Wow, isn't this the best lineup you've ever seen?! Don't be jealous! The programme for our workshop, "Hideous, Invasive, Forgotten: Theorising Uncharismatic Species in Environmental History", is now live! Get in touch if you'd like to take part, I'll be very happy to share participation details

I’m interested in any remote marking opportunities this semester. My expertise is in Australian cultural, media & gender histories. I have previously worked in marking & tutoring roles across a range of undergrad units including HIST334 Film & History, HIST308 Making History + HIST106 Global History

Coming to a bookstore near you in February 2027.

Consider this the first of many posts from me on my upcoming workshop on "Theorising Uncharismatic Species in Environmental History"! If you'd like to join in-person in Augsburg, Melbourne, or online, let me know! www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet...

It shouldn’t be a surprise that a Nolan film would fail the bechdel test, but it strikes me that across the full three hours no two characters have a single conversation about something other than a man

'International Review of Environmental History Volume 12, Issue 1' is out now. Explore new research across Asia and the Pacific on environmental knowledge, disaster management, conservation, colonial legacies, and environmental change. Available now: doi.org/10.22459/IREH.12.01.2026

Reviewer 2 aint got nothing on Susan Sontag

Frankly, I'm gutted by this announcement. This is laying down a red carpet for Western chauvinists and white supremacists. I will be desperately searching for a new academic job next year, but I would never be able to bring myself to apply for one of these. www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom/new...

University of Melbourne launches transformative Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Scholarship in the Humanities

Faculty of Arts students at the University of Melbourne will benefit from one of the most generous undergraduate scholarships in Australia through the establishment of the Ramsay Centre for Western Ci...

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See ya there!

ESEH – European Society for Environmental History@eseh.bsky.social · 4w ago

The call for ESEH 2027 is out! Submit your proposal by 15 October. We offer standard formats like panel sessions, individual papers, book presentations, and posters, but also repeat our creative Different World Sessions! Read more here: eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #EnvHist #EnvHum

My thoughts on the recent and delightful Canadian History of the Environment Summer School! Thanks for having me ☺️

NiCHE Canada@nichecanada.bsky.social · last mo.

Today on the site Harrison Croft shares his experience at our Canadian History of the Environment Summer School - #CHESS2026 in PEI niche-canada.org/2026/07/04/s... #envhist #cdnhist #pei #climatehistory

What can flying-fox migration patterns teach us about climate change? Come along to the AHA at Macquarie University next week to find out!

AHAing at Macquarie University next week? We're here to help :D

We've added another new blog post that's part of Global Environment's series in partnership with ICEHO. Harrison Croft responds to the recent essay by Libby Robin in GE: whitehorsepress.blog/2026/06/12/i... #envhist @globalenvironment.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social

Encounters with the Sublime: On Doing Environmental History Outside the Office

In this blog Harrison Croft dons his ‘stout pair of boots’ and takes environmental history out of the office’ in a second response to Libby Robin’s essay in Global …

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Thanks Libby! This was a fun one 😊

Libby Robin@libbydeq.bsky.social · 2mo ago

whitehorsepress.blog/2026/06/12/i... A lovely riverine response by @harrycroft.bsky.social taking Aust Env Hist to Germany. Don't miss it! @iceho.bsky.social

A new essay in our series "Building Environmental History Around the World" is out! Margaret Cook here responds to Libby Robin's recent essay in Global Environment. All posts can be read here: www.iceho.org/notes-from-t... @libbydeq.bsky.social #envhist #envhum

Notes from the ICEHOUSE — ICEHO

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The White Horse Press@whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We've added a new blog post by Margaret Cook - part of Global Environment's series in partnership with ICEHO. Margaret responds to a recent essay by Libby Robin in GE. whitehorsepress.blog/2026/06/09/i... @globalenvironment.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social #envhist

History Australia 23(2) has just dropped. Time to grab a ☕ and dig in. Browse the full issue 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/raha20/c...

Made it to PEI and ready for some history!

Unloading the sheep at the Port Phillip District: invasion, agency and non-human non-complicity, 1835–1853 by Harrison Croft 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #historyaustralia 23(1) #openaccess @harrycroft.bsky.social

Pedestrian crossings, bike lanes, benches, free water and toilets… Paris in 2026 is just a few clock towers away from becoming a flâneur’s utopia!

FINAL CALL! join our exciting hybrid workshop in Germany in September Abstracts due on Friday!

Harry Croft@harrycroft.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨Call for Papers! 3–4 September, Universität Augsburg: 2-day workshop on "theorising uncharismatic species in environmental history". Who are they? Where are their voices in the historical record? What insights do they offer to the field of environmental history? Be there! Abstracts due 15/05/2026!

Finally! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Breaking: Julie Bishop resigns as ANU chancellor

The former foreign minister had previously rejected calls from university staff and students to resign.

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This week the AHA gave evidence at the Parliamentary Inquiry regarding Job-Ready Graduates. Here's President Michelle Arrow on repealing JRG as an important first step in reforming Australia's tertiary education sector.

Next Monday at Universität Augsburg! It was quite fun digging through some material from my Hons thesis while writing this guest lecture

Already many wonderful abstracts have made their way into my inbox! And, if you needed even more convincing, I am delighted to announce Dr Kate Stevens @historykate.bsky.social as the first keynote speaker See you there!

Harry Croft@harrycroft.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨Call for Papers! 3–4 September, Universität Augsburg: 2-day workshop on "theorising uncharismatic species in environmental history". Who are they? Where are their voices in the historical record? What insights do they offer to the field of environmental history? Be there! Abstracts due 15/05/2026!

Coming soon! Me on whales

I was very lucky to spend a night at the Schneefernerhaus, a geology and climate research station atop Germany's tallest mountain. We learnt about the important work being carried out there, and awoke to a cold and fairy-floss coloured moonset c.2650 metres above sea level

The latest instalment of Past/Present: David Lee takes a look at how Australia has weathered fuel crises in the past, and ponders what we can learn from these experiences. Crucial reading!! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Australia has weathered fuel crises before. What can we learn from previous oil price spikes?

After the second world war, cheap oil was a foundation of global economic stability. That changed dramatically in 1973

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Mate, that four corners episode could have gone for 6 hours and still not laid it all out how bad things are. Australian universities are cooked and VCs are holding the tongs.

Now on the Universität Augsburg website! Already some fantastic proposals have been trickling in www.uni-augsburg.de/en/fakultaet...

This issue of ‘Lilith' explores gender in 20th-century Australia and Britain, from maternal feminism and 'Citrus Queen' pageants to motherhood and mental health, and the arguments that won abortion law reform in 1960s Britain. Get your copy today: doi.org/10.22459/LFH... #feminist #feminism #gender