MAJOR error in this text that you need to fix. Paper book production isn’t 3rd largest greenhouse gas emitter - they are 3rd largest in *pulp & paper industry* and the ENTIRE pulp and paper industry’s GHG emissions is about 0.6% of US net GHGs, which makes it SUPER small.

Anyone interested in hypocrisy, the church, Boccaccio, Judith Shklar, Franciscans, the Capetians, & the papacy (specifically Philip IV & Boniface VIII), should find my article out today in Studies in Church History of interest. Many super articles on all periods. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What a wonderful and balanced diary by Mark Mazower on the spaces universities can offer for debate and reason.

The week that shook Columbia

Protests over Gaza at the New York university have led to divisions and arrests. History professor Mark Mazower gives a first-hand account

This is just to say that this made me laugh.

Post-doc job opportunity in late medieval history at Leicester! Working on lists of goods and chattels among 14th-15th century Escheators’ records. jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/98...

Research Associate in Medieval History (ENDURE) in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team

View details and apply for this Research Associate in Medieval History (ENDURE) vacancy in Leicester. In this role you will conduct research within the field of Medieval Urban History within the cont...

Also problematic when groups promoting their rankings and services are also highly influential in framing reporting and analysis of the sector.

Dispiritingly ironic only a week after the IUGS confirmed the decision not to ratify the SQS's decision about the non-existence of the Anthropocene (irrespective of what one thinks about that decision).

recently had a conversation with a perfectly polite academic colleague who just couldn’t see the value in historical research without policy applications

One step forward, two or more steps back...

Kent saves languages but confirms anthropology and philosophy axe

University says it intends to phase out teaching in areas also including art history and journalism, as UWE becomes latest institution to announce job cuts

A really good opportunity for an environmental history PhD here with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social@medievalpenguin.bsky.social#skystorians#medievalsky

GCgreenhouseuis.bsky.socialMar 25, 2024 8:00am

We are hiring again! The Greenhouse has a fully-funded three-year PhD fellowship in medieval environmental history. Though all topics are welcome, we particularly invite candidates with an interest in histories of water, animals, saints, or environmental storytelling. Deadline 18 April. #envhist 📗

PhD Fellowship in Environmental History (259365) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Environmental History (259365), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Thursday, April 18, 2024