🚨 CFP! 'Conservation and Contagion: Nature Protection, Biodiversity Loss and Infectious Disease' on 17-18 June 2027 at @liverpooluni.bsky.social. We're looking for 250-word abstracts by 1 February 2027. Please share to your networks! 🐀 /1 www.conserveglobalhealth.org #envhist #histsci #envhum

Senior Research Fellow – University of Basel, Switzerland Cultural Studies | European Ethnology | Postdoctoral Research | Museums | Digital Culture A postdoctoral role with an opportunity to pursue a habilitation. higherjobz.com/senior-resea... #Acadhiring #Academicjobs #Postdoc #Switzerland

Senior Research Fellow – University of Basel

Senior Research Fellow position in Cultural Studies at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Open to candidates with a relevant doctorate.

higherjobz.com

JOB: Predoctoral Position, AnimalFarm, Politecnico di Torino https://arthist.net/archive/54766

In April of 1191, a gyrfalcon from the far north flew over Acre. How did it get there? Did it feel hot? Can one use scant medieval sources to explore the experiences of a bird that lived mora than eight centuries ago? Read Ryan Mealiffe's new Arcadia piece to learn more! #envhist #envhum #animalhist

Asking Avian Questions: A Gyrfalcon Flew over Acre in April. Did it Feel Hot?

In April of 1191, a gyrfalcon from the far north flew over Acre. How did it get there? Did it feel hot? Can one use scant medieval sources to explore the experiences of a bird that lived at the end of...

environmentandsociety.org

What does it mean to dwell when the home has become an instrument of ordinary violence toward birds? I ask this question in my essay in NiCHE. Reading Martin Heidegger’s lecture “Building, Dwelling, Thinking” against the pane, I tell an ornithological history of glass and its avian entanglements.

Building, Dwelling, Killing

Mid-20th-century modern picture windows unintentionally created severe hazards for birds, turning home views into sites of fatal wildlife collisions.

niche-canada.org

Fantastic @craigtimes.bsky.social column on the history and status of wildlife crossings in Florida for panthers, turtles, and other critters, featuring an extended cameo by America’s favorite #roadecology book. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/22/t...

Commentary: To avoid becoming roadkill, Florida panthers need critter crossings • Florida Phoenix

One of my favorite cartoons, drawn by a Pensacola artist named Jem Sullivan, shows a flock of sad-looking chickens gathered around a casket. The chicken minister delivering the eulogy says, “And thoug...

floridaphoenix.com

Back in Montreal this week to share new research on WPA-era habitat dioramas and the invisible labor of women who made tens of thousands of artificial plants 🌿🌾🌸 A side project and outcome of opening random folders in the archives! #envhist #museumhist #womenshist

ArtHist@arthist-net.bsky.social · last mo.

CONF: Des femmes et des fleurs? (Montréal/online, 22-23 Oct 26) https://arthist.net/archive/54524

University of British Columbia is hiring: Assistant Professor of the Social Dimensions of Wildfire #assistantprofessor #wildfire #socialsciences

Mapping Tariffs explores “the potential impacts of tariffs on jobs and businesses across Canadian cities and communities at the neighbourhood and city level”. [mappingtariffs.org]

Mapping tariffs

Examining potential local impacts on jobs and businesses across Canada via maps and charts

mappingtariffs.org

Prepping for the UAAC conference (Universities Art Association of Canada), where I’ll be discussing the history of nest cams - from some of the first (c.1900) to YouTube Livestreams. Below, an adult bald eagle watches their young/the camera streaming a live feed to YouTube. #animalhist

The first review of “Globalizing Wildlife” is out! “…a superb contribution to ongoing debates around human-animal relations, globalization, global history, conservation, and more.” Thanks @historianmkalb.bsky.social !

H-Net Reviews@hnetreviews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New book review: Kalb on DeBont, Raf; Bateman, Vanessa; Quick, Tom, eds.: _Globalizing Wildlife_. University of North Carolina Press, 2026. Published by H-Environment. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20162305

This is exciting! 🇨🇦

ICEHO@iceho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The next World Congress is now announced! We hope to see you all in Toronto, Canada, in 2030. The venue will be at York University, Toronto, and Toronto Metropolitan University and McMaster University will also be a part of the planning, which is headed by Jennifer Bonnell. Read more below! #envhist

In 1992, Canada declared a moratorium on Northern cod fishing due to overfishing. It was devastating for Newfoundlanders. This year, for the first time since then, the govt has “upgraded the cod stock’s status from ‘critical’ to ‘healthy’”. [canadianaffairs.news]

In cod we trust

As Northern cod stocks rebound, Newfoundlanders are expressing cautious optimism over a fish they nearly lost

canadianaffairs.news

This article was one of those case studies I couldn’t quit when researching the history of N. American wapiti (elk). 🦌 It started by asking: what happened to the 20 wapiti “gifted” to New Zealand by Theodore Roosevelt? #animalhist

Animal History@animalhistory.bsky.social · 2mo ago

(Dis)entangling Wapiti and Red Deer in 20th-Century New Zealand -- NEW article by Vanessa Bateman online.ucpress.edu/ah/issue/2/3

Curious about “Globalizing Wildlife”? Listen to this episode for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social We published the open access volume last spring with @uncpress.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/globalizing-...

