Category: Events

Elena Kochetkova, Associate Professor in Modern European Economic History at University of Bergen, Norway, joined the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series to discuss her […]

Judith Rauscher, assistant professor (Juniorprofessorin) of American Literature and Culture at the University of Cologne, discussed her book Ecopoetic Place-Making: Nature and Mobility in Contemporary […]

Sarah Dimick, assistant professor of English at Northwestern University (USA), discussed her book Unseasonable: Climate Change in Global Literatures (Columbia University Press, 2024) in the […]

Sonja Pieck, Professor of Environmental Studies at Bates College (USA), discussed her book Mnemonic Ecologies: Memory and Nature Conservation along the Former Iron Curtain (The […]

Jamie Wang, Research Assistant Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong, presented her book Reimagining the More-Than-Human City: Stories from Singapore (The MIT Press, […]

Michael Lobel, Professor of Art History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY (USA), discussed his new book Van Gogh and the End of […]

John MacNeill Miller, Associate Professor of English at Allegheny College (USA), presented his book The Ecological Plot: How Stories Gave Rise to a Science (University […]

Elsa Devienne, Assistant Professor of Humanities at Northumbria University (UK), presented her book Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles (Oxford […]

Dan Vandersommers, Assistant Professor of History at University of Dayton, USA, discussed his book Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo: Stories from the Animal Archive (University […]

Kathleen (Kate) Murphy, Associate Dean for Student Success and Professor of History at California Polytechnic State University (USA), discussed her book Captivity’s Collections: Science, Natural […]

Ellen F. Arnold, Senior Lecturer at Ohio State University (USA), discussed her book Medieval Riverscapes: Environment and Memory in Northwest Europe, c.300-1100 (Cambridge University Press, […]

Ruth Morgan, Associate Professor at the Australian National University, discussed her book Climate Change and International History: Negotiating Science, Global Change, and Environmental Justice (Bloomsbury, […]

Matthew Holmes, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Stavanger, discussed his book The Graft Hybrid: Challenging Twentieth-Century Genetics (University of Pittsburg Press, 2024) in the […]

Dana Luciano, Associate Professor of English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers University, discussed her book How the Earth Feels: Geological Fantasy in […]

Jason Heppler, historian and the senior developer at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media of George Mason University, discussed his book Silicon […]

Siobhan Angus, Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Carleton University, discussed her book Camera Geologica: An Elemental History of Photography (Duke University Press, 2024) in the […]

Historian Mica Jorgenson discussed her book The Weight of Gold: Mining and the Environment in Ontario, Canada, 1909-1929 (University of Nevada Press, 2023) in the […]

Samuel Dolbee, Assistant Professor of History at Vanderbilt University (USA), discussed his book Locusts of Power: Borders, Empire, and Environment in the Modern Middle East […]

Caleb Wellum, Assistant Professor of US history at the University of Toronto, Mississauga (Canada), discussed his book Energizing Neoliberalism: The 1970s Energy Crisis and the […]

Fynn Holm, Junior Professor in Japanese Studies at University of Tübingen (Germany), discussed his book The Gods of the Sea: Whales and Coastal Communities in Northeast […]

Matthew Archer, Assistant Professor in Social Science at Maastricht University (Netherlands), discussed his book Unsustainable: Measurement, Reporting, and the Limits of Corporate Sustainability (NYU Press, […]

Katie Sagal, Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Cornell College (USA), discussed her book Botanical Entanglements: Women, Natural Science, and the Arts in […]

Otto Latva, University Lecturer at University of Turku (Finland), discussed his book The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture: The Monsterization of Molluscs (Routledge, 2024) in […]

Christopher Blakley, Visiting Assistant Professor at Occidental College (USA), discussed their book Empire of Brutality: Enslaved People and Animals in the British Atlantic World (LSU […]

Carolyn Fornoff, assistant professor of Latin American studies at Cornell University, joined the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk on 6 May 2024 to discuss her […]

