I am an environmental historian working at the intersections of other-than-human histories, gender, and frontier. My favourite projects walk with predator histories, both to do better service by them, and to explore the pathways and patterns by which human ideas about what we broadly conceive of as “nature” are formed, transmitted, and changed over time. I am an editor at the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) working on The Otter, and am a recent graduate of Glasgow University (M.Res., English Literature, 2019). I create, cultivate, and write in Cambridge, England where I live with my partner Nathanial and am managed by two beautiful cats. A list of work can be found here. She/Her.
The scope of my research interests lies principally in long nineteenth century histories which engage the relationships between settlers, environment, and other-than-human beings. Towards these aims, one of my primary focus areas considers North American predator histories with special attention to the historically-marginalised identities and ecologies with which their stories are so often entangled. At NiCHE, I solicit and curate work which considers historical multi-species connections. I am the director of the Animal Narrative, Identity, Microhistory, and Archive Atlas (ANIMA), a GIS project chronicling the lives of historical animals (currently in beta launch).
My work at UofG offered an analysis of genre gaps and narrative framing in Sheridan Le Fanu’s late fictions. My Victorianism has evolved to center intersectional, ecocritical approaches to reading and re-reading fictions for multispecies connection. At UofG, I also worked on the Glasgow Guardian. Prior to my time at UofG, I worked as an English, Writing, and Creative Enrichment tutor in the Academic Resource Center at the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation in Brooks, California.
I share my work via Instagram @carolinecorinne. My Twitter (X) is @c_the_abbott (inactive). I am also on Bluesky at @carolineabbott.bsky.social. You can keep up with my work with NiCHE, and that of the rest of our incredible team, by following our Twitter (X), Instagram, and Facebook. Do you have questions about environmental history or NiCHE (¿Tienes preguntas sobre historia ambiental o NiCHE?)? With collaborative inquiries, or to reach out with ideas for The Otter, please contact me by email.
Thank you for your interest in my work and in our field. It is a special community I feel very fortunate to be a part of. I look forward to learning with you!
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Tha mi ag ionnsachadh cànan mo sheanmhair.
Sto imparando la lingua di mia nonna.