Several years of collaboration have decided to publish at the same time 🙂 Three collective outputs from Swiss–Namibian exchange, co-editing, and writing partnerships appeared this week — see below 👇
Luregn
@luregn.bsky.social
Environmental Historian working on nature conservation, land, borders, animals, and landscapes in Southern Africa and beyond. 🌱🇳🇦✊🏼🌍🚞🗺️🫏
Don't miss the SGAS&VAD conference in Basel - Call for Paper still open until 11 January 2026! Check out our Panel Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes between Environmental Collapse and Elite Control: africanperspectives.ch/call-for-pap... #envhist #envhum #conservation
Call for Papers – SGAS-VAD-2026 conference | Basel, 26-28 August 2026
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In den Alpen und Namibia: Naturschutz verspricht Zukunft – ist aber oft ein Rückgriff auf romantisierte Vergangenheiten. Wer entscheidet, wohin „zurück“ gegangen wird, bestimmt auch, wer und was in der Natur künftig keinen Platz mehr hat. #envhist #envhum
Zurück zur Natur? Wie Naturschutz mit Vergangenheit Politik macht
Naturschutz verspricht Zukunft – ist aber oft ein Rückgriff auf romantisierte Vergangenheiten. Wer entscheidet, wohin „zurück“ gegangen wird, bestimmt auch, wer und was in der Natur künftig keinen Pla...
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New podcast out! Bernard C. Moore, my co-author and postdoc in the new project, talks about our book "Space is the Ultimate Luxury", land & conservation, scholarship & activism, and our upcoming research on derelict landscapes and curated escapes. #envhist #envhum afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/...
Afripod
afripod.aodl.org
New book! Bernard C. Moore & I explore how African farmers in Namibia navigated colonialism & apartheid to remain on their ancestral land. Now, they face new threats —from billionaires, conservationists & carbon financiers. Download free: brill.com/display/titl...! #envhist #conservation #envhum
Space is the Ultimate Luxury
"Space is the Ultimate Luxury" published on 24 Mar 2025 by Brill.
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Come join us! I'm looking for a PhD researcher in African environmental history, political ecology, or environmental humanities for my new project Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change at the Centre for African Studies Basel! #envhist #envhum #hisotry shorturl.at/rtQbT
Universität Basel: PhD Researcher in African Environmental History, Political Ecology or Environmental Humanities
The PhD will be based at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel and be part of the SNSF Starting Grant Project: “Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change”....
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We've already received some excellent abstracts and look forward to a few more in the coming days. Please send in your ideas before February 28!
Luregn@luregn.bsky.social · 2y agoCALL FOR ABSTRACTS for a special issue of the Namibian Journal of Environment, entitled ‘Conservation and Land in Namibia’. This open access issue examines the interplay between biodiversity conservation, the wildlife economy and land in Namibia. #envhist #envhum #Namibia #conservation
Come join us! I'm looking for a PhD researcher in African environmental history, political ecology, or environmental humanities for my new project Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change at the Centre for African Studies Basel! #envhist #envhum #hisotry shorturl.at/rtQbT
Universität Basel: PhD Researcher in African Environmental History, Political Ecology or Environmental Humanities
The PhD will be based at the Centre for African Studies at the University of Basel and be part of the SNSF Starting Grant Project: “Curated Escapes and Derelict Landscapes in Times of Climate Change”....
shorturl.at
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for a special issue of the Namibian Journal of Environment, entitled ‘Conservation and Land in Namibia’. This open access issue examines the interplay between biodiversity conservation, the wildlife economy and land in Namibia. #envhist #envhum #Namibia #conservation
