Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm delighted to share our schedule for the autumn for the Anthropocene Histories seminar at UCL. Poster attached, but I will put details and links to specific event pages below. Please share widely! 1107
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#JobFairy alert for #histSTM and modern british historians - 60 month post-doc at Newcastle Uni on the Wellcome Trust funded "The Night Shift 1850-present: Reimagining Sleep, Work and Wellbeing for Healthcare Professionals in English and Scottish Hospitals" 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) at Newcastle UniversityExplore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities. 01422
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We hope the shop will be a space for like-minded across Newcastle and Gateshead to gather and find inspiration, and are so excited to be continuing a long tradition of labour and community in the North East. 020
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Books from Below was really Rob and Ben’s brainchild, and I couldn’t have been more thrilled when they asked me to come on board - what academic doesn’t also want to help run a bookshop and community space on the side?? 131
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@drrobertchapman.bsky.social, @benbowsher.bsky.social and I have been working on something (alongside our wonderful Newcastle community) for the last little while, and I’m quite excited about it… It’s a new radical bookshop! 1102
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Would anyone fancy joining @robertsuits.bsky.social and I for a quantitative data in environmental history panel for #ESEH2027? 032
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today is the first day I saw my own book in the wild!!! 1192
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If you are in the UK, you can get my book, The Hobo: A History of America's First Climate Migrants, TOMORROW! This one snuck up on me during a busy summer, but very excited to potentially bump into it in the wild. Order it to your local bookstore or library! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...press.princeton.eduThe HoboA panoramic history of America’s first climate migrants 0125
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Fancy spending some time with a wide range of rare documents in a lovely cathedral city? Check out Durham’s collections fellowships! durhamcollections.org.ukdurhamcollections.org.ukDurham Collections Fellowships 041
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Waiting for a late night flight out of Johannesburg after a couple of wonderful weeks in Lusaka and Joburg! I’m so humbled that so many people gave us their time and insight, and it felt so great to be in research mode again - and bursting with ideas. Hoping I’ll be back soon! 040
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Doing some research at the Wits Adler Medical Museum on gut microbiome research in SA, I can’t help but feel that what I am actually accidentally going to write is a history of diarrhea 141
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Exploring some of Johannesburg and the Cradle of Humankind - an excellent way to spend the weekend. 030
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Early start this morning as I head off to Johannesburg and Lusaka for a couple of weeks! I can’t wait to get stuck in at the archive and explore two totally new cities. Moments where I get to flex my historian muscles like this are the best. 180
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScAAHPSSS @aahpsss.bsky.social · 26/06/2026PHD Scholarship, University of Sydney Project title: Symbiotic Synergies Project abstract: This project aims to investigate how developments in today’s microbiology arose from earlier microbiology. Start: August 2026 to January 2027. Further Information at www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...sydney.edu.auARC Postgraduate Research ScholarshipA $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for research students within the Faculty of Science. 033
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 05/06/2026As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreakstheguardian.comA disease of deforestation: how Ebola is linked to the smartphone in your pocket 02825
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Today is the US launch of my book, The Hobo: A History of America's First Climate Migrants! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...press.princeton.eduThe HoboA panoramic history of America’s first climate migrants 37323
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Coinciding with this, I've just given an interview about the book with the New Books Network host Miranda Melcher. Give it a listen if that's your jam! newbooksnetwork.com/the-hobonewbooksnetwork.comRobert Suits, "The Hobo: A History of America's First Climate Migrants" (Princeton UP, 2026) - New Books Network 1102
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScShimanti | Human Consequences @humanconsequences.com · 14/06/2026When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story. 522221632
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScAmerican Historical Association @historians.org · 12/06/2026From materials on race and health, to primary sources, teaching tools, and more, the AHA’s Bibliography of Historians' Responses to COVID-19 features vetted commentary and publications relevant to the COVID-19 crisis. historians.orgA Bibliography of Historians' Responses to COVID-19 | American Historical AssociationThe AHA compiled a professionally vetted bibliography of historians’ responses to COVID-19 as a resource for the public, teachers, and scholars. 064
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Coming to the end of year four as faculty, I have concluded that the biggest daily challenge I face is consistently under-estimating what I can do in an hour, and over-estimating what I can do in fifteen minutes. 040
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I think it says a lot about the US these days that there are like three different “protein latte” options at Starbucks but zero vegan breakfast options 050
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/06/2026We quite literally have a whites only refugee program and somehow the media won’t call the Administration white supremacists. 3047191647
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Let's talk about hobo radicalism. Day 19/31 of convincing you to buy my book. 141
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Back in the Rust Belt for #AAHM2026!! Luckily Buffalo is bringing its best weather 🙂 260
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026A thought-provoking piece in the guardian today - www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comThe dinosaurs of international aid must adapt or die – their expensive era is over | Halima BegumShiny HQs, layers of management and pricey overheads are hard to defend when funds are far better spent at local level, says charity executive Halima Begum 010