Dianne Rayson, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at Pacific Theology College (Fiji), discussed her book Bonhoeffer and Climate Change: Theology and Ethics for the […]

Peter Sutoris, Lecturer in Education at the University of York (UK), discussed his book Educating for the Anthropocene: Schooling and Activism in the Face of […]

Simone Müller, Heisenberg Professor for Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities at the University of Augsburg (Germany), discussed her book The Toxic Ship: The Voyage […]

Jared Margulies, Assistant Professor of Political Ecology at the University of Alabama (USA), presented his book The Cactus Hunters: Desire and Extinction in the Illicit […]

Dario Fazzi, Assistant Professor of US and Environmental History at Leiden University and Senior Researcher at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies (Netherlands), discussed his […]

Robyn d’Avignon, Assistant Professor of History at New York University (USA), presented her book A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa […]

Mantha Zarmakoupi, Assistant Professor in Roman Architecture at University of Pennsylvania (USA), discussed her book Shaping Roman Landscape: Ecocritical Approaches to Architecture and Wall Painting […]

Davide Orsini, Postdoctoral researcher at the Rachel Carson Center at LMU Munich (Germany), discussed his book The Atomic Archipelago: US Nuclear Submarines and Technopolitics of […]

Karen Pinkus, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Cornell University (USA), discussed her book Subsurface (University of Minnesota Press, 2023) in the Greenhouse environmental […]

Harriet J. Evans Tang, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University (UK), discussed her book Animal-Human Relationships in Medieval Iceland: From Farm-Settlement to Sagas (D.S. Brewer, […]

Peter Alagona, Associate Professor of History at UC Santa Barbara (USA), discussed his book The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities (University of […]

Kyle Parry, associate professor of history of art and visual culture at the University of California Santa Cruz (USA), will discuss his book A Theory […]

Writer Bethany Brookshire discussed her book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains (HarperCollins, 2023) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series on Monday, 28 […]

Tore Størvold, Associate Professor of Music at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, discussed his book Dissonant Landscapes: Music, Nature, and the Performance of […]

Hi′ilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart, Assistant Professor of Native and Indigenous Studies at Yale University (USA), discussed Cooling the Tropics: Ice, Indigeneity, and Hawaiian Refreshment (Duke University […]

Christina Gerhardt, Associate Professor at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and Senior Fellow at the University of California Berkeley (USA), discussed Sea Change: An […]

Charlotte Wrigley, postdoctoral fellow at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities, University of Stavanger (Norway), presented her book Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction […]

Katrin Kleemann, postdoctoral researcher at the German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for Maritime History (Germany), launched her book A Mist Connection: An Environmental History […]

Matthew Eisler, Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK), discussed his book Age of Auto Electric: Environment, Energy, and the Quest for […]

Amy Kohout, associate professor of history at Colorado College (USA), discussed her book Taking the Field: Soldiers, Nature, and Empire on American Frontiers (University of […]

Caroline Grego, Assistant Professor of History at Queen’s University of Charlotte (USA), presented her book Hurricane Jim Crow: How the Great Sea Island Storm of […]

Killian Quigley, Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University’s Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, discussed his book Reading Underwater Wreckage: An Encrusting Ocean (Bloomsbury, 2023) […]

Historian Neil Oatsvall discussed his book Atomic Environments: Nuclear Technologies, the Natural World, and Policymaking, 1945–1960 (University of Alabama Press, 2023) in the Greenhouse environmental […]

Christina Dunbar-Hester, associate professor at the University of Southern California (USA), discussed Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles […]

Ezra Rashkow, Associate Professor of History at Montclair State University (USA), discussed his book The Nature of Endangerment in India: Tigers, ‘Tribes’, Extermination & Conservation, […]

Abigail Agresta, Assistant Professor of History at George Washington University (USA), presented her book The Keys to Bread and Wine: Faith, Nature, and Infrastructure in […]

Simone Ferracina, founding director of Exaptive Design Office (EDO) and Lecturer in Architectural Design/Detail at University of Edinburgh (UK), discussed his book Ecologies of Inception: […]