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Matthew Hannaford

@matthewhannaford.bsky.social
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Geographer and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow based in Nottingham, via 🇳🇱 and 🇿🇦 | Environmental history, climate adaptation, African history, disasters, Derby County | Views are my own

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Pierre Purseigle @purseigle.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History. 🗃️ Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students! See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word... 👇👇👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The costs of the UK’s Global Talent Visa looks a trifle high in comparison to competitor countries - largely through the Immigration Health Surcharge (which critics say is a form of double taxation as they contribute to the NHS through normal tax on their earnings)
Researchers applying for the UK's Global Talent visa face high upfront costs
Upfront cost of visa to applicant and
employer
in 2025
UK
Denmark
£692
India
£602
Australia
£405
Israel
£362
US
£305
Italy £235
Netherlands
1 £207
Germany | £170
Spain
1£144
Sweden | £117
South Korea | £98
France £84
Japan £21
£5,941
£O
£2,000
£4
Source: Fragomen for the Royal Society • Excludes ongoing costs such as mandatory healthcare premiums or fees such as language tests
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Journal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
New reviews! • Fiona Williamson on Simon Naylor’s ‘The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain & Its Empire’ doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.02.003 • Matthew J. Hannaford on Sara J. Grossman’s ‘Immeasurable Weather: Meteorological Data & Settler Colonialism...’ doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.02.010
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Shannon Stunden Bower @stundenbower.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
In my role with @nichecanada.bsky.social, I'm editing a series of blog posts on "Historicizing Adaptation." Submissions pertaining to all time periods and parts of the world are welcome. Deadline for proposals is 29 November. See the link for more information and reach out to me with any questions.
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Call for Submissions: Historicizing Adaptation
Authors are particularly invited to consider how adaptation has functioned alongside resistance, potentially serving as a technique of refusal, rebellion, or resurgence.
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Matthew Hannaford @matthewhannaford.bsky.social · 14/10/2024
The Department of Geography at my institution is hiring a Lecturer in Human Geography, fixed-term, 4 years, 0.8 FTE. Particular focus on historical geography/environmental history, and one or more aspects of global inequalities. jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 10/10/2024
UPDATE (October 10, 3:36am PT) on the DDOS attack on Internet Archive. We will share more as we know it.
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Matthew Hannaford @matthewhannaford.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Excited to share the advert for the first of three new #envhist postdocs! Three-year position focusing on climate history and climate coloniality in Zimbabwe, working with a team of geographers and historians: jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Posts focusing on Malawi and Mozambique to follow.
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Job Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Environmental History of Zimbabwe
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ICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
In the wake of the World Congress, we have created a "starter pack" for environmental history. Please share, and let us know if you would like us to add you to the list. #EnvHist #EnvironmentalHistory
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Matthew Hannaford @matthewhannaford.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
Back from the wonderful #wceh2024. Lots more panel recordings to catch up on over the coming weeks!
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