On 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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The 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…

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Image: Annabel Howland, Arbuscule-No14, pen-and-ink drawing, 2023. Soil, and the fungi that inhabit it, have become key topics in Environmental Humanities’ engagements with concepts like symbiosis or multispecies entanglements. Why is that so? The Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam is looking forward to welcoming artist Annabel Howland and systems ecologist Vasilis…

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We would like to point your attention to the Schilthuisfonds and Vereniging voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis’ upcoming anniversary symposium, titled “De stroom van verandering: waterkwaliteit als maatschappelijke uitdaging.” Among the speakers is EHC Board Member prof. dr. Petra van Dam, who will talk about her research into the environmental history of drinking…

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We are excited to announce that you can now visit the first Environmental Humanities theme table, centered around the topic of Energy, Environment & Progress. This theme table was created alongside a new reading group for master’s students in the Environmental Humanities program. The first session focused on energy and…

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Dr. Joanne Peers inviting students to a water ritual, picture by Kristine Steenbergh Last week, we had the honor of welcoming Dr. Joanne Peers (Researcher at the Origins Centre at The University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) for a lecture to our Research Master Students and colleagues. She was in Amsterdam…

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We would like to point your attention to the HDC Center for Religious History’s forthcoming event “Protestantse Milieugeschiedenis”, held in conjunction with the 2025 Month of History and its central theme “Natuurlijk” (“Natural”). During the event, prof. dr. Peter van Dam (University of Amsterdam) and prof. dr. David Onnekink (Utrecht…

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We would like to hereby point your attention to the conference on the histories and futures of water and drought, organised by the VU projects Dealing with Drought and PerfectSTORM, in collaboration with the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute (ASI) and the Drought in the Anthropocene network (DitA) set to take place at VU…

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