Category: Events
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Open Day 7 March: Environmental Humanities at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Category: EventsLearn more about the Environmental Humanities track in the Research Master Humanities at the VU Master’s Event on Saturday, 7 March 2026. The Open Day is from 10.30-15.00; the information round on the Research Master Humanities starts at 14:00. At the Open Day, you can: Are you an international student?…
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Prof. Dr. Judith Keilbach joins the board of the EHC Amsterdam
Category: NewsTags: board membersWe are pleased to announce that three new members have joined the board of the Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam. This is the first in a series of three posts introducing them. Judith Keilbach is Professor of Media and Culture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research focuses on media infrastructures, which…
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Phd Position: Art and Regenerative Entrepreneurship (closes 15 March 2026)
Category: NewsWe are hiring! We are excited to announce the second PhD position on “Art and Regenerative Entrepreneurship” within the JUST ART research consortium, in collaboration with the Hogeschool van Amsterdam Center for Economic Transformation. The project engages artistic and arts-based solutions for the challenges that entrepreneurs face when striving to…
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Phd Position: Art and Soil Ecologies (closes 15 March 2026)
Category: NewsWe are hiring! We are excited to announce a PhD position on “Art and Soil Ecologies” within the JUST ART research consortium. The project engages with the vital role crucial role soil plays within climate justice. We are looking for candidates eager to explore arts-based and artistic research approaches to…
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New research project announcement: JUST ART – artistic research and climate justice
Category: NewsTags: climate justice, creative methods, just art, phd, regenerative business, regenerative entrepreneurship, research project, soilWe are delighted to share that in January 2026, our large new research consortium ‘JUST ART’ on art research and climate justice took off. Bringing together artists, researchers, campaigners and communities in rural and urban regions across the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in the coming six years, the consortium (led…
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Lunch Lecture: ‘An Energy History and Future of Computing’ by Dr. Anne Pasek (10 March 2026)
On Tuesday, 10 March 2026, Dr. Anne Pasek will deliver a lunch lecture at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, discussing two approaches to computing in the Global North—one focused on energy efficiency in the tech sector and the other on alternative methods like degrowth computing. The event is free and open to…
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First International Regenerative Business Leaders Conference (12 March 2026, Zuidas Botanic Garden)
Category: EventsLaunch of Regenerative Business Leaders initiative: Meeting of researchers, government officials and university and business leaders. Promoting systemic business transformation Date: 12 March 2026, 9.00-17.00Location: Zuidas Botanic Garden, Van der Boechorststraat 8, 1081 BT Amsterdam Supported by: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Netherlands, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam and…
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“Art can open the eyes” — Interview with Prof. Dr. Katja Kwastek
Category: NewsKatja Kwastek was recently interviewed by Idea magazine for social sciences and humanities alumni about the project JUST ART.
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Staying With the Trouble with Four Siblings
Category: EventsOn November 11th, the Research Master in Environmental Humanities visited Four Siblings as part of the seminar Staying With the Trouble: Environmental Activism, taught by Dr. Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou. What follows is a reflection by two students, Jelmer Groenenboom and Veronica Rossi, on the wide range of topics discussed during the…
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Book Launch “The Future of Memory” by Jimi Jones and Marek Jancovic – Friday October 24 2025
Category: EventsThe Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam would like to share the invitation to the upcoming book launch for: The Future of Memory: A History of Lossless Format Standards in the Moving Image Archive How archivists work with and against production industries to preserve the moving image. By Jimi Jones and Marek…