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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📰 Catch up with what we have been doing in the first year of the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #MultispeciesMutualisms project - events, new colleagues, publications & more ⬇️ mailchi.mp/1e35cf510024...

Multicoloured illustration of MM and different animals in black silhouette. Artwork Lisa O’ Hara

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our early-career network offers another round of its popular Writing Support Program with Andrea Gaynor! #envhist

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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Great "Is The White Stork Native To Britain? And How Much Should We Care?" Debate of 2026 has now reached the New York Times. archive.ph/NzCHj

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The White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Our NEW JOURNAL 'East of the Elbe: Environment and Society in Central and Eastern Europe' is now OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! Check out the journal site for scope and aims, a call for papers, and more information: www.whp-journals.co.uk/EE/index #envhist #envhum #S2O #subscribetoopen #openaccess

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 This week we celebrate the first anniversary of our @wellcometrust.bsky.social project #MultispeciesMutualisms by welcoming 4 fantastic new team members @guillemrubio.bsky.social @maythehan.bsky.social Dominic O’Key & @kategoldie.bsky.social. More info ⬇️ multispeciesmutualisms.org/welcoming-fo...

4 people stood against a stone wall. Text says From left to right: Dr Guillem Rubio-Ramon, Dr Maythe Han, Dr Kate Goldie and Dr Dominic O'Key.

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jonatan Palmblad’s seminal 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 essay, “The Inhuman Condition,” is now available as an audio recording. You can listen to it for free at springs-rcc.org/the-inhuman-... or on Spotify. #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #publications #anthropocentrism @palmblad.bsky.social

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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Recently, I was invited to talk on 2 occasions about Globalizing Wildlife, the book I co-edited with @vbateman.bsky.social and Tom Quick. First, there was a podcast for the New Books Network, where the host is my wonderful colleague Jacob Ward. You can find our conversation here: lnkd.in/e3XuaGxU

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Simone Schleper 🟥 @moneschleper.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hello #sts #histsci folks. I am looking for an accessible reading, undergraduate level, that talks about science, trust and authority, maybe the scientific persona, in the post truth, climate crisis, trump2 era. Oreskes 2019 is great, but a bit long… suggestions?

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Luregn @luregn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

New OA paper! 🫏🐑🌿 My paper follows donkeys, sheep, Salvinia & wildlife across Southern African borders, asking how borders and multispecies mobilities shape, challenge and reconfigure one another. In a great special issue ed. by Sabine Hanke & Anne Sophie Overkamp. doi.org/10.1002/bewi... #envhist

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Nonhuman Mobilities and Multispecies Border Regimes in (Post‐)Colonial Southern Africa<link href='#bewi70033-afnote-0073'>**</link>

This article explores how borders in Southern Africa—such as Namibia's internal veterinary and settler border (Red Line) and national borders between Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana—functioned no...

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Gregg Mitman @greggmitman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We’re thrilled to share that OVERBURDEN has been chosen to be part of the Wildscreen Official Selection Program 2026! It’s an honor to be recognized alongside so many incredible storytellers and filmmakers celebrating the natural world. overburdenfilm.com #envhumanities #envhist

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Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦 @astridme.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Call for postdocs at the Mahindra Humanities Center (Harvard) in Environmental Humanities (e.g. humanistic approaches to climate change, biodiversity, social justice, env justice, food justice, landscape, and animal studies) Due date Nov. 20, 2026 #EnvHist #EnvHum networks.h-net.org/jobs/70205/h...

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Harvard University - 2027-28 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships | H-Net

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Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

RIAS Environmental History Lecture 2026: @moneschleper.bsky.social explores global #environmental governance beyond #summits. 📅 26 Aug, 16:00–17:30 📍 De Punt, Middelburg 👉Register by 21 Aug: shorturl.at/ernhl

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Wondering about all the Colossal de-extinction hype and how it meshes with history and natural history? We have a new Viewpoint piece in Bioscience out today: "The return of an imaginary bluebuck" doi.org/10.1093/bios... #envhist #extinction

