Report from the Workshop “Climate, Food & Famine” (Manchester, UK, 14 April 2023)
Due to the generous support of the International Commission for the History of Meteorology (ICHM), Manchester’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM) was able to host the one-day workshop Climate, Food & Famine. The event was attended by scholars from around the world, and generated productive cross-disciplinary discussion on the complex…
PhDone
Pleased to report that my PhD award has now been confirmed. My thesis on the post-war development of atmosphere-energy systems in the UK can can be found here: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/files/258037016/thesis_final_corrected_post_corrections_final_2.pdf Please don’t tell me about any typos!
CFP: Climate, Food & Famine in History
Call for papers (please circulate). We are delighted to announce that we are now open to submissions for the upcoming workshop Climate, Food, and Famine in History. This will be held on April 14, 2023 at Manchester’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, sponsored by the International Union for History and Philosophy…
Collaboration in the Humanities
As I make clear in my upcoming publication in Spontaneous Generations, I strongly believe that science education can take a lot of lessons from the humanities, especially when it comes to allowing students to express themselves as free thinking and politically active individuals. However, this goes two ways. I had the pleasure of writing my…
First Publication
Very happy to announce my first peer-reviewed paper on climatologist Reid Bryson. Read on to find out about climate and crisis in the 1970s. This paper is an offshoot of my masters project that started in late 2018, so has been a long time coming. It feels so great to finally have an academic voice…
Call for Papers: Past, Present, and Future of the History of Meteorology
As part of the International Commission for the History of Meteorology’s 20th anniversary celebrations this year, I am organising a conference on the Past, Present, and Future of the History of Meteorology, online on 15th Sept 2021. The Call for Papers can be found at: http://meteohistory.org/2021/call-for-papers-past-present-and-future-of-the-history-of-meteorology/. The deadline for abstracts of 250 words is July 15,…
The Climate Disciples?
This image is from the front page of Rockefeller Foundation publication RF Illustrated from August 1974. When I first saw it, I could feel a certain power emanating from the computer screen. Only recently did I put my finger on it. With thirteen individuals looking mostly towards the centre, this is clearly reminiscent of Jesus’s…
A Voice of my Own
What is ‘the sociological history of climate change’? How did you learn about climate change? Did you delve into the scientific literature and come up with a detached conclusion? No-one does this. Concern over climate change lives within our society. My parents told me about how humans were destroying the planet. My teachers told me…
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