
Kathryn 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…

Join us for our series of Lunch Lectures hosted by the Environmental Humanities Center. In this session on April 9, Dr. Madhura Rao from the Athena Institute will be discussing her research on food systems with the lecture “Eating in an Era of Radical Food Innovation: Reflections on the Changing Meanings of…

In this EHC lecture on 19 September (18.30hrs, VU Amsterdam), Emily Eliza Scott will share from her book-in-progress on art that traces, and thereby actively attempts to resist, various forms of environmental violence as writ into land, air, and water.

We hope you can join us for a lecture with Emily Eliza Scott, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon. Title: Tracking Inequity: Contemporary Art and Environmental Justice Place: VU Amsterdam Date: September 19 Time: 18:30 More information and registration here.

An overview of upcoming lectures in our online “Entanglements” series, with an archive of past lectures.

Katherine Snow (University of Edinburgh) will give a Zoom lecture on Thursday 28 May at 15:30. See you there!

Save the date! On the 18th of November, Ingrid Halland (NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology) will give a lecture on art and thinking after plastic.

EHC and ASI invite you to the Transitions Workshop on November 1st! The keynote lecture will be given by Derk Loorbach, followed by paper presentations by young researchers along the themes of perceptions, policy, and practice of transitions. Registration via the link this post! NOTE changed location: Internationaal Instituut voor…

“We all have individual climate duties, that is, duties not to emit more than our fair share of net emissions, and then analyses the question what the implications are for our freedoms and quality of life.” CLUE+ invites you to Prof. Ingrid Robeyns’ lecture on September 18th!

Finn Arne and Dolly Jørgensen from the University of Stavanger will visit the VU on the 17th of May. The theme of their lectures is technology in human-animal relations, specifically concerning bird houses and dogs with antennas. Save the date!