In my article, I grapple with the idea of socio-environmental responsibility of nathist museums, and how assuming this responbility is far from obvious once you look at their history. It is also a pledge for an environmental history of nathist museums - it has a lot of @collecol.bsky.social in it!

We had a fantastic panel in the last slot of the last day of #HSS-ESHS #HSS2026 called "Pedagogies of Things in the Natural History Humanities" with @arnoldke.bsky.social, @annalsvensson.bsky.social & Kelly Whitmer. If you were there, we'd love to hear your thoughts! 🌿 #envhist #envhum

A Collection Ecologist at work ⛏️👇 Thank you @trichocolea.bsky.social ! #hss-eshs #hss2026 @collecol.bsky.social

Brad Scott@trichocolea.bsky.social · 3w ago

Nuala Caomhanach @nulybranch.bsky.social talking about women's labour in plant molecular biology #ESHS-HSS

What an amazing session - perfect in all possible ways to close HSS2026 on a flowery panel blooming with inspired thoughts 🌷🌿🌵 Thank you to the Collection Ecologies crew & friends @envhist @envhum

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 3w ago

We had a fantastic panel in the last slot of the last day of #HSS-ESHS #HSS2026 called "Pedagogies of Things in the Natural History Humanities" with @arnoldke.bsky.social, @annalsvensson.bsky.social & Kelly Whitmer. If you were there, we'd love to hear your thoughts! 🌿 #envhist #envhum

We had such an amazing turnout for this & great engagement from the audience about some historical questions, but also some very practical concerns about what it means to teach with material objects in a world of digitization, AI, declining attention span, & much more. #hss-eshs #envhist #envhum

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 3w ago

We had a fantastic panel in the last slot of the last day of #HSS-ESHS #HSS2026 called "Pedagogies of Things in the Natural History Humanities" with @arnoldke.bsky.social, @annalsvensson.bsky.social & Kelly Whitmer. If you were there, we'd love to hear your thoughts! 🌿 #envhist #envhum

We had a fantastic panel in the last slot of the last day of #HSS-ESHS #HSS2026 called "Pedagogies of Things in the Natural History Humanities" with @arnoldke.bsky.social, @annalsvensson.bsky.social & Kelly Whitmer. If you were there, we'd love to hear your thoughts! 🌿 #envhist #envhum

Not only that, but a large contingent of the wider @collecol.bsky.social network also came! So many people there working on collections, natural history, museums, environmental history, etc. 🌿🪲 What a great way to kick off the conference! #hss2026 #eshs-hss

Elaine Ayers@eayers0.bsky.social · 3w ago

Big thank you to the many, many #ESHS-HSS people who came to @arnoldke.bsky.social and my pub night last night! Incredibly having friends from so many walks of life in one place. Let's do it again tonight - Yale drinks, CALM drinks, and of course the cèildh.

As always, @dbrh.bsky.social is serving brilliant @collecol.bsky.social wisdom. #eshs-hss

Shannon K. Supple@mazarine.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Collections are contingencies, not just exhaustive projects.” — Deborah DuBald Love this. #eshs-hss

The articles in our Endeavour special issue are starting to arrive! Check out research from @mattholmes.bsky.social & @arnoldke.bsky.social which are now available open access! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... #envhist #envhums #histsci #collections #museums

Katherine Arnold@arnoldke.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very pleased to share my new article on the legal case surrounding Welwitsch's Angolan botanical collections, part of the @collecol.bsky.social issue in @Endeavour (edited by the lovely @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social) ✨ #envhist Available open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Very pleased to share my new article on the legal case surrounding Welwitsch's Angolan botanical collections, part of the @collecol.bsky.social issue in @Endeavour (edited by the lovely @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social) ✨ #envhist Available open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

The articles in our Endeavour special issue are starting to arrive! Check out research from @mattholmes.bsky.social & @arnoldke.bsky.social which are now available open access! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... #envhist #envhums #histsci #collections #museums

Katherine Arnold@arnoldke.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very pleased to share my new article on the legal case surrounding Welwitsch's Angolan botanical collections, part of the @collecol.bsky.social issue in @Endeavour (edited by the lovely @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social) ✨ #envhist Available open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

I was very lucky to be part of this amazing book. I've co-authored a piece on natural history collections and climate change with Martha Fleming (Natural History Museum of Denmark) as part of @collecol.bsky.social. Looking forward to finally seeing it in print! ✨🌿 #nathist #envhist #collections

Emily Pawley@emilypawley.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Friends, @alixhui.bsky.social and I and 70+ historians have been working on this gigantic project for three years and it finally feels like it's going to be real.

Want to know more about open/closed doors in museums? Connect to @collecol.bsky.social at 5pm (CET) today Yes, that's just enough time to finish this thing you're doing and grab a cup of tea. www.chstm.org/group/collec...

CatMadruga@cmadruga.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Tomorrow we are discussing the politics of ACCESS in museums. For flavour, an example from an "open" door in a museum (leading nowhere). @nickyrvs.bsky.social @collecol.bsky.social

🚨 TODAY! A seminar from the @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM group at 4pm GMT/11am EST! Join us in welcoming @nickyrvs.bsky.social (@hunterianglasgow.bsky.social) ✨ More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec... #envhist #envhum #museums #collections #histsci

🚨 TODAY! A seminar from the @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM group at 4pm GMT/11am EST! Join us in welcoming @nickyrvs.bsky.social (@hunterianglasgow.bsky.social) ✨ More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec... #envhist #envhum #museums #collections #histsci

🚨Don't miss tomorrow! ✨ @collecol.bsky.social Thursday 5 Feb (check yr timezone)✨ www.chstm.org/group/collec... Nicky Reeves @nickyrvs.bsky.social on his reflections on access politics in the world of museum storage, #collections and their #envhist!

🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨ This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel) #envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1

I will actually miss this, unfortunately, because I’m giving a workshop at the @icomdeutschland.bsky.social conference in Hamburg at the same time but y‘all should definitely not miss Thomas‘s presentation about his fabulous project. #HistNatHist #Collections #EnvHist

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨ This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel) #envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1

CollEcologies is back this week with another great discussion on how THINGS are also NATURE and what is all this about collecting and preserving, and where is "knowledge"?

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨ This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel) #envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1

🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨ This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel) #envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1

Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲 We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along! On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination". All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Looks like a great reading group for those interested in natural history + history of collections! 🏛️🌿🦓

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨

Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲 We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along! On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination". All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

🚨🚨 This is a quick notice to let you all know that we have had to cancel this session! But, we have moved it to 6 November! We hope you'll join us then! ✨🪴

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲 We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along! On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination". All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Join us for another semester of @collecol.bsky.social fun online. #HistNatHist #HistSTM #collections #museums #EnvHist #EnvHum

Collection Ecologies@collecol.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲 We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along! On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination". All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

@collecol.bsky.social is back! 🪲 We've put together a great seminar series - we hope you'll come along! On 2 Oct 11am EDT/4pm GMT we're doing a reading club - Appadurai's "The Museum, the Colony, and the Planet: Territories of the Imperial Imagination". All info ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

What a great roundtable! @collecol.bsky.social!

Dr. Dominik Huenniger@dominikhhh.bsky.social · last yr.

Had a fabulous time at #BSHS2025 @bshsnews.bsky.social . #HistSTM So much on #museums , #collections , #envhist #HistNatHist . 😍 Great seeing friends & meeting new people. Esp. @camglamresearch.bsky.social Thanks everyone for attending our @collecol.bsky.social roundtable. Join please: