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EHN is a 100% independent, volunteer-run, award winning platform to showcase the environment-related work and expertise of graduate students and early career scholars who identify as women, trans and/or nonbinary people. envhistnow.substack.com

  1. 2.6 Esme Garlake on Ecocritical Art History

    01/11/2024

    2.6 Esme Garlake on Ecocritical Art History

    Esme Garlake (she/her) is a PhD student in History of Art at University College London and an art historian specialising in ecocriticism and early sixteenth-century Italian art. She believes in the power of art history to help us understand and re-imagine past and current human relationships with the natural world, and in the responsibility of art historians to engage with issues of social and environmental justice. Esme runs an Instagram account dedicated to exploring ecocritical art history and its intersections with climate activism. Read a text version of this piece here and a transcript here. This show is hosted, produced, and edited by Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Emma Moesswilde and Elizabeth Hameeteman. Transcripts by Macie Menard. Spanish-language editing by Isabel Nuñez Martinez. More Ecotones Now? Check out Season 1 here. Thanks for listening!  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

    44 min
  2. Ysabel Muñoz Martínez on Literature and Botany

    12/21/2023

    Ysabel Muñoz Martínez on Literature and Botany

    Ysabel Muñoz Martínez (she/her) is a PhD candidate in English Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where she works with the transdisciplinary project "Narrating Sustainability." She holds a bachelor in Letters from the University of Havana (2017) and received a Chevening scholarship to complete the MLitt. Environment, Culture and Communication at the University of Glasgow (2021). Ysabel is an environmental humanities scholar whose research interests include Caribbean culture, material ecocriticism, ecofeminism, post/decolonial studies and affect theory. As an activist, she has written several articles and participated in campaigns and conferences working towards sustainability in the Caribbean context. Dr. Diana M. Valencia-Duarte (she/ella) is an assistant executive editor for EHN. She recentely received her PhD in History at the University of Exeter. Her research focused on food security and food sovereignty in the Colombian peasant landscape, reviewing impacts on food culture and agroecosystems resulting from the practical resolution of Agrarian Reforms and counter-reforms. A Colombian herself, Diana is a multidisciplinary investigation, combining rural studies and food security theory with environmental history methods, aiming for practical impact and to inform food production debates. She makes the case for communities and their territories by giving voice to the peasantry as subject and agents of their own history. Read a text version of this piece here and a transcript here. This show is hosted, produced, and edited by Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Emma Moesswilde and Elizabeth Hameeteman. Transcripts by Macie Menard. Spanish-language editing by Isabel Nuñez Martinez. More Ecotones Now? Check out Season 1 here. Thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

    36 min
  3. 2.4 Amrita Dasgupta on Human-Tiger Conflict (Part II)

    12/07/2023

    2.4 Amrita Dasgupta on Human-Tiger Conflict (Part II)

    Amrita DasGupta (she/her) is a doctoral candidate at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. Her PhD deals with South Asian transnational borders and trafficking in humans, especially along the mangrove frontier. Amrita completed a M.Phil at Jadavpur University with a thesis titled "Bonbibi’s Sundarbans: Tiger Widows and Water-Prostitutes," which interrogated the impact of/relation between animal-attack widows and the changing norms of widowhood in relation to sex work in the Sundarbans. Her short documentary “Save the Sundarbans” was awarded the cinematography award, script and editing award of the Open Society University Network. Amrita has published in journals like the Economic and Political Weekly and Gitanjali and Beyond. You can read a text version of this piece here. This show is hosted, produced, and edited by Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Emma Moesswilde and Elizabeth Hameeteman. More Ecotones Now? Check out Season 1. Thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

    56 min
  4. 2.3 Amrita Dasgupta on Human-Tiger Conflict (Part I)

