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Heather Craddock

@hcraddock.bsky.social

Collections Researcher at The National Archives. Environmental history and colonial botany

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Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive (in person) Explore histories of pollution, contamination, and environmental damage in the archive at this one-day symposium at The National Archives.

Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive is now open for registration! 🏭🌊

In person symposium at The National Archives on 4th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...

Afternoon of online talks on 5th December: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-re...

#envhum #envhist

23.10.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to chairing this event in just over a week!

#envhist #envhum

10.10.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy that my article on the ackee tree in Jamaica is out! Thanks to @treeseeker.bsky.social and @planthums-uk.bsky.social for editing this excellent special issue.

www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...

01.10.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for your interest! Just to clarify - as the eventbrite explains, registering your interest does not guarantee you a place, it just enters you into the application process

20.09.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Archival Research in the Environmental Humanities Workshop Learn about archival research in the Environmental Humanities in a workshop at The National Archives.

Join me for a workshop on archival research in the Environmental Humanities at The National Archives!

We're seeking early career participants - apply to attend to hear from speakers, view original documents, and help test our research guidance. #envhum #envhist

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-r...

19.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

1 week left to submit an abstract for our symposium on Pollution in the Archive!

12.09.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive What hope can be found in encounters with animals in archival documents?

I'll be hosting an online event on encountering extinction in the archives with @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social as part of The National Archives' Research Routes series.

Come along to hear about researching animal histories in the archive!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction...

09.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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Working at the National Archives is great, I mean, look at THIS!

(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)

29.08.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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UK Government Web Archive Researcher Workshops Explore the UK Government Web Archive, one of the world’s largest openly accessible internet archives, in workshops.

Alongside the UKGWA team, I'm hosting two free half-day workshops this October to teach researchers more about the web archive, and shape our future researcher offering.

If you are a web archive user, or are keen to learn more, you can register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-governm...

26.08.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Planetary Futures: Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene Conference, 18-19 September 2025, at the University of Manchester. Call for Papers

Conference: Planetary Futures - Rethinking Extinction and Conservation in the Anthropocene. Manchester, 18-19 Sept 2025.

Registration is free - please register your interest in attending by Friday 22 August.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

15.08.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
Image of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company workshops with smoke escaping from tower. Reference: CO 1069/280 from The National Archives, UK.

Image of Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company workshops with smoke escaping from tower. Reference: CO 1069/280 from The National Archives, UK.

The Call for Papers for 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive', a symposium at The National Archives in London, 4 December 2025, is now open!

Submission deadline: Friday 19 Sept

See the CFP and details about bursaries for speakers here: orlo.uk/Z8StS

#envhum #envhist

13.08.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Spalding Gentlemen's Society (SGS) - Britain's second-oldest museum - seeks Project Manager for ambitious redevelopment project through our current NLHF Development Phase grant and beyond.

Closing date: 22 August 2025

View the tender brief here or the link in our bio: www.sgsoc.org/work-with-us

26.07.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
'Of the Oak' 2025: digital art installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast @rbgkew.bsky.social

'Of the Oak' 2025: digital art installation by Marshmallow Laser Feast @rbgkew.bsky.social

Coming this autumn!! #PLANT #PERSPECTIVES 2(2) special issue: #Tree #Cultures & #Arboreal #Humanities eds
@treeseeker.bsky.social & Caroline Cornish #research articles, narrative #non_fiction, #poetry & reviews whp-journals.co.uk/PP @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social

28.07.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) at The National Archives Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

PASSAGE is recruiting for two fixed-term posts to join me working on 18thC records of enslavement
1) Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/aZwqn
2) Project Cataloguer (Transatlantic Slavery) shorturl.at/6aSpz
If you have questions, please let me know & please circulate widely!

11.03.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 99    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

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