looking forward to talking about the wet and wasted geographies of Istanbul, as part of the launch of the Spatial Heritage research group @unigroningen.bsky.social. thanks to the invitation of dear Ozlem Altinkaya www.rug.nl/research/ico...
Launch of the Spatial Heritage research group
On December 18, we invite interested colleagues and students to come and learn about the work of our research group. This will be followed by the lecture...
www.rug.nl
December 13, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Thanks @urbanhistorya.bsky.social for the opportunity to write, about #birds #envhist #urbanhist and #light! 🐧 🐦 🐤 🕯️ 💡 ⚡️
Congrats to this year's GSB winner, @charlotte-leib.bsky.social, read her entry "The Healing Wounds of Light: Birds, Cities, & the Fast, Slow & Forgotten Violence of Artificial Illumination" & Alexandra Mitchell's "Playing with Fire: Pyrotechnic New York Youth at the Turn of the 20th century" here:
Congratulations to Our 2025 Graduate Student Blogging Contest Winner!
This year’s contest, The Metropole’s ninth, saw entries that considered the topic of “Light” from widely ranging perspectives, and both of this year’s entrants drew pr…
themetropole.blog
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Thanks @urbanhistorya.bsky.social for the opportunity to write, about #birds #envhist #urbanhist and #light! 🐧 🐦 🐤 🕯️ 💡 ⚡️
🎉My first peer reviewed article just published in Urban History as FirstView!
Following on from my thesis, it covers privy pails & ashpits, the fly problem, public health, mortality & sanitation investment
A smooth & stress free publishing experience @urbanhistory.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #histmed
Following on from my thesis, it covers privy pails & ashpits, the fly problem, public health, mortality & sanitation investment
A smooth & stress free publishing experience @urbanhistory.bsky.social
#OpenAccess #histmed
Perilous privies and public health: the nature and impact of ‘dry’ municipal conservancy systems in urban England, 1870s–1920s | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Perilous privies and public health: the nature and impact of ‘dry’ municipal conservancy systems in urban England, 1870s–1920s
www.cambridge.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Very much enjoyed doing this video interview about my article! Thanks to @erikahanna.bsky.social and @urbanhistory.bsky.social for the opportunity. Hopefully of interest to colleagues across urban history and environmental humanities #UrbanHist #UrbanStudies #EnviroHums #CoastalHist
In the latest Urban History interview, @erikahanna.bsky.social speaks to @samgrinsell.bsky.social about his recent article 'Urban History as Urgent Work'. It's an incredibly rich discussion of the intersection of urban history and environmental history, and how we do and communicate our research
Urban History as Urgent Work: Erika Hanna in Conversation with Sam Grinsell
Erika Hanna's interviews Sam Grinsell on urban history as urgent work. Read Prof. Ginsell's Urban History as Urgent Work, an Argument for Disciplinary…
vimeo.com
March 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Very much enjoyed doing this video interview about my article! Thanks to @erikahanna.bsky.social and @urbanhistory.bsky.social for the opportunity. Hopefully of interest to colleagues across urban history and environmental humanities #UrbanHist #UrbanStudies #EnviroHums #CoastalHist
Some highlights from the #UHA2025LA #instagram #stories feed!
www.instagram.com/urbanhistory... #urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
www.instagram.com/urbanhistory... #urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
October 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Some highlights from the #UHA2025LA #instagram #stories feed!
www.instagram.com/urbanhistory... #urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
www.instagram.com/urbanhistory... #urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity
doi.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Thanks for the mention @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social!
I'm looking fwd to reading the urban environmental history series that @nichecanada.bsky.social is teaming with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social's The Metropole to publish this January. #envhist #urbanhist
I'm looking fwd to reading the urban environmental history series that @nichecanada.bsky.social is teaming with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social's The Metropole to publish this January. #envhist #urbanhist
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thanks for the mention @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social!
