Tag: environmental humanities
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Symposium: Living Heritage in and beyond Amstelpark
Category: EventsTags: environmental humanities, environmental humanities center, human-animal-relations, symposium, vrije universiteit amsterdamOn the 1st of October 2026, Zone2Source, the Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam and UvA Critical Heritage Ecologies invite various speakers to mark the occasion of 1 year Zoöp Amstelpark, which was launched on 4th of October 2025. Together, we will explore if the Amstelpark heritage as a site of a…
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RMeS Masterclass: “Mediating Water and Memory: Towards Hydro-citizenship” with Jo Garde-Hansen – Dr. Linda Kopitz & Dr. Carolyn Birdsall (10 September 2026)
Category: EventsTags: climate change, drought, environmental humanities, flooding, vrije universiteit amsterdam, waterLiving with or without water depends on what we choose to remember or forget, and how we use archival knowledge and living memories to adapt. On Thursday, 10 September 2026, Jo Garde-Hansen (University of Leeds) will join us for an RMeS Masterclass on “Mediating Water and Memory”. See our website…
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VENI grant for EHC board member Marilena Mela
Category: NewsTags: energy transitions, environmental humanities, environmental humanities center, heritage, landscape, researchStudying how people relate to their environments through history, culture, and place can provide essential knowledge amidst the climate crisis. Unearth, Re-earth researches how heritage is mobilised to resist environmental damage and imagine more sustainable futures. It examines three landscapes shaped by mining and energy extraction in the Netherlands, Greece,…
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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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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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ART SCIENCE dialogue: Technology and Plants
Category: UncategorizedWe envision a world where both natural and artificial environments, not only coexist but thrive in harmony. Can this be a possible reality or will it remain just a vision? EHC board member Petra van Dam will moderate the final ART SCIENCE dialogue related to Life of Plants: Špela Petrič…
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ART SCIENCE dialogue Plant effect on Humans
Category: UncategorizedIn collaboration with the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute and the Environmental Humanities Center Amsterdam, the VU ART SCIENCE gallery has invited scientists to take part in a moderated dialogue with the artists exhibited in Life of Plants. The ART SCIENCE dialogues explore the multifaceted relationship between humans and plants. In the third ART SCIENCE dialogue…
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Info session on Environmental Humanities Research Master track
Category: UncategorizedOn Tuesday 14 November, join the online VU Master’s Event to find out more about the track Environmental Humanities in our Research Master programme. Lecturer Kristine Steenbergh and student Sarah Foster will tell you more about the track and answer all your questions in a live Zoom session at 17.30-18.15hrs…