Dr Amanda Wells 🍊📚
@amandawells.bsky.social
#envhist PhD @ UON living on unceded Ngadjuri Country, SA. Researching citrus worlds in the Riverland (SA) 1950s & 1960s. #deathlycapital #envhums Artist in my spare time (ha!), sessional academic, and programs @ HCNSW.🏳️🌈 she/her
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New Masters in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026 in Stavanger.
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
New Masters in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026 in Stavanger.
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
Registration for students from outside of EU is open now, with deadline Nov 30. So jump on it!
Need more info? We have an online session coming up Friday, Nov 21. See 👇
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum #environment
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🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Programs - School of Advanced Study
universityoflondon.smapply.io
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
The email made it official: I am Dr Amanda now!
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The email made it official: I am Dr Amanda now!
Have you published #envhist or #envhums work in Apr-Sep 2025? Let the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Environmental History Network know about it for the next publication round up. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
AANZEHN Publication Roundup: April-September 2025
Have you published something environmental history related between April and September 2025? Tell us about it! If you have more than one publication to add, please submit the form multiple times. (Thi...
docs.google.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Have you published #envhist or #envhums work in Apr-Sep 2025? Let the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Environmental History Network know about it for the next publication round up. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Job Alert: Level B Lecturer in History @ La Trobe (Teaching and Research) for any of my contacts looking a longer-than-6-month contract: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
Details - Lecturer, History (T&R), La Trobe University
Jobs at La Trobe University
careers.pageuppeople.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Job Alert: Level B Lecturer in History @ La Trobe (Teaching and Research) for any of my contacts looking a longer-than-6-month contract: careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
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excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
excited to share the call for the workshop
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION
happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,
made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social
deadline: 10 September!
full call below ⤵
#envhist #envhum
To repeal this would be a relatively 'easy' win, politically. And be life-changing for student access.
More than 100 high-profile and distinguished Australians -and BA graduates- have signed the @austhistassoc.bsky.social open letter calling for the repeal of Job-Ready Graduates: a policy that punishes humanities students with life-changing debts: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students
Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
To repeal this would be a relatively 'easy' win, politically. And be life-changing for student access.
"But such an assessment places no value on the generous gift of scholarship to the ANU from Indigenous and other Australians. [...] And it turns its back on the national mission and international reputation of the ANU." insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...
The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Inside Story
Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts
insidestory.org.au
July 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"But such an assessment places no value on the generous gift of scholarship to the ANU from Indigenous and other Australians. [...] And it turns its back on the national mission and international reputation of the ANU." insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...
A big few days: first solo-authored journal article is online! All about a failed Dam plan, and the South Australian view of the River Murray. (Yes, we say River first in SA!)
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
Halting Chowilla Dam: salt, science, and River Murray politics in the 1960s
Announced by South Australian Premier Thomas Playford in 1960, the plan to build Chowilla Dam on the River Murray aimed to secure water rights crucial for the state’s economic growth. This article ...
doi.org
July 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A big few days: first solo-authored journal article is online! All about a failed Dam plan, and the South Australian view of the River Murray. (Yes, we say River first in SA!)
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
doi.org/10.1080/1449...
Finally get to say “PhDone”!
July 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Finally get to say “PhDone”!
Reposted by Dr Amanda Wells 🍊📚
Architects don’t just design for humans. They design, intentionally or not, for all of the nonhuman species affected by human-built structures. Western architecture has long been a driver of ecological destruction: How can we build to accommodate other species as cohabitants of a shared environment?
Animal Architecture: In Conversation
An animal studies scholar talks with an architect and an architecture writer about designing for, and with, nonhuman species.
placesjournal.org
July 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Architects don’t just design for humans. They design, intentionally or not, for all of the nonhuman species affected by human-built structures. Western architecture has long been a driver of ecological destruction: How can we build to accommodate other species as cohabitants of a shared environment?
Reposted by Dr Amanda Wells 🍊📚
📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
June 4, 2025 at 5:54 AM
📣 Jobs, jobs, jobs!
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
Aarhus University’s Department of Political Science is hiring:
🔹 Assistant Professor
🗓 Deadline: 25 August
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
🔹 Associate Professor
🗓 Deadline: 8 September
🔗 international.au.dk/about/profil...
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"Looking for postdoctoral researcher for collective project PROTECCT, aiming to map out and understand the diversity of protection policies implemented by EU countries to protect against floods, heatwaves, coastal erosion and droughts"
www.sciencespo.fr/cso/en/news/...
#envhum #openpositions
www.sciencespo.fr/cso/en/news/...
#envhum #openpositions
Recruitment : POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW to work on the PROTECCT project
Application to be sent before 6 July 2025
www.sciencespo.fr
June 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Looking for postdoctoral researcher for collective project PROTECCT, aiming to map out and understand the diversity of protection policies implemented by EU countries to protect against floods, heatwaves, coastal erosion and droughts"
www.sciencespo.fr/cso/en/news/...
#envhum #openpositions
www.sciencespo.fr/cso/en/news/...
#envhum #openpositions
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📜 We are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the 2025 History Council of New South Wales Awards!
🎉 There will be a new Award on offer this year, alongside a rise in the total prize money to over $6,000!
Registrations close 8th July at 5pm
Learn more via buff.ly/Vrb98GC
🎉 There will be a new Award on offer this year, alongside a rise in the total prize money to over $6,000!
Registrations close 8th July at 5pm
Learn more via buff.ly/Vrb98GC
May 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
📜 We are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the 2025 History Council of New South Wales Awards!
🎉 There will be a new Award on offer this year, alongside a rise in the total prize money to over $6,000!
Registrations close 8th July at 5pm
Learn more via buff.ly/Vrb98GC
🎉 There will be a new Award on offer this year, alongside a rise in the total prize money to over $6,000!
