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Sabine Clarke

@sabineclarke.bsky.social

Historian of science, technology, medicine and the environment in 20th century Britain, the Caribbean and Africa. PI of “The Chemical Empire” project on the history of past insecticide use. Works at the University of York.

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Rebekah Higgitt@rhiggitt.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's the day of the ceilidh for #eshs-hss! NB There is no food at this event - make sure you EAT FIRST. Tell your friends!

Rebekah Higgitt@rhiggitt.bsky.social · last mo.

Important #ESHS-HSS #histSTM notice: who, coming to the ceilidh on 14 July, knows their Dashing White Sergeant from their Gay Gordons and Strip the Willow? Your skills are needed to help lead a merry dance! Dances will be called by the band, so everyone can join in, but a few set leaders will help.

Evening event in a large hall (NMS Grand Gallery) with lots of people dancing.
York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

20 mi for mental health!🚶‍♂️💨 YESI is taking on the #GreatYorkWalk to raise funds for mental health research. Support @proflinds.bsky.social, @rob-marchant.bsky.social, @sabineclarke.bsky.social + Kate Arnold as they walk for a healthier planet + a healthier mind. Sponsor them here:

YESI does the Great York Walk

YESI recognises the important links between environmental sustainability and people's mental health and wellbeing. Our Environment and Health research theme directly tackles some of these issues. We'r

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🏙️✨ The City of Today is a Dying Thing Join us for a public lecture by @desfitzgerald.bsky.social (@ucc.ie ), exploring how cities, health + the environment intertwine — and what “green urbanism” really means. 📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔5–7pm 📍 @york.ac.uk 🎟️ Book here➡️https://buff.ly/RvbkKuw

The City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des Fitzgerald

Join YESI's Environment and Health theme for a talk by Des Fitzgerald about his book 'The City of Today is a Dying Thing

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Evan@evansmithhist.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In our recent volume, 'Forced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire', @anilliams.bsky.social contributed a chapter on the forced deportation of Liverpool's Chinese seamen at the end of WWII. @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social brill.com/display/book...

chapter 7 Liverpool’s Chinese Community: the Second World War, Exile, and Repatriation Andrew Williams The forced repatriation of Chinese seamen at the end of the Second World War from Liverpool, in Northwest England, was the subject of a long- form journalistic investigation in 2021, published in The Guardian newspaper.1 A few weeks later, Liverpool Labour mp Kim Johnson raised it in Parliament. She called on the Conservative government to launch an inquiry into the affair and to acknowledge that in the case of these men, and the families they left behind, ‘justice delayed’ was ‘justice denied.’2 In response, the Home Office – the department responsible for immigration – pledged to investigate the actions of its antecedents in conspiring to repatriate hundreds of Chinese men after Britain had defeated fascism in Europe and Asia. Liverpool’s Chinese community has always been centred in its Chinatown, which is claimed to be the oldest in Europe, although substantive historical investigations into this community are few and far between. Perhaps the best account has been written by Maria Lin Wong, whom in 1989 published a history based primarily on oral testimony.3 Gregory B. Lee, a Chinese studies scholar, has published other research, approaching the history of the community from a postcolonial studies perspective.4 Even fewer publications directly address the forced repatriation of Chinese seamen after the Second World War. Wong made only brief mention of it based on what she was told and would have been unable to explore it any further as the archival sources had not been released to the public at the time. John Belchem, in his valuable history of race relations in twentieth- century Liverpool, did provide an account of the repatriation, but..
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10mo ago

#OtD 19 Oct 1945 the UK Labour govt decided to illegally deport over 1000 Chinese seamen who lived in Liverpool. Even men married to British women were expelled, along with some of their wives who were then stripped of British citizenship stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9142...

Sabine Clarke@sabineclarke.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It was a real pleasure to write this afterword for a fantastic special issue on the history of invasive species by Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social and Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social

Invasive Species, Health, and Global History Afterword: The Disavowal of Human Agency

Abstract. The papers in this special issue explore the metaphorical realms that inform discourses on disruptive plants and animals. They explore how specie

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Sabine Clarke@sabineclarke.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Delighted that the University of York has been shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership 🌍👏 Recognition for our pioneering YESI Fellows Initiative driving interdisciplinary, impact-led sustainability research. Full shortlist👉 lstm.ac/3HZY0XE

THE Awards 2025

The THE Awards are the biggest celebration of UK and Irish higher education, recognising excellence across academia, professional services, leadership and management.

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Exciting news! @sabineclarke.bsky.social joins the YESI leadership team as co-lead for the Health and Environment Research Theme. Sabine brings expertise in the history of science + medicine, focusing on global health and environment. Welcome, Sabine! 🎉 Read more➡️ ow.ly/6c3250VzNLG

YESI appoints new Health and Environment Theme co-lead

The York Environmental Sustainability Institute YESI) is delighted to welcome Dr Sabine Clarke as the new co-lead for our Health and Environment Research Theme.

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BSHS@bshsnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

⏰ Final Reminder! The deadline for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 CfP is TOMORROW! Submit your individual papers or sessions by Fri, 17 Jan 2025. 📍 When & Where: 8–10 July 2025, Cambridge 🌟 Open to researchers at all career stages & nationalities on any HSTM topic! conference.bshs.org.uk

Conference banner stating: 08 to 10 Jul 2025 | BSHS Conference in Cambridge, UK | Submit your abstracts now!