Rachel Murray
@murrayrachel89
Lecturer Lit+Env @UoBrisEnglish | Rarely here anymore. Find me at: http://rachelmurray.bsky.social
Blue Extinction has been published! 🥳 Edited by @verafibisan and me and featuring essays by @stevermentz, Stacy Alaimo, @oquays, @IvryHenry, and many others. Do consider ordering a copy for your library: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
Friends: thanks to your stunning generosity in 2023 & 2024, student A has almost finished 3rd year, with just 6k fee debt left. This is the last push. We hope that they can graduate in July. So much need, I know - but even a share makes such a difference crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-a-gradu…
We're thrilled to announce our CALL FOR PAPERS for the 2025 AASA Conference: "Centring Animals Across the Disciplines"! 📆 5th Nov. - 7th. Nov. at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia ⏰ Proposals due 20 June 202 #animalstudies animalstudies.org.au/aasa2025-centr…
On Monday, @verafibisan and I launched our new book, Blue Extinction, at @UoS_smmi with the help of three brilliant PhD students, who responded so thoughtfully to the collection. Huge thanks to @GiuliaChampion for organising and to all who came along!
Our first blog post of the year is by @Carrie_Etter about the role of haiku in connecting her to the more-than-human world. You can read Carrie's reflections here: …nmentalhumanities.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/01/27/clo…
The CEH Termcard is now live! So many exciting events and speakers coming up -- we're one lucky Centre 😃✨
As the new year is upon us, we've resolved to make the move over to Bluesky. 🟦✨ We'll still be lurking here, but for events, news, and general excitement you can find us at: @uobrisceh.bsky.social
"When the Whales and Seals Are Gone: Verne, Toussenel, and the Brave New Ocean," for @verafibisan and @murrayrachel89's Blue Extinction in Literature, Art, and Culture, is here. 🐳🦭🪼 link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…
It's been another busy and productive year for the CEH. You can read more about what we've been up to in the link below!
As 2024 draws to a close, we caught up with some of our Faculty Research Centres & Groups to learn about their highlights from the year and things to look forward to in 2025 Read about our Centres 👉 bit.ly/3ZCTV0u Read about our Groups 👉 bit.ly/3Vy9LrS
🗣️ TODAY! Join @moniqueroffey for the final #AutumnArtLecture as she reads from her new novel, Passiontide, before discussing its themes and wider resonance with Dr @LeighanRenaud The FREE event is at the Peel Lecture Theatre, BS8 1SS, 6.30-8pm, book 👉 bit.ly/4hwLrA0
New ecopoetry challenge for young poets! 🏗️🦫 Send us poems that explore the habitats we share with non-human earthlings. Poet Caleb Parkin offers some prompts for imagining a world to share with birds, bugs, and bears… Find prompts and enter: bit.ly/YPNEarthlings
'Oceanic Curating', our article for Environmental Humanities' 'In Practice' series is out now! read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-…
🪨⛰️⌛️Our MA Environmental Humanities students have been out and about learning about deep time, geology, and rivers old and new with Mathilde Braddock of Steps in Stone. Critical and creative reflections by @DudleyMarianna here: …nmentalhumanities.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/blog/
TODAY! 3pm! All welcome!
Come to the first meeting of the Ecopoetry Reading Group on Wednesday 30th October (Week 7) from 3-4pm in ARTS G5! The first session will be on 'Ecopoetry & Haiku' and will be led by Creative Writing PGR Paul Chambers. No pre-reading is required and everyone is welcome!
Bristol friends, Monique Roffey will be doing a reading and conversation in December as part of the Autumn Arts series. Tickets are free but you gotta register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/passiontide-…
This is tomorrow - led by one of our wonderful PGRs in Creative Writing! 🌳🌳🌳 No pre-reading required and all welcome!
Come to the first meeting of the Ecopoetry Reading Group on Wednesday 30th October (Week 7) from 3-4pm in ARTS G5! The first session will be on 'Ecopoetry & Haiku' and will be led by Creative Writing PGR Paul Chambers. No pre-reading is required and everyone is welcome!
Looking forward to this later! We will be talking syllabus design and teaching environmental history 📚
Kicking off our Teaching Support Program today with the wonderful @DudleyMarianna and 40+ early career researchers registered #envhist #envhum @esehtweets