Ellen Arnold
@medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Medievalist, environmental historian, penguin historian, photographer, co-editor of Water History. Author of Medieval Riverscapes, Negotiating the Landscape, and Water in World History. EFArnold.com
So amidst the regular angst of late semester grading and emails, I also have a *very big thing* that is out in the world now. Waiting to see if good things happen. Waiting is hard.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
So amidst the regular angst of late semester grading and emails, I also have a *very big thing* that is out in the world now. Waiting to see if good things happen. Waiting is hard.
Grading student responses to hydropower week while listening to Guthrie's Columbia River Collection
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Grading student responses to hydropower week while listening to Guthrie's Columbia River Collection
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
Trying to wring one pleasure out of the piles of grading
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Trying to wring one pleasure out of the piles of grading
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
morning!
so, it's my birthday today and I'm now 50 (yikes) but it turns out i have a present for YOU! a new episode of @americanmedieval.bsky.social w/ the exceptional @sarahebond.bsky.social!
we talk dinosaurs & the American obsession w/ Rome (among other things...)
Listen now!
so, it's my birthday today and I'm now 50 (yikes) but it turns out i have a present for YOU! a new episode of @americanmedieval.bsky.social w/ the exceptional @sarahebond.bsky.social!
we talk dinosaurs & the American obsession w/ Rome (among other things...)
Listen now!
The “Fall of Rome” with Sarah Bond
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · 11/19/2025 · 1h 4m
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November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
morning!
so, it's my birthday today and I'm now 50 (yikes) but it turns out i have a present for YOU! a new episode of @americanmedieval.bsky.social w/ the exceptional @sarahebond.bsky.social!
we talk dinosaurs & the American obsession w/ Rome (among other things...)
Listen now!
so, it's my birthday today and I'm now 50 (yikes) but it turns out i have a present for YOU! a new episode of @americanmedieval.bsky.social w/ the exceptional @sarahebond.bsky.social!
we talk dinosaurs & the American obsession w/ Rome (among other things...)
Listen now!
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
AND WE'RE LIVE!!!!!
Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Public Medievalism with Eleanor Janega
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · 11/12/2025 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
AND WE'RE LIVE!!!!!
Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Welcome to American Medieval! Our first episode sees @profgabriele.com talk with the amazing @goingmedieval.bsky.social about what got us interested in the Middle Ages, why Czech history is super cool, and why Dan Brown drives us nuts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
So, @americanmedieval.bsky.social talks to really cool people!Including the always interesting @greenleejw.bsky.social
Guess what! I had a great conversation with @profgabriele.com on his new podcast, @americanmedieval.bsky.social. We talked about maps, eels, history, identity, time machines and more!
It was a great time, and I’m thrilled for it to be one of the pod’s first set of episodes. Give it a listen!
It was a great time, and I’m thrilled for it to be one of the pod’s first set of episodes. Give it a listen!
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! for our release date (TODAY!) we have a second episode!
Here @profgabriele.com talks to @greenleejw.bsky.social about, you guessed it, eels! Plus medieval maps and why they're cool.
have a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Here @profgabriele.com talks to @greenleejw.bsky.social about, you guessed it, eels! Plus medieval maps and why they're cool.
have a listen!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
So, @americanmedieval.bsky.social talks to really cool people!Including the always interesting @greenleejw.bsky.social
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tomorrow (Monday, Nov 10) the tables are turned: I’m the guest on the Greenhouse #envhum book talk to discuss Ghosts Behind Glass with @finnarne.me & guest host @medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Join us online for the discussion! 4pm CET/3pm GMT/10am EST
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
Just sharing this cartoon made by Niels again.
Shieldwalls are awesome.
Regularly check in with loved ones to make sure they're perhaps in need of a shieldwall.
www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...
Shieldwalls are awesome.
Regularly check in with loved ones to make sure they're perhaps in need of a shieldwall.
www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Just sharing this cartoon made by Niels again.
Shieldwalls are awesome.
Regularly check in with loved ones to make sure they're perhaps in need of a shieldwall.
www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...
Shieldwalls are awesome.
Regularly check in with loved ones to make sure they're perhaps in need of a shieldwall.
www.facebook.com/CouldBeWorse...
Well this was oddly prescient.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Well this was oddly prescient.
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
There are now 183 videos of our Greenhouse #envhum book talks available to view via our Vimeo showcase. This includes our most recent talks.
You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talks
Book talks with authors of recent books in environmental humanities, with the authors in discussion with Dolly Jørgensen and Finn Arne Jørgensen, University of Stavanger, Norway. The book talks are he...
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October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
There are now 183 videos of our Greenhouse #envhum book talks available to view via our Vimeo showcase. This includes our most recent talks.
You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...
At Notre Dame to give the keynote 😳 at the Midwest Medieval History Association meeting, which has Water, Rivers, and the Environment in the Middle Ages as the theme!
