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Onur Inal

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Senior Researcher, University of Vienna ☕️|Editor-in-Chief @germinate🌱| Middle East and North Africa 🐪| Global History 🌎| Environmental History 🌾| History of Technology 🏗| Animal History 🦋| FC St Pauli supporter 🏴‍☠️| Posts in 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇹🇷

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 12h
We are thrilled to announce that 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now inviting submissions for a thematic issue on nonhuman animals and more-than-human worlds, guest-edited by Dr. Mieke Roscher. More info on springs-rcc.org/about/. #CallforSubmissions #envhum #animals #morethanhumans #RCCSprings
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ZUG_Wien @zug-wien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
***Upcoming event*** 112. ZUG-Minisymposium with Deniz Armağan Akto (Institut für Orientalistik, University of Vienna) An Environmental and Military History of the Ottoman Danube (1500-1700) 📆15 October 2026, 6.15 pm 📍Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, SR 31 (3a )/ 💻Online via Zoom
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I thought you all out there should know that Verena Winiwarter was honored with one of the Republic of Austria’s highest awards (Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaften, Sonderpreis Lebenswerk) for her work in interdisciplinary #envhist I think that's great! www.ots.at/presseaussen...
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Mona Bieling @monabie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please consider applying 👇🏼We'll discuss your work in progress in a friendly and constructive environment, invite an expert discussant to join the conversation, and help you make connections with peers in environmental history #envhist #envhum
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Jascha Schmitz @jaschaschmitz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Das #MPI-GEA sucht neue Doktrorand*innen im Bereich Past Urban Studies! www.mpg.de/26919453/phd... Falls Ihr Interesse an #Anthropozän - historischer Forschung habt, dann kann ich Euch das #MPI-GEA wärmstens empfehlen! Deadline: 31.10.2026 #DH #DigitalHistory #EnvHist
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PhD Researcher Positions (f/m/d) | Quantitative Past Urban Studies
Vacancies for PhD Researcher positions in the area of quantitative, historical and archaeological urban research
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ESEH NEXTGATe @esehnextgate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Call for Writing Support Program! Are you an early-career scholar working on a manuscript? Apply for this great opportunity with Andrea Gaynor and Mona Bieling. #envhist #envhum
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MA Naval, Maritime and Coastal History Portsmouth @navalhistory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We still have a few places left on our MA distance learning course. We also have some new students we're excited to meet in September. Come join us! www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
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Naval, Maritime and Coastal History (Distance Learning)
Earn a Master's in Naval, Maritime and Coastal History from the home of the Royal Navy. Make the most of our unique naval expertise from academics, museum curators and ex-navy practitioners.
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
21,627 applications for the Marie Curie early career fellowships.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚨the Department of History at the University of Toronto (St George campus) is hiring an Assistant Professor in the history of early modern or modern South Asia jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Assistant Professor - South Asian History
Assistant Professor - South Asian History
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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Coming in February! An edited collection on rivers past and present and how they move. The code E27RIVER gets you 30% off a preorder from Duke. #envhist #rivers #envhum
Cover of the book Rivers on the Move, edited by Bathsheba Demuth, by Mark Healey, anyone Giacomo Pareinello & Laurence Smith. Cover shows white swirls of a river channel on a blue background
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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Toronto 2030 🇨🇦👋
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David Ambaras @borderlander62.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ILWCH call for papers. Changing the Waters: Labor in the History of Rivers, Lakes, Deltas, and Wetlands www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Changing the Waters: Labor in the History of Rivers, Lakes, Deltas, and Wetlands
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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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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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's that time again! Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography applications are open! Awards range up to £2000 for research in UK collections. Application procedure is linked (please ignore old info, same procedure still applies!). Due 1 Nov! #fellowships #maps #skystorians 🗃️
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History of Cartography - Harley Fellowships
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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
3+3 year post-doc position at @giga-hamburg.de with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) - Peace and Conflict Studies - International Relations - Comparative Politics - International Political Economy
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 31/08/2026
Here is what the Israeli-occupied West Bank, not including a detailed look at occupied East Jerusalem, actually looks like in 2026. The International Court of Justice ruled in July 2024 that Israel’s nearly 60-year military occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza was illegal.
