Daniella M.

Now we approaching the end of the austral summer and the start of the winter up north, I have a whole week of cold weather book reviews planned for this week# Enjoy! #envhist #envhum #STS ❄️☃️🧊🏔️

One for the #TravelWriting scholars. Samia Ounoughi and I seem to have been working on this book forever, but it's out at last! It features a great range of contributions. If you have access to an academic library and an interest in travel writing scholarship, please request a copy!

Job Opening: Postdoctoral Fellowship – Department of the History of Medicine The Department of the History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine (CMHSM), Johns Hopkins University, seeks applicants for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in…

Job Opening: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of Medicine & Medical Humanities to begin 7/1/2026. For more info & to apply: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2026/03/06/j... Deadline to apply is April 5th.

Fancy a holiday? My latest in @jbritishstudies.bsky.social, featuring two delightful books on Britons abroad.

Did you know you can scroll through BHL's most recent additions? The latest 100 items span 200+ years (1823–2026) and include publications in English, French, German, and Russian. From Victorian poultry manuals to modern biodiversity research. Explore: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/RecentRss/100 🧪 🌏 📖

Check out Paul Landsberg's review of Matthew S. Wiseman's "Frontier Science: Northern Canada, Military Research, and the Cold War, 1945-1970," published in 2024 by University of Toronto Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #histsci
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Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Warwick | MEMOs University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Explore our job opportunities focused on the Medieval and Early Modern periods (thread 🧵):

1. Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History, University of Warwick
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Check out @peterhhansen.bsky.social's review of Robin Patten's "The Mountain: Journeys in High Places," published in 2025 by University of Utah Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #alpine
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Assistant Professor- Tenure Track Position- Department of History - University of Prince Edward Island The Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island, Department of History, welcomes applications for a tenure-track position, Assistant Professor level, beginning on July 1st, 2026, in the...

Assistant Professor- Tenure Track Position- Department of History – University of Prince Edward Island

Closing date for applications is March 13th, 2026.

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#envhist #cdnhist #atlanticcanada #publichistory

Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny.

A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as the ethical questions are thorny. n.pr/4aQA70q

This is a really thoughtful and thorough review of *A Cold Colonialism.* Many thanks to Heather, and to Daniella for commissioning it! #cdnhist @ubcpress.bsky.social

Check out Heather Green's review of @tinaadcock.bsky.social's "A Cold Colonialism: Modern Exploration and the Canadian North," published in 2025 by @ubcpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #arctic #polar #histsci
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Postgraduate Funding Find out about postgraduate funding opportunities within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.

My colleagues Annie Tindley and @drhick.bsky.social have funding 📣 for a Collaborative Doctoral Award with Museums Northern Ireland for a PhD on "Reawakening the Living Landscape: Integrating Heritage and Sustainability at the Ulster Folk Museum" - www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/study/hi... Deadline 20 April.

Assistant Professor in 18th Century Literature at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in 18th Century Literature at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

Come and join us!!

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The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America’s most famous female tiger trainer Long before Joe Exotic became Tiger King, Mabel Stark reigned as Tiger Queen.

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War Happens in Dark Places, Too In thick woods and swamplands and on small river islands, they bided their time.

Seven years ago, we published our first piece, a gorgeous essay by @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social. Since then, we've published nearly 400 pieces and paid every single contributor for their work. Thanks to everyone who's donated to, read, and taught with our magazine over the years!

Please read books. They are helpful. These are about the #Arctic. I think #peace and international cooperation in the polar regions should remain a thing.

Check out Monica Vasile's review of L. David Mech, Morgan Anderson & H. Dean Cluff's "The Ellesmere Wolves: Behavior and Ecology in the High Arctic," published in 2025 by @uchicagopress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #histsci
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1881–1939 Between the late nineteenth century and the outbreak of the Second World War, astronomy underwent a radical change, from a science centred on the positional measurement of stars to the study of astrop...

Lee MacDonald’s The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is available online uclpress.co.uk/book/the-roy...

Curator or Associate Curator of Maps & Geography - Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library

Job opportunity! 🚨

Curator or Associate Curator of Maps and Geography @bplmaps.bsky.social

#maps #jobadvert #geography

Book cover based on stylised painted art of someone digging in a large pile of soil with a shovel.

We're delighted to announce publication of 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for The Environmental Humanities' (E. Brownell, ed.) – exploring #soil as a vessel of human #history and point of view for inquiry. Available print or #openaccess here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist

Check out Claire Campbell's review of "Nordic Climate Histories: Impacts, Pathways, Narratives," published in 2025 by
@whitehorsepress.bsky.social; review now available
@hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #climate
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Now we approaching the end of the austral summer and the start of the winter up north, I have a whole week of cold weather book reviews planned for this week# Enjoy! #envhist #envhum #STS ❄️☃️🧊🏔️

You've done a great job with all of this, Jason.

He played a dangerous white supremacist in Imperium too

One of the books that made me fall in love with history was the children's novel "Rifles for Watie." Did anyone else read that? #HATM
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Can recommend this! 👍👍👍

I have an essay on penguin eggs in this forthcoming book edited by @farsouthhistory.bsky.social and Ximena Senatore

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Then maybe reach out to Jack Kredell, who is UI read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...

Year of the Fires "1910 was America's millennial year of fire. That summer, American nature and American society collided with tectonic force as western wildfires scorched millions of acres, darkened skies in New Engla...

And the always beautiful work Of Stephen Pyne
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