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Bernhard Gissibl
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Historian of colonialism and the environment @IEG Mainz. Author of "Nature of German Imperialism" (2016)
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colonial-memories.bsky.social
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Koloniale Kontinuitäten – Postkolonialer Rundgang durch den Botanischen Garten Potsdam @unipotsdam.bsky.social

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Homepage Botanischer Garten der Uni Potsdam: „Dauerausstellung Koloniale Kontinuitäten – Postkolonialer Rundgang durch den Botanischen Garten Potsdam Der Botanische Garten der Universität Potsdam wurde im Jahr 1950 gegründet, also nach dem Ende des deutschen Kolonialismus. Die Herkunft seines Gründungsbestandes tropischer Pflanzen ist nicht dokumentiert. Ein Teil davon stammt noch aus den gärtnerischen Betrieben von Sanssouci, deren kaiserliche Gewächshäuser die Basis seiner Gründung waren. Zahlreiche weitere Pflanzen wurden von anderen Botanischen Gärten übernommen oder zugekauft. Nur in wenigen Fällen ist die Herkunft bekannt. Eigene Sammelreisen in tropische Länder wurden bis vor wenigen Jahren nicht durchgeführt. Der Rundgang gibt Einblicke in die koloniale Verstrickung der Botanischen Gärten und der Botanik. Verschiedene Stationen in den Schaugewächshäusern informieren über Sammlungspraktiken in der Botanik, wirtschaftliche Ausbeutung natürlicher Ressourcen und eurozentrische Narrative und ordnen es in den kolonialen Kontext ein. Die biologische Vielfalt als entscheidende Lebensgrundlage ist weltweit bedroht. Es geht daher heute um Erhaltung statt Aneignung, um Kooperation statt Herrschaft und um Wege, auf diesem Planeten gemeinsam und nachhaltig zu leben. Für dieses Miteinander ist noch viel zu tun. Ganz am Anfang muss die transparente und verantwortungsbewusste Aufarbeitung der Kolonialgeschichte stehen.“
December 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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CfA: IEG Mainz Writing-up Doctoral Fellowships in European History between 6 and 12 months, Deadline for Applications 15 February 2026

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IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students
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December 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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CfA: IEG Mainz Writing-up Doctoral Fellowships in European History between 6 and 12 months, Deadline for Applications 15 February 2026

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IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students
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December 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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The November 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is out now! Check it out for all the lastest #envhum scholarship
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Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
cover of journal Environmental Humanities. White sticks laid out in a shape on a light blue background
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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animalhistory.bsky.social
Issue no. 4 is out! It features a 'Tracks in the Field' essay, four research articles, plus book reviews!
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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g-d-gegenwart.bsky.social
Wer über die Zukunft der Natur nachdenkt, muss auch über die Vergangenheit sprechen. Luregn Lenggenhager über die Notwendigkeit einer kritischen Geschichtswissenschaft, die die selektiven Narrative im Naturschutz offenlegt. geschichtedergegenwart.ch/zurueck-zur-...
Zurück zur Natur? Wie Natur­schutz mit Vergan­gen­heit Politik macht
Naturschutz verspricht Zukunft – ist aber oft ein Rückgriff auf romantisierte Vergangenheiten. Wer entscheidet, wohin „zurück“ gegangen wird, bestimmt auch, wer und was in der Natur künftig keinen Pla...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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andreawulf.bsky.social
So excited to share the UK cover of my forthcoming book THE TRAVELLER ... which is about a quite remarkable human being. George Forster, a man who tried to find what connects us rather than what sets us apart - he saw unity behind our diversity, not discord and division.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Why don't we have an EU wide carbon tax? Well, some people worked as hard as they could to stop it. Important new research by Fabienne Jouty and Christophe Bonneuil!
Undermining Climate Action: The Fight by European Oil Companies Against the European Carbon Tax
This article examines, in the lead-up to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, the role played by five major European oil companies—BP in the United Kingdom, Shell in the Netherlands and UK, ENI in Italy, ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Our Nov issue is up, guest ed is Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social it’s devoted to Anglo-German relations in Australasia. It’s also the final issue for outgoing eds Tim Rowse & Fiona Paisley–thanks for your excellent stewardship these last four years
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November 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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valuepast.bsky.social
Neuer Blogbeitrag von Sarah Ehlers (Deutsches Museum). Botanische Gärten zwischen kolonialer Vergangenheit und gegenwärtigen Krisen 👇
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Die globale Pflanzenwelt ausstellen. Vergangenheit und Vielfalt in botanischen Gärten
Sarah Ehlers diskutiert den Umgang mit kolonialer Vergangenheit und gegenwärtigen Krisen der Biodiversität in botanischen Gärten.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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lindenmuseum.bsky.social
Neues Feature in der Sammlung digital: die Kurator:inenn Valence Silayo und Fiona Siegenthaler sowie Provenienzforscher Markus Himmelsbach erzählen in 7 Kapiteln Geschichte(n) der #Chagga am #Kilimandscharo: Landschaft, Erinnerung, Museen sammlung-digital.lindenmuseum.de/de/thema/ges... #tansania
Königliche Robe der Chagga (Slg. Kurt Johannes), braun mit roten Applikationen
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Sie hat so viel Wichtiges geleistet. Möge sie nun in Frieden ruhen. Gisela Bock, 1942-2025.
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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heikedrotbohm.bsky.social
This SI places plant and multispecies studies in dialogue with anthropological debates on emplacement, displacement, mobilities and migration. Highly recommend!
berghahnbooks.bsky.social Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 27d
The latest Open Access issue of The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology has been published! View the TOC for this Special Issue on "Making Place with Plants: Intimacy, Mobility and Displacement," here: bit.ly/4qLWERG