Raf De Bont 🟥@rafdebont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Recently, I was invited to talk on 2 occasions about Globalizing Wildlife, the book I co-edited with @vbateman.bsky.social and Tom Quick. First, there was a podcast for the New Books Network, where the host is my wonderful colleague Jacob Ward. You can find our conversation here: lnkd.in/e3XuaGxU

The ANIMALS AND TECHNOLOGY themed issue is out!! Vol. 2, no. 3 online.ucpress.edu/ah

We're looking to recruit a PhD student at Trent to do some experimental community engagements with UNFCCC climate docs. Are you a theatre kid at heart? An aspiring policy wonk? A climate comms nerd? We have funding for you--Come work with us! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Funded Position in Environmental Humanities Approaches to Global Climate Change Policy

Funded Position in Environmental Humanities Approaches to Global Climate Change Policy Two researchers at Trent University (Anne Pasek and Stephanie Rutherford) are recruiting a new PhD student for ...

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Congrats @czumbragel.bsky.social for a fantastic article on animals and technology, from a symposium he organized in Berlin a few years ago that was wonderful!

Animal History@animalhistory.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Article Award!! from S.H.O.T. for Christian Zumbrägel's new piece on animals and technology. Yay!! www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...

Ontar (lake) + io (superlative) is Wendat for the superlative lake, the lakest of lakes, or the most lake 🌊 #ontario #lakeontario #ontar #io #superlative #lake #thesuperlativelake #thelakestoflakes #themostlake

A first for me: live animal habitat diorama (very cute African penguins) among traditional taxidermy dioramas at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco

Finally listened to this episode. Really inspiring, especially on exploring multiple topics i.e. “grazing,” accessible writing, supporting mothers/families in academia & at conferences (yes please!), and striving for completion over perfection.

Drafting the Past@draftingthepast.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you're facing down long travel to #HSS26, might I suggest some Drafting the Past episodes with historians of science? Like my latest with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

Looking forward to reading this! Also - @nancyjjacobs.bsky.social has a wonderful chapter on grey parrots in Globalizing Wildlife! www.jstor.org/stable/10.51...

Nancy J. Jacobs@nancyjjacobs.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Advance notice for *The Global Grey Parrot*! Coming January 2027: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

CfP Sea and Migration in Art, Film, and Photography (deadline 29 July 2026) - arthist.net/archive/52668 #EnvHum #BlueHumanities #EnvHist

Do you know any places named for animal-human relations? I'm thoroughly enjoying this thought-provoking #teaching module by Youjia Li on the "Ox-Town" (Shibakuruma-chō) of 18th-century Tokyo. 🐂 Teaching Animal Mobilities website 🐂 animalmobilities.org/modules/2026... #HistSci #animals #mobility

The Ox-Town

Hundreds of oxen traveled over a thousand kilometers to pull carts through the shogun’s capital. This module asks how working cattle shaped urban space, inspired iconic art, and became symbols of Edo’...

animalmobilities.org

Short but truly fascinating paper 👇Paintings will clearly be the next big thing in historical ecology. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

My article about wapiti and red deer in 20th cent New Zealand is out with @animalhistory.bsky.social ! 🦌🚁🏔️ It’s a wild story about colonial animals + technology, trophies + pests, the venison + velvet industry, and hybridity doi.org/10.1525/ah.2... #envhist #animalhist #histech

On Monday, I defended my PhD thesis, Saving Species. I am now officially an environmental historian (with a very large diploma to prove it) #envhist

Roost is a messaging app where messages aren’t instant; they travel between users at the speed of whichever bird they use to send it. Note sending is limited by the # of birds in your rookery…if they’re all out, you have to wait until one returns. [roostsocial.app]

Roost - Social Connection App

Join the waitlist for Roost, the messaging app where birds travel in real-time based on distance.

roostsocial.app

A brilliant new study of the history of rats and plague by @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social focused on the historically neglected case of the third plague pandemic's impact on Mauritius: "Rats, Islands, and Global Infrastructure" (OA) www.jstor.org/content/oa_c...

It was a pleasure to contribute a chapter, "Caring for Chimps as Viral Kin," on the complex relations of care and unequal relations of exchange that developed at Vilab II in Liberia, for this great volume! Open access is available @ www.jstor.org/content/oa_b... #envhist #medhist

Vanessa Bateman@vbateman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

*Globalizing Wildlife* is OUT THIS MONTH (!) with @uncpress.bsky.social “An essential and timely intervention… exciting, cutting-edge vantages on crucial global histories” -Daniel Vandersommers Edited by @rafdebont.bsky.social myself, & Tom Quick #animalhist #globalhist #HistSci #envhist