This is the 121st post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (June 17, 2019 – June 23, 2019): Free Lula!https://t.co/z3QosYsQd6 — James N. …
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Comps Notes: Francis’ Images of the West
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Images of the West: Responses to the Canadian Prairies R. Douglas Francis R. …
Comps Notes: Hyde’s An American Vision
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and National Culture, 1820-1920 Anne Farrar Hyde …
Energy, CUB, Said
This is the 120th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (June 10, 2019 – June 16, 2019): #Hypocrite who claims that environmental …
Harvard, Fossils, Climate
This is the 119th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (June 3, 2019 – June 9, 2019): 🚨LIMITED OFFER🚨 From now until …
CHA Reads 2019 – Jessica DeWitt on Flax Americana: A History of the Fibre and Oil that Covered a Continent
This post originally appeared on Unwritten Histories as part of CHA Reads 2019. The nearly iridescent blue of the flax flower jumps off the cover of Joshua Macfadyen’s Flax Americana: A History of the Fibre and Oil That Covered a Continent immediately challenging the reader’s perception of this under-appreciated fibre crop. At the same time as one’s …
Cultivating Abundance from a NiCHE Position: Using Social Media to Disseminate and Support Environmental History Scholarship
This post originally appeared on the Network in Canadian History and Environment website. This post is part of a series of posts focused on environmental humanities and public engagement. These posts emerged from a workshop held at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Nexus Centre for Humanities and Social Science Research in May 2018 called, “Environmental Humanities …
Carson, GRE, Wrote
This is the 118th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (May 27, 2019 – June 2, 2019): https://twitter.com/DavidVailPhD/status/1133004932691312643 Monday: “Praise Song for …
Women, Cycling, Bike
This is the 117th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (May 20, 2019 – May 26, 2019): https://t.co/KYFKmyQlGI#envhist #ourplanet #antonchekhov"Beyond the specific …
Comps Notes: Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts
I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts: Transforming Visions of the American West Jules David Prown, et.al. …
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Jessica M. DeWitt: Editing and Consulting 