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Katerina Liontou (she/her)
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PhD student exploring the connections between Early Romantic writing and present-day climate change📚🌋 🌍@LeedsEnvHums @PriestleyCentre
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romgothsam.bsky.social
If of interest to anyone, I've shared (possibly temporarily) a talk I made for a Bronte course on adapting Wuthering Heights.

It's based on an earlier talk I gave called 'Adapting Heathcliff; or The Gothic has an Anti-Romani racism problem.'

youtu.be/gfxLTB2IBvo?...
Adapting Heathcliff: Romani Representation and Adaptations of Wuthering Heights with Sam Hirst
YouTube video by Romancing the Gothic
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February 4, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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brycchancarey.bsky.social
Please join the @asleuki.bsky.social online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & @tobiasmenely.bsky.social. Register at asle.org.uk/events/semin...
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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nichecanada.bsky.social
Our editor Philip Gooding chose “Violence of Melt: Visual Infrastructures and Erasure in the Arctic" by Audrey Medaino-Tardif as an Editor's Pick!

niche-canada.org/2025/10/27/v...

#envhist #envhum #arctic #glaciers #climatechange
Violence of Melt: Visual Infrastructures and Erasure in the Arctic
The Arctic is melting. In the visual culture of the Arctic and environmental research, melt is affective. It is treated as an object of aesthetic and study, a symbol of urgency. Most prevalent images ...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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brycchancarey.bsky.social
It's great to see so many signing up for the @asleuki.bsky.social Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT, but there's still room for more! Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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uofglasgowasc.bsky.social
📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!

We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.

Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

📆Closing date: 5 January 2026

#UofGLibraryFellows
Graphic showing double page opening of emblem book from Stirling Maxwell Collection featuring portrait of a man on the left and a printed emblem of text and image on the right. The image is overlaid with information about the fellowship scheme welcoming researchers and repeating closing date and URL to follow.
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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sadpphicstanza.bsky.social
If any of you want to analyse the new Frankenstein film, let us know!!! It would work great in the Romanticism Now/Romantic Reimaginings blog series or on the TikTok 👀

(And of course any other ideas you have! But I've just finished watching Frankenstein lol)
bars.bsky.social British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · Oct 17
We would love YOU to write for the BARS Blog! If you have an idea for the blog or for our TikTok/Instagram channel, then please do get in touch! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/
More info ⤵️
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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juliaditter.bsky.social
Deadline extended to 16 November!

@asle-us.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @advancesjournal.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @bacls.bsky.social
juliaditter.bsky.social Julia Ditter @juliaditter.bsky.social · Oct 3
Call for Contributions: Victorian Infrastructures & their Environmental Legacies

We're still looking for articles to be included in our @openlibhums.org special issue!

Abstracts are due 31 October, full texts 31 March '26.

@bavs-uk.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @asleuki.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social
OLHJ_CfP.pdf
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November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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bars.bsky.social
Call for Contributors: Volcanic Materiality: Cultural Phenomena in the Age of the Anthropocene, edited by Dewey H. Hall.

Abstracts of 2-300 words due by 30th November 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6205
Call for Contributors: Volcanic Materiality – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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manchesterup.bsky.social
This #GreenLibrariesWeek, explore our range of titles on nature, environment and sustainability across art, colonial history, economics, politics and more in the UK and across the world: tinyurl.com/environment-list

#nature #environment #sustainability
The MUP Green Libraries Week graphic with covers from 8 MUP titles on nature, environment and sustainability and the MUP logo in the middle.
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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bars.bsky.social
Reminder: CfP closes for BARS 2026 'Romantic Retrospection' at the University of Birmingham, UK, and online on 30 November.
Details below:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/arts-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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davidhiggins.bsky.social
Reminder that I am chairing an online event tomorrow night on 'Volcanic Romanticism'. Featuring talks by @katlion.bsky.social, @womanofclouds.bsky.social, Dilara Kalkan, and Chloe Melvin. You can register for free at the link below. @bars.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/bars-digit...
BARS Digital Events: Volcanic Romanticism
Exploring the Diodatic Circle, the volcanic as a sublime, apocalyptic force, and how this inflected their powerful visions of the future.
www.eventbrite.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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claireboardman.bsky.social
CfP: Tourism, Memory and Heritage Conference (2026),
Amsterdam and Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Full details: lnkd.in/ebPHRqgM
Flyer for the 'Tourism, Memory and Heritage’ International conference. White text on a moss green background with outline of historic building reads: Tourism, memory and heritage: emotional geographies of cultural production, memory-making and commemoration, 1-3 June 2026, Amsterdam & Wageningen, The Netherlands. Sponsor logos are displayed along the bottom edge.
October 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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davidhiggins.bsky.social
CFP: 'Poetry's Environments', University of Leeds, June 2026.

About poetry and the natural environment in relation to the environments in which it is written, experienced, performed, preserved, and studied.

Please submit a proposal! Deadline 5 December.

conferences.leeds.ac.uk/poetryenviro...
Call for Proposals | Poetry's Environments
conferences.leeds.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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melinabuns.bsky.social
excited to share the call for the workshop

EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION

happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,

made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social

deadline: 10 September!

full call below ⤵

#envhist #envhum
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August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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imperialminerals.bsky.social
@gigitang.bsky.social and Katie Donnelly from the Minerals team are organising this fantastic symposium on Critical Minerals @ucdhumanities.bsky.social in November. Find the CFP here with a deadline of 31 August: imperialminerals.ie/events/criti...
Imperial Minerals — Critical Minerals Symposium
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August 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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geoopenaccess.bsky.social
⛈️New in Geo!⛈️

'The window of opportunity: Linking climate history and storms' by A. Jardine, K.A. Selby & @davidhiggins.bsky.social

This paper uses the Royal Charter storm of 1859 to explore the implementation of long-term risk reduction measures following disasters.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by A. Jardine, K.A. Selby & D. Higgins (2025) entitled: 'The window of opportunity: Linking climate history and storms' with an orange banner at the top. High magnitude storms have impacted coastal maritime communities, instigating national government responses. Storm catastrophes can open a ‘window of opportunity’ that enables the implementation of new long-term disaster risk reduction measures. Analysis of historical storm events using written newspaper records identified the Royal Charter storm of 1859 as a catastrophe that opened a window of opportunity. The resulting actions prompted the first national (UK) storm early warning systems which continue today as the Meteorological Office forecasts. This historical case study demonstrates how the effective use of the window of opportunity can instigate beneficial long-term change that decreases vulnerability. However, policies emerging from such windows of opportunity must consider the diverse cause of catastrophe and avoid overreliance on top-down technocracy, instead promoting community engagement and autonomy for sustained success. Environmental history can contribute to improving the understanding of the limitations of technocracy and the importance of community agency in enhancing hazard understanding and effective early warning systems.
August 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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climate.skyfleet.blue
Southern Europe swelters under deadly heatwave as temperatures pass 40C #Climate
Southern Europe swelters under deadly heatwave as temperatures pass 40C
Scientists warn of ‘molotov cocktail’ of climatic conditions fuelling vast wildfires across Mediterranean
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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carsoncenter.bsky.social
We are looking for multidisciplinary panels to be presented at our upcoming conference "Beyond Dualism—Thinking Creatively Across Worlds," which takes place in July next year.

The full call can be found in the news section on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... (1/?)
The graphic shows cultivated lands bordering on a river/wetland and collections of trees (credit: AXIO-IMAGES from Getty Images) in the background of text bubbles. The text summarizes key details of the conference. Please read the description and the full call on the RCC website for this information.
August 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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carsoncenter.bsky.social
New Arcadia article by Andrea Csendom! Learn about how the 1783 Mount Asama eruption and the Tenmei Famine were reimagined through humor in early modern Japanese satire. #envhist #ecocrit #envhum
Turning Ash into Gold: The 1783 Mount Asama Eruption and the Tenmei Famine in Early Modern Japanese Satire
The 1783 Mount Asama eruption and the Tenmei Famine were reimagined through humor in early modern Japanese satire, revealing a world where rice, not riches, defined survival.
www.environmentandsociety.org
July 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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newcastleucu.bsky.social
A MASSIVE WIN AT NEWCASTLE UNI ICU
June 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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mrfw17thc.bsky.social
There's no doubt that editors for academic publishing need more help and support to keep things going.

But my god, this isn't it.

I've published in a number of OUP outlets. This would force me to reconsider. I suspect other #SkyStorians will, too.
Oxford University Press and Hum sign agreement to pilot Alchemist Review
Oxford University Press partners with Hum to pilot Alchemist Review, an AI-based editorial assistant that will enhance manuscript assessment while reducing a...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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ianafraser.bsky.social
Free online course from the University of Leeds, please re-post: www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...
Climate Action: Tackling the Climate Crisis for a Better World - Online Course
Take action to help tackle the climate crisis and contribute to a sustainable, just world with impactful climate solutions in this online course from the University of Leeds.
www.futurelearn.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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fwinckel.bsky.social
*CfP: “Planetary Waters - A Challenge Between Abstraction and Empathy”*

An exciting conference organised by three wonderful scholars this autumn - do check it out!

📆22-24 October, 2025
📍Bremerhaven, GER
🔜Paper submissions due 15 June, 2025
Call for Papers Conference “Planetary Waters - A Challenge Between Abstraction and Empathy” Date: 22–24 October 2025 Location: German Maritime Museum / Leibniz Institute for Maritime History Aims of the Conference: The Leibniz Institute of Maritime History (DSM) invites submissions for the conference “Planetary Waters – A Challenge Between Abstraction and Empathy”, taking place on October 22–24, 2025, at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven. This interdisciplinary event will bring together scholars, researchers, and practitioners to explore public communication strategies that integrate the planetary scale of water studies while maintaining a focus on human-water relationships at the local level. The intertwined crises of climate change and biodiversity loss urge us to incorporate a planetary perspective into our thinking and actions more than ever before. The conference “Planetary Waters” addresses this challenge by examining water in its many forms—oceans, seas, inland waters, and wetlands—through interdisciplinary dialogues that balance abstraction with empathy. Key questions include: How can the complex effects of climate change on the hydrosphere be made accessible to diverse audiences? Can the humanities and museum exhibitions integrate a planetary perspective while conveying local dimensions in an engaging and empathetic manner? What role can visualization techniques play in this process? The conference brings together scholars, science communicators, curators, and artists drawing on Blue Humanities to explore human-water relationships while advancing three central goals: deepening the planetary dimension in the humanities, fostering interdisciplinary approaches to water studies, and developing innovative public communication strategies. Submission Guidelines: Interested participants are invited to submit a single PDF document containing an abstract of no more than 300 words and a brief bio by June 15, 2025. Please send submissions to all three organizers: k.kleemann@dsm.museum; noemi.quagliati@unive.it; f.will@deutsches-museum.de. Important Information: ● Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025 ● Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2025 ● 1st Draft Paper Submission Deadline (5 pages): October 10, 2025 We request first drafts as pre-circulated papers, which will form the basis for a subsequent publication in Deutsches Schifffahrtsarchiv, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal (in English or German) where we will publish our conference papers. Find more information here. Additional Information: The conference will feature two keynote speakers: oceanographer Prof. Dr. Elda Miramontes, (MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen) and art historian Dr. Anne Hemkendreis (The Greenhouse Centre for Environmental Humanities, Stavanger University). Additionally, a workshop will be held with two practitioners – environmental journalist Christian Schwägerl (RiffReporter) and artist-filmmaker Sonia Levy (Royal College of Art, London) – offering hands-on insights into visual and narrative strategies for communicating water-related issues. Practical Information: Meals and accommodation costs for speakers to Bremerhaven will be covered by the organizers, while travel costs are subject to available funding
May 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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tomcutterham.bsky.social
The Birmingham Eighteenth Century Centre is holding a small conference to mark our twentieth anniversary. It's on the 26 and 27 June, and Linda Colley will be there (as will brilliant Birmingham colleagues like Karen Harvey, Kate Smith, and Hiroki Shin). Join us! blog.bham.ac.uk/18c/2025/05/...
May 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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brycchancarey.bsky.social
Applications are now open for the BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship - up to £4000 to research the culture, history, and identity of the North East of England and the Scottish Borders in the long eighteenth century. Find out more at www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS
www.bsecs.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM