Simon Naylor
Professor of Historical Geography, University of Glasgow, Scotland. My book, The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and its Empire, is out now with Cambridge University Press.
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- Delighted to see that my friend and colleague's book is out. Well done Cheryl! Well done also to Paul. Order a copy for your library!
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- Reposted by Simon NaylorIn "Occupied Refuge," @hannobrankamp.bsky.social challenges the view of refugee camps as indispensable safe havens, showing that humanitarian missions often function as militarized occupations that treat camp inhabitants as colonized subjects. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/IwyWW8p
- Reposted by Simon NaylorCall for papers! We invite proposals for a special issue addressing historical animal geographies, co-edited by Karen M. Morin & Alice J. Hovorka. Abstract deadline 15 Jan Accepted submission deadline 15 Jun Details here: sciencedirect.com/special-issue/327592/historical-animal-geographies
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- Another great geography-themed gaming session in our Creative Impact Lab. This time we played Pandemic: Rising Tide. Apologies Dutch friends, we failed to stop the sea!
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- Following @greenhouseuis.net @finnarne.me excellent example and played Finspan board game in our new Creative Impact Lab today @uofglasgow.bsky.social @stonemaiergames.com
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- Reposted by Simon NaylorSuper proud of this research group! HGRG at the International Conference of Historical Geographers in China! Next stop of the ICHG will be Rio de Janeiro in 2028, save the date 🗓️🌎
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- Beautiful plan of the proposed Forth & Clyde Canal in John Smeaton's 1767 Report to the Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland.
- Reposted by Simon NaylorVol. 88 is out! It is our 50th anniversary issue, and includes a special issue on ‘Archives as Worldmaking’ edited by @jakehodder.bsky.social and @snehakrishnan.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-historical-geography/vol/88/suppl/C Take a look at the contents below 🧵 1/31
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- Lovely map of canals and their catchment basins from the 1907 Royal Commission on canals and navigable rivers
- We are running a 1-day workshop on historical geographies / environmental histories of water knowledge on Thursday 15 May. If you would like to attend online and haven't already signed up please contact me using the Contact link on the webpage: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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- NEW: "Unseasonable seasons: Shifting geographies of weather and migration mobilities" out now in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Workshop at University of Glasgow on 15th May 2025, titled Mapping the Histories and Geographies of Water Knowledge. Info here: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/... To register to attend please complete one of these forms: forms.office.com/e/ZDzNVeedvb (in person) Or forms.office.com/e/vmJrvmgGSR (online)
- Reposted by Simon NaylorMy recollection of Nan Shepherd is rather faint but I wrote about the quiet late life (and literary afterlife) of my mother’s friend and teacher, prompted by the new correspondence edited by @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social
- Reposted by Simon NaylorThe Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society will take place in Birmingham, 26-29th August 2025. If you’re interested in ‘Library Encounters’, whether it be campaigning, collaborating or creating, then do take a look at our session Call for Papers. @hesterparr.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Simon NaylorFor the opportunity to present at this celebration and have Professors Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer respond to their work in conversation with Professor John Tresch, early career scholars are invited to send abstracts of max. 200 words. For more details go to: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/news/202...
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- Reposted by Simon NaylorTwo permanent human geography posts at Durham University ( a focus on nature, climate change and just futures) durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
- Reposted by Simon NaylorRemember to register for next week's hybrid seminar: Maïa Pal (Oxford Brookes University) on "The law of infrastructure: jurisdictional accumulation and neo-imperialism at British and French undersea cable landing sites". Details here: www.history.ac.uk/events/law-i... 🗃️
- Thank you to @bshsnews.bsky.social for featuring an extract from my new book, The Observatory Experiment: Meteorology in Britain and its Empire, in their Viewpoint magazine.
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- Rather pleased with my silver coin commemorating 40 years of China's polar scientific expeditions. Thanks to my PhD student, Xin Yang!
- Delighted to see The Observatory Experiment finally out in the real world. Available to buy from Cambridge University Press on 10 October. In the meantime, do join the book launch on 9 October! Register here: forms.office.com/e/GtfdghVJen
- We are organising a session on the historical geographies of science at the ICHG 2025 conference in Shanghai and looking for a fifth contributor. Deadline is very tight - 30 September! If you are interested please get in touch.
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- If you're in Glasgow and have nothing better to do / need to shelter from the autumn rain, you're very welcome to come to my book launch and inaugural lecture, 4-5pm on 9th October. Or join the livestream! Scan the QR code to register. Would be lovely to see you there.
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- If you're at the RGS-IBG conference this Friday, 30 August (9am in Royal School of Mines, just off Exhibition Rd), do please consider coming to our session, Mapping the Historical Geographies of Water Infrastructures, co-organised with Lawrence Dritsas.
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- Our open-access paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nexus is out, entitled ‘Limited waterpower contributed to rise of steam power in British “Cottonopolis”’. Well done to lead author, @geodactyl. Please take a look! academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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- Do hope it’s okay to share the cover for my forthcoming book? I think it looks quite nice.
- Have reached the ‘what was I thinking when I said I’d do my own index?’ stage of my book’s life.
