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Jonathan Westaway

@jonwestaway.bsky.social
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Cultural and environmental historian/geographer. Mountain and polar regions. Cryohistories. Indigenous knowledge. Island Studies. PL AHRC 'Other Everests' network. uclan.academia.edu/JonathanWestaway

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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 02/10/2026
#Tibetan history, told by #Tibetans. “Four Rivers Six Ranges” brings the Chushi Gangdruk resistance to the big screen. Its director tells @apnews.com that the Indian release was delayed under pressure ahead of Xi’s visit.
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As India and China repair ties, a Tibet film tells the story of a forgotten resistance
“Four Rivers Six Ranges” brings Tibet’s little-known resistance history to the screen through the story of ordinary Tibetans who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959.
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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Park history must-listen from @michaelchilders.bsky.social on @writingwestward.bsky.social with @brendenwrensink.bsky.social. open.spotify.com/episode/5CBV... #parkhistory #envhist #nationalparks #parks
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090 - Michael W. Childers - The Mountains Are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park
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Sarah Moser @sarahkmoser.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Brilliant article by @beccauliasz.bsky.social about her one-month stint in the 'Network School'.... she writes the best description I've seen of Balaji Srinivasan: '...part of an emerging techno-authoritarian intelligentsia set on dismantling American democracy' 🔥
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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There is still time to register for @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social seminar "Empires of Extinction in the Anthropocene" on Tuesday, 15-16 CET (abstract below). For Zoom link please email: instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se #skystorians #histsci #envhist
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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A photo of the entrance to Leilon Vaiphei village in Manipur where 18 Naga people were abducted in May. Since the Naga-Kuki conflict began in Manipur in February, more than 50 people have been killed across both communities. Nikita Jain reports for Himal Southasian: www.himalmag.com/manipur-naga...
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The unreconciled conflict between Manipur’s Kukis and Nagas
Since February this year, Kukis and Nagas have reignited old animosities, adding to the ethnic violence and armed hostilities in Manipur
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An intriguing new article from @artforum.com tracks the conceptual origins of the algorithm by generations of writers, thinkers, scientists and artists - including our founder Aby Warburg, through his famous and culture-mapping Bilderatlas Mnemosyne. Learn more ➡️ www.artforum.com/features/alg...
Image: Aby Warburg, Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, final version, panel 39, 1927–29. Credit: The Warburg Institute.
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Kat Long @katlong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Frederic Edwin Church was one of the most famous American artists in the 19th century. He showed off his huge landscape paintings in theatrical frames, complete with curtains. Each gallery show was a media event. So how did "The Icebergs" go missing?
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'The Icebergs' Is One of Frederic Edwin Church's Most Spectacular Paintings. For Decades, No One Knew Where It Was
In the 1970s, the administrator of a boys' home in England wound up finding the missing 19th-century piece and bringing it back into the spotlight
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Salto Ulbeek @salto-ulbeek.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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“LONG EXPOSURE - Men and Mountains from the Dawn of Alpinism”, by Jean de Pomereu
Sometimes, marvelling at the feats of great mountaineers as they climb the highest Alpine peaks first requires descending deep into a basement. In late 2025, an unexpected discovery was made in the…
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Turquoise Roof @turquoiseroof.org · 28/09/2026
Fieldwork in #Tibet is all but closed to outsiders. @robbiebarnett.bsky.social's The Quiet State asks what research looks like now: open-source reading of the state's own paperwork, & a frank account of what that method can't show. Just published, #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Book cover of “The Quiet State: Micro-Surveillance and Normalisation in Tibet” by Robert Barnett, with a foreword by Andrew J. Nathan. White text overlays a blue sky above a dry, rocky hillside bearing large white Chinese and Tibetan lettering. At the bottom are an “Open Access” label and the Palgrave Macmillan logo.
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: CIRES-led research explains how the planet's first known ice shelf estuary formed on the Petermann Ice Shelf. The estuary, where salt water from the ocean & fresh water from a surface meltwater river mix, might have contributed to a recent calving event cires.colorado.edu/news/greenla...
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Greenland ice shelf weakened by estuary ahead of recent calving event
CIRES scientists use satellites to uncover how and when the first known ice shelf estuary formed on the Greenland Ice Sheet
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Justin Carville @justinmcarville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Call For Papers: @forarthistory.org.uk annual conference 2027 - along with Holly O’Farrell (IADT) we are co-convening a session on photo-albums and colonialism and welcome submissions from all stages of researchers; follow link for guidelines below; forarthistory.org.uk/conference-2...
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87. The Album as Archive – photography, materiality and colonialism. - For Art History
This session invites papers that explore photographic albums as valuable records of visual expressions of the cultural politics of colonialism during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Produced a...