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Day 9/31 of convincing you to buy my book: Let's talk about vagrancy laws! 131
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Convincing you to buy my book, day 5/31: Let me tell you, briefly, about our terms for the homeless. Because, while *we* use them more or less interchangeably, if you were in any such communities around the turn of the twentieth century, "hobo," "tramp," and "bum" all meant pretty different things. 142
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Convincing you to buy my book, day 6/31. Continuing on a theme from my last post, let me talk briefly about how people's perceptions of homelessness have existed historically, and how they have changed over time. 111
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I guess what I'm trying to say is I have it on good authority that the book smells good? 251
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Convincing you to buy my book, day 3/31. Let's talk about climate disasters -- how are they experienced by people in their work or everyday lives? Hobos -- American migrant workers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- show us one possible answer. 163
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Convincing you to buy my book, day 4/31: it's Tuesday, which means it's time for a FUN HOBO FACT Where does the term "hobo" come from? For such a modern word, the etymology is extremely unclear! 111
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Convincing you to buy my book, day 2/31! What can the past tell us about energy transitions? If you read some current historians, it gets quite dismal. In fact, they might tell you energy transitions never actually happen. Energy has been added to our economies. But no fuel has ever been replaced. 363
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 15/05/2026It's real!!!!! (Pre order at press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...) 0131
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 15/05/2026My first author copy arrived! 2476
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 16/05/2026And if you're following me, my deepest apologies, because I'm going to be promoting this book every day for the next month, until its US release on June 16th! I'll try to drop a new interesting tidbit about hobo lore or the book more generally to keep it interesting! 031
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 16/05/2026If really you want to know more, pre-order my book, The Hobo: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco..., or better yet, order it from your local bookstore. Audiobook also available for pre-order on Audible!press.princeton.eduThe HoboA panoramic history of America’s first climate migrants 122
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScRobert Suits @robertsuits.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Convincing you to buy my book, day 1/31: How to sneak onto a train? There are options. You can try when it's stopped, but there will be security. More reliable is to catch it "on the fly." You wait for the train somewhere you know it will being going slow -- a hill, a crossing. Then, you run. 194
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I never imagined that this beautiful of a view might be part of my commute to work - photo snapped while waiting on my bike under a tree for a spring shower to pass 000
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026ooh interesting question! Probably this one? link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comMalaria and the Decline of Ancient Greece: Revisiting the Jones Hypothesis in an Era of Interdisciplinarity - MinervaBetween 1906 and 1909 the biologist Ronald Ross and the classicist W.H.S. Jones pioneered interdisciplinary research in biology and history in advancing the claim that malaria had been crucial in the ... 011
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Hey @durham.ac.uk people and Durham residents! If you like a pub quiz and a good cause, come along to the Station House’s medical mysteries pub quiz on April 19! all proceeds go to the Institute for Cancer Research!! 010
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScCaleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026We talk about the recent disinformation crisis, but even the legacy information ecosystem has been falling for these bad faith campaigns for decades 1145
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Two postdoc positions on a really cool project with @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p...jobs.ac.uk 033
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I’m trying to raise £2500 for the Institute for Cancer Research by race day (April 26), and I’m halfway there! Any amount really helps (even a coffee’s worth!) please consider donating! #londonmarathon #ICR #appendixcancer #melanoma 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/emily-web...2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.comEmily's pageThis is a cause that is deeply personal to me - in more ways than one. I was 27 years old when, just days after I graduated from my PhD program, a routine medical scan uncovered a large tumor in my ap 001
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026So honored that the #ICR featured my London Marathon story this week! As many of you know, I was diagnosed with a (luckily early stage) rare cancer in 2021. A few years later, we lost my wonderful father-in-law to his cancer. www.icr.ac.uk/research-and...icr.ac.uk“Cancer research is one of the most important fundraising causes out there” – Emily’s London Marathon story“Cancer research is one of the most important fundraising causes out there” – Emily’s London Marathon story 121
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScGreenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 23/03/2026We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhumjobbnorge.noPostdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163) | University of StavangerJob title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2026 15876
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026The Interest in Cattle workshop had a morning outing to Beamish, where we had a lovely time walking around with the Keeper of Animals discussing their current herds (including their shorthorn cattle and Teeswater sheep)! 031
Reposted by Emily Webster, PhD, MScHannah Brown @mamatommy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Coming your way next week! With @emilywebz.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk @durhamimh.bsky.social 062
Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Interested in multispecies health? Why not come work with my excellent colleague Hannah Brown at Durham? durham.taleo.net/careersectio...durham.taleo.netPostdoctoral Research AssociateClick the link provided to see the complete job description. 065