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Adam Wickberg @adamwickberg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

our special issue on Historical Epistemologies of Planetary Modelling is out. What started in Berlin in 2022 as a collaboration between me and Tom Turnbull grew into a larger project running over several years, featuring three workshops in Berlin, Stockholm and Venice tinyurl.com/3uudrmw9 #envhist

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The Anthropocene Review - Volume 13, Number 2

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Andreas Jünger @a-juenger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Excited to share my latest research article, published in Germinate: Environmental History Review @g-ehr.bsky.social , an open-access, digital publication of the @aseh.bsky.social . Read the full piece here: doi.org/10.65131/GPS... #envhist #rachelcarson #silentspring #spain #francoistspain

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Gregg Mitman @greggmitman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Excited to announce Overburden’s selection in the Environmental Spotlight category at the Richmond International Film Festival. One of the film’s powerful voices, Liberian FDA ranger Moses Darpey, put it simply: “You break the mountain now, it can’t grow back.” #conservation #mining #envhist

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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

📢 #ESEH is raising funds for 2027 Travel Grants to support early-career researchers, grad students, independent scholars & those from lower-income countries presenting at the 14th ESEH Conf. in Salzburg, 6–10 Sept 2027. Donate now ➡️ www.betterplace.org/en/projects/... #envhist @eseh.bsky.social

ESEH 2027 Travel Grants fundraiser graphic: "Help bring more voices to Salzburg!" Lists its aims and a "Donate Now" button, with photos of conference attendees and the city of Salzburg.

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#newbookalert Daniele Valisena's "Italian Lives, Belgian Coal: An Environmental History of Labour and Migration" will be published this fall with @upittpress.bsky.social #envhist 👇 upittpress.org/books/978082...

b/w cover page of Daniele Valisena's Italian Lives, Belgian coal. The cover features a p/w photograph showing an urban landscape with coal mining excavation material in the background

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"We don’t think of wild animals like grizzly bears as having a history, but they do, and not just collectively and evolutionarily, but as individuals." - @lootina.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2018/01/10/t... #envhist #animalhistory #bears #animalstudies

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The Bow Valley and 'People' Without a History

Multispecies ethnographies offer a way to approach the world from a "more-than-human" angle.

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Monica Vasile 🐾 @monicavasile.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

17000 mesaages in my work inbox from the past 6 years 😱 #envhist #histsci

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ESEH NEXTGATe @esehnextgate.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The journal French Historical Studies is especially interested in early-career researchers contributing to the upcoming #EnvHist issue. Deadline: 31 August. Read the full call here:

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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Super proud of the newly minted Dr (!) @serenath.bsky.social. Her thesis "(Un)making life in the shadows: the cultural, philosophical and biological significance of shadow diversity" is a fantastic piece of interdisciplinary research on the bits of biodiversity we overlook

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Simone Schleper 🟥 @moneschleper.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Make sure to mark this in your calendars. Call is open now #envhist #cfp

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Ellen Arnold @medievalpenguin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Can finally share! ASEH and Forest History Society are pleased to announce the search for the next editor of Environmental History has concluded with the appointment of Ellen F. Arnold, PhD. Ellen and her team at the Ohio State University will begin transitioning into their new roles this summer.

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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I recently came across the best ever rationale for species introduction to the UK: "I reckon we could just throw the middle spotted woodpecker into the UK. It would be very satisfying to have that gap between lesser and greater filled, regardless of the consequences."

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ESEH NEXTGATe @esehnextgate.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We just published a Notepad in the journal Environment and History! Learn about our new vision for early-career researchers in environmental history and the environmental humanities in "NEXTGATe Evolves: Toward Craft and Creativity." #envhist #envhum

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NEXTGATe Evolves: Toward Craft and Creativity | Environment and History

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Simone Schleper 🟥 @moneschleper.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Lots of great conference and events this summer. For those who haven’t had enough #envhist #histsci by late August, come hear me speak at #RIAS on #envgov, #oil, and unusual suspects.

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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

What a treat to talk to @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social, one of my longtime faves! We talked her (many) projects, quirks of academia in Scandanavia, and how history is the family business. I loved her new book GHOSTS UNDER GLASS @uchicagopress.bsky.social. Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis... 🗃️

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Episode 106: Dolly Jørgensen Always Has Another Project Up Her Sleeve

Kate Carpenter interviews historian Dolly Jorgensen about her writing process, her newest book Ghosts Behind Glass, and her career.

