My article in the newest volume of Lilith A Feminist History Journal is out now. 'Citrus Queens' is based on a talk I gave at the AHA conference 2024, and is about Riverland women negotiating belonging in 1960s SA. press.anu.edu.au/publications...

🚨Call for Papers! 3–4 September, Universität Augsburg: 2-day workshop on "theorising uncharismatic species in environmental history". Who are they? Where are their voices in the historical record? What insights do they offer to the field of environmental history? Be there! Abstracts due 15/05/2026!

New Masters in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026 in Stavanger. Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it! Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇 www.uis.no/en/studies/t... #envhum #environment

🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉 universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/ (All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.) Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

Programs - School of Advanced Study

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The email made it official: I am Dr Amanda now!

Have you published #envhist or #envhums work in Apr-Sep 2025? Let the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Environmental History Network know about it for the next publication round up. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

AANZEHN Publication Roundup: April-September 2025

Have you published something environmental history related between April and September 2025? Tell us about it! If you have more than one publication to add, please submit the form multiple times. (Thi...

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Job Alert: Level B Lecturer in History @ La Trobe (Teaching and Research) for any of my contacts looking a longer-than-6-month contract: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...

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

To repeal this would be a relatively 'easy' win, politically. And be life-changing for student access.

Michelle Arrow@michellearrow.bsky.social · last yr.

More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"But such an assessment places no value on the generous gift of scholarship to the ANU from Indigenous and other Australians. [...] And it turns its back on the national mission and international reputation of the ANU." insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...

The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Inside Story

Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts

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A big few days: first solo-authored journal article is online! All about a failed Dam plan, and the South Australian view of the River Murray. (Yes, we say River first in SA!) doi.org/10.1080/1449...

Halting Chowilla Dam: salt, science, and River Murray politics in the 1960s

Announced by South Australian Premier Thomas Playford in 1960, the plan to build Chowilla Dam on the River Murray aimed to secure water rights crucial for the state’s economic growth. This article ...

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Finally get to say “PhDone”!

Architects don’t just design for humans. They design, intentionally or not, for all of the nonhuman species affected by human-built structures. Western architecture has long been a driver of ecological destruction: How can we build to accommodate other species as cohabitants of a shared environment?

Animal Architecture: In Conversation

An animal studies scholar talks with an architect and an architecture writer about designing for, and with, nonhuman species.

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📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs! Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring: 🔹 Assistant Professor 🗓 Deadline: 25 August 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil... 🔹 Associate Professor 🗓 Deadline: 8 September 🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...

"Looking for postdoctoral researcher for collective project PROTECCT, aiming to map out and understand the diversity of protection policies implemented by EU countries to protect against floods, heatwaves, coastal erosion and droughts" www.sciencespo.fr/cso/en/news/... #envhum #openpositions

Recruitment : POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW to work on the PROTECCT project

Application to be sent before 6 July 2025

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📜 We are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the 2025 History Council of New South Wales Awards! 🎉 There will be a new Award on offer this year, alongside a rise in the total prize money to over $6,000! Registrations close 8th July at 5pm Learn more via buff.ly/Vrb98GC

VIDA is excited to announce Ruby Ekkel's (@rubyekkel.bsky.social) new series on environmental history and gender 🌿🏕️💃 You can read Ruby's introduction to the series here ⬇️ www.auswhn.com.au/blog/in-her-...

In Her Nature | Australian Women's History Network

Commissioning Editor Ruby Ekkel launches a new VIDA series, exploring the intersections of environmental and women’s history.  ‘Make the back-yard the embryo of your future desires. As a country we ar...

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Roses are redde Noble are the manatees Yf we wante a bettir future Teach artes & humanityes

Enjoy hunting in libraries and archives? PhD placement "Unearthing the roots of Kew Gardens’ history" with @rbgkew.bsky.social and HRP, open to UKRI-funded students. Apply by 11 May, details see link at: kew.org/science/trai... or DM me

Placements for PhD Students

We welcome PhD placement students to learn from our experts and make real contributions to our work at Kew Gardens in London or Wakehurst in Sussex.

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After doing some undergrad marking, I am now sad to say that I can't use em-dash anymore: it looks too ChatGPT. 😭 And I'd only just come around to using it at all!

Celebrate environmental history week with #AANZEHN! Join us for the Shadow Places Poetry Workshop facilitated by anthropologist and poet Frances Grimshaw. Can't wait to see you! Details here: www.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/2025/04/envi...

📣 ECR OPPORTUNITY 📣 In collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Histories, we are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for ECRs! Fellows will write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note, mentored by academics from the CCH and APH. Deadline: 10 May 2025 Info: aph.org.au/2025/04/aust...

PhD position in Global History at ETH Zurich (4 years, fully funded), starting 1 July 2025 or soon after. Part of the SNSF project Engineering Empires from the Margins, led by Prof. Harald Fischer-Tiné and Dr. Monique Ligtenberg. jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

PhD Position in Global History

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Writing a PhD thesis while the US gives itself over to Putin's sphere of influence makes focusing ... challenging.

This residency and these projects sound fascinating. Ever since I read Max Liboiron’s Pollution is Colonialism I’ve been expanded-footnote-curious….

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · last yr.

The residency projects were just announced, and I'm eager to see how they take shape

I helped pull together the written version of the Oulu conversation on Transdisciplinary Histories - so chuffed that it is out now!

The White Horse Press@whitehorsepress.bsky.social · last yr.

The issue also includes the full transcript of a conversation held at #WCEH2024 in Oulo, on the topic of ‘Transdisciplinary Histories and the Rise of the Environmental Humanities’; plus an interview with Christof Mauch. #envhist

How do organisms that are so sedentary end up being so incredibly widely dispersed?

The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails

How do organisms that are so sedentary end up being so incredibly widely dispersed?

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JOB: We're hiring a Level A/B Postdoc to work with us on the sociology of death, dying and bereavement. Open to a range of backgrounds - suit someone keen on qualitative and sensitive research. usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E... (Please share with your networks) Academicsky

JOB: the University of Northern British Columbia is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in #envhist, period and place open! www2.unbc.ca/79306/assist...

Today on EHN: Valeria Zambianchi's recent talk w/ Josie Chambers abt co-production of knowledge, the concept of failure in env conservation, methodological rigour + “futuring” towards sustainabilityas part of our #DoingEnvHist series. envhistnow.com/2023/11/21/e... #EnvHist #EnvHum