Peter H. Hansen

Historian, author of The Summits of Modern Man, co-editor of Other Everests; prof @WPI; opinions own; RT≠endorsement

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

Recommended: Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the Himalayas (2026), now online:
https://t.co/LLUXu3EiGS

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

Skimo's debut at the Winter Olympics was a great opportunity to talk about the longer connections between science and mountaineering with Flora Lichtman on NPR's Science Friday:
https://t.co/VuPOVxoCow

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

Really fun to talk with Fredricka Whitfield at @CNN about Ski mountaineering, or #Skimo, the newest Winter Olympics competition that combines two sports with long histories. Mixed relays impressively meet the Olympics goal of gender equality.
https://t.co/VmLmo4Bxus

[Science Friday @scifri]

Happy Science Friday! Here’s what we’re covering today on the show. Listen on your local public radio station, 2-4 p.m. ET. ⛷️ 🐐 ⭐️ 🧑‍💻
📸 : Kevin White
Learn more here: https://t.co/FO3e5zYMOF

[Science Friday @scifri]

Are goats the GOAT of mountaineering?🏔️🐐
Host Flora Lichtman learns about climbing snowy mountains as “skimo,” aka ski mountaineering, ⛷️ makes its debut as a Winter Olympic event. Plus, a wildlife ecologist talks about the gravity-defying skills of mountain goats. https://t.co/LzDXXUWvBi

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

Congratulations to @LucyMCaplan whose excellent Dreaming in Ensemble from @Harvard_Press explores "the interplay between collective aspiration and institutional exclusion and how Black artists navigated the divide."

[telegramdotcom @telegramdotcom]

WPI professor Lucy Caplan explores how Black artists helped transform opera in new book "Dreaming in Ensemble." https://t.co/LmZ0lD0API

[WorldWorcester @WorldWorcester]

"A Responsibility to Protect? From Humanitarian Intervention to Human Security," with Michael Butler, @ClarkUniversity, our next speaker on March 20, 2025. Register by March 14 to attend in person or by time of event to attend remotely.
https://t.co/Ex1TIMnT7Q

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

Join us at 5pm GMT today to mark #InternationalMountainDay as the team behind @OtherEverests launch their new edited collection.

Register for this online webinar here: https://t.co/tiTJPwirnO
30% off the book for event attendees!
#Everest

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

To mark International Mountain Day 2024, we have assembled a number of the contributors to the new volume '@OtherEverests: One mountain, many worlds', to discuss the past, present and future of the world’s highest peak.
Join us online on 11th December: https://t.co/tiTJPwhTyg

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

Join our global network of contributors on December 11 to discuss the many worlds of Mount Everest.

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

To mark International Mountain Day 2024, we have assembled a number of the contributors to the new volume '@OtherEverests: One mountain, many worlds', to discuss the past, present and future of the world’s highest peak.
Join us online on 11th December: https://t.co/tiTJPwhTyg

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

It was an honor to join these wonderful colleagues at Kendal to celebrate the book reaching its first audience!

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

@FMontety @OtherEverests @jpitches68 @paulgilchrist @RGS_IBG @AlpineClubLib Thanks for your excellent chapter which is now the standard account of naming "Everest"!

[WorldWorcester @WorldWorcester]

Pandemic Readiness, with @JenniferNuzzo Director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health, our next speaker on Thurs, November 7. Register by Oct 31 for in person, by time of event for remote attendance.
https://t.co/D9Fotj4nVw

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

Since the deaths of British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine in 1924, histories of the mountain have overwhelmingly focused on the mythologies of western male adventure & conquest.

But there are many more stories waiting to be told.
Other Everests, out next month.

[Lucy Walker @lucywalkerfilm]

Trailer launch time! It's been a fairytale making MOUNTAIN QUEEN: THE SUMMITS OF LHAKPA SHERPA and you can watch it from July 31 all around the world, only on Netflix 🏔️👑❤️ https://t.co/8xGEXaCaqq #mountainqueen @netflix

[Manchester University Press @ManchesterUP]

Today is Mount Everest Day or International Everest Day, honouring the two brave climbers who were first to climb the highest mountain in the world on 29 May 1953.

We're so excited to be publishing @OtherEverests in November, available to pre-order now: https://t.co/qSdwgcd6ke

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

@OtherEverests Yes, in the RGS calendar. It looks like a great event!

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

@HistoriansDesk @paulgilchrist He chose India, having lived there for decades & working then at HMI Darjeeling. Though born in Tibet, there was no birthright citizenship nor birthright identity and he was not 'Tibetan'. Claims about Tenzing as one or other say more about politics of nationalism than about him

[Peter H. Hansen @PhansenH]

@HistoriansDesk @paulgilchrist Tenzing was Sherpa, with no sense of national identity before 1953. Ranajit Guha helped me see that Tenzing identified with more primordial categories of belonging, where he lived or where he worked befor '53. The post-ascent controversy over his citizenship forced him to choose

[Dr Jenny Hall @LaughingGrouse]

#Gender matters in #mountaineering. A massive thank you to our series editors Stephen Wagg and David Andrews and the 24 authors, too many to mention here, let's keep the conversation going @e_boocock @zoe_avner Gender, Politics and Change in Mountaineering https://t.co/39yjQzQzP5