    11/23/2023

    2.3 Amrita Dasgupta on Human-Tiger Conflict (Part I)

    In this episode, Amrita DasGupta shares and reflects on "Inverting 'Tipu's Tiger: The Terrifying Tiger Trembles in Bengal's Mangrove Tiger Land." Amrita DasGupta (she/her) is a doctoral candidate at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. Her PhD deals with South Asian transnational borders and trafficking in humans, especially along the mangrove frontier. Her short documentary “Save the Sundarbans” was awarded the cinematography award, script and editing award—and can be watched here. Amrita has published in journals like the Economic and Political Weekly and Gitanjali and Beyond. You can read a text version of this piece here and view a transcript here. This show is hosted, produced, and edited by Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Emma Moesswilde and Elizabeth Hameeteman. More Ecotones Now? Check out Season 1 here: http://www.ecotonesnow.com Thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

    51 min
  5. 2.2 Knar Gavin on Destructive Common Sense

    11/10/2023

    2.2 Knar Gavin on Destructive Common Sense

    Dr. Knar Gavin (they/any) recently obtained a PhD in English at the University of Pennsylvania. Their research attends to representations of environmental crisis in late 20th- and 21st-century poetry and poetics, and they are especially drawn toward engaging the prefigurative political possibilities that emerge in works of docu- and eco-poetry to contend with U.S. imperial power. Knar is also the co-creator of the covidXclimate project at the Penn Program for Environmental Humanities. You can read a text version of this piece here and view a transcript here. This show is hosted, produced, and edited by Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Emma Moesswilde and Elizabeth Hameeteman. Transcripts by Macie Menard. More Ecotones Now? Check out Season 1 here. Thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

    57 min
  6. 2.1 Jessica DeWitt on Places Past

    10/26/2023

    2.1 Jessica DeWitt on Places Past

    Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt (she/her) is a historian of Canadian and American environmental history. She's the editor-in-chief and the social media editor of the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE). You can read a text version of this piece here and access a transcript here. For Jessica’s two other essays as part of her trilogy of posts for EHN’s Problems of Place series, see Place as Present Revisited and Place as Future Revisited. Jessica has a forthcoming chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Environmental History, edited by Emily O'Gorman, William San Martín, Mark Carey, and Sandra Swart (Routledge, 2024). For more on Jessica’s other work, see her website. This show is hosted, produced, and edited by Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Emma Moesswilde and Elizabeth Hameeteman. More Ecotones Now? Check out Season 1 here. Thanks for listening! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

    1h 10m
  7. 8. Season Finale: EHN’s Executive Team on Reflecting and Looking Forward

