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Rachel Dishington

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Historical geographer at University of Nottingham - interested in geographies of engineering, science & technology, rivers & oceans

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Review: Mapping the North: Myth, Exploration, Encounter, by Charlotta Forss β€” Bodleian Library Publishing, Oxford (2025), 224 pages plus c.120 colour illustrations, hardback. Journal of Historical Geography

New review!

@peterrmartin.bsky.social on 'Mapping the North: Myth, Exploration, Encounter', by Charlotta Forss.

20.01.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Papers: New and Emerging Research in Historical Geography (RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026) DEADLINE: 17:00 (BST) Monday 23rd February 2026 This session provides a space for postgraduates and early-career scholars undertaking research in Historical Geography to present at a major conference ...

πŸ“£ CFP | RGS-IBG 2026

#HGRG invites PGR & ECR papers for the New & Emerging Research in Historical Geography Session! All stages, any place/period welcome.
πŸ•” Deadline: 23 Feb 2026

More information below πŸ‘‡ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

14.01.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library This article summarises and reflects on the β€˜Mapping Indigeneity’ Map Room Conversation that formed part of the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2024. Firstly, the maps from the RGS-IBG collec...

Great to see this article with the fantastic Katie Parker (@rgsibg.bsky.social) now out in @areajournal.bsky.social!

Here we reflect on the 'Mapping Indigeneity' Map Room conversation and think about different ways of working with colonial map collections πŸ—ΊοΈ

24.11.2025 09:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for papers!

We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka.

Abstract deadline 15 Jan
Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun

Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies

19.11.2025 11:30 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Living and Working Along the Leen Explore historical archival photos and share your own memories, to examine how Nottingham River Leen's meaning for local residents has shifted over time.

Excited for our oral history event on β€˜Living and Working Along the Leen’ on Thursday 13 November at UoN Lakeside Arts. Made possible by @royalhistsoc.org Scouloudi Public History funding.

Come along to share your memories of Nottingham’s River!
www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/living...

10.11.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image of news story: Society announces recipients of new grants supporting public history and conference panels

Image of news story: Society announces recipients of new grants supporting public history and conference panels

We are pleased to announce this week 10 recipients of two new funding programmes for 2025-26: the RHS Public History Grants and the RHS Panel Grants bit.ly/3UB5djw

Both programmes are generously funded by the Scouloudi Foundation and will run again in 2026-27 #Skystorians 1/2

31.07.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vol. 88, Special Issue: β€˜Archives as Worldmaking’

β€˜β€œPiling up a treasury of knowledge”: Archiving as knowledge production and professional practice in the Stevenson engineering firm’, by Rachel Dishington.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.05.001

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16.06.2025 14:29 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Workshop at University of Glasgow on 15th May 2025, titled Mapping the Histories and Geographies of Water Knowledge. Info here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
To register to attend please complete one of these forms: forms.office.com/e/ZDzNVeedvb (in person)
Or forms.office.com/e/vmJrvmgGSR (online)

27.02.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You too!

18.12.2024 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely end to the semester - hearing fieldwork stories from @peterrmartin.bsky.social @lauraloubio.bsky.social and other colleagues from the School of Geography (not on this site).

Now time for mince pies, Christmas music and not checking my emails until January… πŸŽ„

18.12.2024 16:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive.

You do not need a degree to visit an archive.

There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors.

If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you.

It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.

17.12.2024 12:43 πŸ‘ 1214 πŸ” 378 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 53

Yes.

16.12.2024 15:49 πŸ‘ 3745 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 2
For early career researchers | IASH

Early-career researchers in Environmental Humanities are encouraged to apply for the @iashedinburgh.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships, where they will join a lively and supportive community for up to 10 months: www.iash.ed.ac.uk/early-career...

09.12.2024 09:42 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 6
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Historical Geographies of Engineering: Knowledges, Practices, Identities Drawing on established scholarship in the historical geography of science, the history of technology and science and technology studies, this paper argues for the significance of an historical geogra....

New open access paper out in Geography Compass draws on historical geography of science to argue for what we could learn from an historical geography of engineering

#HSTM #histsci #histtech

tinyurl.com/5v7y38nc

09.12.2024 09:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying out a new site - I’m a historical geographer working on 19th and 20th century engineering (primarily of rivers, oceans & water more broadly). Interested in science, knowledge & expertise.

03.12.2024 17:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0