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
At Notre Dame to give the keynote 😳 at the Midwest Medieval History Association meeting, which has Water, Rivers, and the Environment in the Middle Ages as the theme!
Well, Canvas being down on the very first day of the 7 week online class and the same day a bunch of assignments were due has definitely added j-ne-se-quoi to today.
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well, Canvas being down on the very first day of the 7 week online class and the same day a bunch of assignments were due has definitely added j-ne-se-quoi to today.
I do not think it is possible to do all the grading I need to do in the hours that exist in the world.
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I do not think it is possible to do all the grading I need to do in the hours that exist in the world.
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Apply for PhD Course on Energy Humanities
5 ECTS PhD course ‘Themes within Environmental Humanities’ to be held in Stavanger, 1-5 December 2025. This year’s thematic focus is the developing field of the Energy Humanities.
www.uis.no
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Amongst many great essays, there is a little story about an inter-war American "penguin craze" by yours truly.
It was a pleasure to review this wonderful collection for the latest issue of Technology and Culture. Thanks to all the authors for their contributions and to @finnarne.me @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social for drawing such an interesting group of scholars together!
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55712
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55712
October 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Amongst many great essays, there is a little story about an inter-war American "penguin craze" by yours truly.
🚨 job alert! History of Modern US at Ohio Wesleyan (I'm the chair if you have questions)
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Assistant Professor History - Modern U.S. History | H-Net Job Guide
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October 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🚨 job alert! History of Modern US at Ohio Wesleyan (I'm the chair if you have questions)
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69198
jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69198
🚨 history job alert! Modern World History at Ohio Wesleyan!
(I'm the chair if you have questions!)
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(I'm the chair if you have questions!)
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October 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🚨 history job alert! Modern World History at Ohio Wesleyan!
(I'm the chair if you have questions!)
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69192/o...
(I'm the chair if you have questions!)
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69192/o...
Two jobs in history at Ohio Wesleyan, a four-year SLAC. One in Modern World and one in Modern US. (I'm chair there, let me know if you have any questions!)
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Ohio Wesleyan University - Assistant Professor History - Modern World History | H-Net
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October 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Two jobs in history at Ohio Wesleyan, a four-year SLAC. One in Modern World and one in Modern US. (I'm chair there, let me know if you have any questions!)
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69192/o...
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69198/o...
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69192/o...
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69198/o...
So my proud of my friend!
It’s real!!
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
October 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
So my proud of my friend!
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
We are so proud of @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and her new book. It truly is a stunningly beautiful book - and an important one. #envhist #envhum
It’s real!!
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
October 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are so proud of @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and her new book. It truly is a stunningly beautiful book - and an important one. #envhist #envhum
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...
Neben unserer Edition mit Übersetzung der frühmittelalterlichen Formeln und unserem e-Lexikon haben wir auch ein ständig wachsendes Urkundenkorpus in unserer Werkstatt. 15.376 Herrscher- und Privaturkunden sind es inzwischen! Frei zugänglich und voll durchsuchbar:
werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de
werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de
Willkommen in der Formulae - Litterae - Chartae Werkstatt!
Medieval Latin Formulae and their German translations in the Capitains Format
werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de
October 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
Marc Bloch will be admitted to the Pantheon in Paris! The date for the "Panthéonisation" is set for 16 June 2026. Meanwhile, @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social has launched a website to keep track of the many conferences to celebrate the event. Some of them start this month.
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
Marc Bloch | Marc Bloch
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
September 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Marc Bloch will be admitted to the Pantheon in Paris! The date for the "Panthéonisation" is set for 16 June 2026. Meanwhile, @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social has launched a website to keep track of the many conferences to celebrate the event. Some of them start this month.
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
Incredibly proud of this recognition by my peers. Finalist for the biennial St. Andrew's book award from the ESEH and RCC, both communities that matter deeply to me.
Shortlist:
Gabriela Jarzębowska, 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭
Joana Gaspar de Freitas, 𝘈 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴
Ellen Arnold, 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴: 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘤𝘢. 300–1100
@medievalpenguin.bsky.social
Gabriela Jarzębowska, 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭
Joana Gaspar de Freitas, 𝘈 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴
Ellen Arnold, 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴: 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘤𝘢. 300–1100
@medievalpenguin.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Incredibly proud of this recognition by my peers. Finalist for the biennial St. Andrew's book award from the ESEH and RCC, both communities that matter deeply to me.
Reposted by Ellen Arnold
Congratulations to Netta Cohen, whose monograph 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯: 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 is the winner of the 2025 Turku Book Award. Read the full motivation here: eseh.org/turku-book-a...
#EnvHist #EnvHum
#EnvHist #EnvHum
September 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Congratulations to Netta Cohen, whose monograph 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯: 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 is the winner of the 2025 Turku Book Award. Read the full motivation here: eseh.org/turku-book-a...
#EnvHist #EnvHum
#EnvHist #EnvHum