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The White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're delighted to announce an OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS for our brand new journal, 'East of the Elbe: Environment and Society in Central and Eastern Europe'. More info attached, and on the new submissions site (www.whp-journals.co.uk/EE/index). Submissions will open on 15th September. #envhist #envhum
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Centre for Anthropocene History @anthropocenekth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join our new intensive Winter School in Planetary Histories, November 23-26 at KTH Stockholm! Application open now shorturl.at/x0KgY
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De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We're proud to announce that the #digitization of the Brill Book Archive is complete, making over 15,000 #books, many of them centuries old, available to researchers worldwide through their institutional libraries in a fully searchable online collection. 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/publishing/a... 1/4
Purple visual reading: Brill Book Archive. Digitization complete, over 15,000 titles available online for the first time
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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wir suchen ab sofort eine:n Referent:in für das #Fellow #Management & die #Wissenschaftskoordindation mit einem Umfang von 20 Stunden pro Woche (50%, Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-AVH). 🖍 Wir freuen uns auf Ihre #Bewerbung bis zum 1.Oktober 2026. 🔎Alle Details zur #Stelle auf unserer Webseite: bit.ly/4qRRGne
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Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Come work with us! We're hiring three colleagues: Research Associate, Collections and Participation: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/collect... Research Associate, Collections and Participation – Digital: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/collect... Natural History Engagement Coordinator: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/natural...
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Ruth Morgan @ruthamorgan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Working in the environmental humanities? If you have a fresh take on new approaches/concepts/methods/sources - plz pitch to the Approaches section in OUP's new initiative, Environmental Change & Human Experience (led by maestros Georgina Endfield & Poul Holm academic.oup.com/oxford-inter...
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Early-career researchers and researchers from low-income countries need your help. @eseh.bsky.social has launched a campaign to raise funds for travel grants for the next conference in Salzburg in 2027. Donate now! #envhist #histtech www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...
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Travel Grants for ESEH Salzburg Conference 2027
Donate now to our ESEH Travel Grant Fundraising Campaign and help bring more diverse voices to Salzburg!
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 27/08/2026
Protecting bogs and peatlands is essential for fighting the climate crisis, and also for persevering the species of plants, animals, birds, insects and fungi that rely on them Europe's bogs must be rewetted and rewilded!
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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Agricultural History, the journal of the Agricultural History Society, is the journal of record in its field. Issue 100:3 is now online. View the TOC: buff.ly/BS555Ze
Front cover of Agricultural History Volume 100 Number 3 August 2026 showing two watercolor illustrations of sliced citrus
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Now that school is starting, what are you reviewing this Fall? H-Environment has many new books available in environmental history, humanities, and social sciences, just waiting for a volunteer! #envhist #envhum #ecocrit #envphil #conservation #anthropocene #climate docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Books Available to review for H-Environment
Books Available for Review for H-Environment Below are the books currently available for review for H-Environment. Interested in reviewing one? Please email me at dmccahey@uci.edu. If we haven’t met,...
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
For a limited time only, we're pleased to offer a 50% #SALE off ALL #EnvironmentalStudies paperbacks and eBooks purchased via our website. Get these discounts automatically when you shop, no discount code required. Shop now: bit.ly/4pRmGTy Don’t miss out, offer on all subjects expires end August.
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Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
D plant Abschiebezentren in Ruanda. Einfach eine Schande, aus den Augen aus dem Sinn. Die Aufgabe universeller Menschenrechte wird aber nicht besser, wenn man sie abschiebt. Andererseits hat die Errichtung dt Lager ausserhalb des dt Reichsgebiete historische Tradition www.spiegel.de/ausland/migr...