I'm looking fwd to reading the urban environmental history series that @nichecanada.bsky.social is teaming with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social's The Metropole to publish this January. #envhist #urbanhist
I'm looking fwd to reading the urban environmental history series that @nichecanada.bsky.social is teaming with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social's The Metropole to publish this January. #envhist #urbanhist
More action from Friday evening 10/10 and today at #UHA2025LA
#urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
#urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
October 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
More action from Friday evening 10/10 and today at #UHA2025LA
#urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
#urbanhist #planninghist #energyhist #envhist #Biltmore #LosAngeles
very much looking forward to reading this new "urban history review" theme issue about vancouver, edited by @belshaw.bsky.social!
utppublishing.com/toc/uhr/53/2
#bchist #cdnhist #urbanhist
utppublishing.com/toc/uhr/53/2
#bchist #cdnhist #urbanhist
Contents | Urban History Review 53, 2
utppublishing.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
very much looking forward to reading this new "urban history review" theme issue about vancouver, edited by @belshaw.bsky.social!
utppublishing.com/toc/uhr/53/2
#bchist #cdnhist #urbanhist
utppublishing.com/toc/uhr/53/2
#bchist #cdnhist #urbanhist
The #Amsterdam Time Machine - new and developing public research tool about the history of Amsterdam, its geography, streets, people, and more. Launched by @uvahumanities.bsky.social and digital colleagues, in this, Amsterdam's 750th birthday year🥳
#UrbanHist #HistGeo #DutchHist #SocialHist 🗃️
#UrbanHist #HistGeo #DutchHist #SocialHist 🗃️
Amsterdam Time Machine
Navigeer door het verleden van Amsterdam
uva.shorthandstories.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The #Amsterdam Time Machine - new and developing public research tool about the history of Amsterdam, its geography, streets, people, and more. Launched by @uvahumanities.bsky.social and digital colleagues, in this, Amsterdam's 750th birthday year🥳
#UrbanHist #HistGeo #DutchHist #SocialHist 🗃️
#UrbanHist #HistGeo #DutchHist #SocialHist 🗃️
Also joining @lawrencecphd.bsky.social @elsadevienne.bsky.social & Kara is Alison Rose Jefferson sharing *Black California Dreamin’" on how blacks claimed space on the LA frontier I am an indepn't Historian & Heritage Conservationist) who will be sharing " #parks #rec #racism #segregation #urbanhist
October 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Also joining @lawrencecphd.bsky.social @elsadevienne.bsky.social & Kara is Alison Rose Jefferson sharing *Black California Dreamin’" on how blacks claimed space on the LA frontier I am an indepn't Historian & Heritage Conservationist) who will be sharing " #parks #rec #racism #segregation #urbanhist
#UHA2025LA Digital Exhibits, Sat. 10/11, 4-5:30pm
➤ Natalie McDonald, Lauren Davies & Omar Bernal, The Living #NewDeal
➤ Becky Nicolaides & Deborah Holmes-Wong, #LACounty #Demographic #Data Project, 1950-2010
** See the first project here ** livingnewdeal.org
#digitalhumanities #urbanhist #envhist
➤ Natalie McDonald, Lauren Davies & Omar Bernal, The Living #NewDeal
➤ Becky Nicolaides & Deborah Holmes-Wong, #LACounty #Demographic #Data Project, 1950-2010
** See the first project here ** livingnewdeal.org
#digitalhumanities #urbanhist #envhist
October 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
#UHA2025LA Digital Exhibits, Sat. 10/11, 4-5:30pm
➤ Natalie McDonald, Lauren Davies & Omar Bernal, The Living #NewDeal
➤ Becky Nicolaides & Deborah Holmes-Wong, #LACounty #Demographic #Data Project, 1950-2010
** See the first project here ** livingnewdeal.org
#digitalhumanities #urbanhist #envhist
➤ Natalie McDonald, Lauren Davies & Omar Bernal, The Living #NewDeal
➤ Becky Nicolaides & Deborah Holmes-Wong, #LACounty #Demographic #Data Project, 1950-2010
** See the first project here ** livingnewdeal.org
#digitalhumanities #urbanhist #envhist
From urban blight to integration, Jane Jacobs to gentrification, Sesame Street has always been inextricably tied to US urbanism—and this article about all of it is an informative delight.
