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09/10/2025

Environment and History 31.4, a Special Issue edited by Sara Lorenzini on 'Dam Scientists: The limits of scientific knowledge and environmentalism' is now published. Subscription access required but the Introduction, Snapshots, book reviews and ESEH Notepad are free to read

This article delves into the multifaceted roles of social science experts in negotiating resettlements in the Alps between 1940 and 1970, particularly focusing on dam construction projects in Switzerland and Italy. While the construction and maintenance ...

07/10/2025

New blog by Maria Kernecker on 'Plants as a Way In', inspired by her recent article in Plant Perspectives (link in blog)

In this blog, linked to her recently published article in Plant Perspectives, entitled BETWEEN GRAZING AND GATHERING: PLANT KNOWLEDGES, BELONGING AND BECOMING IN THE SWISS ALPS, Maria Kernecker exp…

02/10/2025

Don't forget, the Plant Perspectives / Oak Spring Garden Foundation event on Wednesday 8th October 4-6pm BST (NOT GMT AS PER THE FLIER!) Register via the link https://www.osgf.org/programs-and-events-calendar/2025/8/28/plantsmemory

01/10/2025

Published today in print and Open Access online - thanks to support from the Open Book Collective. Moving Deserts by Greta Semplici. Download or buy direct from our website (https://www.whpress.co.uk/publications/2025/03/10/movingdeserts/) or buy through any good bookseller.

30/09/2025

New blog post showcasing Johannes Ellingsen's poster, which was runner-up in the European Society for Environmental History - ESEH / WHP poster prize in Uppsala last month

We much enjoyed supporting the ESEH poster prize at the conference in Uppsala last month. Johannes Ellingsen’s striking poster, which was awarded second prize, impressed the judges with its v…

30/09/2025

A good review by Sarah Milligan of Ann Holt's Taking a Walk in Social history / histoire social 57/1118 (via Project Muse) https://doi.org/10.1353/his.2024.a966020
"Ann Holt’s Taking a Walk is a substantial contribution to the history of walking and recreation in Britain, especially with regard to gender, poverty, exclusion, and the ideal of Englishness from the pre- to post-industrial period. Holt also paves the way for scholars to further research exclusion, recreation, and resistance with attention to race in Britain. Taking a Walk will be of interest to those exploring histories of industrialism and environmental changes or the social history of recreation in England." Available to buy on our website: https://www.whpress.co.uk/publications/product/taking-a-walk/

29/09/2025

Plant Perspectives 2(2) is now published, a wonderful Special Issue edited by Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan from Kew Gardens: Tree Cultures and the Arboreal Humanities. https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/view/166 The issue is fully Open Access thanks to Subscribe to Open support but it needs your help to remain so - please ask your library to subscribe or consider making a donation (https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/support)

26/09/2025

Two new ahead of print articles In Environment and History: 'Wildlife Corridors: Animal Mobilities and Environmental Infrastructure in the Straits Settlements, c.1870s–1920s' by LARS VON FELTEN-KURY; and 'The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000' by RITHMA KREIE ENGELBRETH LARSEN. Both require subscription access but you can read more about Larsen's article on yesterday's WHP blog post (link in comments)

25/09/2025

Global Environment 18.3 is now online at https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpge/current Fully Open Access thanks to our Subscribe to Open Supporters and Projekt KOALA. Please encourage your library to subscribe to ensure continued Open Access in future years.

25/09/2025

New blog by Rithma Kreie Engelbreth Larsen accompanying her just published article in Environment and History:

In this blog to accompany her just-published article ‘The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000’ in …

23/09/2025

CfP: The 7th International St Magnus Conference: “Borne on a Carrying Stream”: How Water has Shaped Heritage, Identity and Power. 15-17 April 2026, UHI Perth, Scotland

http://eseh.org/cfp-the-7th-international-st-magnus-conference-borne-on-a-carrying-stream-how-water-has-shaped-heritage-identity-and-power-15-17-april-2026-uhi-perth-scotland/

22/09/2025

Interesting event coming up in Naples this week