Another gem in this new series. Check it out 👇
27.02.2026 14:28
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Sovereignty, empire, and mountains, from the Alps to the Himalayas
27.02.2026 12:49
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IMAGE: German Kanchenjunga Expedition, 1929. E. O. Shebbeare, Private Collection.
26.02.2026 18:56
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New podcast talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty & empire from the #Alps to #Everest
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@profpitches.bsky.social @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
26.02.2026 18:56
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Peter Hansen is always worth hearing on the subject of Everest and imperialism.
26.02.2026 12:23
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IMAGE: E. O. Wheeler (1890-1962), Everest and Lhotse, 1921. RGS-IBG.
26.02.2026 13:08
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@uio-oceh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social
26.02.2026 13:08
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@katie-r-ives.bsky.social @natalie-berry.com
26.02.2026 12:38
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IMAGE: Brad Jackson, Negotiating the Hilary Step. Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/radso...
26.02.2026 12:34
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@ukclimbing.com @cmountainstudies.bsky.social
26.02.2026 12:34
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@dollyjorgensen.bsky.social @greenhouseuis.net
26.02.2026 12:14
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@waymarks.bsky.social @calmandfearless.bsky.social
26.02.2026 12:06
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Summit Positions
Jason König and Jonathan Westaway interview Peter Hansen about his research on the Alps and Himalayas.
New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social sky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest shorturl.at/oI5fh #EnvHist #EnvHums
@nichecanada.bsky.social
25.02.2026 14:48
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IMAGE: Altels, Switzerland 1914. Memoriav Memobase.
25.02.2026 14:44
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest shorturl.at/oI5fh
@adambutterworth.bsky.social @alpineclub.bsky.social
25.02.2026 14:44
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IMAGE: Detail from Bird's Eye View from the Staircase & the Upper Part of the Pavilion in the Colosseum, Regent's Park (1829), a coloured aquatint by Rudolph Ackermann www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
25.02.2026 14:18
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social
about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@profpitches.bsky.social @3leggedcat.bsky.social
25.02.2026 14:18
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
shorturl.at/oI5fh #EnvHist
@eseh.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social
25.02.2026 14:07
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New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest.
shorturl.at/oI5fh
@mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @mrdjournal.bsky.social
25.02.2026 13:58
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Seems like a task for the global #EnvHist community: suggest talk series for ICEHO's new page! We nominate the new podcast "Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures" and the Edge Effects podcast!
@edgeeffectsmag.bsky.social
@futuremountain.bsky.social
@libbydeq.bsky.social
19.02.2026 08:59
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New Podcast - Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures
In the first episode, they interview interviews anthropologist Alexandra Cotofana on Romanian Carpathians, sentient xenophobic landscapes, ethnography, history, nationalism, and links between mountain...
A big TY to our friends @nichecanada.bsky.social for sharing the news about our new podcast series Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures
niche-canada.org/2026/01/17/n...
@eseh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @greenhouseuis.net @asle-us.bsky.social
#Envhist #EnvHums #MountainHist #MountainHums
18.02.2026 13:27
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social
12.02.2026 10:13
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@profpitches.bsky.social
12.02.2026 09:55
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@calmandfearless.bsky.social
11.02.2026 17:55
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@peterhhansen.bsky.social
11.02.2026 17:16
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MAGE SOURCE: Edward Lear (1812–1888).
'Kinchenjunga from Darjeeling.'
National Museum Cardiff artuk.org/discover/art...
12.02.2026 12:25
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@katie-r-ives.bsky.social
12.02.2026 12:25
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IMAGE SOURCE: Adolph Schlagintweit. Himalaya Ranges from Chiner Peak (Himalaya-Kette, Uttarakhand/Indien) 29. April 1855. Alpines Museum. Schenkung der Familie Schlagintweit www.alpenverein.de/museum
12.02.2026 12:12
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New podcast! We talk to historian of science
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist
shorturl.at/51fJe
@sarahmpicks.bsky.social
12.02.2026 12:12
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IMAGE SOURCE: James Baillie Fraser, 'Jumnotree the Source of the River Jumna', Views in the Himala Mountains (1820).
12.02.2026 11:55
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