In early June, researchers from 15 universities and 6 countries came together @ihr.bsky.social for a workshop to discuss the who, what, where and why of the Little Ice Age. Thank you for all who came, presented, spoke and asked challenging questions! nehnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/f...

From Climate to Weather History: Can Taking a Short-Term, Local Perspective Help Reframe the Little Ice Age?

Committee Member Alex Hibberts writes on a recent workshop on the Little Ice Age, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research in London. In early June, researchers from fifteen universities and …

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Join us in a couple of weeks (21/07, 1300 BST, on MS Teams) to hear @alicewolff.bsky.social talk to us about Late Medieval and Early Modern weeds in the fields of Scotland and England. For a full abstract and to sign up see the eventbrite page here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bodle-for-...

A reminder to join us on Tuesday for our next seminar, where Sandra Liwanowksa will be discussing 17th ctry English local natural history and the curative potential of soil. Join us 09/06/26 at 1300 by signing up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/humble-cla...

Humble Clays, Global Claims: Rbt Plot & the Medicinal Value of English Soil

The Northern Environmental History Network welcome Sandra Liwanowksa (University of Cambridge).

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Delighted to have organised this as part of @northernenvhistory.bsky.social's summer seminar series– Sandra Liwanowska (University of Cambridge) will be talking on Plot, muck, and the local in Restoration natural history! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/humble-cla...

Humble Clays, Global Claims: Rbt Plot & the Medicinal Value of English Soil

The Northern Environmental History Network welcome Sandra Liwanowksa (University of Cambridge).

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Northern History is supporting this workshop on environmental history, which will take place in Leeds on 10 Sept. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 17 July - see below for more information. We’re planning to publish a special issue on the topic too. Please repost!

Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We've been asked to share a CfP for a workshop organised by a group of historians at Leeds. Papers on a variety of topics related to the Environmental History of Northern England are invited: the orgnaisers hope to develop some papers presented into a special issue of @northernhistory.bsky.social

Check out my new article! It argues that the rise of continental drift should be understood within the context of the geopolitical shift that came from decolonization. lmk if you can't access! #histsci #STS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Geology as geopolitics: continental drift and the southern hemisphere

This article argues that the mid-twentieth-century acceptance of continental drift cannot be understood solely as the result of new geophysical eviden…

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We've been asked to share a CfP for a workshop organised by a group of historians at Leeds. Papers on a variety of topics related to the Environmental History of Northern England are invited: the orgnaisers hope to develop some papers presented into a special issue of @northernhistory.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who contributed to our workshop back in April. For those who weren't able to make it, we've done a little write up on our blog: nehnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/05/10/n...

NEHN Annual Workshop April 2026: ‘Yuck?: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Non-Human Life’

In April 2026, scholars from across the UK and abroad came together at the University of York for the NEHN’s annual workshop, titled ‘Yuck?: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Non-Human Life’. Parti…

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I'm delighted to welcome Kate Nankervis as our next speaker at the NEHN seminar series! ☁️ Join us online on Tuesday 12 May (13:00 GMT) to hear Kate talk about the histories of climate, clouds and meteorology. Book via eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/affective-... @womanofclouds.bsky.social

Affective Atmospheres and/or Romantic-Period Clouds

The Northern Environmental History Network welcomes Kate Nankervis (York) to speak about histories of climate, clouds and meteorology.

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Join us week-after-next for the first of our summer seminars! Kate Nankervis will be talking to us on 12/05 at 1300 BST about Romantic poets, clouds, and climate. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/affective-...

Affective Atmospheres and/or Romantic-Period Clouds

The Northern Environmental History Network welcomes Kate Nankervis (York) to speak about histories of climate, clouds and meteorology.

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It was a pleasure to co-convene a two day workshop on historical approaches to unwanted non-human life. It brought together researches from a range of periods and disciplines and fostered conversations on the challenges and opportunities of with working in this field. Many thanks to all involved!

Thanks to @instituteforgovernment.org.uk & Arts and Humanities Research Council for excellent 3-day course on routes to policy engagement for A&H researchers! It was great to learn how government works whilst based in Westminster 👇 Would recommend 'Engaging with Government' course to other ECRs.

Excited to be on the line-up for this fab seminar series — if you’re disgruntled with Emerald Fennell, come along next week to immerse yourselves in the dangerous histories of an alternative (and dare I say superior) moor

Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join us in a couple of weeks when @lenaferriday.bsky.social will be discussing the narratives of danger that lurk on Dartmoor in the imaginations of the last two centuries. Come along online on 10/03 at 1400. To Sign-up, see here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embodied-e...

Join us in a couple of weeks when @lenaferriday.bsky.social will be discussing the narratives of danger that lurk on Dartmoor in the imaginations of the last two centuries. Come along online on 10/03 at 1400. To Sign-up, see here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/embodied-e...

