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It was our pleasure again to sponsor the Poster Prize at the ESEH conference in Uppsala last week. The worthy winners were Andrei Vinogradov and Alexandra Raeva with their poster ‘Melting Mountains’. The poster was both graphically effective, indeed beautiful, and presented information succinctly and in a way that created an overall sense of design: … More ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE – UPPSALA 2025
In this blog, Isis Brook, deputy editor of Plant Perspectives, reviews the exhibition ‘Unearthed: The Power of Gardening’, at the British Library until 10 August 2025. More information on the exhibition can be found here. If you have the opportunity to visit the exhibition do take it. There is surprisingly little on the British Library website … More Unearthed: The Power of Gardening, an exhibition at the British Library, London
In this blog post, Plant Perspectives associate editor Diego Molina reviews the British Library Conference Gardens and Empires, held on 27–28 June 2025. Plant Perspectives‘ Deputy Editor Isis Brook’s report on the linked exhibition will follow soon… On the 27th and 28th of June, the conference Gardens and Empires took place at the British Library in London. … More Gardens and Empires: A Two-Day Conference at the British Library to Unearth the Power Behind Gardens
This blog post republishes the obituary of John Dargavel by Mauro Agnoletti, co-editor in chief of Global Environment, published in Global Environment 18.2 (June 2025). John was a good friend to the White Horse Press, serving on the board of Global Environment and publishing two books with us, Science and Hope (with Elisabeth Johann) and … More Obituary: Dr John Dargavel 1932–2024
In this blog, originally published as a Snapshot in Environment and History (February 2025) Emma L. Verstraete uses the history of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska to demonstrate why using a critical lens on past human modifications across the landscape can provide vital context for modern researchers working in regions that have experienced large volumes … More CONTEXTUALISING EXTRACTIVE LANDSCAPES FOR CLIMATE FORECASTING
In this blog, first published as Snapshot in Environment and History (May 2025), Kelly Hemmings explores how agricultural ‘improvement’ and agrochemicals have shaped and reshaped conceptualisations of arable plants (crops, wildflowers, weeds) in British fields since the 1750s. Introduction Arable plants, such as Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), are the wild species that grow on cultivated land, … More ‘THIS DISAGREEABLE WEED’: ARABLE PLANT CONSERVATION MAY BENEFIT FROM HISTORICAL PUBLICATION INSIGHTS
Mykyta Peregrym’s essay, originally published in Plant Perspectives 2.1 (April 2025) explores the profound and intricate connections between personal memories and birch trees throughout the author’s life, from the Soviet Union and Ukraine to Finnish Lapland, intertwining the author’s childhood experiences, family history and adult reflections with birch trees functioning as poignant symbols of continuity … More A BIRCH MEMORY WEB
This blog, arranged by Sandra Swart, was first published in Environment and History as the ESEH Notepad, February 2025. It focuses on the ESEH NEXTGATe team which supports early career scholars. In strong support of our early-career ESEH members, the Next Generation Action Team (NEXTGATe) has been going almost six years now – or almost … More ESEH NOTEPAD. NEXTGATe REPORT BACK
In this blog, originally published as an Environment and History ‘Snapshot’ in August 2024, Dimitrios Bormpoudakis uses the case of forced exile in Greek islands to illustrate how ecologies of displacement matter in adapting to climate change. ‘Narratives of the [past] matter in climate adaptation’.[1] Following this cue, I argue that environmental histories about displacement matter … More ‘THE LIGHT OF DAY WAS OUR COMRADE’: ECOLOGIES OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND THE CHALLENGE OF UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENTS
In this blog, originally published as the ICEHO pages in Global Environment 17.3 Jonatan Palmblad advocates for a renewed scholarship of synthesis – the ability to bridge theory and practice, history, present and future – and even the physical and the metaphysical It was the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana who observed that ‘Those who cannot remember the … More ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY’S USABLE PAST: ON REVIVING THE SCHOLARSHIP OF SYNTHESIS
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