NiCHE Conversations 1.23: Tracing Transient Smoke Across Northern Borders with Mica Jorgeson

NiCHE Article Discussed: “Smoke Seasons – Tracing Transient Smoke Across Northern Borders” by Mica Jorgenson Feature Image: Aerial view of a Saskatchewan forest, 1952. Credit: Library and Archives Canada/National Film Board fonds/e011175902.

Said, Million, Que

This is the 150th 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 (January 6, 2020 – January 12, 2020): Smiley faces Haida style: totem …

Said, Like, Research

This is the 149th 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 (December 30, 2019 – January 5, 2020): You know, there's no such …

Irish, Climate, Environmental

This is the eighty-third 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 24 – September 30, 2018): Cambridge University scientists create ancient tree ring diary …

Environmental, Climate, Nature

This is the seventy-second 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 (July 9 – July 15, 2018): https://twitter.com/Sean_Munger/status/1016165042855669760 Monday: “Only You: The somewhat depressing history …

Comps Notes: Pyne’s Burning Bush

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.  Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia  Stephen J. Pyne  In Fire in America, Stephen …

Comps Notes: Courtwright’s Prairie Fire

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.  Prairie Fire: A Great Plains History Julie Courtwright Like William Cronon, Julie Courtwright recognizes in environmental …