Job opening in (my) Department of Environmental Sciences, @emorycollege.bsky.social, for an Assistant Teaching Professor! We're looking for someone in the Applied Environmental Social Sciences; non-tenure position, but renewable & promotable. More info at the link: apply.interfolio.com/192159

Kurzzeit-Dozentur bei uns in Emory fuer ein Semester – Bewerbungsfrist 17. September (sorry, not my fault) www.daad.de/de/im-auslan...

Freie Lektorate und Dozenturen - USA - DAAD Visiting Distinguished Chair at Emory University, Atlanta (Kurzzeitdozentur) - DAAD

Datenbank mit aktuellen Ausschreibungen für Lektorate (DAAD-, IC- und Fachlektorate), Dozenturen und Sprachassistenzen.

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In lieu of flowers, they ask for a donation to her library project that encourages kids to read. That tells you all you need to know about her. RIP Dolly Parton.

And there it is: the new book by my wonderful colleague Ellie Schainker. _Rites of Empire_ explores the religious reform impulse among Jews in the Russian Empire, home to the world’s largest Jewish population over the long 19th century. academic.oup.com/book/63018?l...

Rites of Empire: Reforming Judaism in Imperial Russia

Abstract. Rites of Empire explores the religious reform impulse among Jews in the Russian Empire, home to the world’s largest Jewish population during the

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Call for postdocs at the Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard) in Environmental Humanities (e.g. humanistic approaches to climate change, biodiversity, social justice, env justice, food justice, landscape, and animal studies) Due date Nov. 20, 2026 #EnvHist #EnvHum networks.h-net.org/jobs/70205/h...

read and weep. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...

Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

nytimes.com

This truly sucks: the Berlin Program for Advanced German Studies will not accept any applications for next year. The program has been an important German-American bridge for emerging scholars. Underfunding universities has consequences. www.fu-berlin.de/en/sites/bpr... @thegsa.bsky.social

I haven't found the "reverse cartoon" yet that explains what the end of summer means for academics...

Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦@astridme.bsky.social · 4mo ago

As I'm wrapping up an inspiring conference on conservation biology in Europe, news like this is a gut punch. This is deeply immoral #ECCB2026 @eccb26leiden.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species (Gift Article)

The move ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could open up crucial habitats to drilling and mining.

nytimes.com

www.arte.tv/de/videos/12... Ideal preparation for the visit to the Hortus Botanicus on Thursday #ECCB2026 @eccb26leiden.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

Flower Power - Niederländische Malerinnen im 17. Jahrhundert - Die ganze Doku | ARTE

Im 17. Jahrhundert bewirkten die Naturwissenschaften, dass niederländische Malerinnen Reptilien und Insekten in ihre Kunst holten. Frauen wie Maria Sibylla Merian, Alida Withoos und Maria Moninckx hab...

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Just heard a great paper on subterranean mammals, little ecosystem engineers we know remarkably little about. And, of course, their habitats are under threat. #ECCB2026 @eccb26leiden.bsky.social

Very excited to attend #ECCB2026 in Leiden for the first time next week. If you are there, please visit our symposium “Conservation Histories and Humanities: Understanding the Present, Unearthing the Past” eccb26leiden.eu @scbeurope.bsky.social

a great opportunity (note the annual theme "prevention" in the comments)

Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald@kruppkolleg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Das Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald vergibt für 2027/28 bis zu sechs Senior- und acht Junior-Fellowships. Gesucht werden Forschende aller Disziplinen. Bewerbungen aus den Naturwissenschaften sind ausdrücklich erwünscht. Frist: 31. August 2026

So glad to hear this!

Lea Zengage@leazengage.bsky.social · 3mo ago

-From Quarks to Quasars 1/ Fired government scientists just launched a new site to keep climate data public.The site is called Climate.us & it was created by former staffers behind Climate.gov, the NOAA-run website long used by many for trusted climate information."

Montag noch nichts vor? Spannende Veranstaltung zur Sozialgeschichte: Where the Rich Live: Wie verteilte sich Reichtum räumlich nicht nur in Berlin, sondern im gesamten Deutschen Kaiserreich? Mo, 22. Juni 2026 um 18 Uhr, TU Berlin Fraunhoferstr. 33-38, Raum: FH 804 leibniz-irs.de/veranstaltun...

An amazing resource: The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) www.theguardian.com/environment/... @biodivlibrary.bsky.social #envhist #envhum

A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone

The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt

theguardian.com

"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"

Sabine Höhler (Center for Anthropocene History, KTH Stockholm) wrote a great report on our recent conservation workshop in Lusatia. The region is worth the visit for ecological reasons. www.kth.se/anthropocene... #envhum #envhist @eseh.bsky.social @untamed.bsky.social @pavlasimkova.bsky.social

Found the off-season carnival in Koblenz on the Rhine

“The area was once a vast peat bog, and peat bogs are highly efficient at storing planet-warming carbon dioxide. They also happen to be very good at stopping tanks” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/c... (gift article) @akrotelm.bsky.social @greifswaldmoor.bsky.social #EnvHum

They’ve Got a Plan to Combat Global Warming (and Also Russian Tanks)

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Falls jemand höchstzufällig am 20. Mai in Malschwitz bei Wartha bei Bautzen bei Dresden ist, seid Ihr ganz herzlich zu meinem Vortrag eingeladen. #MAB #Biosphärenreservat @diesachsen.bsky.social

Did you know that the League of Nation’s Palais Wilson made its staff sick because they couldn’t ventilate the building properly? Utterly fascinating article on the League of Nation’s microclimate in Geneva.

Alex Levine@alexmaxlevine.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Very excited to publish my article “Geneva’s Environment and the League of Nations” in the new issue of Geschichte und Gesellschaft! www.vr-elibrary.de/doi/10.13109...

Misty Copeland wins the cobblestone carpet. By far.

ILL now comes with entertaining cartoons...

Tomashi Jackson, Is Anybody Gonna Be Saved? (1948 Middle of Voter Registration Line) (1965 Abernathy and King Watch the Signing of the Act), 2020 (Atlanta High Museum) #VotingRightsAct

Moorexperte werden ist anstrengend. Körperlich anstrengend. Am Ende geht man krumm. Michael Succow ist beides, Moorexperte und krumm. Er hat sich in jungen Jahren den Rücken ruiniert. Werkzeuge schleppen, die Bodensonde in den Grund treiben, beide Hände an den Griffen und dann drehen, drehen, drehen

Leo hing falsch. "Nach gründlich durchgeführten Provenienzrecherchen hat das Deutsche Historische Museum das 1876 von Adolf Jebens gemalte Porträt des Historikers Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886) an die Familie von der Schulenburg zurückgegeben." www.dhm.de/pressemittei...

Three good things this week: 1) The safe return of the Artemis crew; 2) the outcome of the Hungarian elections; 3) and this Eastern Bluebird mama