Category: News
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Grounding Reparations – Sabi Falgás Ortega (Student Blog)
Category: NewsOn the 8th of May 2026, Prof. Kathryn Yusoff delivered a lecture titled “Inhuman Reparations” at the University of Amsterdam for the New Tendencies in Critical Theory Series. Sabi Falgás Ortega, a second-year student from the RMA Environmental Humanities, shares their thoughts on the question of how to reach for reparations while addressing harm in its…
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Introducing Plato’s Garden: an educators’ movement for nature-based learning
Category: NewsPlato’s Garden is a bottom-up, cross-faculty educators’ movement aimed at promoting nature-based pedagogy (NBP). It unites academics interested in learning with nature, instead of only learning about it. Interested in learning more or collaborating? Read the full article on our website.
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Call for Papers: Supply Chain Criticism symposium (closes 3 August 2026)
Category: NewsIn the rush to fulfil the twinned promises of green and digital transition, state actors across the globe are rapidly mobilising and expanding extractive infrastructures to procure and secure the flow of rare earth elements and critical minerals. The Supply Chain Criticism symposium invites contributions from researchers and practitioners interested…
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Vacancy: two students assistants and one intern
Category: NewsThe Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam / Zoöp Amstelpark is looking for two student assistants (95 hrs. each in total) and one intern (12EC, ca. 330 hrs. in total), for a period from June 2026 to February 2027, to help with research in the NWO funded project “Emotional dynamics and decision-making…
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A thank you to our students
Category: NewsNow that our two year Research Master track ‘Environmental Humanities’ has been running for nearly three years, and that the second cohort of students is busy writing their theses, we feel it is time to express our admiration and gratitude. What an incredible group of students, with not only each…
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External announcement: ‘Summer School Mainz: Resilient Humanscapes: Exploring Resiliencies in Human-Spatial Interactions’
Category: NewsAugust 17 to 21, 2026Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie in Mainz The Leibniz ScienceCampus is organizing the summer school “Resiliencies: Comparing and Integrating Methodologies, Methods, Narratives, and Theories – Mainz/Trier (RECOMENT),” devoted to the topic of resilient humanscapes. Aimed at postgraduate students, doctoral candidates, and postdoctoral researchers, the summer school invites participants…
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External announcement: 3 ERC PhD Fellowships ‘Oecologie. The German Sources of Ecology’ (closes 10 June 2026)
Category: NewsThe ERC “Oecologie. The German Sources of Ecology” project seeks three PhD candidates starting September 2026. The positions focus on the historical and philosophical development of ecology, particularly through Ernst Haeckel’s contributions. The project emphasizes interdisciplinary research, workshops, and the use of digital humanities in exploring ecological thought from a…
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Podcast: Prof. Petra van Dam on Coping with Drought
Category: NewsIn the latest episode of the Blue History Network podcast, Amelie Homp interviews Petra van Dam about her research on climate adaptation and drinking water management in the Netherlands. They explore historical droughts and floods, the inequalities in coping mechanisms, and lessons for current policies and individual actions regarding climate…
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Prof. Dr. Jeff Diamanti joins the board of the EHC Amsterdam
Category: NewsTags: board membersThree new members have joined the board of the Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam, including Prof. Dr. Jeff Diamanti, a Professor of Global History of Sustainable Development at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His research addresses critical global supply chains, sustainability studies, and the sourcing of raw materials for renewable energy, with emphasis…
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New research project: ‘Troubling Pigments (after Polke)’ – Dr. Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou
Category: News‘Troubling Pigments (after Polke)’ is a new research project by Dr. Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou, funded by the Anna Polke Stiftung. It investigates the ecological and social histories of eight pigments from Polke’s monochrome paintings at the Stedelijk Museum. The project involves Rijksakademie alumni and will conclude with a public presentation in…