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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 2d

🎤 Voices for Change: Stories from the Environmental Movement - Public Launch Event. British Library. 23rd October 2025. Tickets: www.tickets.bl.uk/3805/3806

Find out more: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/new...

#RHULGeogResearch #EnvironmentalMovement #PublicEvent #BritishLibrary #OralHistories

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 12d

Check out the new issue of #PlantPerspectives on the #arborealhumanities! Including my own first published paper 🎉
whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index

#envhum
#envhist
#history
#historicalgeography
#planthumanities
#culturalgeography
#RoyalHolloway
#KewGardens
#RGS
#Archives
#treebiographies

Plant Perspectives

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IanPMatthews.bsky.social @ianpmatthews.bsky.social · 23d

It has been 20 years since we published this paper. It has been cited at least 278 times since then.

A screen grab of Blockley et al. 2005 tephra extraction paper

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 23d

Pre-order my new book Postcapitalist Cities if you like. Or just wait till it's out and steal a copy. Whatever you do, DO NOT use Amazon, please (I would say get a copy from the library, but not sure they'll exist by the time this comes out)

Manchester University Press - Postcapitalist cities

Postcapitalist cities - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Postcapitalist cities by Oli Mould

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 23d

138 bn unworn clothes/ yr by 2050

99% of a t-shirt's lifetime in a wardrobe

Some shocking numbers here - and I should know, as @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social and I crunched them for @oxfamgb.bsky.social

Months aside, buy more vintage clothing. It's better.

www.theindustry.fashion/oxfam-launch...

Oxfam launches 'Second Hand September' as fashion set to produce 138 billion unworn clothes annually by 2050 - TheIndustry.fashion

Oxfam has today launched its seventh ‘Second Hand September’ campaign, this time fronted by actress, TV presenter and activist Jameela Jamil.

www.theindustry.fashion

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Dr Amy Walsh @amywalsh.bsky.social · 24d

Members of CQR joined the 2025 INTIMATE Meeting in Cluj-Napoca 🇷🇴. Keynote on Dansgaard–Oeschger events and sessions on ocean, atmosphere, humans & chronology. Wrapped up with a field trip in Transylvania to visit Turda Salt Mine, Cheile Turzii & Rimetea. Huge thanks to the organisers!

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · Sep 4

For those who might be interested, a recording of my lecture is now available: youtu.be/xD51buje-ts

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · Aug 20

New blog post: "Imaginary readers" inneskeighren.com/williammacin...

A photograph of the cover of a novel: "El Guante Gris: Viaje Imaginario á Las Costas de Guinea" (Madrid: 1877), by Aureliano Colmenares.

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Aug 14

Happy #Publication Day to #AmongtheGiants, a year at the #Kew Arboretum. #OctopusBooks #KewPublishing #KewGardens #gardenhistory #trees #science #climateresilience #climatechange #urbantrees

Available at all good book stores now!

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · Aug 11

Come along if you’re in Brum on the 26th; I certainly won’t be advocating for the imposition of anti-capitalist narcoticism into mainstream geographical thought

Digital Geographies Research Group @dgrgrgs.bsky.social · Aug 11

And finally, we are thrilled to be joined by Prof @olimould.bsky.social (Royal Holloway, University of London) who will be presenting the preconference keynote, and whose presentation is titled 'Psychedelics, multiverses and radical creativity: towards an aesthetics of the commons' - very exciting!

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · Aug 7

🚨 We’re hiring a Lecturer (FT 7.1 months) in Human Geography with particular strengths in cultural geography to support teaching until April 26 (maternity cover).

🗓 Closing date: 21 August 2025
🗓 Interviews: 26 August 2025

🔗 jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Human Geography (TF)

Starting Salary is £49,325 per annum inclusive of London AllowanceApplications are invited for a fixed term (7.1 months) teaching-focused post in Human Geography at Lecturer level in the Department of...

jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk

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Úna Hamilton Helle @uncashh.bsky.social · Aug 6

BTF V has arrived from the printers!

This time we have truly been working in stone time and befittingly the issue is centered around the subsurface: what can be found in the ground under our feet, the rocks that act as conduits to the soil, the depths of the imaginary subterranean…

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 28

Find out more about 'Among the Giants' here:

www.waterstones.com/book/among-t...

