Reposted by Sabine ClarkeRebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026It's the day of the ceilidh for #eshs-hss! NB There is no food at this event - make sure you EAT FIRST. Tell your friends! 063
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 07/05/2026This is currently spreading in our kitchen. The quotes from York-based roofers to fix "patchy", as we are now referring to it, have ranged from £500 to £5000. £500 to £5000!! 030
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeYork Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 15/04/202620 mi for mental health!🚶♂️💨 YESI is taking on the #GreatYorkWalk to raise funds for mental health research. Support @proflinds.bsky.social, @rob-marchant.bsky.social, @sabineclarke.bsky.social + Kate Arnold as they walk for a healthier planet + a healthier mind. Sponsor them here:universityofyork.enthuse.comYESI does the Great York WalkYESI recognises the important links between environmental sustainability and people's mental health and wellbeing. Our Environment and Health research theme directly tackles some of these issues. We'r 052
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Check out the latest Special Issue of the J. Imperial and Commonwealth History! Fantastic articles on business and labour in German colonialism. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fich20/c...tandfonline.comThe Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth HistoryBusiness and Labour in German Colonialism. Volume 54, Issue 1 of The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 000
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Permanent post in the history of the Middle East after 1800 at York! Plus three fixed term posts 1) Medieval History 1100-1450 2) Modern China 3) Britain/Public Historyfeatures.york.ac.ukYork History Department - Academic JobsUncover the past to define the future. We are seeking research-led historians to join our world-class, collaborative community. Discover career-defining opportunities within one of the UK’s most disti... 13631
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeLeverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity @anthropocenebio.bsky.social · 05/01/2026We're heading into 2026 with a new Associate Director! We're thrilled @sabineclarke.bsky.social has agreed to take on this role after being a great LCAB supervisor for several years. Sabine takes over from the brilliant Mark Jenner. Find out more about Sabine's work: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene... 0142
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeYork Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 15/10/2025🏙️✨ The City of Today is a Dying Thing Join us for a public lecture by @desfitzgerald.bsky.social (@ucc.ie ), exploring how cities, health + the environment intertwine — and what “green urbanism” really means. 📅 Mon 3 Nov | 🕔5–7pm 📍 @york.ac.uk 🎟️ Book here➡️https://buff.ly/RvbkKuwyork.ac.ukThe City of Today is a Dying Thing - Des FitzgeraldJoin YESI's Environment and Health theme for a talk by Des Fitzgerald about his book 'The City of Today is a Dying Thing 033
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeYork Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Why go interdisciplinary?🤔 Join us next Monday for Interdisciplinary Research: Back to Basics — exploring the why, how + what ifs of working across disciplines. Led by @desfitzgerald.bsky.social, it’s a chance to reflect, share + rethink what collaboration really means. 🔗 buff.ly/2aZG2TX 022
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeEvan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 20/10/2025In our recent volume, 'Forced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire', @anilliams.bsky.social contributed a chapter on the forced deportation of Liverpool's Chinese seamen at the end of WWII. @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social @yiannicart.bsky.social brill.com/display/book... 04023
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 09/10/2025It was a real pleasure to write this afterword for a fantastic special issue on the history of invasive species by Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social and Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.socialtrack.smtpsendmail.comInvasive Species, Health, and Global History Afterword: The Disavowal of Human AgencyAbstract. The papers in this special issue explore the metaphorical realms that inform discourses on disruptive plants and animals. They explore how specie 2196
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns chng.it/k8fBh7sY via @UKChangechng.itSign the PetitionUrge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns 132
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 08/09/2025And there’s more good news 🌿✨ The YESI Fellows Scheme 2025/26 opens on Monday 8 September! If you’re a University of York researcher with ideas for tackling environmental sustainability challenges, this is your chance. Details here 👉 buff.ly/W6IXpUe 021
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Delighted that the University of York has been shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Leadership 🌍👏 Recognition for our pioneering YESI Fellows Initiative driving interdisciplinary, impact-led sustainability research. Full shortlist👉 lstm.ac/3HZY0XElstm.acTHE Awards 2025The THE Awards are the biggest celebration of UK and Irish higher education, recognising excellence across academia, professional services, leadership and management. 050
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeAnita Hoffmann @17cmedicalwomen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Ahem... my first acedemic article just went live on the BMJ/STI website. What can 'hidden' cures in handwritten family recipe books tell us about how people dealt with STIs in the long 17th century? doi.org/10.1136/sext... #17thC #earlymodern 714629
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeHistory & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025History & Policy will shortly be unveiling the first publicly-searchable database of historians with policy-relevant expertise. If you are a professional historian who would like to engage more with policymakers, there's still time to submit a profile. Register your interest here: bit.ly/3YMcsXubit.lyMicrosoft Forms 03629
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 27/04/2025A walk with the dog brings some quiet and his joy is my pleasure. 090
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeYork Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025🚨 Exciting news! @sabineclarke.bsky.social joins the YESI leadership team as co-lead for the Health and Environment Research Theme. Sabine brings expertise in the history of science + medicine, focusing on global health and environment. Welcome, Sabine! 🎉 Read more➡️ ow.ly/6c3250VzNLGow.lyYESI appoints new Health and Environment Theme co-leadThe York Environmental Sustainability Institute YESI) is delighted to welcome Dr Sabine Clarke as the new co-lead for our Health and Environment Research Theme. 161
