Environmental Humanities, Energy, Oceans | Assoc Prof, English, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | RENDERED OBSOLETE: Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling, UNC Press https://uncpress.org/book/9781469674827/rendered-obsolete
Jamie L. Jones
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More than 20,000 seafarers are stranded on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
"The seafarers, men and women, have not provoked this war, are not a part of it, and cannot stop it," says Mohamed Arrachedi of the International Transport Workers' Federation.
grateful that Sarah Mesle articulated this, in this precise way. Beef & fucking prunes. (from Reasons & Feelings, 2025)
Today I learned that my book, RENDERED OBSOLETE, was reviewed in AHR by @calebwellum.bsky.social. I'm grateful to Caleb for the sharp, generous review, and for all the work he's been doing in energy humanities. Link to review below, or DM me for a PDF!
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
pleased to be included in this very handsome collection. thanks to @andyoler.bsky.social
December 2025 in the Greenhouse! We are winding down for the year with some exciting #envhist #envhum events.
It’s Giving Tuesday. (It’s giving … Tuesday.) I really encourage you to donate to an abortion fund, which make the promise of equality real by allowing women to control their bodies and lives, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity. Find your local fund here: abortionfunds.org
What a time to decide to learn less about the world.
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Thanks to @modamhist.bsky.social for publishing my conversation with @imreszeman.bsky.social, Bob Johnson, Cara Daggett, and Jennifer Wenzel on history and the energy humanities. We hope it is helpful! Check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
on this sunday-est of sundays, syllabus-ing for a new term
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As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...
