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Martin Meiske
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Envirotech historian #infrastructure #maintenance #creosote Postdoc Fellow @ Harvard & TU Berlin #envhist #histtech #histsci; Die Geburt des Geoengineerings (Wallstein 2021); Beyond the Lab and the Field (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2022) martinmeiske.com
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jul 23
The new Technology & Culture is out, featuring a special section on “The Challenge of New Materialism for the History of Infrastructure”. I’m happy to have been able to contribute an article on “Tracing Creosote’s Legacy: From the Rails of Europe to Unplanned Deposits” ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 3d
CfP for the 2026 Tensions of Europe Conference is out!

Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL

Deadline: 4 January 2026

#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist

Entire call and information ⤵

www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...
Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026
» Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026 | Research network on history, technology and Europe
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Tanja Riekkinen @tanjariekkinen.bsky.social · 28d
Call for Applications

The Early Career branch of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEHNEXTGATe) is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027.

Please find the more detailed call text attached.
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24d
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Sep 5
JOB: 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Humanities, Harvard University (USA)
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum

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Harvard University - 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships | H-Net
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · Aug 21
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
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Sep 1
Danke, Aske!
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Sep 1
After wonderful years in Munich, a new journey begins: thanks to an 18-month DAAD PRIME fellowship with TU Berlin as host, I start today as a Postdoc Fellow at @harvardhistsci.bsky.social Six months here, then six at the University of Maryland, before returning to Berlin. Excited & grateful!
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Aug 28
In March 2024, I had the pleasure of visiting the @ghilondon.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Fellow – many thanks for hosting me!!! I also contributed a short piece to their blog: "How to Commemorate #Railways at 200? Unearthing Histories of #Maintenance, Global #Material Flows, and #Colonialism" 👇🛤️🚂
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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · Aug 27
As we commemorate the bicentenary of modern railways in 2025, what narratives are we leaving out? 🚂
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American Society for Environmental History @aseh.bsky.social · Aug 26
Did you forget to submit your proposal for the ASEH 2026 Conference in Kansas City? There's still time!

We know how busy you are so we are keeping the submission portal open until Friday, Aug. 29.

To submit please go to: aseh.org/ASEH-Confere...
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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · Aug 21
ESEH 2027, “Environmental History Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries,” will take place on 6–10 September in beautiful Salzburg, Austria! #ESEH2025 #ESEH2027 #envhist #envhum @mknoll.bsky.social
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jul 23
Many thanks to Frederik Schulze and Jan Hansen, the anonymous reviewers, and the editorial team at Technology and Culture for the thoughtful engagement and support! #histtech #envhist #histsci #histSTM #infrastructure #creosote #maintenance #newmaterialism
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jul 23
By investigating creosote's "unruliness"—its toxic effects and unpredictable material behaviors, from molecular interactions to transnational flows—the article reveals the entangled impacts of industrial materials on infrastructure, human health, and the environment.
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jul 23
Focusing on Germany and Austro-Hungary from the 1880s to the interwar years, the article examines the scientification of wood impregnation, the rivalry between creosote-treated wooden ties and iron alternatives, and the influence of maintainers in shaping material preferences.
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jul 23
The piece combines infrastructure history with a residual materialist approach to trace the history of creosote—a toxic coal tar oil used to impregnate wooden railroad ties. Once a waste product of coal gasification, it became a valued industrial fluid through state and corporate action.
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jul 23
The new Technology & Culture is out, featuring a special section on “The Challenge of New Materialism for the History of Infrastructure”. I’m happy to have been able to contribute an article on “Tracing Creosote’s Legacy: From the Rails of Europe to Unplanned Deposits” ➡️ muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jun 8
I'm a little late, but congratulations on your publication, Floris! 🥳
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Jun 4
A new review of BEYOND THE LAB AND THE FIELD, just out in @isisjournal.bsky.social !

Many thanks to Pankaj Sekhsaria for his thoughtful and generous reading of our book! 🙏

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

#histsci #histtech #envhist #envirotech #infrastructures @upittpress.bsky.social
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EASLCE @easlce.bsky.social · May 12
#conference: "Residue and Oblivion: Manufacturing Toxic Legacies. Cross-reflections based on the exemplary case of asbestos (20th-21st centuries)". (Grenoble, France, June 23-24, 2025)

More info in English and French: asbestos.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr

#envhum #envhist #ecology #hstm #histstm
Poster for the conference featuring of man sorting abestos sheets bare-handed.
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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · May 2
I just received the two latest books in the Intersections book series I co-edit with Sarah Elkind at @upittpress.bsky.social! So happy to see these out in the world.
Hand holding up two books in front of a Japanese Maple tree. One is Cosmic Fragments, the other is Imperial Weather
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · May 2
If you thought March was busy at the @greenhouseuis.net, buckle up for an #envhum May with among others @davidvailphd.bsky.social @camillemarys.bsky.social @jamesweldon.bsky.social & @rebwright.bsky.social - and an online symposium organised with our partners at @uobrisceh.bsky.social and VU!

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Overview of the events at the Greenhouse in May. More info on uis.no/en/greenhouse. For the book talks, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/.
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Apr 29
At the start of my #Maintenance & #Repair History seminar @kit.edu my trains from Munich to Karlsruhe and back were perfectly on time today. Big Thanks to all who work the days & nights to make this possible! #histtech #envirotech
Photo of railway tracks at Munich main station in the morning. In the middle: tools left by maintenance and repair workers.
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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · Apr 15
New Feature Story: "From Natural to #Synthetic? Rethinking Narratives of #Chemical 'Replacement' in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries" 🎨

In brief case studies, Leije Zeng, Jonathan Haid, and Omri Polatsek highlight how social elements shape material advancement 🧵1/5

🔗 bitly.cx/ToM14

#HistSci
Photo of four stacks of paper. The first one is made up of issues of Feature Story number 87. The three others are postcards, each of them showing one of the three historical images that illustrate the feature story. Source: Niclas Look, MPIWG.
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Environment and History, White Horse Press @eandhwhp.bsky.social · Apr 3
Environment and History 31.2 is available online now! This is a special issue entitled 'Sensing the World: Exploring Sensory Histories of the Environment,' edited by @gpetrick.bsky.social & @gfitz.bsky.social liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/31/2 #envhist @eseh.bsky.social
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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · Mar 30
Early bird registration closes on Monday, 31 March! #EnvHist
ESEH 2025 Registration and Fees - ESEH CONFERENCE 2025
Early registration for the conference is open from February 7th, 2025 – March 31st, 2025.Late registration begins on April 1st, 2025.Presenters must register by March 31st, 2025 in order to be include...
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · Mar 11
⏰Noch 2 Wochen bis zum Anmeldeschluss für die Jahrestagung gtg/VDI-IGTG 2025 „Un:chaining: Mikrogeschichten des multilokalen und globalen Fertigens“, die vom 3.-5. April in Berlin stattfindet. Wir freuen uns auf Euch!
👉Anmeldung: shorturl.at/JJXMI
#technikgeschichte #histtech #histsci #envhist #sts
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