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H R Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 22d

I remember being similarly struck by the odd juxtaposition of rhino and manor house at Cotswolds Wildlife Park (pic from 2019) – I love how Rae Ferner-Rose uses this to muse on the environmental uncanny and the place of captive endangered species

A white rhinoceros in the foreground grazes on grass; in the background a turreted manor house set amongst trees.

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · 22d

A great article by our current Environmental Humanities MA student Rae Ferner-Rose 🤩

Environmental History Now @envhistnow.bsky.social · 22d

“Can these animals ever be assimilated into the UK landscape, and visually, how might that manifest?” writes Rae Ferner-Rose envhistnow.com/2025/09/15/s... #envhist #envhum

Strange Assemblages: The Environmental Uncanny and the British Wildlife Park

The zoo, a space that once spoke to human domination over nature, now proves a morally loaded stage on which the biodiversity crisis slips out of our hands.

envhistnow.com

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happening this Friday evening at @bookhaus.bsky.social , featuring one of our talented CEH members, the poet Suzannah V Evans. This will be a very special event 💙

Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Aug 20

💥 COMING UP: Join Suzannah V Evans (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) for the launch of her debut poetry collection, Under the Blue

Told through a series of prose poems & postcards, Under the Blue is a meditation on humanity & empathy

📅 Fri 5 September, 7-9pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/3V9L7Nv

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happening this Friday evening at @bookhaus.bsky.social , featuring one of our talented CEH members, the poet Suzannah V Evans. This will be a very special event 💙

Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Aug 20

💥 COMING UP: Join Suzannah V Evans (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) for the launch of her debut poetry collection, Under the Blue

Told through a series of prose poems & postcards, Under the Blue is a meditation on humanity & empathy

📅 Fri 5 September, 7-9pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/3V9L7Nv

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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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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · Aug 20

💥 COMING UP: Join Suzannah V Evans (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) for the launch of her debut poetry collection, Under the Blue

Told through a series of prose poems & postcards, Under the Blue is a meditation on humanity & empathy

📅 Fri 5 September, 7-9pm
📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social
🎟️ bit.ly/3V9L7Nv

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Featuring our very own @dudleymarianna.bsky.social with her new book Electric Wind! ⚡💨

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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Jose A. Cañada @joseacanada.bsky.social · Jul 1

Looking for a #postdoc in Aquatic #STS! MARBLOOM analyses algal blooms from a social scientific perspective with emphasis on the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Position for 3+ years. Deadline 14.08.25. Link to #opencall: tinyurl.com/49wn7vzh

Postdoctoral Researcher on Aquatic Science and Technology Studies and More-than-human relations

tinyurl.com

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Heather Houser @heatherhouser.bsky.social · Aug 5

Environmental humanities & adjacent scholars: interested in collaborating on a panel for this @carsoncenter.bsky.social conference in July?!
#envhum #STS #envhist www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev...

Call for Papers: “The Past and Future of the Environmental Humanities” - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - LMU Munich

www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Jul 25

I was excited to find out that my book is available for pre-order! One for anyone interested in energy, climate, and the history of Britain. Thanks to MUP for making it pretty and affordable 🫶 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/

Manchester University Press - Electric wind

Electric wind - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Electric wind by Marianna Dudley

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

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Jenny Crane @jennycrane.bsky.social · Jul 16

ECR 'Blue bodies' conference in Bristol, 7-8th October, @uobrisceh.bsky.social @dudleymarianna.bsky.social would love to see your students there! 🌊💦https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/embodiment-and-water

ENRGHI 2025: Embodiment and water - blue bodies

Gain constructive feedback and engage with a community of researchers who share an interest in the geographies of health, wellbeing, and impairment.

www.rgs.org

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · Jun 20

Just back from a fabulous field trip in Wales. I couldn’t imagine a better bunch to be navigating the tricky terrain of academia with!

UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · Jun 20

This week we've been descending into mines, scaling coal-spoil tips, and swimming under waterfalls. Read about our recent CEH field trip in our latest blog post: environmentalhumanities.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/06/20/t... #envhum

The Centre that swims together… CEH Field Trip 2025

On the 17-18th of June 2025, members of the Centre gathered for our annual field trip, which took place in South Wales in glorious sunshine. Our first stop was the Big Pit National Coal Museum in …

environmentalhumanities.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · Jun 20

This week we've been descending into mines, scaling coal-spoil tips, and swimming under waterfalls. Read about our recent CEH field trip in our latest blog post: environmentalhumanities.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/06/20/t... #envhum

The Centre that swims together… CEH Field Trip 2025

On the 17-18th of June 2025, members of the Centre gathered for our annual field trip, which took place in South Wales in glorious sunshine. Our first stop was the Big Pit National Coal Museum in …

environmentalhumanities.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · May 16

SAVE THE DATE #envhist and #envhum scholars of extraction and extractive practices

as part of my @britishacademy.bsky.social Visiting Fellowship at the @uobrisceh.bsky.social I will be organising a workshop on 6-7 November 2025!

Call will be out this summer!

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 15

@carsoncenter.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social @cabot-institute.bsky.social @hellobrigstow.bsky.social

UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 15

@bristolunienglish.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 15

📣 The draft programme for our Environmental Humanities Summer School has landed and we're so excited to share it with you: bit.ly/4miqI5k ✨
There's still time to apply but you'll need to get your skates on as the deadline is the 25th of May. More details here: bit.ly/4j3sAfi ✨

www.bristol.ac.uk

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 14

Wish we could have been there in person!

Daniel Bowman @danielbowman.bsky.social · May 14

This was really fantastic. Fun, educational, and reflective. Highly recommend the work of Helene Espedal-Selvåg and also drawing trees in the sun!

Part of the #envhum symposium More-than-Human Worlds in Artistic Research

A group of people standing around a picnic table in a sunny woodland setting, listening to a talk and admiring the view

A person preparing to draw with charcoal on a blank piece of paper, with a small tree as the subject

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 14

This is happening tomorrow at 3pm! Details below:

Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · Apr 24

Delighted to be giving the Gender & History lecture at Uni of Bristol on 15th May (and on Zoom). Join us for a discussion of trans history, colonial history, & non-human animal history. There will, of course, be merfolk.

Link here: ticketpass.org/event/ELMPHJ...

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 14

We're delighted to be hosting this international hybrid symposium today -- a collaboration between three leading environmental humanities research centres at Bristol, Stavanger and Amsterdam. Details below!

Daniel Bowman @danielbowman.bsky.social · May 6

More-than-Human Worlds in Artistic Research

A hybrid symposium focusing on artistic research within the environmental humanities, and how creative work helps us become attuned to more-than-human forms of intelligence, agency and sentience.

See full details: tinyurl.com/4dy96x82

#envhum

A poster featuring a description for an event entitled More-than-Human Worlds in Artistic Research, in blue and orange text against a background showing a treescape.

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 13

There's still time to register for this hybrid symposium tomorrow on More-than-Human Worlds in Artistic Research. Details and link below:

Daniel Bowman @danielbowman.bsky.social · May 6

More-than-Human Worlds in Artistic Research

A hybrid symposium focusing on artistic research within the environmental humanities, and how creative work helps us become attuned to more-than-human forms of intelligence, agency and sentience.

See full details: tinyurl.com/4dy96x82

#envhum

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · May 13

Welcome!! 👋

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · Apr 24

Delighted to be giving the Gender & History lecture at Uni of Bristol on 15th May (and on Zoom). Join us for a discussion of trans history, colonial history, & non-human animal history. There will, of course, be merfolk.

Link here: ticketpass.org/event/ELMPHJ...

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · Apr 8

@uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social @igrct.bsky.social @ehrh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @cabot-institute.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @animalstudies.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @greenhouseuis.net

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UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities @uobrisceh.bsky.social · Apr 8

Find out more here - and tell your students! www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... (1/3)

Environmental Humanities

Examine our relationships with nature, why stories about our wild world matter and how we can build hope in the face of environmental crisis.

www.bristol.ac.uk

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