Over the moon to have voted for the first time in Ireland today. #IVoted #VoteClimate

What’s your take: do plants feel, do they have sentience? The biggest squabble over seeds, shoots and shrubs since the nineteenth century is live. theguardian.com/science/2019/j…

'There are no strangers', according to Toni Morrison, who has just died at the age of eighty-eight. 'There are only versions of ourselves, many of which we have not embraced, most of which we wish to protect ourselves from.' the-tls.co.uk/articles/priva…

Looking forward to some great conversations and papers today at the #DecolonisingScienceNarratives workshop hosted by SMGResearch!

The theme of restoring agency to those who have been erased from scientific narratives touched on by rebecca - motif that's come up throughout the day. #DecolonisingScienceNarratives

First talk in SouthHem’s 2020 seminar series 6th Feb., 4pm @UCDHumanities. Prof Michelle Keown (Edinburgh) “‘Isles of Voices’: The Politics of Representation & Translation in Graphic Adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific Stories” European Research Council (ERC) UCD English Studies All welcome!

Announcing the hotly-awaited details of our follow-up graduate workshop(!): 'New Postcolonial Concerns 2: Combined, Uneven, & Critical Developments'. 19 June 2020. Keynote: Pablo Mukherjee (Warwick). CfP in reply. Please share widely! Travel bursaries available.

Don’t miss Sarah ‘s excellent post on the #SouthHem site (bit.ly/2ZLa3zE) in which she blogs about the recent discussion hosted by Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies of @kfullagar’s new book, ‘The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist’ #CriticalIndigenousStudies #ImperialHistory

A Centre for Indigenous Studies in the UK: An Ethical Contradiction? – ⁦David Stirrup⁩ reflects on the challenges of practicing Indigenous Studies at the heart of empire. ⁦⁦⁦Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies⁩ ⁦Kent Postcolonial Centre⁩ ⁦English at Kent⁩. research.kent.ac.uk/centreforindig…

This fall, the #RSVPDigitalSalon committee will host a series of workshops on Race & Transimperialism in Periodicals. We're so excited we're kicking things off early on 10 May with Megan Kuster and her work on the Journal of the Polynesian Society. Join us! rs4vp.org/race-and-trans…

There's still time to register for our Transimperial workshop on 10 May with Megan Kuster. Dr. Kuster will share her work on "Returning Citation: The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Natural Science and Indigenous Agents." Registration is free for all. ow.ly/602C50Ey2x6

Registration for our Empire and Ecologies conference is now open! Join us on 1-2 July for panels on topics including extractivism, blue humanities and creative praxis. eventbrite.ie/e/empire-and-e…

A range of pre-recorded talks on blue humanities; environmental disaster; empire & built environments; extractivism; biodiversity, critical Indigenous studies; and ecologies in antiquity will be available online before the live event. Register for access: empireecologies.org

Very excited for this panel on ‘biodiversity and Indigenous knowledges’, part of UCD Environmental Humanities ‘Empire and Ecologies’, featuring Emma Powell, Miranda Johnson, Yunci Cai, Artemis Caine & Lachlan Fleetwood Lachlan Fleetwood! Full programme & link to register: empireecologies.org

Looking forward to this film screening on Thursday! There are just a few tickets left, and you can still get yours here: eventbrite.ie/e/empire-and-e…

Day 1 of 'Empire and Ecologies' starts today! The program includes a film screening and panels on creative praxis, environmental disaster, and ecologies in antiquity. If you missed the chance to get a ticket, you can still tune in to the Live Stream: youtube.com/watch?v=cI53UF…

Join us today for the second, and final, day of 'Empire and Ecologies'! There will be a roundtable on extractivism, and live panels on critical Indigenous studies and blue humanities. A livestream link will be posted here soon, in case you don't have a ticket but want to tune in.

Can’t wait for this roundtable on extractivism, today at 3pm GMT+1. Livestream link to follow for those who want to tune in…

It's a wrap! Thank you to all who made this wonderful Empire & Ecologies symposium possible: organisers @comyn_scomyn & Megan Kuster, all speakers, chairs, technicians, transcribers and attendees! There are a few follow-up plans, so stay tuned! Have a great weekend

So beautiful to see the whole Empire & Ecologies website laid out, & if you scroll down you can see my commissioned film on re-mediatised plant lives, which you can screen online for free at the bottom of this page! UCD Environmental Humanities @comyn_scomyn Megan Kuster empireecologies.org