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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Very happy to announce the seminar programme of the Decolonising Plant Knowledge research network @crasshlive.bsky.social for Michaelmas term 2026 www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/research/net...

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We have a book cover!

Cover for book "A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World: Responding to the Global Climate Emergency" edited by Alexandra Hui and Emily Pawley.

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Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Only three days left to apply! I started on a similar position here and it really helped me get my feet + teaching/admin experience after finishing the PhD. It's a fantastic place to work and our students are great! ✨ 🚨 Deadline ➡️ 23 July #envhist #envhum #histstm

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Left. This book looks fascinating by the way.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves 🎃 @bordergroves.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Cover designs!! Which do you prefer??

Possible cover for the book Raw Capital: More-Than-Human Business History

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Many congratulations to the winner and two highly commended authors. I have not read the winning book yet, but both highly commended books are brilliant – what a fantastic top three titles.

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Delighted to hear I have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu #ERCAdG for the 5-year research project “Zoonosis Before Bacteriology” @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @standrewsanthro.bsky.social

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Serene Doomer @serenaribena.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

'Warning: Arctic Permafrost Could Become a Major Carbon Source Earlier Than Expected... …another worrying milestone may arrive earlier than previously expected: the point at which Arctic permafrost regions release more CO2 into the atmosphere than they absorb' en.highnorthnews.com/science/arct...

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Arctic warning: frozen carbon may turn threat sooner

New research suggests Arctic permafrost could emit more CO2 than it absorbs far earlier than models predicted.

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

UK historians! Please could you help with this survey about AI use? Open to all doing history professionally (independent, uni-based, etc); it's the work of a lovely friend (& brilliant former colleague at @uophistory.bsky.social), @alexandraortolja.bsky.social: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Survey on AI use by historians

You are invited to participate in a research survey exploring how historians in the UK use artificial intelligence (AI) in their work. This study is being conducted by researchers at the University…

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"And Jules Skotnes-Brown has demonstrated how to do this without losing sight of the power inequalities that underlined the lives of these multiple actors."

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"In our multispecies world, those beings that may not have held much power prompted the powerful to act – at least to think and write about them – leaving the archival trail that scholars can use to tell multispecies histories."

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Wonderful to receive such a generous and thoughtful review of Segregated Species from Admire Mseba in Isis (available in preprint www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdfplus...)

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Very happy to be sharing the programme of the "Endemic Transformations" workshop held on July 9-10 @standrewsanthro.bsky.social - Registration (free & in person only) is open till June 26 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/social-anthr...

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Looking very much forward to reading Nancy Jacobs's 'The Global Grey Parrot: How a Charismatic African Animal Became an International Commodity', to be published in January 2027. uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

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The Global Grey Parrot

Few animals have fascinated people like the grey parrot, celebrated for its intelligence, mimicry, and uncanny ability to speak. The Global Grey Parrot trace...

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A brilliant new study of the history of rats and plague by @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social focused on the historically neglected case of the third plague pandemic's impact on Mauritius: "Rats, Islands, and Global Infrastructure" (OA) www.jstor.org/content/oa_c...

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CHAPTER SEVEN Rats, Islands, and Global Infrastructure from Globalizing Wildlife on JSTOR

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Thanks Christos, glad you enjoyed it! The paper owes a lot to our discussions at St Andrews.

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

@alvesduarte.bsky.social It would have been great to add this context to our gerbils paper, a shame this paper only came out recently.

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Prof Alessandro Tagliabue @altagliabue.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Fantastic review on the ocean carbon cycle and climate led by Laure Resplandy that pulls together impressive budgets and tackles some key narratives 🌊 www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

