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Heather Craddock

@hcraddock.bsky.social

Researcher and environmental historian

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Heather Craddock@hcraddock.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Really pleased that my @plantperspectives.bsky.social article has been shortlisted for the @royalhistsoc.org early career article prize! doi.org/10.3197/WHPP...

The Absence of the Ackee Tree | Plant Perspectives

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Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 3mo ago

The Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2

Image of papers with text: Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize, 2026. Shortlisted Titles.
Heather Craddock@hcraddock.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New blog up on the Places, Plants and People Archive Network website, featuring lots of beautiful images of Kew Gardens! By @alyssamyers.bsky.social collections.reading.ac.uk/places-plant...

Unearthing the Roots of Kew Gardens’ History: Images of Kew | Places, Plants and People

In this blog, Alyssa Myers reflects on her PhD placement with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Historic Royal Palaces to create a finding aid of Kew’s pre-public era history.

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Fiona Ainsworth@fionaainsworth.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨VACANCY: The Archives team is hiring a new Graduate Trainee for a 2-year role. They will be working in the Archives and Records Management team, gaining valuable experience pre-qualification. Deadline: 17 May 2026 Start date: 1 Sep 2026 Salary: £29,692 pa careers.kew.org/vacancy/arch... #KewLA

Archives Graduate Trainee - Careers | Kew Gardens

The Archives and Records Management team forms part of the Library and Archives department. Archive staff manage Kew’s historic record of activities, as well as collections and other documents relatin...

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Dr. Penelope K Hardy@pkhardy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech: Check out @hcraddock.bsky.social (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)’s review of Nicholas B. Miller & Ulrike Lindner’s edited volume _Plantation Knowledge: Agricultural Colonization, Exploitation, & Exchange Since 1500_ (2025) @sunypress.bsky.social Review @hnetreviews.bsky.social

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H-Net Reviews@hnetreviews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New book review: Craddock on Miller, Nicholas B.; Lindner, Ulrike, eds.: _Plantation Knowledge: Agricultural Colonization, Exploitation, and Exchange Since 1500_. State University of New York Press, 2025. Published by H-Sci-Med-Tech. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20150151

Max Long@maxlong.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very excited to announce this workshop on environmental approaches to modern British History taking place this September at @lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Please share!

Andrew Seaton@andrewseaton.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CALL FOR PAPERS - Modern British History and the 'Environmental Turn'. A two-day workshop organised by @maxlong.bsky.social and myself at Lincoln College, Oxford, 16-17 September. Deadline for abstracts is 15 May. Details in poster below, please share.

This two-day workshop will explore several questions. How can environmental history complement or offer alternatives to existing historiographical narratives and periodisations in British history? What new actors, events, or phenomena might come to the fore? How should it foster engagements with places beyond its national borders or with other disciplines? Is environmental history different from longstanding traditions of ‘landscape’ or ‘urban’ histories of Britain? What contributions can historians make to environmental advocacy and policymaking? And how might a focus on the environment reshape teaching in British history? To take part, participants should submit a 300 word proposal for a short ‘position paper’ (approx. 2500 words) that will be pre-circulated at the workshop. These position papers will address the place of environmental approaches and themes within modern British history (1800 to the present) from the perspective of the participant’s own research. Participants will orally summarise their papers at the workshop. The event is free to attend and includes lunch and refreshments. Submissions are welcomed across a range of perspectives and topics, including but not limited to: energy, extraction, non-human actors, pollution, toxicity, rural and urban landscapes, everyday environmental histories (including how they are shaped by class, gender, and race), imperialism and decolonisation, ‘green’ policy, activism, and the political economy of the natural world. Please send proposals and a one-paragraph biography in a single PDF to andrew.seaton@manchester.ac.uk by 15 May 2026. Please also direct enquiries to this address. This event is organised by Dr. Max Long (Oxford) and Dr. Andrew Seaton (Manchester).
Heather Craddock@hcraddock.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive is now open for registration! 🏭🌊 In person symposium at The National Archives on 4th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re... Afternoon of online talks on 5th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re... #envhum #envhist

Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive (in person)

Explore histories of pollution, contamination, and environmental damage in the archive at this one-day symposium at The National Archives.

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Heather Craddock@hcraddock.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue. www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...

Image of the fruit and seeds of the ackee tree in front of leaves.
Plant Perspectives Journal@plantperspectives.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The latest issue is out: Tree Cultures and the Arboreal Humanities, guest edited by @rbgkew.bsky.social's Caroline Cornish & Christina Hourigan Featuring research articles on arboreal biographies, poetics of place, resistance & more; poetry, and book reviews 🌲🌳 🔗: www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/

Heather Craddock@hcraddock.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives! We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...

Archival Research in the Environmental Humanities Workshop

Learn about archival research in the Environmental Humanities in a workshop at The National Archives.

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Dr Tasha Kitcher@tashakitcher.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Alongside the UKGWA team, I'm hosting two free half-day workshops this October to teach researchers more about the web archive, and shape our future researcher offering. If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...

UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops

Explore the UK Government Web Archive, one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, in workshops.

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Philippa Hellawell @pbhellawell.bsky.social · last yr.

PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement 1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn 2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!

Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) at The National Archives

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