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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

At #ECCB26 in Leiden? Then on Friday come to our TWO(!) sessions on conservation histories, for some extremely thought-provoking talks on how we got where we are.

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Astrid M. Eckert 🇺🇦 @astridme.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Very excited to attend #ECCB2026 in Leiden for the first time next week. If you are there, please visit our symposium “Conservation Histories and Humanities: Understanding the Present, Unearthing the Past” eccb26leiden.eu @scbeurope.bsky.social

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Joschka Meier @josserme.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If anyone is interested in #animalhistory - or just animals in general - come check out #IMC2026 panel 1505 : imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/mee... The theme is 'protecting animals' which includes in my case maternity leave for horses, sabbaticals for work animals and more! #medievalsky #envhist

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At the top: A very dramatic black sheep in a winter landscape: MS M.399, fol. 14r
Bottom left: A curious goat: ms m.64 Fol.12v
Bottom right: A smiling cow (only head & neck can be seen): Mural 8th /9th cent., church of St. Prokulus, Naturns

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1505 - Protecting Animals

Thursday, 9 July 2026

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM BST

Parkinson Building: B.08
Join Virtual Event on 9 July, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Description
From the very earliest days of domestic animal-human interactions, people have protected and been protected by animals. In paleolithic times dog domestication took form over millennia through the attraction of greater accessibility of food for local wolf populations around human settlements while, at the same time, less aggressive animals could get closer to the humans around them to develop into hunting partners and guard animals. The very early use of animal body parts, representing the actual and ascribed characteristics of both wild and domestic animals, shows how complex these notions of mutual protection must have been.
By medieval times, many of these mutual protective functions became codified in texts, images and long-held visual and written tropes. In this session the speakers will explore explore the complexities and medieval manifestations of these protective human-animal relationships.

Presentations
1505-a - Alpine Animal Welfare: Perception and Treatment of Animals in Villages from Valais to Tyrol
Joschka Meier, Universität Bern
Parkinson Building: B.08
1505-b - From Allegory to Amulets: The Aid of Medieval Bestiaries and Their Animals
Victoria Burns-Price, University of Oxford
Parkinson Building: B.08
1505-c - Sanctuary for Animals in Early Medieval Vitae
Philip Line, Independent Scholar
Parkinson Building: B.08

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Jared Margulies @jaredmargulies.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

What’s up with 4 Czech men getting arrested in Brazil for allegedly smuggling hundreds of endemic cacti? And what can it teach us about responses to illegal wildlife trade more broadly?- a little explainer for @theconversation.com here: theconversation.com/the-strange-...

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The strange history of Czech cactus hunters – and why some see themselves as Robin Hood figures

Some collectors believe breaking the law can help save endangered plants.

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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Read this wonderful article by @vbateman.bsky.social! About two very differently appreciated #movinganimals

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professor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 26/06/2026

Just learned (am honored to learn) there's an online book club meeting for my book OIL BEACH this Sunday June 28 That's not a lot of time to read but sharing in case anyone is interested! Your library may have e-book or audiobook too withfriends.co/event/277166... #Booksky #Greensky #EnvHist

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6/28 - Burning Issues Book Club (Jun 2026 - OIL BEACH) by Bel Canto Books

Get tickets and support Bel Canto Books by becoming a member

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Vanessa Bateman @vbateman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

My article about wapiti and red deer in 20th cent New Zealand is out with @animalhistory.bsky.social ! 🦌🚁🏔️ It’s a wild story about colonial animals + technology, trophies + pests, the venison + velvet industry, and hybridity doi.org/10.1525/ah.2... #envhist #animalhist #histech

A man in a red jumpsuit stands behind a very large and sedated red deer stag with large antlers. A small helicopter is grounded behind them in the distance. Taken in New Zealand in 1976.

