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yeoman professor, anthropologist of the sublime | www.scotterich.com

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Miriam Matthiessen @miriammthsn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Really excited to be part of this @rethinkecon.bsky.social book discussion with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on her wonderful book The Corporeal Life of Seafaring. It will take place next Wednesday, September 30th, 4.30pm CET. You can register here: rethinkeconomics.org/events/book-...
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Gulf region "is overdue for a new security arrangement that takes into account the lives and aspirations of its people." My thoughts on Trump's latest threat to bomb #Oman in @thenewarab.bsky.social www.newarab.com/opinion/trum...
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Trump’s threat to Oman signals more than the end of US diplomacy
Trump’s threats against Oman put his contempt for allies on full display, and slaps one of Washington’s long-standing diplomatic partnerships in the face.
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
AP,,, thank you for covering the squid truck
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I only read it last year! Fear not bsky.app/profile/scot...
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It will consume you, it is perfect, it is rivaled only by Moby-Dick in its sublimity
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Émile Zola’s Germinal!!!
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Arang Keshavarzian @keshavarziana.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you want something for your syllabus on the Persian Gulf as a social space, you should turn to the wonderful research by Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social www.scotterich.com
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Scott Thomas Erich is a Doctoral Lecturer in Environmental Anthropology at Baruch College, City University of New York. Previously, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Washington ...
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you Arang!! Very kind of you
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Arang Keshavarzian @keshavarziana.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control ​over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due to U.S. sanctions and restrictive insurance clauses ‌on any payments, four industry sources said.
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Proposed Hormuz passage deal not feasible for shipping industry, sources say
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control ​over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz is not easily workable due to U.S. sanctions and restrictive insurance c...
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Thank you Kalyani! 🌊
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Can’t forget the inimitable @lalehkhalili.bsky.social here, who is in the “home stack” (as opposed to the “office stack”)
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Thank you Arang! 🙏 So much to think about and chew on
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Plodding through manuscript revisions and finding myself amazed and inspired by the sheer volume of excellent work that’s come out in the last couple of years @alexboodrookas.bsky.social @kalramnath.bsky.social @keshavarziana.bsky.social @nidhimahajan.bsky.social @bishara.bsky.social et al.!
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Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Nearly everywhere the jumble of port life, with all its stinks, noises and clashing colours, has been removed from city centres, and so from the public consciousness.” Jan Morris in Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere, so far a wonderful read.
Front cover of Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris.
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Institute of Current World Affairs @icwa.org · 08/04/2026
On the southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz, the Musandam Peninsula feels alternately like it is at both the center & edge of the world, @scotterich.bsky.social reports during his visit in 2015. Some of his fears have since come to pass: compass.icwa.org/p/at-both-ce...
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At both center and edge in the Strait of Hormuz
In Oman a decade ago, remembering everyday life at a global chokepoint
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Andri Snær Magnason @andrimagnason.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Time and Water coming to NYC May 1st! Opening film of the Margaret Mead Film Festival. www.amnh.org/explore/marg...
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
True mariners who can read a map this is your time to shine
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You know how important Ras Laffan is when industry insiders are using words like “Armageddon” and “apocalypse” …for the markets www.ft.com/content/5b66...
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‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets as Qatar hit by missiles
Traders and analysts warn of lasting disruption after damage to facility that supplies a fifth of the world’s LNG
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
So very brilliant Henry, can't wait!
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M. Christopher Low @mchrislow.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“The region’s monarchies are often described as petro-states, but they have also become what I call saltwater kingdoms, global superpowers in the production of human-made fresh water drawn from the sea.” theconversation.com/persian-gulf...
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Persian Gulf desalination plants could become military targets in regional war
Key sources of drinking water have been targets in past conflicts. And Iranian strikes have already hit close to some.
