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ESEH NEXTGATe
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ESEH's Next Generation Action Team (NEXTGATe). Representing the Early Career Researchers branch of the European Society for Environmental History. We do events, workshops, etc. aimed at helping scholars navigate murky academic life
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Join our new Early-Career #EnvHist Network! We have created a listserv for opportunities related to environmental history (broadly conceived), and we welcome students, PhD candidates and post-docs interested in what happens in Europe. To join, send us a Private Message.
Members can also contribute!
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New #Speak4Nature article from the Rachel Carson Center: "The Inhuman Condition: Rethinking Anthropocentrism" by Jonatan Palmblad.

@palmblad.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social #envhum #envjust
February 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Call for Contributions: A Sourcebook for Histories of Weather and Weathering
eseh.org/call-for-con...
#EnvHist #EnvHum
February 14, 2026 at 12:01 AM
CFP from Cambridge University Press: "Public Humanities for Students"

This open access issue invites scholars to write rigorous, accessible articles for 14 to 18 year olds, bringing humanities ideas into the everyday concerns of young people.
Learn more and submit your papers here: cup.org/3Mf4WCp
February 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Today at 5pm CET! "Ecocide Speaker Series: Environmental History and Geopolitics, Palestine/Israel"
zoom.us/j/96872519426

#EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #Ecocide
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Organize our next #EnvHist Summer School!
Want to organize the 2026 ESEH Summer School in Environmental History? Check out our new call: eseh.org/call-for-pro...

#EnvHist #EnvHum
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 PM
CFP with short deadline: "Beyond Governance
Terraformings and Other Arts of Cohabiting and Care"

Submissions by early-career scholars welcome.

#EnvHist #EnvHum
Beyond Governance
Terraformings and Other Arts of Cohabiting and Care
performatyka.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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How is environmental history doing in Asia? It's thriving! Read Mu Cao's beautiful account of the Asian Association for Environmental History (AAEH) conference in Japan last year.

AAEH is a biennial conference, so keep an eye out for the next one in 2027!

#envhist #envhum #history
A Classroom Called the Inland Sea: The 2025 AAEH Conference — ICEHO
The First Biennial Conference of the Asian Association for Environmental History took place in Japan in the fall of 2025.
www.iceho.org
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Upcoming deadline (1/31): submit your proposals for 2026 New England Quarterly symposium on Environmental Histories of New England, 1600-2025. #envhist #newengland #cfp
NEQ Events and Calls for Papers
Environmental Histories of New England, 1600-2025 Friday, September 18, 2026 Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA New England is a region defined by its landscape, its…
newenglandquarterly.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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Don't miss my picks for environmental history worth reading from December!!

niche-canada.org/2026/01/13/e...

#envhist #envhum
#EnvHist Worth Reading: December 2025
Find eco-fascism, maple syrup battles, and moldy insects in the latest list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.
niche-canada.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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The deadline to submit an abstract/proposal for #ICOHTEC2026 has been extended to 28 February 2026. Please see icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for more details.
#histtech #histstm #envhist #envhum #museum #museumstudies #heritagestudies
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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New seminars on Instructing Colonial Natural History 🌿 We can look forward to papers by Yunting Gu, Adriana Craciun and @nulybranch.bsky.social. For more info see instructingnaturalhistory.com (more info will be added). #skystorians #museums #collecting #histsci #envhist
January 22, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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The @northernenvhistory.bsky.social's first seminar of the year is fast approaching!

27/1 2pm GMT

Sign up below!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/snake-word...
Snake Words in Estonia: Nature and Nationalism in Andrus Kivirähk
The Northern Environmental History Network is thrilled to welcome Dr Alfie Howard to present on Snake Words in Estonia!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Apply to this fantastic workshop by 31 January!
There's still just over two weeks left to apply to our workshop exploring historical approaches to non-human life.

It will take place on 9-10th April 2026, and aims to bring together scholars across disciplinary divides.

PGR and ECR support available thanks to the generosity of our sponsors!
January 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Postdocs, PhD candidates, and students interested in environmental history, make sure to join our early-career network to learn about new opportunities and conferences around Europe! #EnvHist #EnvHum
Join our new Early-Career #EnvHist Network! We have created a listserv for opportunities related to environmental history (broadly conceived), and we welcome students, PhD candidates and post-docs interested in what happens in Europe. To join, send us a Private Message.
Members can also contribute!
January 19, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Our early-career network is growing! Join us if you are interested in #EnvHist in or about Europe. You will then be added to our listserv and receive updates on events and opportunities, and you will also be able to contribute to the network. Send us a DM with your email to be added.
Join our new Early-Career #EnvHist Network! We have created a listserv for opportunities related to environmental history (broadly conceived), and we welcome students, PhD candidates and post-docs interested in what happens in Europe. To join, send us a Private Message.
Members can also contribute!
January 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Join the European Society for Environmental History! We are our members, and with a modest yearly fee (25 or 10 €) you will contribute to the community and our next conference. And there are benefits! You can also help by spreading the word! Read more here:
eseh.org/membership/h...
#EnvHist #EnvHum
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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ESEH Vice-President Sandra Swart and former ESEH President Marco Armiero have written a great summary of our last conference in Uppsala, Sweden!

#envhist @wildpasts.bsky.social
ICEHO's Sandra Swart and Marco Armiero have co-written a fantastic conference report for ESEH 2025! With 550 #EnvHist scholars from around the world, the hometown of Carl Linnaeus became a site for thinking about the importance of the past like never before.
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
ESEH 2025: A Conference to Remember — ICEHO
The 2025 ESEH Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, was a huge success. Read ICEHO’s Sandra Swart’s and Marco Armiero’s summary.
www.iceho.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Join our new Early-Career #EnvHist Network! We have created a listserv for opportunities related to environmental history (broadly conceived), and we welcome students, PhD candidates and post-docs interested in what happens in Europe. To join, send us a Private Message.
Members can also contribute!
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Great short-format opportunity for busy early-career #EnvHist researchers!
Don't miss the chance to submit to Germinate!
The winter deadline for our peer reviewed section is December 31st. Submissions are welcome between 1,200 and 2,000 words that connect the environmental present to its past.

We're excited to read your work!

g-ehr.com/submit/
December 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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***CfP*** Die mit der @eseh.bsky.social assoziierte D-A-CH-AG Umweltgeschichte lädt zum zweiten Nachwuchsworkshop diesmal an die @unibe.ch in der schönen Schweiz!

Deadline für die Abstracts ist der 15.2.2025
#envhist #histtech

Mehr unter: www.hist.unibe.ch/unibe/portal...
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Extended deadline! Join our 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 by applying by 11 December. Organized by Mona Bieling and hosted by Andrea Gaynor.

@monabie.bsky.social #EnvHist #EnvHum
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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As members of ICEHO, we look much forward to the 2029 World Congress of Environmental History! Please help ICEHO reach out to as many institutions as possible. Wherever the congress will take place, we will make sure to be present! #EnvHist #EnvHum
Please help us spread the call for proposals for the 2029 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. So far the congress has taken place in Denmark, Portugal, Brazil, and Finland. Where in the world will we meet next time?

#envhist @aseh.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
Call for Proposals for the 2029 World Congress of Environmental History — ICEHO
ICEHO invites bids for the next World Congress of Environmental History.
www.iceho.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Don't miss this early-career #EnvHist event!
Are you an early-career environmental historian or interested in the challenges aspiring environmental historians face? Join our panel discussion with
@askehn.bsky.social @kathiescharf.bsky.social @tidetales.bsky.social and @wilkohardenberg.bsky.social et al., hosted by @eseh.bsky.social #envhist
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM