Jacob Tom
@jacobleetom.bsky.social
Recent PhD graduate from the University of Stavanger, Norway. Areas of research include: literature, history of ideas, environmental humanities, and board games.
Had the pleasure of writing down my thoughts about historical board games for NiCHE's series Playing Inside. Check out the whole series as it rolls out in the next months!
Today we have "History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games" by @jacobleetom.bsky.social
This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h...
#envhum
This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h...
#envhum
History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games
Historical board game Land Run: 1893 explores settler colonialism, Indigenous dispossession, and environmental degradation, balancing historical accuracy with player agency.
niche-canada.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Had the pleasure of writing down my thoughts about historical board games for NiCHE's series Playing Inside. Check out the whole series as it rolls out in the next months!
Reposted by Jacob Tom
Today we have "History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games" by @jacobleetom.bsky.social
This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h...
#envhum
This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h...
#envhum
History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games
Historical board game Land Run: 1893 explores settler colonialism, Indigenous dispossession, and environmental degradation, balancing historical accuracy with player agency.
niche-canada.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today we have "History on the Tabletop: A Brief Guide for Evaluating Historical Board Games" by @jacobleetom.bsky.social
This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h...
#envhum
This is the second article in the Playing Inside: Board Games, Video Games, and the Indoors series edited by @theliftline.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/09/25/h...
#envhum
The @greenhouseuis.net gang drawing sketches of "hibakujumoku" in Stavanger Botanical Garden for the "More-than-Human Worlds in Artistic Research" talks yesterday.
May 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The @greenhouseuis.net gang drawing sketches of "hibakujumoku" in Stavanger Botanical Garden for the "More-than-Human Worlds in Artistic Research" talks yesterday.
Reposted by Jacob Tom
Another one of our @greenhouseuis.net PhD students defended today. He gave a really interesting lecture in the morning on “traveling concepts” then defended the thesis in the afternoon.
Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Tom!
@jacobleetom.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Tom!
@jacobleetom.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Another one of our @greenhouseuis.net PhD students defended today. He gave a really interesting lecture in the morning on “traveling concepts” then defended the thesis in the afternoon.
Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Tom!
@jacobleetom.bsky.social
Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Tom!
@jacobleetom.bsky.social
Reposted by Jacob Tom
gettin' ready for an extremely busy March at the @greenhouseuis.net with talks by among others @kyliecrane.bsky.social, @mattholmes.bsky.social and @eikeheine.bsky.social, a conversation on publishing within #envhum, and @jacobleetom.bsky.social's PhD defence!
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February 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
gettin' ready for an extremely busy March at the @greenhouseuis.net with talks by among others @kyliecrane.bsky.social, @mattholmes.bsky.social and @eikeheine.bsky.social, a conversation on publishing within #envhum, and @jacobleetom.bsky.social's PhD defence!
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This will be a fun pair of days, and I'm excited to be sharing some of my own work. All are welcome in-person at UiS!
Next week The Greenhouse is hosting a 2-day event with open lectures on Play and Environmental Humanities, with a keynote by Scout Blum and ending with a Green Boardgames Night. Full program here: www.uis.no/en/research/... #envhist #envhum #boardgames
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
This will be a fun pair of days, and I'm excited to be sharing some of my own work. All are welcome in-person at UiS!
Reposted by Jacob Tom
November at the @greenhouseuis.net with @jacobleetom.bsky.social, @wildpasts.bsky.social, @josephaseeley.bsky.social, @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and others.
We are also going to be (re-)reading Joy Parr's Sensing Changes.
#envhist #envhum
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We are also going to be (re-)reading Joy Parr's Sensing Changes.
#envhist #envhum
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November 1, 2024 at 4:40 PM
November at the @greenhouseuis.net with @jacobleetom.bsky.social, @wildpasts.bsky.social, @josephaseeley.bsky.social, @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and others.
We are also going to be (re-)reading Joy Parr's Sensing Changes.
#envhist #envhum
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We are also going to be (re-)reading Joy Parr's Sensing Changes.
#envhist #envhum
🍂
Reposted by Jacob Tom
October at the @greenhouseuis.bsky.social with @asterhoving.bsky.social, @andersriel.bsky.social, @jacobleetom.bsky.social, @judithrauscher.bsky.social and others! 🍂
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
September 30, 2024 at 3:23 PM
October at the @greenhouseuis.bsky.social with @asterhoving.bsky.social, @andersriel.bsky.social, @jacobleetom.bsky.social, @judithrauscher.bsky.social and others! 🍂
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum