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We're Hiring! The Polar Museum is hiring a Museum Assistant & Volunteer Coordinator. Are you interested in learning and sharing knowledge about the history, science, art and ethnography of the Polar Regions? For more information, including how to apply, click here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50415/

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I have the pleasure to collaborate with @hannahod.bsky.social on Lars Montin's colonial travel to Sapmi in 1749. Our first article is now available in the History of Anthropology Review (part of section ed by Uchôa, Müller-Wille & Mercer, on Histories of Ethnoscience: histanthro.org/notes/traces...

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Very excited to have my first article published! It's about why British mountaineers travelled to Norway in the nineteenth century and the transnational networks they formed. Open access in Studies in Travel Writing here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🏔️

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New #EnvHist article! In this collaboration with art historian Rachel Kase, I explore what the visual legacy of #Arctic whaling can tell us about the possibilities - and perils - of #ClimateChange adaptation. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Extremely proud to say they let me back on You're Dead To Me to talk about the Northwest Passage! #histSTM #Polar - tagging in all my #TerrorCamp friends for this one www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Researcher Ingrid A. Medby has researched the #Arctic state identity and what the term 'Arctic' entails for state employees in #Norway, #Canada, and #Iceland @arcticfrontiers.bsky.social #literature @newcastleuni.bsky.social #arcticidentity #booklaunch

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Geography for Everyone? Despite growing diversity at GCSE, at A level & uni #geography is one of the least diverse subjects. The subject, & its institutions, are not serving all teachers nor all young people. Change is needed. Read the full report ⤵️ geography.org.uk/geography-fo...

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Come work with us! A wonderfully welcoming and supportive School who have been great in helping me find my feet as an ECR Geographer! Very happy to chat to anyone interested in applying!

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I made a starter pack of Human Geography Journals, for those of you (like me) for whom BSKY is a nice help in keeping up with the literature. Feel free to tip for me any journals I may have missed. go.bsky.app/Hw9i9br

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Are you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field? Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities! We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here: environmentalhumanities.org Contact us if you have any questions.

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An exciting (and timely!) job for someone - Senior Researcher in Arctic Cultures and Cultural Heritage at the National Museum of Denmark. Deadline is 17th February: www.researchgate.net/job/1018407_...

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Today is the day, my book "Arctic State Identity: Geography, History, and Geopolitical Relations" is officially published! 🙀🙌 Available from @manchesterup.bsky.social: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526153906/ #Arctic #Geopolitics #ArcticIdentity

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If you look at some very old maps, you'll see the North Pole surrounded by open water - no ice, no land. This was the Open Polar Sea. Often considered myth or wishful thinking, some scientists took the idea seriously in the 19th century. #histsci 🗃️ daily.jstor.org/the-open-pol...

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"This garment is fundamentally ecological... Its entirely natural production means that when it has lived its life, it can be thrown out and will just biodegrade and go back to the earth." Find out more about the Evenki reindeer parka on the Museum of Climate Hope trail at: bit.ly/42i6hOu

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Resources for change - some early work from the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social project. Do read on the link & get the posters up in your departments! blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/13/r...

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Forget it, Trump: Greenland doesn’t want to be ruled by the US – or Denmark | Aka Hansen

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I am so pleased and heartened to have been included in this collection of Indigenous geographical visionaries of the Arctic, broadly conceived. Please consider purchasing a copy! www.weslpress.org/978081950189...

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Our editor @drheathergreen.bsky.social chose "From Hunters to Herders?: Analysing Visual Materials in Sheldon Jackson’s “Reindeer Reports” 1890-1906" by @peterrmartin.bsky.social as our latest Editor's Pick! niche-canada.org/2024/10/31/f... #envhist #envhum #animalhistory

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This sealskin painting from the Siberian Bering Strait was obtained from the Chukchi by the crew of a US whaler in the 1860s/1870s. Depicting hunting, shamans, fighting scenes, whaling schooners & kayaks, it could be a calendar of a year on the Chukchi Peninsula or a collection of everyday scenes.

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Setting aside some time to read this today - obviously because of its intellectual merit, but also because so many of these authors/editors have been integral to my 'journey' as an ECR geographer! Great people producing a great book - massive congrats to all!