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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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vbateman.bsky.social
So proud to have co-edited the forthcoming volume, “Globalizing Wildlife,” with @rafdebont.bsky.social and Tom Quick 🌎🌍🌏🐀🦜🦏🐅🦦 from @uncpress.bsky.social in their series Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges

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Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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georgeiorda.bsky.social
Interested in doing a PhD on #zoonotic diseases & #wildlife trade within a #politicalecology approach? Look no further, @geofrancismasse.bsky.social seeks a potential candidate to be based at @durham.ac.uk 👇
geofrancismasse.bsky.social Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 27d
Call PhD Proposals related to Political Ecologies of Conservation, Infectious Animal and Zoonotic Diseases, One Health, and Wildlife Trade
#politicalecology #humanenvironmentgeography

Please share and pass on to potentially interested people.

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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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konradinkunze.bsky.social
Unsere Performance-Kompanie Flinn Works verliert nach jahrelanger erfolgreicher preisgekrönter Arbeit & mühsamer Antragsstellung die Basisförderung des Berliner Senats. Aber CDU-nahe Briefkasten- & Immobilienfirmen bekommen ohne Antragstellung & Expertise Projektgelder gegen Antisemitismus.
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Unser Sammelband "Hamburg: Tor zur kolonialen Welt. Erinnerungsorte der (post-)kolonialen Globalisierung" ist jetzt als open access Version vollständig frei verfügbar: www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535018...

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Hamburg. Tor zur kolonialen Welt | Wallstein Open Library
Als wichtigster Hafen Deutschlands war Hamburg auch zentrale Kolonialmetropole. Das »Tor zur Welt« war über Jahrhunderte ein Tor zur kolonialen Welt. Man hatte Handelsbeziehungen zu Kolonialmächten un...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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animalhistories.bsky.social
Our second event of the year is next Wednesday at 8pm! Come along to a book release talk for @s-pooley.bsky.social's DISCOVERING THE OKAPI
Attendance is free, all are welcome, sign up on the Eventbrite link below. 📗🦓💚
The book cover for Simon Pooley's Discovering the Okapi. The front cover seems to be an old plate from Proceedings of the Zoological Society 2(1), 1808. There are two okapi on the front cover with giraffe like heads, brown upper bodies and zebra stripes on their legs. The title says: 'Discovering the Okapi: western science, Indigenous knowledge and the search for a rainforest enigma'
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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First article from my PhD is out!

‘Provincialising Foot-and-Mouth Disease: The Construction of the African Buffalo as Disease Reservoir in Botswana, 1961–1976’, with Andreas Weber and @estherturnhout.bsky.social
Cover of the article with title of the article ‘Provincializing foot-and-mouth disease: the construction of the african buffalo as disease reservoir in Botswana, 1961-1976’ shown above a monochrome picture of a herd of buffaloes
October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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peopleandnature.bsky.social
🏙️How popular are 'wild spaces' in #cities and what prevents people from visiting these greenspaces? New study by Brenda Zoderer identifies the most salient barriers to using #wildspaces, providing insight into strategies to reconnect people with #nature

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October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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@georgeholmes.bsky.social wins best new article title: Who Let the Frogs out? Illicit and Unregulated Species Translocations

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November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
Spread the word about this brand new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities with me and The Greenhouse crew in Norway.

For those outside of EU, registration is in second half of November, so don’t miss it!
greenhouseuis.net Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · Oct 31
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.

Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!

Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Poster for Masters in Public Environmental Humanities. Our 2-year masters program in beautiful Stavanger, Norway, invites you to study today's environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history. Key aspects: • Combine critical thinking with hands-on engagement • Work across humanities fields • Put learning into action through an internship • Taught entirely in English • Free tuition for students from EU/EEA/Switzerland and affordable for others If you believe community-engaged humanities can help build a more sustainable future, this is the place to start. GET MORE INFO & APPLY FOR FALL 2026 Questions? Email PEH@uis.no
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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greenhouseuis.net
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.

Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!

Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Poster for Masters in Public Environmental Humanities. Our 2-year masters program in beautiful Stavanger, Norway, invites you to study today's environmental challenges as deeply rooted in culture and history. Key aspects: • Combine critical thinking with hands-on engagement • Work across humanities fields • Put learning into action through an internship • Taught entirely in English • Free tuition for students from EU/EEA/Switzerland and affordable for others If you believe community-engaged humanities can help build a more sustainable future, this is the place to start. GET MORE INFO & APPLY FOR FALL 2026 Questions? Email PEH@uis.no
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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brendazoderer.bsky.social
Happy to share my new article looking at why people do NOT use urban wild spaces
peopleandnature.bsky.social People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · Oct 24
🏙️How popular are 'wild spaces' in #cities and what prevents people from visiting these greenspaces? New study by Brenda Zoderer identifies the most salient barriers to using #wildspaces, providing insight into strategies to reconnect people with #nature

➡️ buff.ly/qMRc4Ea
November 4, 2025 at 5:18 AM