Among the Giants by Kew Gardens | Waterstones

Buy Among the Giants by Kew Gardens from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · Jul 28

Discount klaxon! My new #book is 25%off preorder this week only at #Waterstones #WPreorder.
Come with us and discover the fascinating work of #Kew's #TreeGang, the history of Kew's #Arboretum and #trees and how research is helping staff prepare the collection for #climatechange.

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saskia papadakis @sazpaps.bsky.social · Jul 25

Great to be interviewed for the @rgsibg.bsky.social Ask the Geographer podcast series! Toby Butler and I chat to Rachel about oral histories and research. It's a lovely resource for A Level students and anyone interested in how oral history can be used in geography!

Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · Jul 14

Oral History of the Environmental Movement project researchers Toby Butler & Saskia Papadakis went on the Royal Geographical Society’s 'Ask the Geographer' podcast to talk about Using Oral Histories for Research.

www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...
#RHULGeogResearch #RoyalHolloway #oralhistory

Screenshot of the webpage www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-education/departments-and-schools/geography/oral-history-of-the-environmental-movement-project/project-blog/using-oral-histories-for-research/

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · Jul 24

Please feel free to get in touch via DM. We will also be happy to share event details with those who would like to attend and celebrate with Don and Phil 🎉

Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · Jul 24

Together, Don and Phil have shaped generations of geographers through their teaching, supervision, fieldwork leadership and unwavering support for students and colleagues alike.

We will be celebrating with a joint event and would love to hear from alumni, colleagues and friends...

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · Jul 24

📣We will be saying fond farewells to two of our Geography Department legends this summer!

After 41 and 25 dedicated years respectively, Don Thompson and Professor Phil Crang will both be retiring from the department at the end of August.

#RHULGeogUndergrad #RHULGeogPostgrad #RoyalHolloway

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · Jul 14

Why are there wildfires in Scotland?

This summer's heatwaves are triggering destructive wildfires across Europe.

Beyond climate change, Dr Catherine Smith gives a reason why Scotland, often associated with 'cooler' weather, is suffering damage.

"In many parts of Scotland the amount of grazing, especially with cattle, and the controlled use of fire in the winter and early spring (known as muirburn) have decreased in recent decades. This means that there is lots of old and drier vegetation on many moorlands, which, again, is fuel for larger wildfires." (Dr Catherine Smith, Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Royal Holloway, University of London)

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · Jul 14

Oral History of the Environmental Movement project researchers Toby Butler & Saskia Papadakis went on the Royal Geographical Society’s 'Ask the Geographer' podcast to talk about Using Oral Histories for Research.

www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...
#RHULGeogResearch #RoyalHolloway #oralhistory

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · Jul 4

New research by academics from @rhulgeography.bsky.social rewrites Ice Age migration timeline.

The new paper reveals that parts of Southern Britain began warming nearly 700 years earlier than previously believed.

Read more: ow.ly/ZJPE50WkXgC

@natecoevo.nature.com

Llangorse Lake, South Wales looking toward the south.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · Jul 7

VERY excited to share our new
@oppressive_heat
paper:

Towards a decolonial heat-health nexus

We show how heat stress science and policy has been - and is - shaped by colonial and post-colonial interests, from the 19th century to now

More here👇:

sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Towards a decolonial heat-health nexus: Disrupters, enablers and energy properties of heat from the 19th century to the present day

Under climate change, heat stress is emerging as one of the world's most pressing medical and social problems. Yet the very urgency of the topic has p…

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · Jul 4

New blog post: "Dreaming of Constantinople" inneskeighren.com/williammacin...

Detail from “View of Constantinople”, unknown artist, late 18th century. © The Walters Art Museum, 37.2769.

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IanPMatthews.bsky.social @ianpmatthews.bsky.social · Jul 3

We've just published a paper on human occupation of the NW European margin and the importance of local climate reconstructions during the Lateglacial period. The paper represents a lot of work by myself and my coauthors over many years, we're all happy to see it published at last rdcu.be/eusdJ

Summer warmth between 15,500 and 15,000 years ago enabled human repopulation of the northwest European margin

Nature Ecology & Evolution - The authors use the latest radiocarbon calibration curve and new local palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental records from Britain to show that humans repopulated...

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · Jun 17

Phil has won a Founders Award for Excellence in Education for Outstanding Doctoral Supervision.

Iñaki has won a Student-Led Education and Student Experience Award for Professional Services Staff Member of The Year.

These accolades are so well deserved, congratulations!

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