Historian, author of The Summits of Modern Man, co-editor of Other Everests; prof @WPI; opinions own; RT≠endorsement
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Feb 24
Skimo's debut at the Winter Olympics was a great opportunity to talk about the longer connections between science and mountaineering with Flora Lichtman on NPR's Science Friday:
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Feb 16
Really fun to talk with Fredricka Whitfield at @CNN about Ski mountaineering, or #Skimo, the newest Winter Olympics competition that combines two sports with long histories. Mixed relays impressively meet the Olympics goal of gender equality.
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Feb 6
Happy Science Friday! Here’s what we’re covering today on the show. Listen on your local public radio station, 2-4 p.m. ET. ⛷️ 🐐 ⭐️ 🧑💻
📸 : Kevin White
Learn more here: buff.ly/8RIIRNG
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Feb 6
Are goats the GOAT of mountaineering?🏔️🐐
Host Flora Lichtman learns about climbing snowy mountains as “skimo,” aka ski mountaineering, ⛷️ makes its debut as a Winter Olympic event. Plus, a wildlife ecologist talks about the gravity-defying skills of mountain goats. buff.ly/4QwuKnV
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21 Feb 2025
Congratulations to @LucyMCaplan whose excellent Dreaming in Ensemble from @Harvard_Press explores "the interplay between collective aspiration and institutional exclusion and how Black artists navigated the divide."
21 Feb 2025
WPI professor Lucy Caplan explores how Black artists helped transform opera in new book "Dreaming in Ensemble." telegram.com/story/entertain…
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21 Feb 2025
"A Responsibility to Protect? From Humanitarian Intervention to Human Security," with Michael Butler, @ClarkUniversity, our next speaker on March 20, 2025. Register by March 14 to attend in person or by time of event to attend remotely.
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11 Dec 2024
Join us at 5pm GMT today to mark #InternationalMountainDay as the team behind @OtherEverests launch their new edited collection.
Register for this online webinar here: manchesteruniversitypress.co…
30% off the book for event attendees!
#Everest
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27 Nov 2024
To mark International Mountain Day 2024, we have assembled a number of the contributors to the new volume '@OtherEverests: One mountain, many worlds', to discuss the past, present and future of the world’s highest peak.
Join us online on 11th December: manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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6 Dec 2024
Join our global network of contributors on December 11 to discuss the many worlds of Mount Everest.
27 Nov 2024
To mark International Mountain Day 2024, we have assembled a number of the contributors to the new volume '@OtherEverests: One mountain, many worlds', to discuss the past, present and future of the world’s highest peak.
Join us online on 11th December: manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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6 Dec 2024
It was an honor to join these wonderful colleagues at Kendal to celebrate the book reaching its first audience!
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23 Oct 2024
Pandemic Readiness, with @JenniferNuzzo Director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health, our next speaker on Thurs, November 7. Register by Oct 31 for in person, by time of event for remote attendance.
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Peter H. Hansen retweeted
16 Oct 2024
Since the deaths of British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine in 1924, histories of the mountain have overwhelmingly focused on the mythologies of western male adventure & conquest.
But there are many more stories waiting to be told.
Other Everests, out next month.
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1 Jul 2024
Trailer launch time! It's been a fairytale making MOUNTAIN QUEEN: THE SUMMITS OF LHAKPA SHERPA and you can watch it from July 31 all around the world, only on Netflix 🏔️👑❤️ netflix.com/mountainqueen #mountainqueen @netflix
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29 May 2024
Today is Mount Everest Day or International Everest Day, honouring the two brave climbers who were first to climb the highest mountain in the world on 29 May 1953.
We're so excited to be publishing @OtherEverests in November, available to pre-order now: manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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15 Jun 2023
#Gender matters in #mountaineering. A massive thank you to our series editors Stephen Wagg and David Andrews and the 24 authors, too many to mention here, let's keep the conversation going @e_boocock @zoe_avner Gender, Politics and Change in Mountaineering bit.ly/3NbFh9Y
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5 Jun 2023
La revue "Les Sports Modernes" disponible sur le portail #Libreo ici: libreo.ch/revues/les-sports-… Un premier numéro sur la #montagne et ses multiples #modernité @ClubAlpinSuisse @geschichte_ch @HistoryMartin @SFHS_HistSport #Alphil @sspunil @unilsport
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25 Aug 2022
Namche Bazaar, Everest
Undated.
Photographer: Johan Reinhard.
Keep discovering Nepal through its history!
Explore: archivenepal.org/johan_reinh…
#archives #history #archivenepal #nepaliheritage #nepalihistory #nepal #digitization #johanreinhard #everest
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22 Aug 2022
"I am a historian. Therefore, I love life."
Read our response to "Is History History?," the AHA column that caused something of a storm among historians last week.
#EnvHist #EnvHum
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4 Aug 2022
Hot off the press 🔥🔥🔥
@ksgokul_'s article "Contemporary Tibetan Cinema: Image & Voice" was published in @YesheJournal!
Tracing the history of Tibet onscreen, he engages with concerns of identity & representation in Tibetan cinema!
Full article here: tibetscapes.wordpress.com/20…
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