Category: Events
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New research project announcement: JUST ART – artistic research and climate justice
Category: NewsTags: climate justice, creative methods, just art, phd position, regenerative business, regenerative entrepreneurship, research, 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’ – 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’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…
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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…
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EHC Lecture “Seeing Soil Live” by Dr. Vasilis Kokkoris and Annabel Howland – Thursday November 13 2025
Category: EventsImage: 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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“De stroom van verandering: waterkwaliteit als maatschappelijke uitdaging” – Anniversary Symposium Schilthuisfonds & Vereniging voor Waterstaatsgeschiedenis
Category: EventsWe 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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Theme Table: “Energy, Environment & Progress”
Category: EventsWe 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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Hydropoetics: Surfacing with Haunted Waters – Guest Lecture by Joanne Peers
Category: EventsDr. 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…