Gift article.
#urbanhist #skystorians
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
Gift article.
#urbanhist #skystorians
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
From urban blight to integration, Jane Jacobs to gentrification, Sesame Street has always been inextricably tied to US urbanism—and this article about all of it is an informative delight.
Gift article.
#urbanhist #skystorians
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
Gift article.
#urbanhist #skystorians
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
Thrilled to announce the new #pod a former student has launched to uncover/explore the incredible history of light rail in #HamOnt! Check out Hammer and Rails (what a name!) via this link: shows.acast.com/hammer-and-r... #UrbanHist #EnvHist
Hammer and Rails
shows.acast.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Thrilled to announce the new #pod a former student has launched to uncover/explore the incredible history of light rail in #HamOnt! Check out Hammer and Rails (what a name!) via this link: shows.acast.com/hammer-and-r... #UrbanHist #EnvHist
Historian friends, I'd be thrilled if you'd check out my article on how colonial planners wielded emerging medical knowledge to reinforce land commodification and social segregation in Egypt's Port Fouad, ca 1920s, co-authored with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin. #HisSci #HisMed #EnvHis #EnvHums #UrbanHist
www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Historian friends, I'd be thrilled if you'd check out my article on how colonial planners wielded emerging medical knowledge to reinforce land commodification and social segregation in Egypt's Port Fouad, ca 1920s, co-authored with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin. #HisSci #HisMed #EnvHis #EnvHums #UrbanHist
🚨 Shiny new #OA article 🚑
'Choreographing urban #ambulance in Britain, c.1870–1920: movement, gender, biological time and the city' by myself and Shane Ewen.
#HistMed #HistSTM #UrbanHist #Skystorians #FirstAid #UrbanStudies 🗃
'Choreographing urban #ambulance in Britain, c.1870–1920: movement, gender, biological time and the city' by myself and Shane Ewen.
#HistMed #HistSTM #UrbanHist #Skystorians #FirstAid #UrbanStudies 🗃
Choreographing urban ambulance in Britain, c.1870–1920: movement, gender, biological time and the ...
Modern British ambulance originated during the late 1800s in the country’s metropolitan areas. The fast-urbanising cities of Glasgow and London recognised that biological-temporal need required the....
www.tandfonline.com
January 17, 2024 at 10:21 AM
🚨 Shiny new #OA article 🚑
'Choreographing urban #ambulance in Britain, c.1870–1920: movement, gender, biological time and the city' by myself and Shane Ewen.
#HistMed #HistSTM #UrbanHist #Skystorians #FirstAid #UrbanStudies 🗃
'Choreographing urban #ambulance in Britain, c.1870–1920: movement, gender, biological time and the city' by myself and Shane Ewen.
#HistMed #HistSTM #UrbanHist #Skystorians #FirstAid #UrbanStudies 🗃
ICYMI #Skystorians, here's our new article on the development of #ambulance in Scotland and England, taking in #MilHist #HistMed #HistSTM #PoliceHist #WmnsHist #UrbanHist and #FirstAid 🗃
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Choreographing urban ambulance in Britain, c.1870–1920: movement, gender, biological time and the ...
Modern British ambulance originated during the late 1800s in the country’s metropolitan areas. The fast-urbanising cities of Glasgow and London recognised that biological-temporal need required the....
