ANU research roadshow: The history and legacies of environmental violence
November 27, 2020
A great day of presentations from a wide range of perspectives on the theme of environmental violence.
Author: joymccann
Australian environmental and cultural historian focusing on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Recent work includes 'Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean' (NewSouth 2018, University of Chicago Press 2019). Also environmental histories of rural landscapes and rivers, environmental change, memory and history in rural communities, oral history and storytelling. Current projects: Australians in Antarctica for the National Library of Australia, an environmental history of Antarctic sea ice, and co-authoring a book on law and the world's oceans, seas and foreshores.
New review of Wild Sea
September 28, 2020
Review: McCann “The Southern Ocean” 021 Sep 2020Australia, Book Reviews, Environmental History, Ocean history, Ocean Science, Oceanography and environmental monitoring, Polynesia, South Atlantic, South Pacificby Meaghan Walker Joy McCann. Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean. University of Chicago Press, 2019. ISBN: 9780226622385, Hardback $28.00USD, 256 pages, 9 colour plates, 8 halftones, and 8 maps. By Erin Becker In Wild Sea: A History of the … More New review of Wild Sea
‘A view to krill: the first history of the most remote ocean’
July 11, 2020
Review by Lucy Jakub for Harper’s Magazine, March 2020 Discussed in this essay: Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean, by Joy McCann. University of Chicago Press. 256 pages. $28.The Curious Life of Krill: A Conservation Story from the Bottom of the World, by Stephen Nicol. Island Press. 216 pages. $30.Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and … More ‘A view to krill: the first history of the most remote ocean’
The Southern Ocean comes to the 2019 London Book Fair
July 11, 2020
University of Chicago Press stand at the London Book Fair
ACT Book of the Year 2019
January 25, 2020
Feeling very honoured to have Wild Sea shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year 2019 and to receive a ‘Highly Commended’ award at the announcement by the ACT Minister for Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural Events on 6 February.
A celebration of history
November 25, 2019
I spent an inspiring afternoon at the ANU today, where the School of History celebrated recent books produced by staff, students and visitors (like me). So many great books: Mark Dawson, Bodies Complexioned: Human Variation and Racism in Early Modern English Culture, c.1600-1750 (Alex Cook) Michelle Arrow and Angela Woollacott (eds), Everyday Revolutions: Remaking Gender, … More A celebration of history
Quantum Words Perth
November 19, 2019
What a great initiative – Writing WA and Writing NSW have joined forces to produce an annual writers’ festival dedicated to science. This year was Perth’s turn, and the two-day program was filled with excellent panel discussions about everything from orangutans to oceans. I participated in the ocean-themed panel with co-panellists marine scientist Paul Hardisty … More Quantum Words Perth
SCAR 2020 conference, Hobart – call for papers from humanities and social sciences
November 19, 2019
The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) is conducting its annual Open Science Conference in Hobart, Tasmania, on 3-7 August 2020. SCAR has an active humanities and social sciences (HASS) community, and the HASS team has issued a call for abstracts as followed: Abstract submission for the upcoming SCAR Open Science Conference in Hobart, Australia (3-7 August 2020) is now … More SCAR 2020 conference, Hobart – call for papers from humanities and social sciences
Talking Southern Ocean history … in London and Dublin!
July 11, 2019
In early May I had the amazing opportunity to give some presentations in London and Dublin to coincide with the international release of Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean by the University of Chicago Press in April 2019. My first port of call, after the long-haul flight from Canberra, was the Natural History … More Talking Southern Ocean history … in London and Dublin!
