Brian Leech

Historian. #envhist Also (and mostly) at @[email protected], &

[Brian Leech @brianleechphd]

My latest publication is out for #envhist #mininghistory folks. “Butte Undermined: Complaint Files, Community Activism, and the Slow Violence of Mine Subsidence in Butte, Montana, 1940–1990” benefits from some fine editing, great layout, & lots of great photos.

[MTHistoricalSociety @MTHist]

Augustana College Professor Brian Leech wrote about mine subsidence and community activism in Butte in the Summer Montana The Magazine of Western History. Thanks for the great research and the article, Brian!
#ReadMontana #mininghistory #twitterstorian #ButteMT @brianleechphd

[Shit Nonprofits Say @nonprofitssay]

The person who called this meeting that starts in five minutes suddenly has something else to do but would like the group to meet anyway and share the notes with her.

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

Moving forward, the Regents have directed us to seed all of the assistant professors in a tenure bracket

[NiCHE @NiCHE_Canada]

Graduate Student Opportunities: Mining Danger Project Call for Students

Students who are interested in studying any aspect of mine workers or mining communities are encouraged to contact any of the co-investigators for info.

https://t.co/AtczcJwZoS

#envhist #mining

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

A short, incomplete list of menswear "trends" that originated with imperialism and war. 🧵

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

Just thinking of that time in 2018 when Quincy Jones gave a couple of remarkable interviews with eye-popping details. RIP to a real one.

Here's the Vulture interview (1/2)

https://t.co/lbBGA01wju

[H-Midwest @h_midwest]

Call for Chapter Proposals: AFTER RUST: The Post-Industrial American Midwest in Historical Perspective https://t.co/shXDaA99tU @jacob_bruggeman @IllinoisPress @PreservationOH @OhioMuseums @BuckeyeHistory @post_industry @vinceguerrieri @litcleveland @KatieTrostel #twitterstorians

[Midwestern History Association @MwHWG]

Deadline less than one month away!!! CFP for the Eleventh Annual Midwestern History Conference. It will be held from May 15-16, 2025, and we're excited to partner with the State Historical Society of Iowa and the University of Iowa. Link: https://t.co/MjZRNIzVgn

[Brian Leech @brianleechphd]

@Cory_Haala @MwHWG @jeffmanuel @ProfPospisek @DrJSchramm @Joe_Schiller Thanks for coming!

[ESEH @esehtweets]

🌊The Built Ocean: EAHN Thematic Conference

📌Porto, 10–13 September 2025

This themed conference aims to shift the focus of architectural history from the land to the sea.
https://t.co/t5GSujDaIx
#bluehumanities #architecturehistory

[The Rust Belt Humanities Lab @RustBeltLab]

We are looking for peer reviewers. Please send us an e-mail if you are interested and willing to review. We'd love to have you. We're gearing up for our first issue in 2025 and we can use all the help we can get! @KatieTrostel @ValentinoLucaZ

[Dr. Candice Allmark-Kent @KnowingNonhuman]

🦥Calling students/grads studying animals! 🦥As part of our efforts to reach out to students with an interest in #HumanAnimalStudies, @asi_org has created Sloth: A Journal of Emerging Voices in Human Animal Studies -- a journal for undergraduate students and recent graduates.🧵

[Midwest Studies News @MWStudiesNews]

📢Call for chapter proposals📢

See more information here - https://t.co/F5gQ9dyxi9…

@IllinoisPress @jacob_bruggeman @jlauck1941 @MwHWG @post_industry @MiddleWestRev

[Sarah Stanford-McIntyre @sarahthestan]

Join us tomorrow! @ASEH_org @NiCHE_Canada @ASEHGradCaucus @NiCHE_NS

[ESEH @esehtweets]

🌟The call for the ESEH 2025 Tallinn Dissertation Prize is now open🌟

https://t.co/EXmJXXxPxo

If you have a PhD thesis in European #envhist from the past two years, please consider applying. If you know someone who does, spread the word!

[Brian Leech @brianleechphd]

Please join the Energy History Working Group, which operates online via @chstmorg. We have a great 2024-25 schedule, starting October 11 with @RLifset on #envhist and the 1970s oil crisis. Join any of our meetings here: https://t.co/2u6o4nNPZF. #energyhist @sarahthestan

[Brian Leech @brianleechphd]

@CamdenBurd That’s fair. He has indeed done a lot of lamenting recently and little explaining.

[Brian Leech @brianleechphd]

@CamdenBurd I actually thought it was more effective because I knew who the messenger was—maybe some folks now “get it”? Wouldn’t mind if it had ended with a call to actually do something about it…

[MiddleWestReview @MiddleWestRev]

Our new issue is out! It features a special symposium on Midwestern geography https://t.co/q2D5pffv5H @NoahSabich @RayBoomhower @theAAG @LSEGeography @HuskerHusa @Hayden_L_Nelson @myHNN @NewberryLibrary @USFWSMidwest @MwHWG @JoshLipnik @MidWestMuseums #twitterstorians

[MiddleWestReview @MiddleWestRev]

Our new issue is out! Here's a free/open article about the decline of history doctoral programs in the region: "The Contraction of History PhD Programs in the Midwest" https://t.co/lNBCPjRR0D
@KevinMasonCity @chronicle @WhaHistory @myHNN @simon_schama @The_OAH #twitterstorians

[Sheila Liming @seeshespeak]

I asked a colleague if he could be less condescending and pushy in the emails he sends me (which are usually pleas for my help with something) and he said they were all written by ChatGPT.