#CfP: Online Roundtable Series on the Colonial Histories of Energy

Researchers specialising in #energyhistory and #colonialhistory are invited to participate in a series of online roundtables on the colonial histories of energy

The roundtable(s) are set to take place online in early September 2026

The deadline for submissions is 15 July.

⚔️ Warfare has always depended on energy.

In the early modern period, armies consumed forests, animals, and food on a massive scale.

The logistical demands of campaigns created real resource pressures that shaped both military strategy and regional economies.

#MilitaryHistory #EnergyHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/early-modern-warfare-energy-crisis/

⚡ War has often triggered energy crises that ripple through the global economy.

Oil embargoes, supply disruptions, and price spikes have reshaped policy and strategy for decades.

Understanding those historical shocks helps explain why energy security remains such a critical geopolitical issue today.

#EnergyHistory #OilCrisis #GlobalEconomy #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/war-energy-price-shocks-oil-crises-history/

The Oil Shock That Changed the World:

What Really Happened During the 1974 Oil Embargo

#OilCrisis #EnergyHistory #Geopolitics #AureFreePress

https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever

The 1974 Oil Embargo: Real Energy Crisis or the Most Misunderstood Shock in American History?

Read more at Aure Free Press
#OilCrisis #EnergyHistory #Geopolitics #AureFreePress

https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever

I wrote a short review of Marc Landry’s _Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel Age_! A full review will be published in the _Journal of Modern History_ in due time.

https://bookwyrm.social/user/wilko/comment/9055879

#envhist #energyhistory #Alps #histodons #histtech

☀️ A century of trying to harness the sun’s power — from Aston’s lab to today’s Tokamak reactors.

🔥 Are we finally close, or still running toward a moving target?

https://brewminate.com/chasing-the-sun-a-century-of-fusion-energy-from-aston-to-tokamak/

#Brewminate #FusionEnergy #CleanEnergy #EnergyHistory #FutureTech

⚡ Green hydrogen’s journey: discovered in 1766, tangled in tech dreams, and even showing up in a 1972 AMC Gremlin.

🌍 It’s a story that proves the road to the future is anything but boring.

https://brewminate.com/tracing-the-arc-of-green-hydrogen-from-1766-to-the-gremlin-in-1972/

#Brewminate #GreenHydrogen #CleanEnergy #EnergyHistory #FutureFuel