$Integrated perspective on ocean carbon cycle: Untangling facts, fluxes, and fictions Laure Resplandy1*, Marina Lévy2, Laurent Bopp3 The ocean carbon cycle spans multiple scales and reservoirs, challenging efforts to build a coherent picture and fostering misconceptions or fragmented narratives in science and public discourse. Common examples include the belief that the biological processes control the ocean’s carbon sink (i.e., fraction of human CO2 emissions ab- sorbed by ocean), that restoring coastal ecosystems is highly effective at mitigating climate change, or that whales substantially contribute to carbon sequestration. We provide a comprehensive review of living and nonliving ocean carbon stocks and fluxes—from plankton to mangroves, whales, fish, and plastics—and an integrated per- spective on global ocean carbon cycling, disentangling well- supported insights from misconceptions. This syn- thesis reaffirms the ocean’s key role as a physics- and chemistry- driven carbon sink, while clarifying the limited contribution of coastal and open- ocean ecosystems to carbon sequestration and climate mitigation. We caution against frameworks that justify marine conservation through climate mitigation—a narrative useful to draw attention, but not always robust and unnecessary, since marine biodiversity is worth preserving regardless of its impact on carbon.$

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

So happy to see my new book "How Plague Got Rats: Mastering a Zoonotic Pandemic" published today with @hopkinspress.bsky.social! #histmed #histsci #plague #rats #pandemic www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... The book is also available Open Access via Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/oa_mon...

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Congratulations Christos, such a pleasure to have contributed in some way to this fantastic book! Really looking forward to reading it.

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Great to see a post in Global History of Science at UCL. They are specifically looking for candidates with expertise in non-western contexts and skills in non-western languages.

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RUB History & Philosophy of Science @roto-rub.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Interested in herbaria, plants and digitization? Come work with us! 3 PhD & Postdoc Positions in History & Phil. of Biology & Digital Humanities! #ERC Project BOTLEG; @ruhr-uni-bochum.de! Deadline: 25 May '26 #HistSci #PhilSci #HPBio #EnvHist #DigitalHumanities #AcademicSky #PhDSky Details below 👇

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

African oystercatcher Cape Eagle Owl Eurasian oystercatcher Ground hornbill Atlantic puffin Eurasian bullfinch White eye Cockatiel Malachite sunbird Lilac Breasted Roller Eider duck Pied kingfisher Western Barn Owl Hadeda ibis Egyptian goose

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Delighted to have contributed to this wonderful collection!

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Looks like a great list – congratulations to the authors!

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

One day left to apply for these jobs – closing tomorrow!

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Just one week left to apply for these postdocs!

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

1 week left for our CFP on the Colonial Medical Ennui - workshop held August 27-28, St Andrews

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Two weeks left to apply for two 4.5 year postdocs!! WP2: History of Conservation and Animal Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD198/p... WP3: History of Conservation and Earth Systems’ Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p... Deadline: 7 May

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Post Doctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

An opportunity for an academic position as a Post Doctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

📍 Join us in Madrid! @cchscsic.bsky.social ⏳ 1 week left to apply for 2 postdoc positions in global history: ERC project WILDHIST. Details & apply: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 14/04/2026

My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist

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Associate Professor (297742) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: Associate Professor (297742), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2026

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Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

2 great postdoc vacancies with Jules Skotnes-Brown's new Wellcome project in Liverpool - a brilliant opportunity for scholars interested in bringing together medical and environmental history!

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Emily Webster, PhD, MSc @emilywebz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Two 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...

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

📣 permanent post in Geography at Durham - lots of exciting research going on there. More details in the 🧵⬇️

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Amazing, thanks! BTW I am trying to get the deadline extended by two weeks.

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

WP3: History of Conservation and Earth Systems' Health www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD410/p...

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

JOB ALERT: Two 4.5 year postdoctoral positions to work on my Wellcome-funded project 'Conserving Global Health: Biodiversity Protection and the Prehistory of Planetary Health'. Please share widely! CLOSING DATE: 23 April (the date on Jobs.ac.uk is apparently incorrect)

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Wisse van Engelen @wissevanengelen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

This is a really important contribution and corrective to the historiography of unakane (anglicized as nagana, also known as animal trypanosomiasis), revealing the forgotten/hidden contributions of Zulu and settler residents and recasting the work of much-celebrated David Bruce in a critical light👇

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Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Happy to see that my book chapter, 'Extracting Blood, Flies, and Ideas: David and Mary Bruce, vernacular experts, and unakane in rural Zululand c. 1880s-1900s', published in 2024, is now available open access (as an author accepted manuscript). research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publicati...

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Extracting blood, flies, and ideas: David and Mary Bruce, vernacular experts, and <i>unakane </i>in rural Zululand c. 1880s-1900s

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