Wendy McMahon
@wendymcmahon.bsky.social
Academic. Environmental Humanities, University of Exeter, UK (Cornwall) Co-Director Centre for Arts and Environmental Humanities. Caribbean and American Studies https://hass-cornwall.exeter.ac.uk/environmental-humanities/
As warming increases, we are already accelerating past some well-known #climate tipping points - points of no return - while others are approaching fast. These tipping points mark critical forks in the road. Until now most changes have been manageable, but… 1/
Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica shrinks at fastest rate recorded in modern history www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11... via @ABCaustralia
Antarctic glacier shrinks at fastest pace in modern history
Antarctic scientists have documented the fastest retreat of a glacier in modern history, after it lost eight kilometres of ice in just two months, according to a new report.
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We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU Closing Date: 9th November 2025 #WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
I delighted to announce this news news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
University of Exeter and National Trust to create student research opportunities
Students on a landmark environmental degree have been granted the opportunity to work with National Trust properties across Cornwall to help them address some of their climate and sustainability needs...
news.exeter.ac.uk
Thanks, @americanstudier.bsky.social !
Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · last yr.Today’s my younger son’s high school graduation, but through proud Dad tears I’m still sharing my 227th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
1stYR EnvHums Climate Emergency fieldschool. Students from ecology, marine science, philosophy & theology, comparative literature, politics & IR, history+ EnvHUMs. We’ve worked on the beach, in gardens, in archives+more & our students hv been inspired & inspiring Photo: Jen McDerra, Hypatia Trust.
This project was a real labour of love and hope during the dark times of UK HE as well as the overwhelm of climate change, where cause for hope can seem illusive. Thanks to all of our wonderful contributors
Rebecca Tillett@rebeccatillett1.bsky.social · last yr.Delighted that our double special issue of Comparative American Studies is now out. Thanks to all our wonderful contributors, and my fabulous colleague and co-editor @wendymcmahon.bsky.social #EnvironmentalHumanities www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Wednesday, the Society's President, Lucy Noakes, and RHS Councillors will be visiting historians at the Cornwall campus of @exeter.ac.uk, at Penryn, Falmouth. The visit includes a public event and reception with Lucy (4.30pm on 21 May) to which all are very welcome bit.ly/4j2po4B 1/2
Cultural Memory and the Two World Wars in Britain
In this public dialogue, historians Lucy Noakes & Catriona Pennell reflect on how the two world wars have shaped cultural memory in Britain.
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Absolutely fabulous postdoctoral position, part of the interdisciplinary project «Home in Crisis» at the University of Copenhagen - engaged with the idea of climate change unfolding in our «home» (climate change, law, humanities) jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Postdoctoral position in Law and Humanities
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Counting down to the Easter break so that I can read this
"A weaker current may also allow more warm water to penetrate southwards, exacerbating the melting of Antarctic ice shelves and contributing to global sea-level rise. Faster ice melting could then lead to further weakening of the current, commencing a vicious spiral of current slowdown."
Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound
Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current down 20% by 2050.
theconversation.com
It is fantastic to see this but correction for @theguardian.com our BA Environmental Humanties at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social Uof Exeter was actually the 1st degree of its kind to address environmental crisis, climate change & justice, launched in Sept 2023. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Sussex to launch UK’s first climate justice undergraduate degree
University announces new BA, after survey found most 14- to 18-year-olds want more rigorous climate change education
theguardian.com
Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show #climatecrisis theconversation.com/earth-is-alr...
Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
Earth is crossing the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement, beyond which scientists predict catastrophic harm to systems supporting life on our planet.
theconversation.com
I cannot wait to indulge in this and if anyone is around the Penzance area on the 14th, do go to the launch at the Morrab Library at 2pm! 📕 📖❣️ @hass-cornwall.bsky.social
Inkfish Magazine@inkfishmagazine.bsky.social · 2y agoOur lovely new anthology, Cornwall in Short, spotted in the wild at the beautiful Falmouth Bookseller 😍
End of term / marking reflection: I’ve managed to instil my obsession with maps / imagined worlds across the student body. A win in my mind!
A great end of term event with some of our @hass-cornwall.bsky.social environmental humanities and history students showcasing some of the work they’ve done this term in Foundations of Env Hums; Caribbean Histories; & Pacific Histories. Lots of posters, wizzy websites, & exciting online exhibitions
All very welcome and may ameliorate the damage, but really many years too late. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
theguardian.com
Ok #skystorians (*taps mic*), my first podcast episode announcement on this site: New today from #HistoryInFocus, "Histories of Resilience," our episode on American Historical Review's first ever special issue. @historians.org #HistoryPodcast www.historians.org/podcast/hist...
Histories of Resilience
In this episode board of editors members Josh Reid and Cymone Fourshey discuss how the AHR special issue came together with cameos from a few of the contributors.
historians.org
I have been talking to my students about exactly this over the last term (as well as the environmental impacts).
Wagatwe Wanjuki@wagatwe.bsky.social · 2y agoI see a lot of people talk about the environmental costs of AI. I don't see as much about the human exploitation behind it.
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims #ClimateCrisis Story by Natricia Duncan www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
On the Grenadian island of Carriacou, even the dead are now climate victims
As ICJ hears landmark climate case, Grenada’s PM says vulnerable nations expect a long, hard fight for justice
theguardian.com
Is anyone keeping track of numbers across the sector? In the last week alone I’ve seen announcements that total 1100 jobs across 4 universities. Devastating on so many levels
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 2y agoThere's no doubt whatsoever that British Higher Ed is in headlong retreat. All the stuff Ministers talk about - Widening Participation, more intense teaching, local links, regional growth - is Potemkin Village fantasy. It just won't and can't happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court
Vanuatu leads the charge of several nations arguing developed nations have a legal responsibility beyond UN commitments
theguardian.com
A large number of History posts at Britain's universities have already gone, and many more are under threat. In my view we could lose nearly a third of posts. The @royalhistsoc.bsky.social has prepared a toolkit for colleagues at risk, which is here: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2022/05/24/s...
Supporting History teaching and research in UK universities: a toolkit | Historical Transactions
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Might have something to do with sustained attacks on Higher Education in general, and the humanities in particular, by the previous government and its client journalists at the Telegraph, along with massive cuts to funding, caused by that government's policies. You can't have it both ways.
I’m a very proud Essex alumna (best Comparative Literatures degree in the UK there for a while + the sociology of literature + Latin American Studies + deep history of radicalism). I’m gutted for my friends and colleagues who are facing this. I imagine the axe is going to fall hard on the Humanities
Lorna Richardson@lornarichardson.bsky.social · 2y agoMissed this earlier, another university in financial crisis, awful news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Today’s teaching: Caribbean Futures. Sustainability, fugitivity, aquapelago thinking, islanding, humanness after Man (Wynter). My students were *amazing*
Postdoctoral application open for in creative and practice-led methods of research to support the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, “Plants, Enslavement, and Public History: Re-imagining gardens and green spaces as places of heritage and healing” (2024-2028). #envhum www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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