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Monica Vasile 🐾 @monicavasile.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

On Monday, I defended my PhD thesis, Saving Species. I am now officially an environmental historian (with a very large diploma to prove it) #envhist

Defense @ Maastricht University with suppervisors, assessment committee & paranymphs

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Jim Clifford @jimclifford.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"Thinking through forests: Colonialism, capitalism, and the global timber trade". Iva Lučić and I are excited to share the special issue on Timber Colonialism. #envhist @nichecanada.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Thinking through forests: Colonialism, capitalism, and the global timber trade

This introduction to the special issue on timber colonialism argues that forests offer a uniquely productive lens for comparing how colonialism and ca…

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Dr. Pavla Šimková, a former Carson fellow currently at Collegium Carolinum, will present on “Boston Recentered: An Environmental History of the City and Its Islands.“ Time: Thursday 25 June at 16:15. Location: Schellingstrasse Hörsaal 001. All are welcome! #envhun #envhist #boston #muenchen

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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

@monicavasile.bsky.social did a great job today defending her PhD thesis 'Saving Species: A History of Wildlife Reintroductions and Recovery' (seen below in the wild). The supervisors are very proud!

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Kenny Linden @kennylinden.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

With the reintroduction of screwworm, a deadly cattle parasite once eradicated, to the US due to cut government funding, it seems a good time to reshare my recent article, "Veterinarians, Vaccines, and Hybrids: Veterinary Science in the Mongolian People’s Republic." Link below.

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ESEH NEXTGATe @esehnextgate.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Unfortunately we must postpone our academic zine workshop due to unforeseen events, but we will reschedule it as soon as we have found a new date. To make sure you do not miss it, follow our page or join our listserv (send a DM to us and we will add you). #envhist #envhum

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"I realized that my method of finding small stories, delving into them, and writing them up for the blog had affected my historical practice—it shaped my voice and what I was using my voice to share." - @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2020/12/08/a... #envhist #envhum #writing

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A Method to the Madness

This is the fifth in the series Outside Looking In, about the experiences of teaching and researching Canadian environmental history – from scholars working outside Canada The last physical academi...

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CONCRIS @concris.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Last week we presented the results of project at the 3rd From Forest to Heritage conference in Klagenfurt, Austria. www.from-forest-to-heritage.dendro.at Got some positive feedback, now we're busy turning the presentations into papers!

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CONCRIS @concris.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Organized by @viktorpal.bsky.social, Ostrava held the largest international #envhist conference in Czechia since @eseh.bsky.social 2003 in Prague: ff.osu.eu/esiee/. We put together a whole session on crisis discourses, local conflict and forest ecosystem change.

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Environment and Society in East-Central Europe Conference

Environment and Society in East-Central Europe Conference - Dare to Explore. The University of Ostrava is a young and rising university, ranked well among central European Universities. We offer Quali...

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professor tools for commensality (red scare edition) @inquiline.myatproto.social · 27/05/2026

Happy pub day to Globalizing Wildlife!! edited by @rafdebont.bsky.social @vbateman.bsky.social and Tom Quick, with an essay by me on otters, shipping, oil, and the California coast (I tried to snap it "in the wild" but had to settle for a backdrop of my neighbor's shrubs)

Cover of the book Globalizing Wildlife, edited by Raf De Bont, Vanessa Bateman, and Tom Quick. Featuring a photo of a red deer held in a nylon sack hanging from below a helicopter

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Gregg Mitman @greggmitman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It was a pleasure to contribute a chapter, "Caring for Chimps as Viral Kin," on the complex relations of care and unequal relations of exchange that developed at Vilab II in Liberia, for this great volume! Open access is available @ www.jstor.org/content/oa_b... #envhist #medhist

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Globalizing Wildlife on JSTOR

Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became the ...

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Look, I get it, this *sounds* great for defence, security and the environment. But this erases risks entailed in integrating environment & defence. Eg it’s not just re wetting bogs, these schemes also come with military infrastructure that blocks wildlife migration & damages ecosystems

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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Publication day! Globalizing Wildlife - edited by Tom Quick, @vbateman.bsky.social and yours truly - shows that globalization is not just a human but also an animal affair.

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Check out Sandra Chaney's review of Jan Mohnhaupt's "Animals Under the Swastika," published in 2022 by @uwiscpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #animals www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

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