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Lillian Taylor

@lilliantaylor.bsky.social

History PhD student at William & Mary. Working on shipwrecks, environmental history, and history of knowledge in the Atlantic World. She/her

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My article "Seasonal Harvests: Migration, Reproduction, and Religion in the Early Modern Spanish Tuna Fisheries" is now available online in advance of the July issue of
@envirohistory.bsky.social. The essay reflects years of work and revision; I'm so grateful for the help I got along the way.

23.05.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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We welcome new submissions to 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 π”π§π¬π­πšπ›π₯𝐞 π“π’π¦πžπ¬! Let your imagination run wild and send a postcard to and from whoever you want, send it to the past or to the future, or why not from future to the past?

Read more here:
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#EnvHist #EnvHum

04.12.2024 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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The Black divers excavating slave shipwrecks: β€˜I’m telling my ancestors: I’m with you’ Members of Diving With a Purpose search out and investigate the vessels’ remains, bringing history to light and memorializing lost lives

The Black divers excavating slave shipwrecks: β€˜I’m telling my ancestors: I’m with you’

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

07.09.2024 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Online Event - ASEH Connects - Open Writing Hour 20 June 2024 - Bring a project, set an intention for the dedicated hour of writing, and co-write with us. All forms of writing are welcome!

Online Event – ASEH Connects – Open Writing Hour
Thursday, 20 June 2024 – 3:00pm EDT
Hosted by Jessica Varner, ACLS/Getty Fellow

niche-canada.org/2024/06/12/o...

@aseh.bsky.social #envhist #writing

12.06.2024 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Out 3/6/24 Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal & Europe: Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, & Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries) by Nuno Vila-Santa & available to preorder now βš“ #maritimehistory
aup.nl/en/book/9789...

18.05.2024 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Seismic seconds: The challenges of precisely dating and timing earthquakes in New England in the past four centuriesΒ  | PAGES

Very excited to see the new PAGES issue on earthquakes in print. It also features a short article that I wrote based on research on New England earthquakes and timekeeping carried out at the @jcblibrary.bsky.social in 2021. #envhist #earthquakes pastglobalchanges.org/publications...

07.05.2024 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Last session tomorrow, May 1, on Zoom! Register and join us at 6pm ET for Dr. Philip Guingona talking about how to teach about "Unsovereign Space" in world history!

30.04.2024 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this amazing opportunity! #EnvHist #ClimHist #ArtHistory #HistSci

10.04.2024 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Linocut portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian in gradient of green to brown with pomegranate branch, caterpillar and butterflies

Linocut portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian in gradient of green to brown with pomegranate branch, caterpillar and butterflies

Happy birthday #entomologist & scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)! πŸ§ͺπŸ‘πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬#histsci Her stepdad Jacob Marrel & students trained her as an artist. She began painting insects & plants by 13. She wrote, "I spent my time investigating insects. [...] I realized that other caterpillars 🧡1/

02.04.2024 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Writing Mobile Lives, 1500–1700 Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - Writing Mobile Lives, 1500–1700

My Element is out out featuring several #earlymodern mobile lives and open access too. Let me know if you use it in your teaching and if you like it. Woohoo! πŸŽ‰ www.cambridge.org/core/element...

14.03.2024 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Call for Submissions - Succession III: Queering the Environment - Rebellion Succession II: Queering the Environment - Rebellion A NiCHE Series Proposal Deadline: April 5, 2024 Series Publication: June 2024 Series Editors: Jessica DeWitt, Estraven Lupino-Smith, and...

Call for Submissions – Succession III: Queering the Environment – Rebellion

A NiCHE Series
Series Editors @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, Estraven Lupino-Smith, Addie Hopes
Proposal Deadline: April 5, 2024
Series Publication: June 2024

niche-canada.org/2024/03/14/c...

#envhist #envhum #queerecology

14.03.2024 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What epoch is it? The ICS geologists say we're still in the Holocene. To understand all this, we’re revisiting Joyce Chaplin's recent review essay that situates the #Anthropocene concept in the context of the history of ideas.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

11.03.2024 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A super opportunity for educators (K-12 and college level) to work on navigating truth and misinformation in the classroom and the curriculum. Plus a little money for your time!!

06.03.2024 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Educators! The Alliance for Learning in World History (ALWH) at Pitt is hosting its annual PD workshop for teachers at all levels this coming June 1, on Zoom. The theme is "Truth, Misinformation, and Technology in World History" & the three keynote speakers are awesome. Spread the word & join us!

05.03.2024 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Ocean peeps! Read @graceeasterly.bsky.social 's piece, 'The US Only Pretends to Want Freedom of the Seas' here: time.com/6694506/us-n... Please share!

20.02.2024 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some people may be wonderingβ€”if the collections are going to end up in another herbarium, what is the big deal? The specimens and their data will still be protected, right? But that isn't the whole story... 1/n

18.02.2024 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 7

The racism behind chatGPT we aren't talking about...

This year, I learned that students use chatGPT because they believe it helps them sound more respectable. And I learned that it absolutely does not work. A thread. 🧡

17.02.2024 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1050    πŸ” 499    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 90
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Educators: are you looking for excellent, peer-reviewed content for your world history classroom? Spread the word about this virtual workshop series that Pitt's Alliance for Learning in World History & Global Studies are co-sponsoring this spring, showcasing the awesome H21 project www.history21.com

09.02.2024 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Perks of roundtable events being moved to Zoom due to snow: getting to see panelists’ cats!

19.01.2024 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Matilda (a torbie cat) laying on a pink blanket looking into the camera. Her glare has kept me pinned to my desk for three hours.

Matilda (a torbie cat) laying on a pink blanket looking into the camera. Her glare has kept me pinned to my desk for three hours.

The cat has chosen to come out from her various hiding places to stare disapprovingly at me as I work towards deadlines… A very effective supervisor!

04.12.2023 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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