Comps Notes: Kopas’ Taking the Air

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.  Taking the Air: Ideas and Change in Canada’s National Parks Paul Kopas Paul Kopas is a …

Environmental, Extension, Agriculture

This is the eightieth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (September 3 – September 9, 2018): The #MuseuNacional fire has many in mourning. …

Lowry’s The Capacity for Wonder

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.  The Capacity for Wonder: Preserving National Parks William R. Lowry William R. Lowry …

Environmental, Falls, Sharknado

This is the seventy-ninth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (August 27 – September 2, 2018): Finding Environmental History in … Sharknado? https://t.co/1Ef15s76mv — …

Comps Notes: Bella’s Parks for Profit

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.  Leslie Bella is a professor in the School of Social Work at Memorial …

environmental, History, Environmental

This is the seventy-eighth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (August 20 – August 26, 2018): Sunday #WordCloud! Kavanaugh, Said, Court https://t.co/mzhqJchjbA #envhist #envhum …

Kavanaugh, Said, Court

This is the seventy-seventh post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (August 13 – August 19, 2018): Trump's Supreme Court Pick Has a History of …

Comps Notes: Hermer’s Regulating Eden

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.  Joe Hermer is an Associate Professor of Law and Criminology in the Sociology Department at …

Environmental, Site, Said

This is the seventy-sixth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (August 6 – August 12, 2018): Top court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has long history …

Comps Notes: Robert Craig Brown’s “The Doctrine of Usefulness”

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.  “The Doctrine of Usefulness: Natural Resource and National Park Policy in Canada, 1887-1914” …