Tag: history

The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000 

September 25, 2025

In this blog to accompany her just-published article ‘The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000’ in Environment and History Rithma Kreie Engelbreth Larsen interrogates the history of the ‘Ecological Indian’ trope and the surrounding debate, which highlights the broader question of the legitimacy of Indigenous … More The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000 

Unearthed: The Power of Gardening, an exhibition at the British Library, London

July 28, 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

Gardens and Empires: A Two-Day Conference at the British Library to Unearth the Power Behind Gardens

July 15, 2025

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

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY’S USABLE PAST: ON REVIVING THE SCHOLARSHIP OF SYNTHESIS

March 13, 2025

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

Climates and cultures in History – Volume 1 Editorial

January 14, 2025

This blog reproduces the editorial by editors Franz Mauelshagen, Nicola Di Cosmo and Eleonora Rohland of the first volume of the peer reviewed Open Access journal Climates and Cultures in History, which was finalised in December 2024. It sets out the vision of the journal and invites new submissions (via our online system). It is … More Climates and cultures in History – Volume 1 Editorial

Eel fisheries and environmental heritage in Northwest Denmark

November 18, 2024

In this blog, Bo Poulsen reflects on the lost culture of eel fishing, and consumption on Denmark’s Limfjord, as explored in his new co-authored article in Environment and History, ‘Seasonal Migrants and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in a Region of Risk: The Pulse Seine Fisheries in Limfjorden, Denmark, c.1740–1860‘, with Camilla Andersen (ahead of print, October … More Eel fisheries and environmental heritage in Northwest Denmark

HAUNTED VEGETATION: FORMERLY GERMAN ORCHARDS IN POLISH POMERANIA

May 30, 2024

In today’s blog, previously published as a ‘Snapshot’ in Environment and History 30.1 (February 2024), Karolina Ćwiek-Rogalska employs a hauntological approach to abandoned Pomeranian orchards in present-day north-western Poland, to explore the effects of post-1945 population migrations. This essay employs a hauntological approach to explore the effects of post-1945 mass migrations in Central Europe, particularly … More HAUNTED VEGETATION: FORMERLY GERMAN ORCHARDS IN POLISH POMERANIA

INEQUALITIES IN THE LAND: COLONIAL LEGACIES AND THE QUEST FOR LAND EQUITY IN ZIMBABWE

May 22, 2024

In this blog, originally published as the ICEHO pages in Global Environment 17.1 (February 2024), Admire Mseba outlines attempts to address land inequalities in postcolonial Zimbabwe, arguing that such efforts often ‘essentially ignore longstanding forms of inequality, anchored in systems of power with deep roots in the precolonial past and reinforced by colonial policies’. In … More INEQUALITIES IN THE LAND: COLONIAL LEGACIES AND THE QUEST FOR LAND EQUITY IN ZIMBABWE

Entire of Itself? Towards an Environmental History of Islands

April 16, 2024

In this blog, Milica Prokić and Pavla Šimková introduce their just published edited volume Entire of Itself? Towards an Environmental History of Islands, which is available in both print and Open Access digital format. What role has the environment played in the history of islands? Is there even such a thing as environmental history of islands? … More Entire of Itself? Towards an Environmental History of Islands

Paradise Blues: Travels through American Environmental History

January 10, 2024

We are delighted to have just published Christof Mauch’s Paradise Blues in English translation (by Lucy Jones). The prologue invites readers to jump in to a book described by Don Worster as ‘a new kind of history for a world seeking hope’ and by Serenella Iovino as ‘a rich and unpredictable epiphany of stories’. The … More Paradise Blues: Travels through American Environmental History