@hcraddock.bsky.social
Researcher and environmental historian
Please let me know if you have any historical geography events or updates to share in the HGRG Spring newsletter!
hgrg.org.uk/newsletter/
Photograph of an American bison standing beside a fence at the London Zoo in 1906.
The research guide on Environmental History that I wrote for The National Archives, UK is now live! Includes research advice and resources on colonial environments, pollution, agriculture, and animal histories.
Available here: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-yo...
#envhist #envhum
I’m running a survey to ask researchers what they want the UK Government Web Archive to offer in the future to enable wider use of the collection. If you’re a web archive user, or you would like to be, please take ten minutes to complete this survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/UKGWA-Rese...
30.01.2026 11:16 — 👍 10 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 1
Following the December "Pollution in the Archive" symposium, my colleague @hcraddock.bsky.social and me have wrote a recap of the day with some post-event reflections that you can now read it on @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy blog.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
Join me for this talk tomorrow morning!
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#KEW in #JAMAICA by @hcraddock.bsky.social - 2nd talk in #Gardens-Trust #online seminar series #Empires, #Plants & #Gardening' Jan 27 10-11:30 GMT More info & booking: eventbrite.co.uk/e/empires-pl... @kewgardens.bsky.social @UkNatArchives
20.01.2026 15:43 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I'll be talking about the Hope Botanic Gardens in Jamaica on 27th Jan, using records from the colonial archives at Kew Gardens 🌴
Signup here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empires-pl...
For World Aids Day, 1 December, I’ve co-curated a new highlights gallery exploring @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy state records collection related to the HIV and AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s.
To access it:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...
I really enjoyed hosting this - do watch the recording below! 🦫
28.11.2025 10:44 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Two weeks left until our symposium on pollution! Registration open until 30th Nov
19.11.2025 20:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
Looking forward to chairing this event in just over a week!
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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...
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 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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...
1 week left to submit an abstract for our symposium on Pollution in the Archive!
12.09.2025 08:20 — 👍 18 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
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...
Working at the National Archives is great, I mean, look at THIS!
(Part of CO 1069/611, supplied today by @hcraddock.bsky.social)
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...
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...
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
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
'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
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!
