Harry Croft
@harrycroft.bsky.social
he/him | Humboldt research fellow | environmental history | Universität Augsburg
Tomorrow is my guest lecture on imperialism and the environment!
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Tomorrow is my guest lecture on imperialism and the environment!
Monash University's peer-reviewed HDR Historical Studies journal, Eras, is announcing the call for papers for their next issue, due before the end of the year!
October 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Monash University's peer-reviewed HDR Historical Studies journal, Eras, is announcing the call for papers for their next issue, due before the end of the year!
New publication from me!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is it fair or accurate to characterise sheep as "shock troops of Empire?" I came to this question while reading settlers' and pastoralists' letters and diaries from the Port Phillip District in the 1840s
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is it fair or accurate to characterise sheep as "shock troops of Empire?" I came to this question while reading settlers' and pastoralists' letters and diaries from the Port Phillip District in the 1840s
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New publication from me!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is it fair or accurate to characterise sheep as "shock troops of Empire?" I came to this question while reading settlers' and pastoralists' letters and diaries from the Port Phillip District in the 1840s
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is it fair or accurate to characterise sheep as "shock troops of Empire?" I came to this question while reading settlers' and pastoralists' letters and diaries from the Port Phillip District in the 1840s
Really enjoyed a visit to München Literaturhaus’ exhibition on Susan Sontag today, which included her Hermes jacket and a lot of personal writings, and a beautiful series of photographs of the interior of her NY apartment. But not a single mention of Annie Leibowitz?
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Really enjoyed a visit to München Literaturhaus’ exhibition on Susan Sontag today, which included her Hermes jacket and a lot of personal writings, and a beautiful series of photographs of the interior of her NY apartment. But not a single mention of Annie Leibowitz?
Extraordinary news for lovers of Fleetwood Mac—and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks especially: more than half a century after it was first released on vinyl, the 1973 LP Buckingham Nicks has FINALLY been re-released and can be heard in all its glory in all the usual places!
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Extraordinary news for lovers of Fleetwood Mac—and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks especially: more than half a century after it was first released on vinyl, the 1973 LP Buckingham Nicks has FINALLY been re-released and can be heard in all its glory in all the usual places!
Visiting McGill University, QC, where the librarian has just apologised that they don't hold very many books on site, before leading me up six floors crammed with microfiche, maps, manuscripts, books, and so on 🤤
August 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Visiting McGill University, QC, where the librarian has just apologised that they don't hold very many books on site, before leading me up six floors crammed with microfiche, maps, manuscripts, books, and so on 🤤
Moraine Lake, AB, strong contender for most beautiful place ever
August 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Moraine Lake, AB, strong contender for most beautiful place ever
Air Canada has not met workers' demands so they're on strike. This means I won't arrive into Vancouver until 36 hours after I'd hoped, missing out on a trip to UBC-Vancouver special collections. Still, there are worse places to be stuck than my best friend's place in Darwin with its perfect sunsets!
August 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Air Canada has not met workers' demands so they're on strike. This means I won't arrive into Vancouver until 36 hours after I'd hoped, missing out on a trip to UBC-Vancouver special collections. Still, there are worse places to be stuck than my best friend's place in Darwin with its perfect sunsets!
PhDone and added to Monash's library! Now seems as good a time as any to say I will soon be off to Germany to take up a Humboldt research fellowship
With thanks to EVERYONE who made it happen <3
bridges.monash.edu/articles/the...
With thanks to EVERYONE who made it happen <3
bridges.monash.edu/articles/the...
July 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
PhDone and added to Monash's library! Now seems as good a time as any to say I will soon be off to Germany to take up a Humboldt research fellowship
With thanks to EVERYONE who made it happen <3
bridges.monash.edu/articles/the...
With thanks to EVERYONE who made it happen <3
bridges.monash.edu/articles/the...
Well that's a bit nice!
July 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Well that's a bit nice!
And while I was away my chapter on representations of public transport in Taylor Swift's oeuvre was published! With thanks to the editors and conference conveners for their enthusiasm for this project—and to my friends who provided advice on earlier drafts!
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
July 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
And while I was away my chapter on representations of public transport in Taylor Swift's oeuvre was published! With thanks to the editors and conference conveners for their enthusiasm for this project—and to my friends who provided advice on earlier drafts!
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Having just returned home I can say that that was a very excellent week. I'll be thinking about the wonderful @austhistassoc.bsky.social papers for a long time!
July 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Having just returned home I can say that that was a very excellent week. I'll be thinking about the wonderful @austhistassoc.bsky.social papers for a long time!
Townsville? More like wowsville! First impressions are very good
June 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Townsville? More like wowsville! First impressions are very good
Next week! I will present some research in Townsville on Birrarung/Yarra River, asking, through an environmental history and queer ecologies lens, what a river actually is, what its boundaries are, and examining how the answer to this changes over time and according to whom you ask. Be there!
June 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Next week! I will present some research in Townsville on Birrarung/Yarra River, asking, through an environmental history and queer ecologies lens, what a river actually is, what its boundaries are, and examining how the answer to this changes over time and according to whom you ask. Be there!
Congratulations to Rohan Howitt on the publication of this beautiful book yesterday
May 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Congratulations to Rohan Howitt on the publication of this beautiful book yesterday
First time in Darwin and I loved it very much. I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact my best friend lives here now... Swimming during a storm at Litchfield NP was a particular highlight
March 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
First time in Darwin and I loved it very much. I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact my best friend lives here now... Swimming during a storm at Litchfield NP was a particular highlight
Alphabetical order by author's surname doing a LOT of heavy lifting here! Do come along to this wonderful ESEH roundtable next month
eseh.org/envhistoday-...
eseh.org/envhistoday-...
February 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Alphabetical order by author's surname doing a LOT of heavy lifting here! Do come along to this wonderful ESEH roundtable next month
eseh.org/envhistoday-...
eseh.org/envhistoday-...
Heyo! I just tried to submit my abstract but the email bounced! Any thoughts?
February 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Heyo! I just tried to submit my abstract but the email bounced! Any thoughts?
Today I went for a paddle through Noosa's Everglades (Kabi Kabi Country), one of only two everglades systems in the world. Very tranquil!
February 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Today I went for a paddle through Noosa's Everglades (Kabi Kabi Country), one of only two everglades systems in the world. Very tranquil!
Today I took a trip up to the Upper Yarra Reservoir. Also saw two lyrebirds
February 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Today I took a trip up to the Upper Yarra Reservoir. Also saw two lyrebirds
Finally found some evidence of horses who worked on the Upper Yarra Reservoir project in the MMBW board meeting minutes!
January 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Finally found some evidence of horses who worked on the Upper Yarra Reservoir project in the MMBW board meeting minutes!
Do check out this very timely call for papers that my clever friends at Macquarie University have assembled: "Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress"!—abstracts due 24 Feb
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Do check out this very timely call for papers that my clever friends at Macquarie University have assembled: "Thinking Beyond Liberal Narratives of Progress"!—abstracts due 24 Feb