#theanthropocene

On 9 December 2025, we will be welcoming Jürgen Renn to present a colloquium entitled 'Das Anthropozän – Eine Herausforderung für die Menschheit und die Wissenschaft'.

Join us at Bielefeld University (Room X E0-001) or online!
#theoryofhistory | #theanthropocene

EPIC OF THE EARTH: Reading Homer's Iliad in the Fight for a Dying World by Edith Hall [Book Cover]

Saw Edith speak @hayfestival.bsky.social last week & bought her book which is wonderful. Classics can teach us a great deal. EPIC OF THE EARTH: Reading Homer's Iliad in the Fight for a Dying World #Classics #TheAnthropocene #TheIliad

Andean glacier retreat unprecedented in human civilization, study finds Recent glacier retreat across the Andes is unprecedented in the history of human civilization, according to a new study published in the Science journal on Thursday.

"I would bet my whole life savings that, in fact, these glaciers are smaller than they've been since the last interglacial period," which ended about 115,000 years ago, Gorin said. #TheAnthropocene #TheEndOfIce #ClimateCrisis not just #ClimateChange