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scotterich.bsky.social
yeoman professor, oceans guy, PhD from CUNY
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Extremely overdue new edition of Mariners, Renegades & Castaways coming out this May; this one is an all-timer for me

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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.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

opening Goethe to see if this is good or bad

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Tagging this #CoastalStudies . We really need these hashtags to make work visible across interdisciplinary lines.

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Calling all arts, humanities and social sciences early-career researchers! 📢 Applications are now open for a collections-based fellowship to explore sustainability and the environment through our collections. Apply by 7 January 2025: bit.ly/BLSustainabi...

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This is a useful visualization of the Arabian Peninsula’s marginalization in Middle East Studies. While some important new journals and institutions in/on the peninsula are already ameliorating this problem, IJMES and some key US institutions remain anchored to Egypt, the Levant, and Turkey.

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Watching Moby Dick last night (Huston/Peck, as suggested), the girl was struck by the storm scene. That brought to mind this amazing photograph of the Garthsnaid by Alexander Harper Turner in 1920.

submitted 94 days ago • 4 comments

New book review: Erich on Palsson, Gisli: _Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction, The_. Princeton University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20041999...

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Starting now!!

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📣 We are delighted to welcome Prof. Mandana Limbert for the final Howell talk of the 2023-2024 academic year on Zoom this Friday, April 26! ZAKĀT, TAXATION, AND STATEHOOD IN THE BUREIMI DISPUTE Join us and register here! virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi... menasky

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Happy to share an essay about the history/promise/perils of fish farming in the Gulf of Oman as a part of this great series

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Coastal Futures, the latest series in our Theorizing the Contemporary Editor's Forum is now out!

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honey wake up the pope just dropped a new apostolic exhortation on the climate crisis www.vatican.va/content/fran...

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Have you ever wondered why a Saudi dairy company purchased an alfalfa farm in Arizona, or why Omani date palms were transplanted to the American southwest? Have you stopped to consider what these things might teach us about empire as a joint project?? This is the talk for you!!

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Folks: Natalie Koch is giving a Zoom talk about her excellent new book, ARID EMPIRE: THE ENTANGLED FATES OF ARIZONA AND ARABIA on October 6th – join us! Register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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I'm so pleased to be able to share a cover for my forthcoming poetry book, *Sailing without Ahab* - plus a few notes on the wayward origins of this strange project! stevementz.com/sailing-with...

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once again thinking about Marx and Melville’s helical-vortical view of history

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Hey @scotterich.bsky.social - you may want to take a look at this book as it’s relates to a few things you are thinking about ❤️from LA times environmental reporter ROSANNA XIA

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