Embodied Environmental Histories of Danger in a British National Park

Lena Ferriday discusses danger and wildness in Dartmoor

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We've got a really exciting seminar comming up TOMORROW! Join us at 1400 to hear Simone Edgar Holmes discuss how early colonial maps thought with rivers in Surianame: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thinking-w...

Thinking with Rivers in Dutch and English Maps of Early Colonial Suriname

UCL's Simone Edgar Holmes explores methods of reading colonial maps through the language of waterways.

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Next Friday! Registration will be open until next Monday! #envhum #dh cc @northernenvhistory.bsky.social @envhumsoxford.bsky.social @ukiedh.bsky.social

Katie McDonough@kmcdono.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Save the date for the "Fluid Environments & Spatial Humanities" workshop @lancasteruni.bsky.social on Feb 27 (in person only)! Details being finalized, but we have stellar speakers incl @robertsuits.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social @gmpala.bsky.social @hlsteyne.bsky.social & more!

Still time to sign up for our first seminar of the year tomorrow!

Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We also have a new seminar series starting next week. The first speaker will be Alfie Howard (@alfiehoward66.bsky.social) on "Snake Words in Estonia: Nature and Nationalism in Andrus Kivirähk's 'The Man Who Spoke Snakish'". 27/01/26, 1400 GMT, signup here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snake-word... 4/4

The @northernenvhistory.bsky.social's first seminar of the year is fast approaching! 27/1 2pm GMT Sign up below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snake-word...

Snake Words in Estonia: Nature and Nationalism in Andrus Kivirähk

The Northern Environmental History Network is thrilled to welcome Dr Alfie Howard to present on Snake Words in Estonia!

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📢Call for Papers: Yuck?: Historical Approaches to Unwanted Nonhuman Life 🐀 @northernenvhistory.bsky.social Deadline: 31 January 2026 Further details: tinyurl.com/ynwua3em

The days are again stretching out, and campuses we work on are starting to come back to life, so its time to (re)share a few things at the start of term! 1/4

There's still just over two weeks left to apply to our workshop exploring historical approaches to non-human life. It will take place on 9-10th April 2026, and aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary divides. PGR and ECR support available thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!

It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!

This is going to be great! Well done to the organising team who've put in so much work! 👀👇 @northernenvhistory.bsky.social

Francis Taylor@frankietaylor317.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!

This is going to be a really interesting talk next Tuesday afternoon!

Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're already looking foward to our next speaker, Richard Warren at the University of Bern, who will be speaking about 'Volcanos and Climatic Instability in Early Nineteenth-Century India' on the 2nd at 1500 GMT. Sign up to join us online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volcanoes-...

Still time to sign up for this next week!

Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're already looking foward to our next speaker, Richard Warren at the University of Bern, who will be speaking about 'Volcanos and Climatic Instability in Early Nineteenth-Century India' on the 2nd at 1500 GMT. Sign up to join us online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volcanoes-...

We're already looking foward to our next speaker, Richard Warren at the University of Bern, who will be speaking about 'Volcanos and Climatic Instability in Early Nineteenth-Century India' on the 2nd at 1500 GMT. Sign up to join us online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volcanoes-...

Volcanoes and Climatic Instability in Nineteenth-Century India

Richard Warren, University of Bern

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Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The nights are drawing in, and the rain is tapping on the windows, which means that we probably ought to be getting our term-card out. Three really exciting papers to look forward to!

We're already looking foward to our next speaker, Richard Warren at the University of Bern, who will be speaking about 'Volcanos and Climatic Instability in Early Nineteenth-Century India' on the 2nd at 1500 GMT. Sign up to join us online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/volcanoes-...

Volcanoes and Climatic Instability in Nineteenth-Century India

Richard Warren, University of Bern

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Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The nights are drawing in, and the rain is tapping on the windows, which means that we probably ought to be getting our term-card out. Three really exciting papers to look forward to!

We're looking forward to this comming up online on Tuesday afternoon, with our own @islayshelbourne.bsky.social! There's still time to sign up for tickets using the link below:

Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We're looking forward to @islayshelbourne.bsky.social's paper in a few weeks' time, on histories of contagion in modern California. To sign up, use the eventbrite link here: (Just look at the size of those oranges!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/california...

We're looking forward to @islayshelbourne.bsky.social's paper in a few weeks' time, on histories of contagion in modern California. To sign up, use the eventbrite link here: (Just look at the size of those oranges!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/california...

Californian Health Myths and Understanding of Contagion, 1850-1920

Islay Shelbourne, University of St Andrews

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Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The nights are drawing in, and the rain is tapping on the windows, which means that we probably ought to be getting our term-card out. Three really exciting papers to look forward to!

I wee reminder that this is comming up on tuesday afternoon!

Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 10mo ago

For those looking forward to Thomas' talk on historical environmental medicine in a a couple of weeks, you can now sign up using the eventbrite link below. Looking forward to seeing you online at 1500 GMT on the 28th of October. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...