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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
📣 Symposium on the life & writings of MR James w/ adaptations of 'Lost Hearts' & 'A Warning to the Curious' by @nunkie.bsky.social 📍Drayton Arms Theatre, London 🕰️ 8 November 2026 Full details 👉 tinyurl.com/m7p89yx4 @bavs-uk.bsky.social @igagoths.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social #AcademicSky
Foreground: "Pleasing Terrors: The 2026 MR James Festival"
Background: The Drowned Man's Ghost Tries Claim a New Victim for the Sea by Thorvald Niss (a skeletal figure is dragging a human deeper into the water, behind them an empty beach and sand dunes stretch into the distance...)
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Shin Hanga Daily @shinhangadaily.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ito Shinsui - Eight Views of Omi - Pines at Karasaki #ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is a sad story but the reporting in the Telegraph is now just becoming silly... ‘Ran, we are coming!’ British adventurers vow to help free Fiennes: Ben Fogle and Bear Grylls among those calling for police to investigate captivity of greatest living explorer.' rb.gy/qhctcr
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Call for Papers – Towards a Posthumanistic Mountain Humanities - @futuremountain.bsky.social, Deadline for abstract submissions: 31 October 2026 (approx. 500 words) Online Workshop: 11 December 2026, 2-5 p.m. GMT niche-canada.org/2026/09/24/c... @jonwestaway.bsky.social #envhist #envhum
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Call for Papers - Towards a Posthumanistic Mountain Humanities
An online workshop invites academic and creative submissions exploring posthumanistic approaches to mountain spaces, climate, and more-than-human worlds.
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Sean Carleton @seancarleton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
.@niigaanwewidam.bsky.social and I will be on CBC airwaves tomorrow. Listen to: Qulliq: Iqaluit (Nunavut); Weekend AM (Newfoundland); Weekender (Yukon/NWT); North by Northwest (BC); All in a Weekend (Montreal) Saskatchewan Weekend; In Town & Out (Ottawa); Fresh Air (Toronto).
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The Barents Observer @thebarentsobserver.com · 25/09/2026
"The lessons are clear: hybrid warfare affects local communities, culture is under threat, and defending truth is essential," Museum Director Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova from Narva, Estonia, said during a visit to the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes
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'Culture cannot stay silent in wartime'
Museum Director Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova from Narva, Estonia, has been sentenced in absentia to 10 years in a Russian prison for displaying banners calling Putin a war criminal.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 23/09/2026
OTD in 2019, Thomas Cook travel agency declared insolvency. In this piece from the archive, Alan McNee considers how the rise of Thomas Cook was perhaps the greatest force for popularising and democratising travel in the 19th century.
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We're All Going On A Summer Holiday: The Rise of Thomas Cook
After the recent dramatic collapse of the tour provider Thomas Cook, Alan McNee explores how the firm was perhaps the nineteenth century’s greatest force for popularizing and democratizing travel.
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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What happens when urban rivers disappear underground? Philip Hayward explores ghost rivers, river daylighting and the cultural life of buried waterways, including London’s Fleet River. Fri 2 Oct | 09:00–11:30 (UK) | Online Advance reading required Register: forms.gle/QizUrN2ACjuu...
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Ghost Rivers and Daylighting in Urban Landscapes
In this online seminar, Philip Hayward will introduce the River Cities Network and the developing field of river studies before discussing his research on ‘ghost rivers’ — waterways that have been cov...
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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're delighted to be partnering with @rli-sas.bsky.social in a new seminar series exploring the policies of some of the major UK political parties to immigration and asylum. The first, on Tuesday 6 Oct at 6.30, will consider Labour's approach. Please register below. rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Where Does The Labour Party Stand on Refugee and Migration Policy? History and Future
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 23/09/2026
[Commentary] A recent river disaster on the Tibetan Plateau serves as a severe warning against proposed hydropower projects on the Karnali, Nepal's last undammed river. Gary Wockner and Megh Ale argue that keeping the Karnali free-flowing is vital for safety, biodiversity, and cultural heritage.
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For wild rivers like the Karnali, Nepal’s disaster is a warning and an answer (commentary)
Recently, a glacial collapse on the Tibetan Plateau sent a wall of water and debris roaring across the Nepal-China border. As of this publication, more than 1,000 people are confirmed dead and over…
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Longtime climber @hilmalatino.bsky.social’s "Climbing," new in the Practices series, explores how the sport has changed, saved, and occasionally threatened his life. buff.ly/f7ZHacZ
Cover of Climbing by Hil Malatino. Cover is a grayish purple color. At the top of the cover the word Practices is centered in a handwritten script. The main title is in the middle in the same script and the author's hand printed name is at the bottom.
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 22/09/2026
#CfP Did The Empire Make Sense? Exploring the Potential and the Limits of Colonial Environmental Knowledge 📍#Conference at #GHILondon @ghilondon.bsky.social 📅 18–20 May 2027 | Apply by November 16, 2026 🔗 www.ghil.ac.uk/event...
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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