The fantasy (and hubris) of technological objects when they are in fact envirotechical things #histtech #envhist #envirotech

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Are you interested in organizing the 2026 ESEH Summer School in Environmental History?
ESEH offers advisory and financial support to the selected proposal. Consider submitting a proposal by 15 March 2026!

#lastMinute #summerSchool #envhist

https://eseh.org/call-for-proposals-2026-eseh-summer-school-in-environmental-history

Call for Proposals: 2026 ESEH Summer School in Environmental History – European Society for Environmental History

JOB: PhD researcher (2,5 years position) in the project "Feathers of Empire" at the University of Tübingen, Germany

The research project “Feathers of Empire: Commodifying and Conserving Nature during the 19th Century” invites applications for the position of PhD researcher (f/m/d, E13 TV-L, 65%) to join the research team on July 1st, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter

https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/university/careers/newsfullview-job-advertisements/article/1-phd-researcher-f-m-d-e13-tv-l-65

#conservationHistory #envhist

1 PhD Researcher (f/m/d, E13 TV-L, 65%) | University of Tübingen

Call for Applications: "The Verena Winiwarter Prize" for the best article contributing to global environmental history🥇

Articles must have been published between January 2024 and June 2026.

Articles will be accepted in English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, German, Russian, Korean, French and Turkish, but consideration by the committee will depend on the capacity to read them.

Prize: $250

If the winning article is not in English, and if copyright status allows for it, it will be translated and published in English in Global Environment.

The application deadline is August 15, 2026

https://www.iceho.org/prize

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Prize — ICEHO

ICEHO

Job: PhD position (3+2 years) in environmental history at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland (in German)

https://jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stellen/promotionsstelle-m-w-d/314df227-e433-426a-992a-7de22340abe5

#JobKlaxon #envhist

HSG: Promotionsstelle (m/w/d)

Wille zu selbständiger Archiv- und Forschungsarbeit Bereitschaft zur Zusammenarbeit in regelmäßig stattfindenden Kolloquien Aktive Teilnahme an Fachkonferenzen Gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse Die Anstellung erfolgt über eine 60%-Assistenzstelle an den Professuren von Dania Achermann (Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte) und von Caspar Hirschi (Allgemeine Geschichte). Die Stelle richtet sich an forschungsinteressierte Personen mit einem Master-Abschluss in Geschichte oder angrenzenden Fächern, die sich in ihrer Promotionsarbeit mit Themen der Wissenschafts-, Technik- und/oder Umweltgeschichte des 19. und/oder 20. Jahrhunderts auseinandersetzen möchten.

HSG
Thinking about Joel Tarr's classic book, The Search for the Ultimate Sink. And the power of metaphors: sink vs. "crematorium" for satellites. #envhist #histtech

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Call for Submissions: The Inaugural William Burr Prize in Nuclear History

The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), in partnership with McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP), is pleased to announce the launch of the William Burr Prize.

For full eligibility requirements, submission deadlines, and nomination procedures, please visit the official announcement on the SHAFR website.

#nuclearHistory #envhist #internationalRelations

https://www.shafr.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2025&month=12&day=20&id=392%253Acall-for-submissions-the-william-burr-prize-in-nuclear-history

Call for Submissions: The William Burr Prize in Nuclear History

My PhD thesis 'Carrying Capacity: Nitrogen and the Intensification of Irish Pasture Systems, 1945-2007' is finally finally finally finalised!!

I'm very proud of it so if you're interested in Irish histories of industrialisation, the Nitrates Directive, natural gas, fertiliser manufacturing, soil science, silage, water pollution, or decolonial perspectives, please take a look and let me know what you think! There's something in there for everyone imo.
https://hdl.handle.net/2262/112655

#histodons #mastodaoine #EnvHist