This is the fifty-eighth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.

 

Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (April 2 – April 8, 2018):

Monday: “Ice, Wolves, Sheet” by Jessica DeWitt, Historical DeWitticisms

Tuesday: “Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington” by Andrea Gaynor, Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network

Wednesday: “Native American Climber Works to Restore Indigenous Names to Peaks” by Ryan Dunfee, Sierra

Thursday: “Alfred Crosby, ‘Father of Environmental History,’ Is Dead at 87” by John Motyka, The New York Times

Friday: “Alfred Crosby, ‘Father of Environmental History,’ Is Dead at 87” by John Motyka, The New York Times

Saturday: “Venezuela situation piling pressure on Brazil’s environment” by Dan Stothart, UN Environment

Sunday: “CFP: American Society for Environmental History 2019, Columbus, Ohio,” Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network

Top Words

1. history

2. Crosby

3. Professor 

4. environmental

5. will

6. one 

7. University

8. Necefer 

9. indigenous

10. people

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services.

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