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Olena Tiaglova

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Ph D Student Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena Research interests: Environmental Humanities Eastern Europe Post-Soviet Literature Narratology

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Olena Tiaglova @tiaglova.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'm happy to share the open-access book "Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities", which includes my article.
Big thanks to Gabriela Jarzębowska-Lipińska, Krzysztof Skonieczny, and Paweł Piszczatowski.
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Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities

The book examines non-Western frameworks in environmental humanities, critiquing dominant paradigms and advancing discourse on diverse human-environment relationships in global contexts.

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EUniWell @euniwell.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 Only a few days left! 🌊

Poetry, visual art, data storytelling — your voice matters. Join the fight against marine litter and see your work in Florence.

📅 Deadline: 25 Aug

📬 www.euniwell.eu/news-events/...

#EUniWell #ClimateArt #MarineLitter #StudentVoices

Photo of a plastic bag swimming in the ocean + information on the campaign in a white font: „Call for Creative Contributions
Mediterranean Fragments:
Stories of Marine Litter through Art, Poetry, and Data.
We invite students across the EUniWell Alliance to submit creative projects that explore the issue of marine litter in the Mediterranean.
You can submit images, videos, short texts, infographics or performance descriptions.
Send your contribution in English or with an English translation.
Deadline: 25 August at 23:59 CEST“

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Jennifer Schell @jenniferschell16.bsky.social · Aug 20

So happy this essay is out in the world: "Living with Saltwater Crocodiles: Respectful and Reverential Eco-fear in Dark Age."

It's in the collection: Animality and Horror Cinema: Creaturely Fear on Film, edited by Peter Sands, Mo O’ Neill, Samantha Hind.

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have gotten our @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks for September & October posted!

Always on Mondays at 16:00 (4pm) Central European time.

For details see: newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social · Apr 18

What do sesame seeds tell us about the environmental histories of the African Diaspora? How does a historian know where to start? It’s all a question of process.

My latest essay "Sesame Plots" with @sciencehistory.org's Distillations Magazine is out! www.sciencehistory.org/stories/maga...

Sesame Plots

What do sesame seeds tell us about the environmental histories of the African diaspora? How does a historian know where to start?

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Aug 13

Multi-Disciplinary Arctic Sea Ice Research Workshop

University of Aberdeen, Scotland
February 19-20, 2026

Abstract Deadline: September 15, 2025

niche-canada.org/2025/08/12/c...

#arctic #seaice #envhist #envhum #envstudies #polarstudies

Call for Participation - Multi-Disciplinary Arctic Sea Ice Research Workshop

We are calling for participants for a two-day workshop on multi-disciplinary sea ice research and knowledge to be held at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, on February 19-20, 2026.

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Olena Tiaglova @tiaglova.bsky.social · Aug 7

Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities

The book examines non-Western frameworks in environmental humanities, critiquing dominant paradigms and advancing discourse on diverse human-environment relationships in global contexts.

shorturl.at

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Olena Tiaglova @tiaglova.bsky.social · May 15

ecozona.eu/announcement...

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The Plant Initiative @theplantinitiative.bsky.social · Apr 12

Call for submissions for the Posthuman Press' anthology "Neurodiversity and the More-Than-Human". Deadline is Aug 31, 2025. "We want to foster neurodivergent situated knowledge that is not limited to the traditional academic essay..." posthumanpress.com/pages/neuroq...

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Apr 16

We've got a new NiCHE series CFP!!

Call for Submissions – Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories
Proposal Deadline: 7 May 2025
Editor: @nulybranch.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2025/04/16/c...

#envhist #envhum #archives

Call for Submissions - Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories

Authors are invited to submit an abstract and image of the “thing” from their research projects that they have not found a place for within a broader project.

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Olena Tiaglova @tiaglova.bsky.social · Apr 15

@easlce.bsky.social
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...
#ecolit #envhum #ecocriticism

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