Category: Events
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Lecture: ‘On How Emotions Matter in Climate Transitions’ – Anne Jesuina Tobias de Andrade (26 June 2026)
Category: EventsTags: climate change, climate justice, colonialism, emotions, environmental humanities, lecture, natureIn the lecture ‘On How Emotions Matter in Climate Transitions: Emotional Dynamics and Decision-Making in Zoöps Through an Embodied and Politicized Lens’, Anne Jesuina will explore how the systemic denial of the embodied dimension hinders moving into constructive and meaningful climate transitions and how challenging emotions often end up reinforcing…
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Workshop: ‘Weathering Together’ – Astrida Neimanis (2 July 2026)
Category: EventsWhat does it mean to weather, together? Climate change bears down on us not only as an atmospheric event but as a political, social, and embodied reality, one that is felt unevenly across different bodies, communities, and landscapes. In this workshop, feminist environmental scholar Astrida Neimanis guides participants through the concept…
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Full programme announced: media/environment – Screens and Streams in the Age of Climate Crisis (26+27 August 2026)
Category: EventsTags: aesthetics, artificial intelligence, climate change, colonialism, conference, digital culture, film, film screening, sustainability, symposiumThe symposium “media/environment: Screens and Streams in the Age of Climate Crisis” at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam explores media’s entanglements with the environment through talks and discussions with global experts. Topics include the ecological impact of AI, colonial materialities of film, and many others. Read more on our website.
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Online event: ‘Arts & The Environmental Humanities’ (13 May 2026)
Category: EventsWhat does it mean to do environmental humanities with or through the arts? This online event brings together researchers and practitioners working at this intersection. When: Wednesday 13 May 2026, 14:15-15:30 Where: Online (click on online for a link to the Zoom)as well as atThe Greenhouse Center for Environmental HumanitiesUniversity…
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Lecture: ‘Inhuman Reparations’ – Prof. Kathryn Yusoff (8 May 2026)
Category: EventsKathryn Yusoff, Professor of Inhuman Geography at Queen Mary University of London, will speak at the University of Amsterdam on May 8, 2026, from 15:00 to 17:00. Her research encompasses geology, race, and critical environmental studies. The event is part of the New Tendencies in Critical Theory Series, co-hosted by…
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SAVE THE DATE: media/environment – Screens and Streams in the Age of Climate Crisis (Symposium, 26+27 August 2026)
Category: EventsThe symposium “media/environment: Screens and Streams in the Age of Climate Crisis” at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam explores media’s entanglements with the environment through talks and discussions with global experts. Topics include the ecological impact of AI, colonial materialities of film, and many others. Read more on our website.
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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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Lunch Lecture: ‘An Energy History and Future of Computing’ – 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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Staying With the Trouble with Four Siblings
Category: EventsOn November 11th, the Research Master’s students 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…