John Scanlan, The Idea of Waste: On the Limits of Human Life. Announcement for book talk with cover on right side.
Due to technical difficulties with no internet service for the author, our #envhum book with John Scanlan on The Idea of Waste: On the Limits of Human Life (Reaktion Books, 2025) will be NEXT MONDAY, 27 April, at 4pm in Norway / 3pm in UK.
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Approaching 200 of the book talks, so yeah!
John Scanlan, The Idea of Waste: On the Limits of Human Life. Reaktion Books, 2025. Cover of book with mountain of waste on right.
Join us online Monday (20 April 2026) for John Scanlan discussing his book The Idea of Waste: On the Limits of Human Life (Reaktion Books, 2025) in the Greenhouse #envhum book talk series. Start time is 4pm Central European time / 3pm in UK / 10am Eastern.
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The only thing I did at work today, beyond a short department info meeting, was email. I made it all the way back to Thursday of last week in the pile. This is not sustainable.
My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist
Six days left to apply for this very cool #envhist postdoc with us here @greenhouseuis.net - it's a great opportunity to join a vibrant and active research environment with much support for career development and a good community.
It's the last few days for local and Nordic students to apply for our new MA program in Public Environmental Humanities! We've had lots of interest and think we'll end up with a stellar first cohort of students - we are very much looking forward to starting up in August! www.uis.no/en/studies/m...
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during April 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
this @greenhouseuis.net programme is no April fool!
April is bursting with activities, energy, and visitors, so make sure to drop by the online book talks or the events in Stavanger!
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CFA for Critical Pathways Fellowship here at Utrecht University (funded, 4-6 weeks in Autumn 2026, deadline 27 April). Open to academics, artists, activists, conservationists, journalists, etc.
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#envhum @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
Energy Lives! organises its annual Infrastructural Citizen Week these days!
When we hear the word ‘energy transition’ we usually think of the future, yet energy transitions have happened throughout history and have histories that continue to shape our present times.
#energylives #energyhistory
Power cables overhead disappearing into murky fog.
The fog this morning was delicious. Taught my last class for … the year, actually! There will be a few guest appearances, but I’m not responsible for any more teaching.
The Greenhouse Library is on the move! Our giant collection of #envhum #envhist and adjacent books is finally available for use again, while awaiting our new space becoming available closer to the summer. It’ll be great!
cover of book The Unnatural Trade with a drawing of black laborers with hoes at work with windmill and palm trees behind.
Join us online on Monday 23 March for @brycchancarey.bsky.social discussing The Unnatural Trade: Slavery, Abolition, and Environmental Writing, 1650-1807 (Yale UP 2024) in @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talk series.
Starts 4pm CET, 3pm GMT, 10am EST
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#ecocrit
Students *definitely* do not read instructions, that was my big takeaway lesson from last year’s big new class I taught.
Foggy landscape
Foggy morning matches my brain as I head to campus for an early #envhist class. We’ll be talking about more-than-human history and glaciers. I’ll shake up the usual glacier repeat photography discussion by bringing in Peter Funch’s The Imperfect Atlas. Should be fun!
He looks bummed. Really bummed.
laurdag, 28. mars inviterer me til ein ettermiddag der me skal utforske komfortens historie og politikk i heimen, i byen og på hytta – det er tross alt rett før påske – gjennom samtale og interaktiv kunstinstallasjon ved @finnarne.me og @sros.bsky.social
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Til dette inviterer me til to fantastiske opne arrangement på Litteraturhuset i Stavanger:
onsdag, 25. mars skal me diskutere kva som skjer med energipolitikken vår om me tar omsyn til samfunnets erfaringar av og kjensler kring energiproduksjon og -bruk.
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I slutten av mars organiserer forskingsprosjektet Energy Lives! sin annan Infrastructural Citizen Week parallelt i Aarhus, Göteborg og Stavanger.
Dette året handler alt om erindringar og erfaringar med energiomstillingar gjennom historien.
#energyhistory #energylives
Registration for our new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities is still open for Nordic students (either citizens or did bachelors in a Nordic country). Please pass along this great tuition-free study opportunity!
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#envhum #envhist #ecocrit
Tomorrow it's 15 years since the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns struck Japan. In today's Aftenposten, I'm writing about my visits to Fukushima and what the possible lessons for Norway today are.
We also have a call for zines! Zines can be on any subject related to archaeology and games, and will both be printed out for the workshop and published on a dedicated itch page. The deadline for zines is June 10th!
Book cover based on stylised painted art of someone digging in a large pile of soil with a shovel.
We're delighted to announce publication of 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for The Environmental Humanities' (E. Brownell, ed.) – exploring #soil as a vessel of human #history and point of view for inquiry. Available print or #openaccess here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during March 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
Spring has started to sprout and the @greenhouseuis.net is looking forward to full month with events on everything from climate justice in education over the sea urchins on the menu to the architecture of low-voltage cabins.
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The deadline for EU/EEA students to apply for our new Master's Program in Public Environmental Humanities is rapidly approaching - apply by 1 March! Nordic students have more time and can apply until 15 April. Join us to explore #envhum in practice! www.uis.no/en/studies/m...
Ah, I moved here in 2017, so that probably explains it. The monsters have been mostly hibernating the last few years, but we are talking with at least one of them! 😂 And yes, it’s definitely time for another Norway visit.
Yes, the skies here are the best! And sorry I missed the keynote, had not been on my radar.
Morning sky, fire over the mountains
I think we are officially moving into the part of the spring with super nice morning skies in Stavanger. I’m ready for it!
