Caleb Wellum
Biographic Data
| ID | 221332 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caleb Wellum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caleb |
| FAMILY NAME | Wellum |
| SIGNATURE | WELLUM C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3161-7017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fossil Capital at ten
With the publication of Fossil Capital in 2016, Andreas Malm reshaped how scholars understand the relationship between capitalism and fossil fuels. Energy humanities scholars Caleb Wellum and Imre Szeman interviewed Malm in November 2024 about the arguments and impact of Fossil Capital, the development of his thought in several subsequent books, and the shifting landscape of climate politics. At a time when the stakes of climate politics have nev…
“Energy Humanities and American History”
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Jamie L. Jones. Rendered Obsolete
Energizing Neoliberalism
The Use of Energy History
While there is no energy determinism, there is a powerful energy determination at work in all societies
Carbon Democracy at ten
With the publication of Carbon Democracy, Timothy Mitchell made a major contribution to the political study of energy resources that helped launch an exciting era of energy studies. Energy humanities scholars Imre Szeman and Caleb Wellum interviewed Mitchell in 2021 about the genesis, arguments, and legacies of Carbon Democracy. This wide-ranging conversation explores how the political context of the early 2000s informed the book, how the book ha…
The Long Crisis
Journal Article The Long Crisis: New York City and the Path to Neoliberalism Get access The Long Crisis: New York City and the Path to Neoliberalism. By Benjamin Holtzman. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. xvi, 331 pp. Cloth, $34.95. Paper, $27.95.) Caleb Wellum Caleb Wellum University of Toronto, Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 1…
Landscapes of Power
Reviewed by: Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation by Dana E. Powell Caleb Wellum (bio) Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation By Dana E. Powell. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018. Pp. 336. The Desert Rock Energy Project, a large coal-fired power plant proposed on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico, may never be built. Yet, through what Dana E. Powell calls its "present absence," Desert Rock "had t…
A Field on Fire
A Field on Fire is a stimulating collection of essays intended to “bring some clarity to what it means to write environmental history” after more than two decades of fragmentation and uncertainty about the nature of the discipline (p. 8). Edited by former students of Donald Worster—Mark D. Hersey and Ted Steinberg—the book is a festschrift for Worster that highlights his formative influence on the field and suggests “ways environmental historians…
Energizing Finance
This article examines the origins and development of oil futures trading in the United States to demonstrate the important role that energy concerns played in the financialization of the U.S. economy in the 1970s and 1980s. The article contextualizes the emergence of oil futures contracts by narrating the longer history of U.S. futures markets and financialization. It also explores the halting development of oil futures contracts, and analyzes th…
A Vibrant National Preoccupation”
This article examines the popularity of the “energy conservation ethic” in the United States during the 1970s, which environmentalists, politicians, and oil companies endorsed as a solution to the energy crisis. It demonstrates that broad support for an energy conservation ethic contained two competing paradigms: one “ecological” and the other “nationalist.” The former advocated conservation as a means to a sustainable low-carbon future, while th…
The Ambivalent Aesthetics of Oil
A Field on Fire
A Field on Fire is a stimulating collection of essays intended to “bring some clarity to what it means to write environmental history” after more than two decades of fragmentation and uncertainty about the nature of the discipline (p. 8). Edited by former students of Donald Worster—Mark D. Hersey and Ted Steinberg—the book is a festschrift for Worster that highlights his formative influence on the field and suggests “ways environmental historians…
Energizing Finance
This article examines the origins and development of oil futures trading in the United States to demonstrate the important role that energy concerns played in the financialization of the U.S. economy in the 1970s and 1980s. The article contextualizes the emergence of oil futures contracts by narrating the longer history of U.S. futures markets and financialization. It also explores the halting development of oil futures contracts, and analyzes th…
The Ambivalent Aesthetics of Oil
The Ambivalent Aesthetics of Oil
Energizing Finance
This article examines the origins and development of oil futures trading in the United States to demonstrate the important role that energy concerns played in the financialization of the U.S. economy in the 1970s and 1980s. The article contextualizes the emergence of oil futures contracts by narrating the longer history of U.S. futures markets and financialization. It also explores the halting development of oil futures contracts, and analyzes th…
A Vibrant National Preoccupation”
This article examines the popularity of the “energy conservation ethic” in the United States during the 1970s, which environmentalists, politicians, and oil companies endorsed as a solution to the energy crisis. It demonstrates that broad support for an energy conservation ethic contained two competing paradigms: one “ecological” and the other “nationalist.” The former advocated conservation as a means to a sustainable low-carbon future, while th…
Landscapes of Power
Reviewed by: Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation by Dana E. Powell Caleb Wellum (bio) Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation By Dana E. Powell. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2018. Pp. 336. The Desert Rock Energy Project, a large coal-fired power plant proposed on Navajo Nation land in New Mexico, may never be built. Yet, through what Dana E. Powell calls its "present absence," Desert Rock "had t…
A Field on Fire
A Field on Fire is a stimulating collection of essays intended to “bring some clarity to what it means to write environmental history” after more than two decades of fragmentation and uncertainty about the nature of the discipline (p. 8). Edited by former students of Donald Worster—Mark D. Hersey and Ted Steinberg—the book is a festschrift for Worster that highlights his formative influence on the field and suggests “ways environmental historians…
Energizing Neoliberalism
The Use of Energy History
While there is no energy determinism, there is a powerful energy determination at work in all societies
Carbon Democracy at ten
With the publication of Carbon Democracy, Timothy Mitchell made a major contribution to the political study of energy resources that helped launch an exciting era of energy studies. Energy humanities scholars Imre Szeman and Caleb Wellum interviewed Mitchell in 2021 about the genesis, arguments, and legacies of Carbon Democracy. This wide-ranging conversation explores how the political context of the early 2000s informed the book, how the book ha…
The Long Crisis
Journal Article The Long Crisis: New York City and the Path to Neoliberalism Get access The Long Crisis: New York City and the Path to Neoliberalism. By Benjamin Holtzman. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021. xvi, 331 pp. Cloth, $34.95. Paper, $27.95.) Caleb Wellum Caleb Wellum University of Toronto, Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 1…
“Energy Humanities and American History”
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Jamie L. Jones. Rendered Obsolete
Fossil Capital at ten
With the publication of Fossil Capital in 2016, Andreas Malm reshaped how scholars understand the relationship between capitalism and fossil fuels. Energy humanities scholars Caleb Wellum and Imre Szeman interviewed Malm in November 2024 about the arguments and impact of Fossil Capital, the development of his thought in several subsequent books, and the shifting landscape of climate politics. At a time when the stakes of climate politics have nev…
Sociology (6 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Physics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Social science (3 works)