www.tandfonline.com
January 30, 2024 at 5:09 PM
ICYMI #Skystorians, here's our new article on the development of #ambulance in Scotland and England, taking in #MilHist #HistMed #HistSTM #PoliceHist #WmnsHist #UrbanHist and #FirstAid 🗃
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Historian friends, I'd be thrilled if you'd check out my article on how colonial planners wielded emerging medical knowledge to reinforce land commodification and social segregation in Egypt's Port Fouad, ca 1920s, co-authored with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin. #HisSci #HisMed #EnvHis #EnvHums #UrbanHist
www.tandfonline.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Historian friends, I'd be thrilled if you'd check out my article on how colonial planners wielded emerging medical knowledge to reinforce land commodification and social segregation in Egypt's Port Fouad, ca 1920s, co-authored with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin. #HisSci #HisMed #EnvHis #EnvHums #UrbanHist
Check out Christopher Sellers's review of @kiangoh.bsky.social's "Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice," published in 2021 by @mitpress.bsky.social; review now available at H-Net
#envhist #envhum #envjustice #climate #urbanhist 🏙️
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
#envhist #envhum #envjustice #climate #urbanhist 🏙️
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org
November 9, 2023 at 4:09 PM
Check out Christopher Sellers's review of @kiangoh.bsky.social's "Form and Flow: The Spatial Politics of Urban Resilience and Climate Justice," published in 2021 by @mitpress.bsky.social; review now available at H-Net
#envhist #envhum #envjustice #climate #urbanhist 🏙️
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
#envhist #envhum #envjustice #climate #urbanhist 🏙️
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
Very pleased that my piece 'Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity' has been published in @urbanhistory.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Many thanks to @mctom.bsky.social for organising the roundtable that got these thoughts going back in 2023! #UrbanHist #EnvHums
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity | Urban History | Cambridge Core
Urban history as urgent work, an argument for disciplinary promiscuity
doi.org
September 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Check out Maggie McNulty's review of Erin Katherine Goodling's "Green City Rising: Contamination, Cleanup, and Collective Action," published in 2024 by @ugapress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #urbanhist #envjustice
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Check out Maggie McNulty's review of Erin Katherine Goodling's "Green City Rising: Contamination, Cleanup, and Collective Action," published in 2024 by @ugapress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #urbanhist #envjustice
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
I love the cover! Congratulations on the book and its publication!
#urbanhist
@urbanhistorya.bsky.social
#urbanhist
@urbanhistorya.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I love the cover! Congratulations on the book and its publication!
#urbanhist
@urbanhistorya.bsky.social
#urbanhist
@urbanhistorya.bsky.social
Historian friends, I'd be thrilled if you'd check out my article on how colonial planners wielded emerging medical knowledge to reinforce land commodification and social segregation in Egypt's Port Fouad, ca 1920s, co-authored with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin. #HisSci #HisMed #EnvHis #EnvHums #UrbanHist
www.tandfonline.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Historian friends, I'd be thrilled if you'd check out my article on how colonial planners wielded emerging medical knowledge to reinforce land commodification and social segregation in Egypt's Port Fouad, ca 1920s, co-authored with Mohamed Gamal-Eldin. #HisSci #HisMed #EnvHis #EnvHums #UrbanHist
End thread. Photos by author were taken on October 9th, during the Urban History Association's biennial conference in Los Angeles.
#Envirohist #Urbanhist #Disasterhist #LAHist #Californiahist #skystorians #UHALA2025
#Envirohist #Urbanhist #Disasterhist #LAHist #Californiahist #skystorians #UHALA2025
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
End thread. Photos by author were taken on October 9th, during the Urban History Association's biennial conference in Los Angeles.
#Envirohist #Urbanhist #Disasterhist #LAHist #Californiahist #skystorians #UHALA2025
#Envirohist #Urbanhist #Disasterhist #LAHist #Californiahist #skystorians #UHALA2025
This is a great book if you're #envhist curious--the chapters are super short, it's open access, and includes a plethora of resources. And you can get some #urbanhist: @clairecampbell.bsky.social, Kara Murphy Schlichting, and I write about what conditions cities were built for across 3 centuries.
September 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
This is a great book if you're #envhist curious--the chapters are super short, it's open access, and includes a plethora of resources. And you can get some #urbanhist: @clairecampbell.bsky.social, Kara Murphy Schlichting, and I write about what conditions cities were built for across 3 centuries.