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Migration: Deutschland verhandelt mit EU-Staaten über Abschiebezentren in Ruanda
Fünf EU-Staaten, darunter Deutschland, arbeiten seit Monaten an Migrationsabkommen mit afrikanischen Staaten. Nächste Woche wird es nach Informationen des SPIEGEL und von »Report Mainz« konkret.
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Are you aware of CAT YURTS catyurts.com
A brown tabby cat snuggling inside a blue and white cat yurt on top of a green and yellow patterned textile
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New series announcement! Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History & Culture Series Editors: @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer Publisher: @dgb-mem.bsky.social brill.com/page/forthco... Feel free to DM me with questions, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com
A series announcement designed to look like the front cover of a book. The featured image is a painting in which two storm-tossed ships appear (a small one at left, a larger one at right).
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMINDER: the deadline for proposals is 4 September. We have some additional guidelines added to the call below: teleskopos.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... #histSTM #envhist
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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“Israels Armee hat Berichte bestätigt, wonach israelische Sicherheitskräfte Palästinenser während Befragungen im Westjordanland mit Nummern markiert haben. Mit Markern Nummern auf die Gesichter und Körper der Palästinenser zu schreiben erinnert mich an etwas sehr schlimmes orf.at/stories/3439...
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Israelische Soldaten markierten Palästinenser mit Nummern
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K. Mehmet Kentel @kmkentel.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Deadline for Yavuz Sezer Memorial Prize for the history of architecture and the urban environment in the Ottoman empire and modern Turkey is extended! New deadline is September 15. www.ottomanturkishstudiesassociation.org/awards-prize...
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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
“For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them.” mondoweiss.net/2026/08/dest...
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‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlands
For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers...
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Rachel Bridgewater @rachelbridgewater.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📖Introducing @asseelalragam.bsky.social's new book on Kuwait's urban transformation in the 20th C📖 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-kuwait-...
Book cover: Asseel al-Ragam, Kuwait and its Hinterland: Land Politics, Imperial Networks and Modern Urban Development.
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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More than 1,000 years ago, Maya dental specialists drilled precise cavities into teeth and fitted them with jade, turquoise and other stones. Plant-based cements secured the inlays, some of which remain intact today—a remarkable blend of craftsmanship, botanical knowledge and ancient dentistry.
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Sabine Pitteloud @sabinepitteloud.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Multinationals, Organized Labor, and the Environment in the Postwar World: Contributions to an International History www.tandfonline.com/toc/rinh20/4... Co-edited by Sandra Bott, Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl and myself @renaudbecot.bsky.social @haavardba.bsky.social @niklasolsen.bsky.social
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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🎙️ Below, you can listen to the episode featuring my book on the environmental history of Ottoman Izmir. Thanks to @turkeybooktalk.bsky.social for this conversation
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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Fruit markets in Turkey offer a variety of colors 🍋🍅🍓🍇
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University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · 04/08/2026
Stephen Pyne, author of UNDYING FIRE, asks, "Why is it that countries that we think of as modernized—those that have money, science, technology—are the ones that are being clobbered?" The answer isn't just climate—it's also how we've changed the land itself. Read more in The New Yorker:
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Germinate @g-ehr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
There are still 11 more days to submit a paper to our December themed call! August 15th is the deadline for papers for peer reviewed submissions. For non peer reviewed submissions only the abstract needs to be submitted by August 15th.
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Germinate @g-ehr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🐬 Dolphin hunting in the Black Sea isn’t just history—it still echoes today. Fatma Esen's fieldwork from Trabzon explores how a once-thriving industry left lasting marks on both nature and memory g-ehr.com/peer-reviewe... #BlackSea #envhist #Trabzon #Conservation #oralhistory #OttomanEmpire
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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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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Join us at SOAS as a new Lecturer in Arabic Literature at SOAS (0.4 FTE, fixed term until 31.8.2029) This role involves teaching, advising students of Arabic and supervising dissertations in Arabic literature, Middle Eastern Studies and Comparative Literature vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/910500
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Lecturer in Arabic Literature -0.4 FTE at SOAS
Apply now for Lecturer in Arabic Literature -0.4 FTE, Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London, United Kingdom at SOAS
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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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Onur Inal @onurinal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Call for Papers for #eseh2027 is out! Abstract submissions due October 15, 2026 👇🏿
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Katherine Arnold @arnoldke.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🚨 JOB KLAXON #skystorians #envhist #envhums Cover for some of my teaching next year - 0.5 FTE at University of Liverpool. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSE899/l...
