Martin Meiske
@mmeiske.bsky.social
Envirotech historian #infrastructure #maintenance #creosote Postdoc Fellow @ UMD & TU Berlin #envhist #histtech #histsci; Die Geburt des Geoengineerings (Wallstein 2021); Beyond the Lab and the Field (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2022) martinmeiske.com
📢 #ESEH is raising funds for 2027 Travel Grants to support early-career researchers, grad students, independent scholars & those from lower-income countries presenting at the 14th ESEH Conf. in Salzburg, 6–10 Sept 2027. Donate now ➡️ www.betterplace.org/en/projects/... #envhist @eseh.bsky.social
Germinate’s first special issue call on the theme of “December”👇
Germinate@g-ehr.bsky.social · last mo.We are very excited to announce that our first themed call for papers is out! We invite papers on the theme of "December" exploring how the experience of the calendar month differs globally and is intertwined with environment, place, and local conceptions of seasonality. g-ehr.com/essay/cfp/
Bei uns am Historischen Seminar der Universität Zürich ist per 1.1.2027 eine lehrstuhlunabhängige Oberassistenzstelle zu vergeben. Wir freuen uns auf starke, inspirierende und kollegiale Kolleg:innen. www.hist.uzh.ch/de/ueberuns/...
⏰Reminder: the deadline for the Joel A. Tarr #Envirotech Article Prize is coming up fast, so be sure to get your submissions in before July 1, 2026! #envhist #histtech
Martin Meiske@mmeiske.bsky.social · 5mo ago📢CfA: 2026 Joel A. Tarr #Envirotech Article Prize! The prize recognizes innovative publications that explore new ways of thinking about the interplay between technological systems and the natural environment. Early-career scholars especially encouraged! #histtech #envhist 🗓 Deadline: July 1, 2026
A copy of the NEW BOOK "Revolutionary Natures," edited by @mmuscolino.bsky.social during his 2023-24 CASBS fellowship year, has entered into the Center's world renowned Ralph W. Tyler Collection 📚 🙌 About this @uwapress.uw.edu book: uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Apply for the Prize of the German Historical Institute London! 📢 🎓 It is awarded annually for an outstanding #PhD thesis on - German history (submitted to a British or Irish university), - British history or British colonial history (submitted to a German university), 1/5
Dentist & journalist Zain Azhar documents how extreme heat is turning Pakistani farmworkers’ mouths into hostile environments for their own teeth: "This was environmental collapse writing itself directly into human biological systems." This story first appeared on @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.
When the Heat Steals Your Smile
After I suspected a climate connection to tooth decay, I conducted systematic saliva pH testing across my patient population and documented pH readings below 5.5 in 42 of my 73 climate-exposed…
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Iva Lučić’s and my introduction to our Timber Colonialism special issue with the Journal of Historical Geography went online today: “Thinking through forests: Colonialism, capitalism, and the global timber trade” #envhist authors.elsevier.com/a/1n8X2_6yx5...
Please help spread the news far and wide! We have a new, full-time, permanent Lecturer in Global History of Science job @stsucl.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the application of deadline of only 9 June 2026. This is an open search #histsci #skystorians www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Du bist Dissertant*in, arbeitest an einem wirtschafts-, sozial- oder umwelthistorischen Thema, wirst an einer österreichischen Uni (zweit)betreut und möchtest erste Ergebnisse präsentieren und dich vernetzen? Dann solltest du dich für den 2-tägigen Workshop in Salzburg bewerben! #envhist
📚 40% OFF for the @upittpress.bsky.social INTERSECTIONS series! "Beyond the Lab and the Field: Infrastructures as Places of Knowledge Production Since the Late Nineteenth Century (2022, ed. with E.C. Heine)" is included. Use code 29INT40 at checkout. Explore the series + grab your copy here! 👇
University of Pittsburgh Press@upittpress.bsky.social · 3mo agoSeries Spotlight: INTERSECTIONS: Histories of Environment, Science, and Technology in the Anthropocene Use code 29INT40 at checkout to receive a 40% discount from May 1–May 31, 2026 on all available titles on this page. Details here: upittpress.org/intersection...
