In "Latin America in Debate," eminent Argentine social theorist, novelist, & activist Maristella Svampa @SvampaM provides an overview of key political & intellectual debates in Latin America from the 20th century to now. Check out the intro for free!
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ALT Cover of Latin America in Debate by Maristella Svampa, translated by Alejandro Reyes. The cover features a stylized map of Latin America filled with colorful, intricate textile patterns. The background is a textured orange hue. The title is displayed in bold white and blue letters.
In "Land of Famished Beings," Sophie Chao examines how Indigenous Marind communities understand and theorize the condition of hunger in lowland West Papua. Read the introduction for free now: bit.ly/43qhs6o#Anthropology
ALT Cover of Land of Famished Beings: West Papuan Theories of Hunger by Sophie Chao. The cover features a photograph, taken by the author, of dried betel nuts in a plastic bag. The dried nuts are brown and disk shaped with a wrinkled surface. The bag also contains what appear to be green pods. A finger belonging to a person with Black skin points at the dried nuts.
I had such a fantastic time at the Lambeth Festival today talking about ‘The Roma’. The audience was amazing and I am SO thankful for the wonderful questions!
Brilliant book & book launch by @madeline_cct for her important & powerful The Roma: A Travelling History, make sure to get a copy if you have not already: penguin.co.uk/books/456889/t…
Please share our CFP for the annual Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre Early Career Scholars Prize in Ocean History. Submissions due by 15 March 2025. oceansciencehistory.com/2025…
Applications are now open for 2025-26 IASH Fellowships, with 50 places available! Apply here: iash.ed.ac.uk/application-fo…
Senior/mid-career programmes close 28 Feb. Postdoctoral/early-career programmes close 25 Apr.
See our Fellowship pages for details: iash.ed.ac.uk/fellowship-pro…
ALT An IASH Fellow in the Fellows' Library: a man with dark hair, glasses and a beard wearing a blue shirt. He is reading a book in front of glass-fronted bookshelves.
Yet, despite UNCLOS being in force for 30 yrs, ocean conditions are worsening. Marine animal diversity is declining. Under UNCLOS mandate, the ISA regs being finalised will enable national & private corporations to mine the intl. deep seabed…destroying deep ecologies forever. 🌊
🌊The Built Ocean: EAHN Thematic Conference
📌Porto, 10–13 September 2025
This themed conference aims to shift the focus of architectural history from the land to the sea.
thebuiltocean.com/#bluehumanities#architecturehistory
Launching the Environmental History Teaching Support Program for ECRs! 2 online workshops October 16 &18 with insights from experienced teachers: Profs @DudleyMarianna & Shen Hou
More details and sign up here: tinyurl.com/ybbn7d6j#envhist#envhum
Please share widely!
The call for submissions to the @esehtweets Bristol-Bern Prize for Public Environmental History is open! If you are doing work that engages public audiences in innovative ways, please consider applying. More info here: shorturl.at/QfqQa
Deadline 1 May 25 so you’ve got time!
🌿Call for Submissions: ESEH 2025 Bristol-Bern Prize in Public Environmental History (2Bs Prize)🌿
eseh.org/call-for-submission…
If you have undertaken work in #envhist that includes a public engagement component, apply for this prize!
Dismantling Green Colonialism has received much critical acclaim since its publication. Here, @maxajl argues that, missing a broader anti-imperialist politics, the book loses its political edge & is unable to help address the problems it identifies.
roape.net/2024/09/18/dismant…