Category: News
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Nuclear Waste Weeks
Category: NewsOctober/November 2017 The Nuclear Waste Weeks are a four-part series of events, jointly organised by the EHC, VU, Anna Volkmar (PhD candidate at LUCAS, Leiden University) and Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou (PhD candidate at CRAL, EHESS), taking place during the months of October and November 2017 in Amsterdam. Nuclear waste is one…
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Holland Festival: Democracy in the Anthropocene
Category: NewsThe arts festival Holland Festival in Amsterdam has installed a Parliament of Things (after Bruno Latour) to explore questions of democracy in the Anthropocene. One of the speakers at the Parliament is Eva Meijer, who will also speak at our non-human animals event on 23 June. The events (this month)…
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CFP: Science for Sustainability Journal
Category: NewsAttention all students interested in the environmental humanities: our Green Office has launched a peer-reviewed student journal on sustainability. The journal’s editors are looking for contributions from the Humanities. Please take a look at their call for papers and consider this opportunity to publish your research paper. Submit your papers…
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Non-human Animal Event – 23 June
Category: NewsTags: animal language, animal studies, animal subjectivity, environmental humanities, heron, human-animal-relations, photographyFriday 23 June 15.30-17.00hrs – drinks after (please register below) Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Main Building Room 15A-33 Our final event of this academic year focuses on non-human animals. Animal Studies is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that explores relations between humans and other animals now and in the past. Our…
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Video: Erle Ellis on the Anthropocene
Category: NewsOn 2 May, Erle Ellis gave a lecture on the Anthropocene at the Environmental Humanities Center, in cooperation with the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. If you missed the event, you can now listen to the lecture here, thanks to Erle Ellis’ generosity and Tim…
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CLIMATE WEEKS
Category: NewsTags: anthropocene, climate, climate change, erle ellis, everyday life, experience, perception, philosophy, sylvia de bianchi, tom buurman, young adultsIn April and May, the Environmental Humanities Center organizes a series of events about climate change. Do spread the word – we hope to see you at these events! 30 March: Tom Buurman, ‘Climate Change and Everyday Life in Stockholm’ 21 April: Climate Change Event 2 May: Erle Ellis, ‘From…
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EHC Podcast: Waste
Category: NewsTags: Alice Twemlow, architecture, design, Jeroen Dagevos, marine litter, Media, plastic, Tiwanee van der Horst, waste, water qualityThis podcast by student board members Julia Kantelberg and Germaine van der Sanden explores the topic of waste from the perspective of a scientist, a design critic and an architect. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/311185160″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Alice Twemlow: ————————————————————————————————- Alice Twemlow is a design curator, educator, event organiser and…
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The Anthropocene in “Tegenlicht”
Category: NewsThe latest episode of the Dutch TV programme “Tegenlicht” (VPRO) was entirely devoted to the Anthropocene. The documentary (in Dutch/interviews in English) featured contributions by Bruno Latour, Andrea Wulf, Jan Zalasiewicz, and Phil Gibbard. Watch the programme on “Uitzending Gemist”:
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Symposium: Watermanagement before 1800 (in Dutch)
Category: NewsStudiemiddag: veenontginningen en waterbeheer voor 1800 Nederland is ontstaan uit het moeras, althans Laag-Nederland. We zijn begonnen als ontginners van de grote venen in de kustvlakte, en de eeuwen daarna zakten we er langzaam in weg. Daarom moesten we dijken gaan bouwen en polderbesturen oprichten. Deze studiemiddag presenteert nieuwe onderzoeksresultaten over de…
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Environmental Humanities & Waste event + Excursion
Category: NewsTags: consumerism, design, excursion, literature, plastic, re-use, recycling, smart cities, waste, waste managementWith Alice Twemlow, Rachele Dini, and Dave Hakkens Friday 10 February, 2017 At this event, we invite you to confront and ponder an object that we usually wish dispose of quickly. To examine waste in all its materiality, we invite 15 people to join us on a morning excursion to…