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
For years we’ve heard about how Iran might close the Strait of Hormuz; now we have seen that only Capital could do such a thing
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Earlier video from an Omani seafarer shows dozens of ships offshore from Fujairah, waiting
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
A few gutsy ships going through the Strait of Hormuz, most are anchored in the Gulf of Oman off the ports of Khor Fakkan and Fujairah
Marine Traffic map showing the Strait of Hormuz and ships clustered to its immediate north and south
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Arang Keshavarzian @keshavarziana.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
People talk about sleepwalking into a war. This is a case of Trump, Bibi, et al daydreaming into a war. One that will be a nightmare for millions of people
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
No war with Iran! An open letter from scholars and activists
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“Harvard for me but not for thee”
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
My go-to is the late Svetlana Boym: hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-u...
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Nostalgia and Its Discontents
Nostalgia is at the very core of the modern condition.
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
OK, marshaling China's rust-bucket deep sea fishing fleet into mysterious geometric formations is kind of brilliant www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Thousands of Chinese Fishing Boats Quietly Form Vast Sea Barriers
China is practicing vast maneuvers that could be used to disrupt U.S. naval movement, a New York Times analysis of ship data reveals.
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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 10/01/2026
mamdani's doing richard scarry socialism. every time he appears on camera i feel like the little worm in an apple car should be right near by in a lush tableau of municipal services just out of frame
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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
عنبر!
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Gould’s “Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle” is a fantastic start! And would resonate because you already have the background
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
They very much would — my next project is in part about geology and deep time so I’ll be calling!
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Remind me to have you bring me along next time I come through Exeter!!
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Beautiful
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Please join the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, & Medicine's #oceanhist #maritime group today at 1-2:30 CT as we discuss @scotterich.bsky.social's chapter draft "The Subterranean Sea" #envhist #histsci #STS #histSTM www.chstm.org/group/histor...
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History of Ocean Science, Technology and Medicine | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Thank you for your message. I am out of the office until further notice because I am rebuilding my entire intellectual life around Émile Zola’s “Germinal”
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
@kristianulrichsen.bsky.social also has one coming out in August that will no doubt be great: www.hurstpublishers.com/book/kingdom...
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Kingdom of Football | Hurst Publishers
A fascinating account of how Saudi Arabia leveraged its massive oil wealth to alter the balance of power in world football.
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Stephanie O'Rourke @sorourke25.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Really looking forward to hearing the amazing papers at our conference 'The Geological Imagination in the Long Nineteenth Century' (Huntington, LA)
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The Geological Imagination in the Long Nineteenth Century | The Huntington
Exploring the historical origins of extraction and the growing field of Geoaesthetics, this conference queries how artists mined the geological imagination during this period. Presentations will respo...
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Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊 Check out @scotterich.bsky.social (Washington College)’s review of Samantha Muka (Stevens Institute of Technology )’s book _Oceans Under Glass: Tank Craft and the Sciences of the Sea_ pub 2023 @uchicagopress.bsky.social #oceans Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Extremely overdue new edition of Mariners, Renegades & Castaways coming out this May; this one is an all-timer for me
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Forensic Architecture @forensicarchi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
NEW INVESTIGATION: Israeli forces repeatedly attacked Gaza’s main port in the week following 7 Oct 2023. By Jan 2024, after months of continued attacks, all docked vessels had been rendered non-operational, devastating Gaza’s fishing industry and increasing Palestinian dependence on foreign aid.
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
from the FT today: www.ft.com/content/6589...
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Record temperatures highlight ‘Faustian bargain’, says leading scientist
Air pollution, which has masked the true extent of global warming, is declining, warns James Hansen
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
opening Goethe to see if this is good or bad
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Whenever anyone asks for writers I am inspired by, I always name Caity Weaver; this is the piece that first did it for me (and every subsequent article thereafter): www.gawkerarchives.com/the-best-res...
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
When I'm in the region, I reach for "Dimpy" (not an ad)
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
استغفرالله
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Scott Erich @scotterich.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
also Qatar 👋
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