What role has #economics played in triggering the #ClimateCrisis ? How have economists contributed to elite apathy and resistance to carbon mitigation? Catch our roundtable 'The Economist's Planet' at the American Society for Environmental History in Denver April 6 8:30am Venus Bivar Christopher F. Jones liz chatterjee

Dr. Christopher Jones (Christopher F. Jones) was interviewed by the 'Times of India' about his research and hidden chapters in America’s energy transition.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/inequality-in-…

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Dr. Christopher Jones (Christopher F. Jones) was interviewed by Forbes France about how the transportation of energy accelerated the transition from wood to fossil fuels.

You can read the English translation here: ow.ly/WArZ50QAoUC

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!! A 3 year research fellowship (no teaching), with room for scholars to forward their own research and collaborate with Melting Metropolis on NYC #urbanhist #envhist - apply by 3.18- please share American Society for Environmental History UHA Women Also Know History

Coal boosters actively encouraged the energy transition to fossil fuels. They commissioned a company to build cheap coal stoves and offered prizes for the development of coal-burning technology. (Post based on work by Christopher F. Jones)
daily.jstor.org/when-did-ameri…

'New Perspectives in Energy History'-- we're going to bring back our one-day environmental history conference @yale with a focus on energy history-- save the date and propose a paper environmentalhistory.yale.edu/programs/confe…

Are you an energy historian planning on attending World Congress of Environmental History 2024, Oulu in Oulu, Finland next year? Consider submitting a proposal to Pushing the Boundaries of Energy History I'm convening with Katja Bruisch, Óðinn Melsted & Robert Suits.
wceh2024.com/programme#13421 #envhist #energyhist #WCEH2024

We are hiring! The Herbst Program in CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 is looking for a full-time Teaching Assistant Professor in hist of/Sci/Med/Tech or STS. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…. I'm chairing the committee. Please get in touch with questions.

We're hiring an environmental historian! Like my position, it's a joint role w/ Brown History Dept. & IBES: Institute at Brown for Environment & Society. Geography open. Time period? 1500-now

CV, cover letter & writing sample by 9/5/23: apply.interfolio.com/128008

Email me if you have questions!
#envhist #envhum Brown University

Join the Consortium #HistSTM Energy History Working Group Friday, July 14, 1:30 PM EST. James Allison will present 'Seeing Coal: The Rogers Brothers, State Geological Surveys, and the Professionalization of American Science'. Go to chstm.org/content/energy… for zoom link + paper download.

Energy historians! Come present your work with the Energy History Working Group. We are building the 2023-24 schedule now. We workshop full length WIP work in the field of energy history. Priority deadline August 15th.

I am pleased to say Scarcity: A History from the Origins of Capitalism to the Climate Crisis is book of the day on the New Books Network podcast. Many thanks to thomas for hosting us.
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After 7 years it’s finally out! So grateful for all the help and encouragement along the way! ⁦NYU CEMS⁩ ⁦NYU Department of History⁩

Something is incredibly wrong with your form of economic governance if it creates headlines like this

“After decades of research, the time has come: degrowth now has its own journal.”

Check out the first volume here: degrowthjournal.org/issues/2023-vo…

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind's SCARCITY is out today! These shelves may be empty, but inside is an expansive story about human visions -- and revisions -- of our relationship to nature & economy in the age of capitalism. #HappyPubDay Harvard University Press Harvard University Press International

Happy pub day to @wahgraphy! His brilliantly rendered study from University of Arizona Press troubles how we talk about colonialism and insists we conceive of energy transitions in the present tense. Catch our conversation on NB Environmental Studies: newbooksnetwork.com/carbon-soverei… #envhist

Roundtable alert! Scholars of geography and history join together to discuss Sharika D. Crawford The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean networks.h-net.org/crawford-last-… TY Elizabeth Hennessy, Russell Fielding, Karl Offen and Mary Draper for joining the convo-

Thrilled to share that I am headed to University of Oxford as an associate professor of environmental history, and extra thrilled to be joining progressive
St Anne's College.

For a first-gen kid who fell in love with school as a hiding place from home, this feels like a fairytale.