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Very important essay by @seancarleton.bsky.social @alanlester.bsky.social @adeleperry.bsky.social @activehist.bsky.social (based on an excellent collection of essays) pointing out what makes #ResidentialSchool #Denialism so dangerous & exposing its roots. activehistory.ca/blog/2024/12... #cdnhist

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My book 'On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration' is now published. Order directly from @UnivNebPress and get 40% off with discount code 6AF24. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

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Call for Abstracts - ‘Epistemic Frontiers’? Geoscientific Knowledge, Authority, and Politics of Participation in Arctic and African Exploration - Oslo, 22–24th April 2025: www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english... #histsci

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Two permanent human geography posts at Durham University ( a focus on nature, climate change and just futures) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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I reviewed Northern Lights: A History of the Arctic Scots by the late Edward J. Cowan. You can read the review in Northern Scotland: www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

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I wrote an essay for the Teaching Arctic Environments project organized by @issygapp.bsky.social thanks for the opportunity to think with this map. Check it out if you want to read my attempt at critical cartography 🤓 www.teachingarcticenvironments.com/seriesone/ma...

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Many congratulations to @edarmstonsheret.bsky.social on the publication of "On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration". An important step in foregrounding the body, labour, and Indigenous agency in the historiography of exploration.

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📢📢📢 Hakluyt Society Essay ECR Prize 2025 ECRs avast! Essays (6k-8k) are invited on the history of travel, exploration, cultural encounter or their effects, or that critically engage with the work of the Society. Enter by 1/3/25 1st prize £1250 & 2nd prize £250. ⚓⚓⚓ hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci...

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Vol. 85 – our new special issue – is out! ‘Reflections on histories and philosophies of geography’, edited by Heike Jöns, @jbrigstocke.bsky.social, @paulinecouper.bsky.social and Federico Ferretti. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour... Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/20

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Here for your viewing pleasure: a starter pack of Arctic and Antarctic historians. Let me know who I've missed! ❄️🐻‍❄️🐧🇦🇶 go.bsky.app/5wCpeBA

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🚨Funded PhD opportunity🚨 The history of British geography told through the annual meetings of the IBG. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested. www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/fund...

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A new blog post from me on @nichecanada.bsky.social 👇 Massive thanks to @issygapp.bsky.social for all the editorial support!

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Today we have "Land of White Alice, America’s Arctic Imaginary, & the Visual Logics of Extraction" by @justinrawlins.bsky.social The 2nd post in Part IV of Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North edited by @issygapp.bsky.social & Jonathan Peyton niche-canada.org/2024/10/17/l... #envhist

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#NationalDayofTruthandReconciliation "In situating the history of residential schools within the framework of cultural genocide & within the broader context of European imperialism, the TRC report connects residential schools & #envhist" - Jocelyn Thorpe niche-canada.org/2016/04/27/i... #cdnhist

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Delighted to see the new special issue of the Journal of Historical Geography out: Reflections on histories and philosophies of geography. Edited by Heike Jöns, myself, Pauline Couper & Federico Ferretti: #geosky www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour... 🧵

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If you're in Glasgow and have nothing better to do / need to shelter from the autumn rain, you're very welcome to come to my book launch and inaugural lecture, 4-5pm on 9th October. Or join the livestream! Scan the QR code to register. Would be lovely to see you there.

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Nervously dipping my toe into the world of #geopoetics with this article. I try to show that poetry must be taken seriously as a means through which problematic depictions of Arctic indigenous peoples were created and circulated. Any and all feedback welcome! doi.org/10.1177/1474...

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New Special Issue in Dialogues in Human Geography: “Re-imagining the futures of geographical thought and praxis” The special issue includes an editorial and 38 commentaries that offer rich critical interventions. Read the full special issue here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/DHG/curr...

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This looks like an exciting opportunity for someone: a PhD in Tromsø, working on the history of Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland (pre-1800). Deadline is 15th September: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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A few reflections from me on attending the International Arctic Social Sciences Association's #ArcticCongress 2024. blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/20...

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I have a short commentary online early in the "Journal of Historical Geography" that will form part of a special issue marking the 40th anniversary of the History and Philosophy of Geography research group. The link to the commentary is good for 50 views: authors.elsevier.com/a/1inQZ15XEo...

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The findings from my rummage in the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social School of Geography map collections! 🗺❄ blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/mapcollectio...

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If anyone is in and around the East Midlands on Wednesday, I'll be presenting some ideas for a new project I'm working on. Please do come along!

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A lovely write-up of our HGRG 50th Anniversary celebrations! Many thanks to all who came along and made the conference such a success!

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Busy, busy day getting everything in place for the #HGRG_RGS Practicing Historical Geography conference! Really looking forward to welcoming everyone both in person and online and celebrating the group's 50th anniversary! 🎉🥳

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Using my first BlueSky post to promote the Historical Geography Research Group's Practicing Historical Geography Conference 2023 happening THIS WEEK at the University of Nottingham! Still time to register! Details here: t.co/ie9c7EMYbf Hopefully see many of you there (virtually or in-person)!

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