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Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
Apply now for the Lecturer in Environmental History (Teaching & Scholarship) (0.5 FTE)- Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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global dis:connect @globaldiscnct.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
📢 Call for papers: Subcultures of exile Abstracts (approx. 300 words) and a short CV can be submitted until 15 july 2026. 👉 www.globaldisconnect.org/07/01/call-f... #cfp #exilestudies #migrationstudies #subculture #arthistory
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Call For Paper: Subcultures of Exile - global dis:connect
International Yearbook of the Society for Exile Studies, 2027 Edited by Burcu Dogramaci, Anna Sophia Messner, Helene Roth   The term subculture was introduced by the American sociologist Milton Gordon...
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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The Oxford Intersection on Environmental Change and Human Experience is seeking submissions across its different sections. I am editing 'Water' and would love to see more articles on -Rivers/freshwater More-than-human perspectives Militaries & water Trade & transport academic.oup.com/oxford-inter...
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Current Calls for Papers
Oxford Intersections reflects the critical role that peer-reviewed interdisciplinary research plays in helping policy- and decision-makers tackle the world
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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📣 We're looking for new members to join our International Advisory Board! 📣 🌍 We're particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America & the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe
Call for new members of Urban History’s International Advisory Board.

Urban History seeks to appoint new members to its international advisory board.
This is an exciting opportunity to become involved with a world-leading journal for urban historical research.  Urban History is published by Cambridge University Press and occupies a central place in historical scholarship, with an outstanding record of interdisciplinary contributions, and a broad-based and distinguished panel of referees and international advisors. Each issue features wide-ranging research articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities and supplementary material including periodical reviews, thesis reviews and book reviews.  Our growing submissions are becoming increasingly global and chronologically diverse and we seek to appoint an additional members of the international advisory board to reflect these developments and to further broaden our geographical range in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.  
About the role
Members of the International Advisory Board are expected to promote the journal through their networks and to encourage high quality submissions in the field of urban history. Board members support the Editorial Team (Shane Ewen, Prashant Kidambi, Domenic Vitiello, Roey Sweet and Rosemary Wakeman) as requested on submissions that fall within their field, undertaking peer review where appropriate or providing suggestions for specialist reviewers within their field.  All board members are expected to attend the annual meeting of the International Advisory Board (held online) where there are opportunities to provide advice and suggestions for the future direction of the journal.  

We are particularly interested in recruiting board members with expertise in the following areas: urban history of Africa (any region); South Asia; China; Latin America and the Caribbean; Central and Eastern Europe.

Text continued in next slideEssential qualities (to be used in shortlisting)
•	Expertise in urban history or a cognate discipline (candidates with expertise in the areas listed above may be preferred)
•	Evidence of active participation in urban history networks 
We are happy to receive applications from individuals at different career stages and we welcome applications from historians and colleagues from cognate disciplines – working in any context – from under-represented groups, including those from minoritized ethnic groups, disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those who are ‘first generation’ in Higher Education. 

How to apply
Those interested in making an application to join the international advisory board should send to Roey Sweet (rhs4@le.ac.uk) 
•	a CV (no more than 3 pages)
•	a summary of up to 500 words outlining your interest in the role and what you would bring to it. 
Enquiries
Informal enquiries about the role can be made to: Professor Roey Sweet rhs4@le.ac.uk
Deadline
Deadline for applications: 5.00pm on Friday 11 September 2026 
We expect interviews to take place in October 2026 and that the new board members will start their term of office from January 2027.
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