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In this blog, linked to their recently published Open Access article (online first, February 2026) in Environment and History, ‘Multifunctional Landscapes in Central Mainland Portugal: The Royal Administration of Almeirim and Sustainable Land Use from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Century’, Koldo Trapaga-Monchet and Raúl Romero-Calcerrada aim to shed light on the history of the royal … More The royal forests of Almeirim: A multifunctional landscape in the larger Ribatejo geographical-cultural area

Today’s blog by Donghyun Woo introduces his recent article in Environment and History (online first, 2026), ‘Squid and Socialists: Power, Nature and the Unruly East Sea in North Korea, 1945–1964’, and discusses what North Korea’s squid history can teach us.  In the summer of 1962, the North Korean state hosted a unique squid-fishing competition for squid in … More The Squid That Changed North Korea’s Socialist Policies

This blog post was published as part of a Special Section in tribute to Jeremy Swift in Nomadic Peoples 29.2 (September 2025) and offers a collection of personal tributes to this renowned anthropologist. You can read a previously unpublished research memoir by Jeremy and find a full bibliography of his works in the journal issue … More JEREMY J. SWIFT (1939–2024)

Reblog of Nancy Lindsfarne’s post about her and Richard Tapper’s new book, a lavish photographic collection, The Piruzai of Afghanistan, published in association with the White Horse Press and available to buy from our shop.