Smith, Olga, and Andrew Patrizio, eds. Methods for Ecocritical Art History. Manchester University Press, 2026. The book cover shows weeds on a Paris street, a photograph by artist Jean-Luc Moulène, whose work is the subject […]
Environmental History Now.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Not Just Possums: Feral Cats, “Stone-Cold Killers,” and Conservation
This essay was originally published by Emily Major in her research activism blog Framing Speciesism. Addendum to original article (trigger warning for graphic descriptions): This cross-posted article is timely as the North Canterbury Hunting Competition […]
Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of U.S. Environmental Law: A Review
In Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of US Environmental Law, authors Alejandro E. Camacho and Brigham Daniels probe environmental legal history to understand the law’s troubled relationship to environmental degradation and protection, while uncovering the legal change that is needed to address the most pressing environmental challenges of our era, such as climate change.
The Origins of Geoengineering: A Review of Green Lands for White Men
McKittrick explores how seemingly peripheral, outlandish ideas become part of the mainstream popular and scientific imagination.
Wildfires Across Borders: Comparing Impacts in Los Angeles and Northern Mexico
While the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, northern Mexico’s devastating wildfire season received far less attention. This piece is about what such contrast reveals and discusses how wildfire disasters are not only ecological events but also stories of inequality, visibility, and power.
How to Publish an Edited Collection
This essay is my attempt to share some of what I know in the hopes that more historians will take up this useful and fulfilling work.
Making Sense of Europe’s Arctic Energy Dilemma
Arctic oil and gas projects, justified through the language of urgency and energy security, are not quick fixes to Europe’s current energy challenges.
A Pear Tree Grew In Dorchester
The removal of the tree, its snapped branches swept up and away, made the feeling of broken lineage real.
Of Ferrets and Phantoms
This nonfiction piece was the inspiration for a journal article about writing amidst extinction for a forthcoming special issue of Cultural Geographies.
