Heather Craddock
@hcraddock.bsky.social
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Collections Researcher at The National Archives. Environmental history and colonial botany
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Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue.

www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
Image of the fruit and seeds of the ackee tree in front of leaves.
hcraddock.bsky.social
Thanks for your interest! Just to clarify - as the eventbrite explains, registering your interest does not guarantee you a place, it just enters you into the application process
hcraddock.bsky.social
Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives!

We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist

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Archival Research in the Environmental Humanities Workshop
Learn about archival research in the Environmental Humanities in a workshop at The National Archives.
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hcraddock.bsky.social
1 week left to submit an abstract for our symposium on Pollution in the Archive!
hcraddock.bsky.social
The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open!

Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept

See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS

#envhum #envhist
Image of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company workshops with smoke escaping from tower. Reference: CO 1069/280 from The National Archives, UK.
hcraddock.bsky.social
I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series.

Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!

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Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive
What hope can be found in encounters with animals in archival documents?
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tashakitcher.bsky.social
Working at the National Archives is great, I mean, look at THIS!

(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)
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tashakitcher.bsky.social
Alongside the UKGWA team, I'm hosting two free half-day workshops this October to teach researchers more about the web archive, and shape our future researcher offering.

If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...
UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops
Explore the UK Government Web Archive, one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, in workshops.
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manchstm.bsky.social
Conference: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025.

Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...
Planetary Futures: Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene
Conference, 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Manchester. Call for Papers
blogs.manchester.ac.uk
hcraddock.bsky.social
The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open!

Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept

See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS

#envhum #envhist
Image of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company workshops with smoke escaping from tower. Reference: CO 1069/280 from The National Archives, UK.
Reposted by Heather Craddock
17sgs10.bsky.social
Spalding Gentlemen's Society (SGS) - Britain's second-oldest museum - seeks Project Manager for ambitious redevelopment project through our current NLHF Development Phase grant and beyond.

Closing date: 22 August 2025

View the tender brief here or the link in our bio: www.sgsoc.org/work-with-us
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planthums-uk.bsky.social
Coming this autumn!! #PLANT #PERSPECTIVES 2(2) special issue: #Tree #Cultures & #Arboreal #Humanities eds
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social
'Of the Oak' 2025: digital art installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast @rbgkew.bsky.social
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pbhellawell.bsky.social
PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!
Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) at The National Archives
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