Collection Ecologies

Hello new followers! We're Collection Ecologies 👋 We investigate histories of #collections to understand how collections can serve as archives + knowledge repositories in #envhist, & by reflecting on collections as ecologies themselves. Check out our CHSTM seminar ⬇️ www.chstm.org/content/coll...

It was a real pleasure to contribute a piece to this fantastically interdisciplinary volume organized by Danielle Sands & Daniel Whistler, in collaboration with colleagues in the Library & Archives at @rbgkew.bsky.social 🌿 #envhist #histsci #plants www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Very happy to see another article out in the world! Part of a special issue edited by the wonderful @sabinehanke.bsky.social & Anne Sophie Overkamp, from a fantastic (and very hot) workshop we had in Tübingen back in 2024 #envhist #envhum #histsci Available open access: doi.org/10.1002/bewi...

We had a fantastic panel in the last slot of the last day of #HSS-ESHS #HSS2026 called "Pedagogies of Things in the Natural History Humanities" with @arnoldke.bsky.social, @annalsvensson.bsky.social & Kelly Whitmer. If you were there, we'd love to hear your thoughts! 🌿 #envhist #envhum

We had such an amazing turnout for this & great engagement from the audience about some historical questions, but also some very practical concerns about what it means to teach with material objects in a world of digitization, AI, declining attention span, & much more. #hss-eshs #envhist #envhum

Not only that, but a large contingent of the wider @collecol.bsky.social network also came! So many people there working on collections, natural history, museums, environmental history, etc. 🌿🪲 What a great way to kick off the conference! #hss2026 #eshs-hss

The articles in our Endeavour special issue are starting to arrive! Check out research from @mattholmes.bsky.social & @arnoldke.bsky.social which are now available open access! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... #envhist #envhums #histsci #collections #museums

Very pleased to share my new article on the legal case surrounding Welwitsch's Angolan botanical collections, part of the @collecol.bsky.social issue in @Endeavour (edited by the lovely @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social) ✨ #envhist Available open access! doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

The articles in our Endeavour special issue are starting to arrive! Check out research from @mattholmes.bsky.social & @arnoldke.bsky.social which are now available open access! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... #envhist #envhums #histsci #collections #museums

I was very lucky to be part of this amazing book. I've co-authored a piece on natural history collections and climate change with Martha Fleming (Natural History Museum of Denmark) as part of @collecol.bsky.social. Looking forward to finally seeing it in print! ✨🌿 #nathist #envhist #collections

🚨 TODAY! A seminar from the @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM group at 4pm GMT/11am EST! Join us in welcoming @nickyrvs.bsky.social (@hunterianglasgow.bsky.social) ✨ More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec... #envhist #envhum #museums #collections #histsci

🚨 TODAY! A seminar from the @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM group at 4pm GMT/11am EST! Join us in welcoming @nickyrvs.bsky.social (@hunterianglasgow.bsky.social) ✨ More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec... #envhist #envhum #museums #collections #histsci

🚨Don't miss tomorrow! ✨ @collecol.bsky.social Thursday 5 Feb (check yr timezone)✨ www.chstm.org/group/collec... Nicky Reeves @nickyrvs.bsky.social on his reflections on access politics in the world of museum storage, #collections and their #envhist!

🚨 Don't miss the next @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on Thursday 4 December at 11am EST/4pm GMT! ✨ This month, we'll hear from Thomas Biskup (University of Hull/Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel) #envhist #histsci #histstm #envhums #collections #plants /1

CollEcologies is back this week with another great discussion on how THINGS are also NATURE and what is all this about collecting and preserving, and where is "knowledge"?

Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨

Looks like a great reading group for those interested in natural history + history of collections! 🏛️🌿🦓

Happy Monday! 🌵 We're glad to say that this rescheduled Reading Club session is happening this week! Join us on 6 November to discuss Appadurai's article, a fantastically rich piece to raise questions connecting museums & collections, coloniality & the global/planetary, & the age of Anthropocene ✨

🚨🚨 This is a quick notice to let you all know that we have had to cancel this session! But, we have moved it to 6 November! We hope you'll join us then! ✨🪴

What a great roundtable! @collecol.bsky.social!

‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿 #envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums

‼️ Don't forget! We'd love to have you join us tomorrow to help workshop ideas for our @collecol.bsky.social special issue! We want to hear from friends & those interested in/who work with natural history/museum collections 🌿 #envhum #envhist #nathist #histsci #collections #museums

🚨 Don't miss our final CHSTM seminar of the academic year! 12 June at 12pm EST/5pm BST ✨ @dominikhhh.bsky.social & @nickytheprof.bsky.social will be workshopping our forthcoming special issue with Endeavour! 🪲 Sign up to get all your @collecol.bsky.social info! www.chstm.org/group/collec...

Where does our food come from and is it safe? My article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science explores the history of plant #genetics and concerns over #food in the BSE crisis and #GMO controversy: doi.org/10.1093/acre... #histSTM #envhist #aghist #EnvSci

Our own @arnoldke.bsky.social will host a workshop at this event on how to work with + read natural history specimens with colleagues at the Liverpool World Museum! 🪲 Information on schedule, bursaries, & sign-up available in the link below ⬇️🌿

Don't forget ⬇️ In just a few hours! ⏰ Join us today to hear from @nathanbossoh.bsky.social on three core themes of access, exploitation, & curation as a way of opening further dialogue on the role of museums in the creation (& curation) of new botanical futures. We look forward to seeing you! ✨🌿

🚨 @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar on 10 April @ 12pm EDT/5pm BST! ✨ Dr @nathanbossoh.bsky.social will discuss 'Imperial Exploitation, & the Curation of New Botanical Futures' & his co-curated exhibition at @wellcomecollection.bsky.social. We hope you'll join us! ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...

🚨 Another @collecol.bsky.social CHSTM seminar this week! 🚨 We'll hear from Leah Malmut (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities) on 'Collecting Building Blocks for a Better Bee' 🐝 13 March at 12pm EDT/4pm GMT (note the European time change) ⏰ More info & Zoom link ⬇️ www.chstm.org/group/collec...