Book cover based on stylised painted art of someone digging in a large pile of soil with a shovel.
We're delighted to announce publication of 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for The Environmental Humanities' (E. Brownell, ed.) โ exploring #soil as a vessel of human #history and point of view for inquiry. Available print or #openaccess here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist
Issue 30.1 of โNomadic Peoplesโ is live! This special issue on โCollective Rights to Land and Resources: An Institutionalist Perspective on Pastoralism in Africaโ was guest edited by Giordano Marmone & Kelly Askew. #Openaccess here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpnp/cu... #pastoralism #nomads
A 2020 E&H article by Fiona Williamson was translated into Chinese by Li Ruipeng. Read "็ๆดปๅจๆฑก็งฝไธๅฏนๅฅๅบท็ๆผ ่งไนไธญโ (โLiving in a State of Filth and Indifference to โฆ Their Healthโ) here: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MDYJqHU2W1... ๐๏ธ #envhist #chinesehistory
New open access ahead-of-print article! In 'Landscapes of Caste Exclusion', Nivedita Nath evaluates the role of caste in the colonial transformation of entangled subcontinental landscapes of forests and fields. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/... ๐ #envhist
Library support for Diamond OA publishing is also about supporting bibliodiversity - it's about giving unfunded academics the opportunity to publish OA #CopimConference
Stimulating discussion at the @copim.bsky.social conference - how do we take Open Access strategy out of the echo chamber?
Lovely to see the sun rise before 7 for the first time today! On my way to the @copim.bsky.social conference in London. Looking forward to meeting @openbookcollective.bsky.social and @thoth-metadata.bsky.social friends.
We've added a new post to our blog, by Koldo Trapaga-Monchet and Raรบl Romero-Calcerrada on 'The royal forests of Almeirim: A multifunctional landscape in the larger Ribatejo geographical-cultural area'; here: whitehorsepress.blog/2026/02/17/a... #envhist #portugal #forests @eandhwhp.bsky.social
Macbeth! study.com/learn/lesson...
When a bunch of people disguised as trees approached Dunsinane castle; it was the beginning of the end for a very nasty tyrant. Just saying...
The cover for Plant Perspectives journal volume 3 / issue 1. The cover image shows the branches of a big tree with pink blossoms with a light blue sky.
A new issue of Plant Perspectives will be out next month - right on time for spring ๐ธ
In 'Squid and Socialists', Donghyun Woo analyses how squid in the East Sea undermined production quotas and eluded state planning from 1945 to 1964, showing how nonhuman herd agency exposed the limits of Pyongyangโs efforts to discipline oceanic nature. ๐๏ธ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...
2 new ahead-of-print articles live now! In 'The Fugitive Steppe', Jackie Erlon-Baurjan examines how Russian imperial ambitions to transform the Kazakh steppe between 1840 and 1914 were shaped by and in turn reshaped understandings of climate. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... ๐๏ธ #envhist
We've published a new #openaccess article in 'Plant Perspectives'. Marion De Schepper writes 'Violently Vibrant, Obscurely (Un)Alike: Surrealist Representations of Plants in the Avant-Garde Magazine "Minotaure"': doi.org/10.3197/WHPP.... #plantstudies #surrealist @plantperspectives.bsky.social
Hereโs a preview of the cover and contents of โPlant Perspectivesโ 3.1, forthcoming in April. #plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index
There's a new post on our blog, by Eliot Fackler on 'Lake Erieโs Toxic Algae and the Dismal History of the Black Swamp'; originally published in 'Environment and History' as a Snapshot article. Free to read here: whitehorsepress.blog/2026/01/19/b... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhist #algae #LakeErie
We're delighted to welcome Dr. Leona Watson (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) as Editor of 'Environment and History'. Huge thanks to outgoing Editor, Dr. David Moon (@york.ac.uk), for his excellent work over the last few years. We look forward to seeing what's next for @eandhwhp.bsky.social! #envhist
Environment and History Vol. 32, no. 1 is out now! This issue includes new research articles, snapshots, book reviews, and the @eseh.bsky.social notepad. Subscribers can read here liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32/1 ๐๏ธ #envhist
We've published a new article ahead of print in 'Global Environment', by Sunny Ruchi Ecka on "Mahua: A Lifesaving Famine Food in the Nineteenth Century"; read it #openaccess here: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpg... #envhist #plantstudies @globalenvironment.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social
Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Nomadic Peoples' 30.1, forthcoming in March. 'Nomadic Peoples' is a #subscribetoopen title and we're within reach of our 2026 target to make vol 30 #openaccess. Please encourage your institution to subscribe, if they have not yet done so! #pastoralism
For the New Year, we're running a SALE of 25% off all books on our site. Use code WHP2026NY on anything listed here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... || Thanks to M. Johnson for painting these aconites, blossoming near Cambridge even in deep midwinter. #envhist #envhum #pastorialism #plantstudies
We've added a new post to our blog, by Bjรถrn Billing on 'Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period'; read it here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/22/v... #envhist @eandhwhp.bsky.social #iceberg #arctic
Happy Christmas from all at @whitehorsepress.bsky.social [image by Sarah's daughter Miranda]
And lastly, in "War: Wasting at Another Pace," Iris Borowy analyzes the multifaceted intersections between war and waste management, examining the ways in which industrial warfare waste has shaped landscapes. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... ๐๏ธ #envhist
We've published a new #openaccess article ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', in which Sabrina Dookie considers 'Mangroves as Sacred Forests'. You can find it here: www.doi.org/10.3197/whpp... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #mangroves #plantstudies #forests #planthum #envhum
In "Wearing Wild Birds", Laura Valls examines the late 19th century fashion trend of entire birds displayed on women's hats and clothing, exploring public reactions that led to the first preservation movements doi.org/10.3828/whpe... ๐๏ธ #envhist
In "Technocratic Environmentalism in Socialist Science Diplomacy," Barbora Buzรกssyovรก examines Czechoslovak geologists' use of the International Geological Correlation Programme to advance technocratic environmentalism in diplomacy during the late Cold War. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... ๐๏ธ #envhist
2 more ahead-of-print articles! In "Visualising Icebergs," Bjรถrn Billing examines visual representations of icebergs in engravings and other works of art (c. 1570-1770), elucidating aesthetic and epistemological aspects of the early modern Arctic doi.org/10.3828/whpe... ๐๏ธ #envhist
We've added a new post to our blog, in which Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in 'Environment and History' on โGermanyโs Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserveโ: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/03/g... #envhist @eandhwhp.bsky.social #birds
