Jonathan Pitches

Jonathan Pitches

@profpitches.bsky.social

Theatre Professor and eco critic. Author of Performing Mountains. Head of School of Performance and Cultural Industries at University of Leeds. European. Trying my hand at some poetry. Views my own.

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Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

Final deadline coming up (31st October) for this inspiring call for a December workshop, mapping possibilities for the mountain humanities. Please drop us a line if you'd like to present/attend.

Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures@futuremountain.bsky.social

CFP: Towards a Posthumanistic Mountain Humanities, Online Workshop 11 December 2026. shorturl.at/wnsS8 #Mountains #EnvHist #EnvHums #HistGeog #IndigenousKnowledge #AnimalHist #NewAnimism #NewMaterialism #AssemblageTheory #Posthumanism

Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

Our first Mountain Futures workshop call is out! Please circulate further and consider coming along and contributing

Jonathan Westaway@jonwestaway.bsky.social

Sharing this, please circulate and join us if you can! @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social @graemewarren.bsky.social

Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

Fascinating interview with Caroline Schaumann in this great new podcast series.

Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures@futuremountain.bsky.social

New podcast! Talking with Caroline Schaumann about Humboldtian science in the mountains - feeling, failure, and queer sensibilities + 19th C. mountaineering in print, archive and film #EnvHist #Mountaineering #Alps #Andes shorturl.at/tVj9T @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social

shorturl.atPeak PursuitsJason König and Jonathan Westaway interview Caroline Schaumann about her work on mountaineering history.
Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

Another gem in this new series. Check it out 👇

Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures@futuremountain.bsky.social

New podcast talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty & empire from the #Alps to #Everest shorturl.at/oI5fh @profpitches.bsky.social @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social

Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

Full disclosure - I am part of the team on this. But nevertheless this is a stunning first episode and a fascinating listen.

Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures@futuremountain.bsky.social

Join us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains. shorturl.at/DfOrj @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social

Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

campaignforthearts.orgPetition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the ArtsThe Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.
Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

Good luck to all the chicks !

University of Leeds@universityofleeds.bsky.social

Did you know that we have peregrine falcons nesting in Parkinson Tower? Over the weekend, we welcomed four new peregrine chicks onto campus! 🐣 Watch our peregrine live stream now ⬇️ sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/our-work/bio...

Jonathan Pitches
@profpitches.bsky.social

Gotta be worth a watch!

Dr. Maya Cantu@mayamcantu.bsky.social

Wunderbar! The Berliner Ensemble’s ‘historical recording of "Mother Courage and Her Children" from the Berliner Ensemble in 1957, in which Helene Weigel plays the title role, will be free of charge via stream on our website for one week starting May 9 at 8 p.m.”