cyprus. I was curious about a file titled “Destruction of Rats”. After all, rats are often associated with garbage…
Things you can find in archives:
I recently returned from research travel in Kew, London, seeking historical documents on waste in Cyprus. I was curious about a file titled “Destruction of Rats”. After all, rats are often associated with garbage…
If you're interested in how modern waste treatment started in Israel/Palestine and in Cyprus, follow my project!
March 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If you're interested in how modern waste treatment started in Israel/Palestine and in Cyprus, follow my project!