Senior Lecturer in American History, Northumbria Uni // interested in histories of energy and health, the energy humanities and all things energy related.
Joined September 2016
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
27 Aug 2024
Great job opportunity - please share widely: two-year post on the project 'Global Governance, Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present'! work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/…
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6 Aug 2024
A week left to apply to the Research Fellow position on “Carbon Bodies” (deadline the 12th). If you are interested in energy, the body, and its relationship to public health policy, do consider applying. jobs.ac.uk/job/DIR074/resear… #envhist #envhums #histtech #medhums #healthhums
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
11 Jul 2024
We are currently advertising for a Research Fellow post on Dr Rebecca Wright's @wellcometrust-funded project, ‘Carbon Bodies: Warmth and Fuelling Health in Britain, 1918 to 2022’. 36 month post from October 2024, full-time, £39,347 to £44,262. jobs.ac.uk/job/DIR074/resear…
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11 Jul 2024
Popping up to announce that my new project 'Carbon Bodies: Warmth and Fuelling Health in Britain' has been awarded a Wellcome Trust CDA. Best thing is I can now advertise a 3-year Research Fellow post to join me on the project. Come be my collaborator! work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/…
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14 Jan 2022
Access to heat has long been political. I have tried to provide some historical context on the tragic fire in the Bronx in this article.
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
24 Mar 2021
We're putting together a new committee for an #EHW2021
#envhist tweeters, would you like to join in? 👇
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
15 Mar 2021
EHW 2021: Call for organizers! environmentalhistoryworkshop…
We have been hearing from #envhist friends that an Environmental History Workshop in 2021 would be fun. We agree! DM or email to discuss joining the 2021 organizing committee 😃
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
3 Oct 2019
Academic jobs! We're recruiting in the field of BAME History (focus on BAME communities in Britain and/or Continental Europe). Details via northumbria.ac.uk/work-for-u… (Associate Professor/Professor) and northumbria.ac.uk/work-for-u… (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer).
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5 Sep 2019
Last few free tickets left for the "Environmental History Workshop". Catering order has been confirmed and we are ready to go! Can't wait to welcome everyone to Newcastle next week.
The programme for the Environmental History workshop 2019 is out now! A limited number of free tickets are available. Register now to come along and join our discussions at Northumbria University on 13 September
eventbrite.com/e/flows-envir…
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9 Aug 2019
Check out our programme for the Second "Environmental History Workshop" on "Flows". Can't wait to welcome such a diverse group of environmental historians to Newcastle in September. Exciting panels on water, energy, ideas. Free spaces are limited, so register below.
The programme for the Environmental History workshop 2019 is out now! A limited number of free tickets are available. Register now to come along and join our discussions at Northumbria University on 13 September
eventbrite.com/e/flows-envir…
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14 May 2019
Thrilled to have escaped marking this afternoon to speak about my research on heat, energy and health in NYC @ManCHSTM. #envirhistorians if you are around the Manchester area it is in 2.57, Simon building, at 3:30pm.
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
7 May 2019
Please see here a new publication from @MatCultEnergy team members. With thanks for the wonderful contributions and RCC Perspectives editorial team, and support of @CarsonCenter & @DeutschesMuseum
6 May 2019
New issue of RCC Perspectives now online! Energizing the Spaces of Everyday Life: Learning from the Past for a #Sustainable Future, edited by Vanessa Taylor & Heather Chappells bit.ly/2Vi4p78 #fossilfuels #renewables #energyregimes #envhum #envhist #ecovillage #envtech
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
16 Apr 2019
Still riding that #ASEH2019 high? Seize the moment and submit an abstract for Flows - the Second Environmental History Workshop @NorthumbriaHist in September. Deadline 18 April 🍃🌊🌇
18 Mar 2019
Brexit is delayed and @envhistworkshop is extending the deadline for the 2019 workshop on "flows" for a month! Keep on sending us abstracts for the workshop on 13 September @NorthumbriaUni. CFP open until 18 April.
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29 Mar 2019
Great afternoon @MatCultEnergy "Communicating Energy" workshop. Take home message : visual communication is an effective tool in energy behaviour change. For a former art historian, this is good news.
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Rebecca Wright retweeted
18 Mar 2019
Brexit is delayed and @envhistworkshop is extending the deadline for the 2019 workshop on "flows" for a month! Keep on sending us abstracts for the workshop on 13 September @NorthumbriaUni. CFP open until 18 April.
environmentalhistoryworkshop…
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15 Mar 2019
It started as a rant and ended as an article. Really excited to see my latest work published in @HistoryWO. All thanks to the folks @MassObsArchive @SussexHumsLab doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbz005
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4 Mar 2019
Time is flying. #envirhistorians #envirhist don't forget to get your abstracts in for @envhistworkshop by the 18th of March. The theme this year is "FLOWS". Come join us @NorthumbriaHist this September. bit.ly/2EKXido
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