Rebecca Wright
@rebwright.bsky.social
Energy historian based at Northumbria University, working on histories of heat and fuel poverty in 20th Century Britain. PI of the Wellcome CDA "Carbon Bodies". NEW BOOK, "Moral Energy in America" (JHUP). https://shorturl.at/9tFaV
It's Electric Wind publication day!💨 Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social. Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇 A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present. Electric Wind is out now💡
Tune in next Wednesday, 12-45 to 14:00 @lshtmhistory to hear some of our research on how the policy framing and politics of cold homes has changed over time.
LSHTM Centre for History in Public Health @lshtmhistory.bsky.social · 12mo agoJoin us for our next seminar on Wednesday 15 October, when @rebwright.bsky.social and @sexhistorian.bsky.social will be examining the historical framing of accidental deaths from hypothermia in post-war Britain. Details below: Location: Online. Time: 12:45 - 14:00 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...
A great account here of the wonderful #energlives workshop I was lucky enough to attend in May, on energy, the senses, and emotion. #energyhistory
Melina Antonia Buns@melinabuns.bsky.social · last yr.in May, Energy Lives! organised its first workshop exploring how to study senses, emotions and energy. Read more about it in this conversation written by @nathaliebergame.bsky.social and Bue Juul Poulsgaard ⤵ #energylives #energyhistory #nordforsk www.uis.no/en/the-curre...
Still time to register for the DOUBLE book event today, GMT 15:00. Come hear about “Moral Energy” and @parhee.bsky.social wonderful “Natural Attachments”, hosted by @elsadevienne.bsky.social and GreenBASS. Lots of shared themes to discuss. Register here tinyurl.com/22j3t7dz #environhist #energyhist
DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH: Energy for What? Ideas and Ideologies in US environmental history - British Association for American Studies
Join us on zoom on Thursday 26 June 2025, 3-4pm for a conversation with the authors of two exciting new books in US environmental history: Dr Rebecca K. Wright (Northumbria) author of Moral Energy i...
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Friends! We would be so excited to see you for our DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH. I will be in the UK in spirit struggling through the Midwestern heat at 9 am (CDT), but invigorated by the brilliant @elsadevienne.bsky.social and @rebwright.bsky.social. @uchicagopress.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
Elsa Devienne @elsadevienne.bsky.social · last yr.Environmental historians of the US: don't miss this *DOUBLE book launch* celebrating recent publications in the field. This is happening this Thursday 3pm BST; 10am EDT; 7am PDT on zoom Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @rebwright.bsky.social @parhee.bsky.social @aseh.bsky.social please rt🙏
Environmental historians of the US: don't miss this *DOUBLE book launch* celebrating recent publications in the field. This is happening this Thursday 3pm BST; 10am EDT; 7am PDT on zoom Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @rebwright.bsky.social @parhee.bsky.social @aseh.bsky.social please rt🙏
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GREEN BAAS BOOK TALK: ENERGY FOR WHAT?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GREEN BAAS BOOK TALK: ENERGY FOR WHAT?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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British Association for American Studies@officialbaas.bsky.social · last yr.Just two weeks until this fantastic *double* book launch event, featuring two brilliant authors in US environmental history - Pollyanna Rhee & Rebecca K. Wright. See poster for details and the link below to register. 📚 buff.ly/83uWXH4 Thursday 26th June, Zoom
SAND RUSH has won a prize 😃🏖️! Many thanks to all the colleagues at UEA+the Arthur Miller Institute for their hard work championing new research in American studies🇺🇸! This prize is a collective Northumbria AMS win: the book was made so much better just from hanging out with my smart colleagues 💜
American Studies @ Northumbria@nuamstudies.bsky.social · last yr.Congratulations to our colleague Dr Elsa Devienne (@elsadevienne.bsky.social) on winning the Arthur Miller Institute First Book Prize (awarded by BAAS/UEA's Arthur Miller Institute of American Studies) for 'Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles' (OUP, 2024).
@rebwright.bsky.social and @elsadevienne.bsky.social and I would love for any and all of you to join us for a chat on the place of ideas in 20th century US #envhist and more!
British Association for American Studies@officialbaas.bsky.social · last yr.Just two weeks until this fantastic *double* book launch event, featuring two brilliant authors in US environmental history - Pollyanna Rhee & Rebecca K. Wright. See poster for details and the link below to register. 📚 buff.ly/83uWXH4 Thursday 26th June, Zoom
I really can’t wait for this. So excited to talk about ideas, American studies, and environmental history with @parhee.bsky.social and @elsadevienne.bsky.social .
