Only three days left to apply! I started on a similar position here and it really helped me get my feet + teaching/admin experience after finishing the PhD. It's a fantastic place to work and our students are great! ✨ 🚨 Deadline ➡️ 23 July #envhist #envhum #histstm

Katherine Arnold@arnoldke.bsky.social · 4w ago

🚨 JOB KLAXON #skystorians #envhist #envhums Cover for some of my teaching next year - 0.5 FTE at University of Liverpool. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE899/l...

Advance notice for *The Global Grey Parrot*! Coming January 2027: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

The Global Grey Parrot

Few animals have fascinated people like the grey parrot, celebrated for its intelligence, mimicry, and uncanny ability to speak. The Global Grey Parrot trace...

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Cover designs!! Which do you prefer??

Many congratulations to the winner and two highly commended authors. I have not read the winning book yet, but both highly commended books are brilliant – what a fantastic top three titles.

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

It has been a privilege to chair our Pickstone book prize panel. Excellent submissions, excellent shortlist (I really recommend reading them all bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...) and hugely impressive winning and highly commended works. Read more here: bshs.org.uk/the-bshs-pic... #histSTM

Delighted to hear I have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu #ERCAdG for the 5-year research project “Zoonosis Before Bacteriology” @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @standrewsanthro.bsky.social

'Warning: Arctic Permafrost Could Become a Major Carbon Source Earlier Than Expected... …another worrying milestone may arrive earlier than previously expected: the point at which Arctic permafrost regions release more CO2 into the atmosphere than they absorb' en.highnorthnews.com/science/arct...

Arctic warning: frozen carbon may turn threat sooner

New research suggests Arctic permafrost could emit more CO2 than it absorbs far earlier than models predicted.

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UK historians! Please could you help with this survey about AI use? Open to all doing history professionally (independent, uni-based, etc); it's the work of a lovely friend (& brilliant former colleague at @uophistory.bsky.social), @alexandraortolja.bsky.social: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Survey on AI use by historians

You are invited to participate in a research survey exploring how historians in the UK use artificial intelligence (AI) in their work. This study is being conducted by researchers at the University…

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Wonderful to receive such a generous and thoughtful review of Segregated Species from Admire Mseba in Isis (available in preprint www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdfplus...)

Very happy to be sharing the programme of the "Endemic Transformations" workshop held on July 9-10 @standrewsanthro.bsky.social - Registration (free & in person only) is open till June 26 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthr...

Looking very much forward to reading Nancy Jacobs's 'The Global Grey Parrot: How a Charismatic African Animal Became an International Commodity', to be published in January 2027. uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

The Global Grey Parrot

Few animals have fascinated people like the grey parrot, celebrated for its intelligence, mimicry, and uncanny ability to speak. The Global Grey Parrot trace...

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A fascinating history of shipworms in the pacific: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A brilliant new study of the history of rats and plague by @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social focused on the historically neglected case of the third plague pandemic's impact on Mauritius: "Rats, Islands, and Global Infrastructure" (OA) www.jstor.org/content/oa_c...

Fantastic review on the ocean carbon cycle and climate led by Laure Resplandy that pulls together impressive budgets and tackles some key narratives 🌊 www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

So happy to see my new book "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" published today with @hopkinspress.bsky.social! #histmed #histsci #plague #rats #pandemic www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... The book is also available Open Access via Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_mon...

Great to see a post in Global History of Science at UCL. They are specifically looking for candidates with expertise in non-western contexts and skills in non-western languages.

UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS)@stsucl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re hiring! We are recruiting for a Lectureship in Global History of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/3R94V58 Closing Date: 9th June 2026 #WeAreSTS #Science #Historyofscience #Globalscience

Congratulations to all!

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

Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇

African oystercatcher Cape Eagle Owl Eurasian oystercatcher Ground hornbill Atlantic puffin Eurasian bullfinch White eye Cockatiel Malachite sunbird Lilac Breasted Roller Eider duck Pied kingfisher Western Barn Owl Hadeda ibis Egyptian goose

Dr Victoria Xiaoxiao Ma@victoriaxiaoxiaoma.bsky.social · 3mo ago

name your top 15 birds ever, gut instincts only: Bittern Nightjar Nightingale Dipper Song thrush Short eared owl Turtle dove Barnacle goose Swift Swallow Long tailed tit Redwing Waxwing Fieldfare Beared tit

Delighted to have contributed to this wonderful collection!

Vanessa Bateman@vbateman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

*Globalizing Wildlife* is OUT THIS MONTH (!) with @uncpress.bsky.social “An essential and timely intervention… exciting, cutting-edge vantages on crucial global histories” -Daniel Vandersommers Edited by @rafdebont.bsky.social myself, & Tom Quick #animalhist #globalhist #HistSci #envhist

Looks like a great list – congratulations to the authors!

BSHS@bshsnews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📚 The shortlist for the 2026 BSHS Pickstone Prize is out! Awarded biennially, the prize recognises outstanding scholarly books in HistSTEM. This year’s shortlist highlights topics including climate, race, extinction, capitalism, medicine, and animal experimentation. 🔗 bshs.org.uk/pickstone-pr...

One day left to apply for these jobs – closing tomorrow!

Jules Skotnes-Brown@julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Two weeks left to apply for two 4.5 year postdocs!! WP2: History of Conservation and Animal Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... WP3: History of Conservation and Earth Systems’ Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p... Deadline: 7 May

Just one week left to apply for these postdocs!

Jules Skotnes-Brown@julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Two weeks left to apply for two 4.5 year postdocs!! WP2: History of Conservation and Animal Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... WP3: History of Conservation and Earth Systems’ Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p... Deadline: 7 May

1 week left for our CFP on the Colonial Medical Ennui - workshop held August 27-28, St Andrews

Two weeks left to apply for two 4.5 year postdocs!! WP2: History of Conservation and Animal Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... WP3: History of Conservation and Earth Systems’ Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p... Deadline: 7 May

Post Doctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

An opportunity for an academic position as a Post Doctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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This is a great topic!

@sajournalofscience.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 We invite Commentaries for a Discussion Series on hidden contributors to research. Submission deadline: 30 April 2026 More information: buff.ly/vGfTePD

📍 Join us in Madrid! @cchscsic.bsky.social ⏳ 1 week left to apply for 2 postdoc positions in global history: ERC project WILDHIST. Details & apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012

My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist

Associate Professor (297742) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: Associate Professor (297742), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2026

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2 great postdoc vacancies with Jules Skotnes-Brown's new Wellcome project in Liverpool - a brilliant opportunity for scholars interested in bringing together medical and environmental history!

Jules Skotnes-Brown@julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 4mo ago

JOB ALERT: Two 4.5 year postdoctoral positions to work on my Wellcome-funded project 'Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health'. Please share widely! CLOSING DATE: 23 April (the date on Jobs.ac.uk is apparently incorrect)

Two postdoc positions on a really cool project with @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p...

📣 permanent post in Geography at Durham - lots of exciting research going on there. More details in the 🧵⬇️

Francis Masse@geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 4mo ago

❗JOB ALERT❗Assistant Prof. in Human Geography at Durham University. In health geographies broadly defined, with specific mention of political ecologies of health, health-environment intersections and other approaches relevant to political ecology and @pollenetwork.bsky.social Please share widely!