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeYork Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Introducing a new YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project, working with York Explore and other groups in the city, to explore ways of using local archives to produce new histories of environmental change. ➡️https://ow.ly/yM4950VyQWr @sabineclarke.bsky.social @willtullett.bsky.social 065
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeRohan Deb Roy @rohandroy.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I am co-organising a workshop (with Dr Isabel Davis) on 'Colonies, hives and queens: Insects and Imperialism' at the Natural History Musuem in London on Thursday the 3rd of April. There will be a set of flash talks on the theme in the morning. Teams link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi... 12813
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeMark Nesbitt @marknesbitt.bsky.social · 18/03/2025PhD on offer at Kew: Plants and their Products: Biocultural collections at Kew Gardens & the South Kensington Museum during the long nineteenth century If only I could apply! Fascinating mutual interests of Kew and the V&A in plants. Closes 16 May www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her... 310275
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I had such a wonderful time being interviewed by students in the History Department at York for their amazing podcast series. Take a look! (Or indeed a "listen")instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 031
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Alert! Deadline for this fantastic PhD opportunity is 2nd February! 01213
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeBSHS @bshsnews.bsky.social · 16/01/2025⏰ Final Reminder! The deadline for the BSHS Annual Conference 2025 CfP is TOMORROW! Submit your individual papers or sessions by Fri, 17 Jan 2025. 📍 When & Where: 8–10 July 2025, Cambridge 🌟 Open to researchers at all career stages & nationalities on any HSTM topic! conference.bshs.org.uk 048
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Isn’t this thistle head beautiful? Like the head of a medieval mace. 2447
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeKelly Redeker @volatilesred.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I'm excited to announce a PhD studentship, based at UofYork, exploring how land management in African savanna affects climate, past and present. I'm joined by the fabulous Prof Colin Beale & @sabineclarke.bsky.social to join historic delivery of ecosystem functions with future savanna management. 1209
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I found this Christmas pudding in the larder yesterday which is almost 2 years out if date. Ate it. Despite disapproval of cat. 2160
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 22/10/2024This point about the use of the term "post-productivism" could really be applied to the over use of the word "Anthropocene" "A sure sign of a term's ascendency is its emblematic use in papers where it is not defined and adds little of value to the discussion". 061
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 18/10/2024Please circulate this great opportunity to do a PhD at Kew Gardens and the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at York! The student will look at the history of marginalised individuals who made knowledge about fungi in the early 20th century.sites.google.comLCAB PhD studentships - Currently recruitingWomen and biodiversity: gender and the making of the Kew Fungarium, 1900-1950 01119
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeMatthew Hannaford @matthewhannaford.bsky.social · 17/09/2024Excited 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.jobs.lincoln.ac.ukJob Opportunity at the University of Lincoln: Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Environmental History of Zimbabwe 22623
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeRaf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 17/09/2024www.academictransfer.com/nl/345235/ph... A vacancy for a PhD position at Maastricht University, to work with @moneschleper.bsky.social, @blenormand.bsky.social and me. Spread the news!academictransfer.comPhD in the history of biological fieldwork and genderAre you interested in doing a PhD on the history of biology, the environment, and gender? Are you able to work independently and in a team? Do you want to work at an international and interdisciplinar... 11415
Reposted by Sabine ClarkeDr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 22/08/2024Starting now at #WCEH2024: "The sound of nature: soundscapes and environmental awareness." In case any #envhum people (or anyone really) consider #sound & #museums, we'd love to hear from you & hopefully meet you at our workshop in December in Hamburg. See the cfp below. #envhist #soundstudies 📗 0104
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 22/08/2024Do you have a fantastic MA student in environmental humanities, or the history of science, who would like the opportunity for a fully funded PhD? See here for a great opportunity at York to look at weeds and weeding . www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...york.ac.ukVacanciesThe Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity is home to world-leading interdisciplinary research on the complexities of biodiversity change in the Anthropocene. 02835
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 03/07/2024Writing my email auto-response for Friday. Something along the lines of: “You’re kidding, right? I’ll respond on Monday”. 040
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 08/06/2024A fantastic opportunity for a senior research fellow in any Arts and Humanities area related to biodiversity and the Anthropocene is available at the University of York. jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...jobs.york.ac.uk 055
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 24/05/2024I’m in Jamaica on a research trip, with a detour to Orange Street. 031
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 21/02/2024The History Department at the University of York UK, is looking for a historian of South Asia for a permanent lectureship. Please spread the word! We are a great department with lovely colleagues jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...jobs.york.ac.uk 01827
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 23/01/2024The History Department at the University of York is excited to launch a new PhD by Practice - a route for anyone with significant experience of public history practice or research in museums, archives, heritage organisations, the media or education. york. www.york.ac.uk/history/stud...york.ac.ukPhD in History by Practice - Department of History, University of YorkOur PhD in History by Practice is an innovative route for anyone with significant experience of public history practice or research in a range of settings such as in museums, archives, heritage organi... 36637
Sabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 15/12/2023Please spread the word about these fantastic PhD opportunities at the University of York (including one in History on weeds) www.york.ac.uk/professorial...york.ac.uk 1711