British Association for American Studies@officialbaas.bsky.social · last yr.@elsadevienne.bsky.social @parhee.bsky.social @rebwright.bsky.social
✅ Do you teach about the US & the environment? ✅ Do you work in the UK? Then please take this survey ✍️ put together by Sam Hawksford White on behalf of BAAS @officialbaas.bsky.social app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/hull/green... It'll result in a report showcasing good practice #envhist #envhum
Green BAAS Audit on Environmental Teaching in British American Studies
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes:
We are hiring a new PhD student in the history group @unistavanger.bsky.social. There are several possible topics, including «Intersections between history education and education for sustainable development/environmental citizenship», which should be interesting for the #envhist #envhum crowd.
Such a great few days talking about emotion, sensation, and energy with all the brilliant people on the #energylives project at Chalmers, Gothenburg. The hydrogen dome definitely wins the prize for coolest workshop venue yet.
Can’t wait for this!
Elsa Devienne @elsadevienne.bsky.social · last yr.⏰ Mark your calendar Am studies and #envhist folks! 📅 On Thursday 26 June 3-4pm GMT, GREEN BAAS is hosting a conversation with the authors of 2 new books on the US &the evnt @rebwright.bsky.social & @parhee.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social Register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A reminder of an upcoming webinar organised by ESEH UK & Ireland region on 'New Directions in Urban Climates of the Atlantic Archipelago' May 20, 2025: 13:00 – 15:00 (GMT +1) Presenters: @erikahanna.bsky.social @rebwright.bsky.social @chrisjpearson.bsky.social Zoom link eseh.org/envhistoday-...
It's my actual pub day! If you want to hear me talk about environmentalism v. environmental justice, Santa Barbara, neighborhood associations, and "Abundance," tune in to my New Books in Environmental Studies episode below! @uchicagopress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Podcast Episode · New Books in Environmental Studies · 05/13/2025 · 45m
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Tune in on Monday 12 May, at 4pm CET to hear more about “Moral Energy” at the Greenhouse book series @finnarne.me @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social. I will be talking about why the language of energy matters, and what an energy ethics could be. Come ask me hard questions. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Online book talk: Wright, Moral Energy in America – The Greenhouse
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It’s finally out! Here is the code (HTWN) for a 30% discount if you want to read more. shorturl.at/RHGQd
Moral Energy in America
From the Progressive Era to the Atomic Bomb
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"Moral Energy in America" by @rebwright.bsky.social explores how a distinctly American way of thinking about energy shaped US culture, society, and politics throughout the first half of the twentieth century. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Loved watching this from the hotel room (almost) next door!
Pollyanna Rhee 이채영@parhee.bsky.social · last yr.I had so much fun with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and @finnarne.me talking about my book especially with their wonderful questions and appearances by the excellent @elsadevienne.bsky.social and @rebwright.bsky.social among others! 🌱❤️ @greenhouseuis.net @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Such a treat to be in the US days before P-day, thanks to @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social and CEGU. Not only was I lucky to present at the most generative workshop, but walking round Chicago, and experiencing its space, scale, and ahem “energy” reminds me of why I started this project. shorturl.at/Nd7oh
Moral Energy in America
From the Progressive Era to the Atomic Bomb
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Look what has just arrived in the post. In slight disbelief that I can finally hold it. Not long till publication day now. Out on the 29th of April! Eeek… #EnvHist #energyhist shorturl.at/xlMad
Would you like to spend a few months in Edinburgh in 2025-26 working with our brilliant Environmental Humanities community and, ahem, enjoying the Scottish weather? The application portal for EEHN Visiting Research Fellowships is now open.
Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network@eehnetwork.bsky.social · 2y agoWe host visiting researchers for fellowships of 2-4 months each year at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social. Details here, deadline 28 Feb: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/environmenta...
I wrote a blog post for my beloved local zero-plastic shop 'Lentil and Lather' in Manchester. If you've missed all the plastic treaty negotiation discussions, this is a good summary if I may say so myself! I love this little shop & its fantastic owners www.lentilsandlather.co.uk/blog/does-sh...
DOES SHOPPING AT LENTILS AND LATHER MATTER? ASK THE UN — Lentils and Lather
This is a guest post from Dr Elsa Devienne , a loyal Lentil & Lather customer based in Manchester and an environmental historian who is researching the history of anti-plastics activism. In t...
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This is where I would be if I was in London tonight!
Jennifer Aston@drjenniferaston.bsky.social · 2y agoOne last push (I promise!) If anyone is at a loose end in London tonight, or online anywhere then consider coming to hear about the more than 20,000 deserted wives in mid #19thC England & Wales who-for just a few shillings-reclaimed their rights to their children, bodies & property. #history 💙📚 🗃 🌳
So great to teach #envhist at Kielder today with grod.bsky.social matthewjkelly.bsky.social Freezing temperatures didn’t dampen spirits, and a friendly robin even joined our tour.
Its been a long time coming, but my book finally has a cover, and a website, and you can even pre-order it. Now off to finish the proofs! tinyurl.com/3c4emsfn