    12/19/2022

    8. Season Finale: EHN’s Executive Team on Reflecting and Looking Forward

    It’s the finale of Ecotones Now’s first season! In this episode, co-hosts Emma and Natalie chat with members of EHN’s executive team about the past year and what’s in store for the future of EHN. Thank you for sticking with us – we’ll be back in the spring with Season 2! In the meantime, check out https://envhistnow.com/ for updates more work from EHN’s fabulous contributors. Emma C. Moesswilde (she/her) is EHN’s outreach coordinator and co-host of Ecotones Now, EHN’s companion podcast. She’s a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Georgetown University. Her dissertation project investigates the relationships between climate change and agricultural practice by examining rural experiences of and adaptations to seasonal variability across the British Northern Atlantic from 1690-1816. Emma is committed to incorporating multidisciplinary methods and evidence to understand how rural communities responded and adapted to climate change over the course of the early modern period. Natalie R. Wilkinson (she/her) is co-host of Ecotones Now, EHN’s companion podcast. She recently received her MA in History at the University of Oklahoma. Prior to OU, she studied Film at the San Francisco Art Institute. Natalie’s research interests lie in history of ecology and resource management. Dr. Elizabeth Hameeteman (she/her) is the executive editor of EHN, and created this platform in 2018. She recently obtained her PhD in History at Boston University. Her dissertation, titled “Pipe Parity: Desalination, Development, and the Global Quest for Water in the 1950s and 1960s,” explored the role of desalination as a seemingly viable adaptation strategy to reduce the impact of water scarcity and climate variability in the post-WWII period. Originally from the Netherlands and now based in Berlin, Elizabeth has a background in Law and American Studies. Dr. Ramya Swayamprakash (she/her/Amma) is an assistant executive editor for EHN and also the editor of our Tools for Change series. She’s an Assistant Professor in Integrative, Religious, and Intercultural Studies at the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. A transnational and interdisciplinary environmental scholar who doctoral work focused on rivers, dredging, and the place of nature in the Great Lakes, Ramya’s research has been published in academic and public-facing avenues. She takes tea and dredging (not necessarily in that order) seriously. In addition to her work on the Great Lakes, Ramya is now going back to her earlier interest in dams in post colonial India. As a survivor of domestic abuse and as a single parent, Ramya’s scholarship is driven by a commitment to social/ecological justice and equity. Dr. Diana M. Valencia (she/ella) is an assistant executive editor for EHN. She recentely received her PhD in History at the University of Exeter. Her research focused on food security and food sovereignty in the Colombian peasant landscape, reviewing impacts on food culture and agroecosystems resulting from the practical resolution of Agrarian Reforms and counter-reforms. A Colombian herself, Diana is a multidisciplinary investigation, combining rural studies and food security theory with environmental history methods, aiming for practical impact and to inform food production debates. She makes the case for communities and their territories by giving voice to the peasantry as subject and agents of their own history. This show is produced and edited by Emma Moesswilde and Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Elizabeth Hameeteman. For more on Ecotones Now, click here. Thanks for listening! A full transcript of this episode is available at: https://bit.ly/3G6hhTG This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

    58 min
  8. 7. Celeste Henery and Ramya Swayamprakash on Academia and Beyond

    12/07/2022

    7. Celeste Henery and Ramya Swayamprakash on Academia and Beyond

    In this episode, assistant executive editor Dr. Ramya Swakamprakash and contributor Dr. Celeste Henery discuss going beyond academia, translation of concepts, the practice of writing, and much more. Dr. Ramya Swayamprakash (she/her/Amma) is an assistant executive editor for EHN and also the editor of our Tools for Change series. She’s an Assistant Professor in Integrative, Religious, and Intercultural Studies at the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. A transnational and interdisciplinary environmental scholar who doctoral work focused on rivers, dredging, and the place of nature in the Great Lakes, Ramya’s research has been published in academic and public-facing avenues. She takes tea and dredging (not necessarily in that order) seriously. In addition to her work on the Great Lakes, Ramya is now going back to her earlier interest in dams in post colonial India. As a survivor of domestic abuse and as a single parent, Ramya’s scholarship is driven by a commitment to social/ecological justice and equity. Dr. Celeste Henery (she/her) is a cultural anthropologist working at the intersections of race, gender, and health; specifically, what it means to feel well, individually and collectively, in these troubling times. Her broader research interests include black ecologies, feminisms, and diaspora studies. Celeste currently works as a Research Associate in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her writing on black life across the diaspora has been published in various academic journals and frequently appears on the blog Black Perspectives. In addition to her academic endeavors, Celeste works as a mitigation specialist, conducts interviews for the Texas After Violence Project, and guides others to creatively navigate their projects and lives. Further Reading: Celeste Henery, "Walking and Writing in Unsettled Times," https://envhistnow.com/2021/09/10/problems-of-place-walking-and-writing-in-unsettled-times/ This show is produced and edited by Emma Moesswilde and Natalie Wilkinson, with music provided by Natalie Wilkinson and Christine Murphy. Special thanks to Elizabeth Hameeteman. For more on Ecotones Now, click here. Thanks for listening! A full transcript of this episode is available at: https://bit.ly/3Y5Iht7 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit envhistnow.substack.com

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EHN is a 100% independent, volunteer-run, award winning platform to showcase the environment-related work and expertise of graduate students and early career scholars who identify as women, trans and/or nonbinary people. envhistnow.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Environmental History Now
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Environmental History Now
  • Show Website
    Ecotones Now