Registrations close 8th July at 5pm
Learn more via buff.ly/Vrb98GC
Reposted by Dr Amanda Wells 🍊📚
VIDA is excited to announce Ruby Ekkel's (@rubyekkel.bsky.social) new series on environmental history and gender 🌿🏕️💃
You can read Ruby's introduction to the series here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/in-her-...
You can read Ruby's introduction to the series here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/in-her-...
In Her Nature | Australian Women's History Network
Commissioning Editor Ruby Ekkel launches a new VIDA series, exploring the intersections of environmental and women’s history. ‘Make the back-yard the embryo of your future desires. As a country we ar...
www.auswhn.com.au
June 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
VIDA is excited to announce Ruby Ekkel's (@rubyekkel.bsky.social) new series on environmental history and gender 🌿🏕️💃
You can read Ruby's introduction to the series here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/in-her-...
You can read Ruby's introduction to the series here ⬇️
www.auswhn.com.au/blog/in-her-...
Reposted by Dr Amanda Wells 🍊📚
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
May 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Reposted by Dr Amanda Wells 🍊📚
Enjoy hunting in libraries and archives? PhD placement "Unearthing the roots of Kew Gardens’ history" with @rbgkew.bsky.social and HRP, open to UKRI-funded students. Apply by 11 May, details see link at: kew.org/science/trai... or DM me
Placements for PhD Students
We welcome PhD placement students to learn from our experts and make real contributions to our work at Kew Gardens in London or Wakehurst in Sussex.
kew.org
April 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Enjoy hunting in libraries and archives? PhD placement "Unearthing the roots of Kew Gardens’ history" with @rbgkew.bsky.social and HRP, open to UKRI-funded students. Apply by 11 May, details see link at: kew.org/science/trai... or DM me
After doing some undergrad marking, I am now sad to say that I can't use em-dash anymore: it looks too ChatGPT. 😭 And I'd only just come around to using it at all!
April 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
After doing some undergrad marking, I am now sad to say that I can't use em-dash anymore: it looks too ChatGPT. 😭 And I'd only just come around to using it at all!
Reposted by Dr Amanda Wells 🍊📚
Celebrate environmental history week with #AANZEHN! Join us for the Shadow Places Poetry Workshop facilitated by anthropologist and poet Frances Grimshaw. Can't wait to see you! Details here: www.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/2025/04/envi...
April 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Celebrate environmental history week with #AANZEHN! Join us for the Shadow Places Poetry Workshop facilitated by anthropologist and poet Frances Grimshaw. Can't wait to see you! Details here: www.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/2025/04/envi...
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📣 ECR OPPORTUNITY 📣
In collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Histories, we are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for ECRs!
Fellows will write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note, mentored by academics from the CCH and APH.
Deadline: 10 May 2025
Info: aph.org.au/2025/04/aust...
In collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Histories, we are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for ECRs!
Fellows will write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note, mentored by academics from the CCH and APH.
Deadline: 10 May 2025
Info: aph.org.au/2025/04/aust...
Australian Policy and History ECR Writing Fellowships | Australian Policy and History Network
The Centre for Contemporary Histories and Australian Policy and History are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for Early Career Researchers, of a value of $500 each. Successful applicants will be commissioned to write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note related to their research. Successful applicants will be mentored by academics from the Centre for […]
aph.org.au
April 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
📣 ECR OPPORTUNITY 📣
In collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Histories, we are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for ECRs!
Fellows will write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note, mentored by academics from the CCH and APH.
Deadline: 10 May 2025
Info: aph.org.au/2025/04/aust...
In collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Histories, we are offering 10 Writing Fellowships for ECRs!
Fellows will write one opinion piece and one policy briefing note, mentored by academics from the CCH and APH.
Deadline: 10 May 2025
Info: aph.org.au/2025/04/aust...
PhD position in Global History at ETH Zurich (4 years, fully funded), starting 1 July 2025 or soon after.
Part of the SNSF project Engineering Empires from the Margins, led by Prof. Harald Fischer-Tiné and Dr. Monique Ligtenberg.
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Part of the SNSF project Engineering Empires from the Margins, led by Prof. Harald Fischer-Tiné and Dr. Monique Ligtenberg.
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
PhD Position in Global History
jobs.ethz.ch
April 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
PhD position in Global History at ETH Zurich (4 years, fully funded), starting 1 July 2025 or soon after.
Part of the SNSF project Engineering Empires from the Margins, led by Prof. Harald Fischer-Tiné and Dr. Monique Ligtenberg.
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Part of the SNSF project Engineering Empires from the Margins, led by Prof. Harald Fischer-Tiné and Dr. Monique Ligtenberg.
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Writing a PhD thesis while the US gives itself over to Putin's sphere of influence makes focusing ... challenging.
March 1, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Writing a PhD thesis while the US gives itself over to Putin's sphere of influence makes focusing ... challenging.
This residency and these projects sound fascinating. Ever since I read Max Liboiron’s Pollution is Colonialism I’ve been expanded-footnote-curious….
The residency projects were just announced, and I'm eager to see how they take shape
February 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This residency and these projects sound fascinating. Ever since I read Max Liboiron’s Pollution is Colonialism I’ve been expanded-footnote-curious….
I helped pull together the written version of the Oulu conversation on Transdisciplinary Histories - so chuffed that it is out now!
February 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I helped pull together the written version of the Oulu conversation on Transdisciplinary Histories - so chuffed that it is out now!
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How do organisms that are so sedentary end up being so incredibly widely dispersed?
The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails
How do organisms that are so sedentary end up being so incredibly widely dispersed?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
January 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
How do organisms that are so sedentary end up being so incredibly widely dispersed?