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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Yes!!! This is so important - not just for Hungary, but for the broader trajectory of the EU, for hope in Southeastern Europe, and for the entire continent.
Szabolcs Panyi@szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 4mo ago💥🇭🇺🗳️ BREAKING: Péter Magyar says Viktor Orbán called to concede and congratulate him. Magyar will be Hungary’s next prime minister and, as it stands, is set to secure a 2/3 supermajority – enough to fully dismantle Orbán’s system. A 16-year chapter is over.
100th speaker! 🥳 Come join the S&T in Asia online seminar series @ Harvard for this talk by Michitake Aso on Agent Orange and dioxin knowledge in postwar Vietnam. 🗓 Tue (4/14) 🕥 10:30 am ET 📍 Over Zoom Register: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia%E2%... #histstm #envhist #histmed #histsci
👉 Big thumbs up for this event from a #maintenance and #repair historian who also works on contaminated sites. Vote now!
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 4mo agoMayor’s Municipal Madness Championship voting is open. Vote to pick which repair I’ll handle myself. nyc.gov/madness
The latest issue of Environment and History (32.2) is out now! Subscribers can read here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32... 🗃️ #envhist
It was a great pleasure to be part of this project! Thank you so much, @nkleinoeder.bsky.social and @aselmeyer.bsky.social, and happy publication day! 🎉 #envirotech #histtech #envhist
Nina Kleinöder@nkleinoeder.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's publication day! We have a complete issue now in "German History". With @aselmeyer.bsky.social I edited a volume on "Colonial Transactions in the German Empire". The contributions offer new insights into the construction of railways and colonial societies. academic.oup.com/gh/issue/43/4
📢 JOB OPENINGS at CSIC @cchscsic.bsky.social (Madrid)! As part of my ERC project WILDHIST, the Institute of History is hiring two 3-year postdoctoral researchers in the global history of rubber. Application deadline: 24 April 2026. More info 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012 @erc.europa.eu
📢CfA: 2026 Joel A. Tarr #Envirotech Article Prize! The prize recognizes innovative publications that explore new ways of thinking about the interplay between technological systems and the natural environment. Early-career scholars especially encouraged! #histtech #envhist 🗓 Deadline: July 1, 2026
Call for Applications: 2026 Joel A. Tarr Envirotech Article Prize – Envirotech
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📢 „Un|Sichtbarkeiten – Energiegeschichte zwischen Materialität, Praxis und Repräsentation“ Jahrestagung der @gtg-histtech.bsky.social 7.-9. Mai 2026, in Zusammenarbeit mit PITCH und LWL. ➡️ Anmeldung bis spätestens 26. April unter: eveeno.com/gtg-jahresta... #histtech #envirotech #energyhistory
Huge thanks to the team at @harvardhistsci.bsky.social for being such generous hosts over the past six months! I’ve had inspiring conversations with graduate students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and visitors, and I hope to continue many of these exchanges with @eastasiascitech.bsky.social, ...
Glad to share that our special issue of German History, co-edited with @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is now available in First View. It focuses on colonial railway infrastructure in the German Empire. If you would like access, just let us know. doi.org/10.1093/gerh...
📢 Spannende Stelle an der TU Berlin: Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (E13, 100 %) im Berlin #Anthropocene Lab! Gesucht wird eine Person mit vertieften Kenntnissen der Forschungslandschaft und -debatten zum #Anthropozän in Umwelt- und Technikgeschichte, Env. Humanities, STS oder angrenzenden Bereichen, ...
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 agoCALL 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.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺? Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia series for this upcoming talk by Yu Wang (Cornell)! Zoom registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia #histstm #sts #histtech
just a reminder - job opening in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, deadline February 8
Cyrus Mody@ccmmody.bsky.social · 7mo agowe're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly. vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
