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🔔Call for Papers🔔: ‘Environmental histories of Scotland: mapping out a way forward’ We invite proposals for contributions to this workshop co-organised by Prof. Annie Tindley and myself Hosted at the University of Stirling w/c 15 April 2024 (date tbc) Deadline: 19th Feb 2024

A brilliant PhD opportunity for anyone interested in researching rural modernism and reservoir building across the British isles. >>

Another fab event at the Paul Mellon Centre. >>

Fantastic lecture this evening by Ruth Craggs on the experiences of South African geographers under apartheid. Do look out for the recording. >>

Join us Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 13-14 March for a Symposium on Art, Activism & Ecological Extraction, by @pocoeco_s, Mark Sealy @Bindi_Vora Autograph. I will talk about Black Ecofeminism in Court: Litigating for Climate Justice & Reparations. Register here: paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/whats-on/forth…

Fantastic opportunity for someone to do a PhD at Keele on the social and environmental history of peat and current implications of its extraction, with the super sharp @BenM_Anderson as supervisor >>

Exciting PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews School of Art History @ArtHistoryStA: ‘Women, Gender, and Political Engagement at The Glasgow School of Art’ >>> jobs.ac.uk/job/DHH237/sgs…

We are hiring! Join NCAP as a Collections Assistant (ACIU Project) Help us with the enormous task of digitising our historic collection of over 30 million images (photographic prints & film), including WW2 reconnaissance photography & survey imagery. applications.historicenvironment.scot/pages/Job_Sear…

The paperback of my book is out today in the UK for £11.99 (out in the USA in paperback on 2 July). Thanks to Yale University Press London 📖 Yale University Press for the lovely cover redesign!

💥CfP #eseh2025: Thrilled to announce that another ESEH conference is in preparation... 🟢Overarching theme: Climate Histories 🟢Uppsala, Sweden | 18-22 August 2025 Here is all info on how to submit your proposal in #envhist and #climatehistory eseh.org/cfp-13th-bienn…

Remarkable 1834 earthenware model of the Spode factory in Stoke, a forest of bottle kilns.

Sylvia Crowe’s reflections at the Scottish Widows site in Edinburgh. The garden is poorly maintained but many of the core design principles are still visible.

In town for festival season? Download our free app to do self-guided tours in and around Edinburgh between shows! curiousedinburgh.org/download-the-a… #Edinburgh #Scotland #walkingtour

The National Galleries of Scotland are hosting 'Beyond Coal' on Tuesday. I'm speaking about how energy and electricity have shaped the Scottish coalfields after mining, and Mining Landscapes will be presenting their fantastic Eco Museum. Book tickets here 🔽 nationalgalleries.org/event/beyond-c…

Britain's coal age now ending with the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. Coal powered industrialisation as well as creating the climate crisis. Mining shaped economic regions and our politics . This is a comprehensive overview by Carbon Brief. interactive.carbonbrief.org/coal-phaseout-…

Looking for advice: Can anyone tell me what happened to the publisher Leonard Hill (Books) Ltd, London? They were especially active during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Many thanks for any leads!

Really looking forward to Dr. Elizabeth Petcu ‘s book talk, ‘The Architectural Image and Early Modern Science’, on 1st Oct. Do join in person or via Zoom. >>

Our 2nd talk, 'Architecture, Landscape, and Measurement in a Renaissance Map', by Dr Anthony Gerbino (University of Manchester) will be on the 15th October, 17:15 BST. In-person in Elliot Room, Minto House and online via Zoom. See you there! (the abstract follows below)

CALL FOR SESSIONS - SAH's 79th Annual International Conference will take place in Mexico City, Apr 15-19, 2026. The Society invites everyone interested in the history of the built environment to submit a proposal to chair a session at the conference. sah.org/2026

FOLAR annual symposium on Landscape of Public Health with great speakers including Paul Rabbitts, Catharine Ward Thompson, Robert Holden, Jan Woudstra, Jamie Liversedge Sat 2 November The Museum of English Rural Life or online folar.uk/events/the-lan…