Category: Book Talk

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

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

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

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

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

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, discussed their book Empire of Brutality: Enslaved People and Animals in the British Atlantic World in the […]

Carolyn Fornoff, assistant professor of Latin American studies at Cornell University, joins the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk on 6 May 2024 at 16:00 Central […]

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), will discuss his book The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities (University […]

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: […]

Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa, Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Seattle University (USA), launched his book The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life (University of […]

Samantha Muka, assistant professor of science, technology, and society in the College of Arts and Letters at Stevens Institute of Technology (USA), will discuss Oceans […]

Faizah Zakaria, Assistant professor of history at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), will discuss her book The Camphor Tree and the Elephant: Religion and Ecological Change […]

Christiaan De Beukelaer, Senior Lecturer in Culture & Policy in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne (Australia), will join the […]

Matthew Henry, assistant instructional professor at University of Wyoming (USA), launched his book Hydronarratives: Water, Environmental Justice, and a Just Transition (University of Nebraska Press, […]

Lisa Bloom, Scholar-in-Residence at the Beatrice Bain Research Group in the Department of Gender and Women’s studies, University of California, Berkeley (USA), discussed her book […]

Charne Lavery, Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Pretoria (South Africa), presented her book Writing Ocean Worlds: Indian Ocean Fiction in […]

Min Hyoung Song, Professor of English at Boston College (USA), talked about his book Climate Lyricism (Duke University Press, 2022) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities […]

For our 100th Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk, writer Lydia Pyne discussed her book Endlings: Fables for the Anthropocene (University of Minnesota Press, 2022) with […]

Eric Hirsch, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Franklin & Marshall College (USA) discussed his book Acts of Growth: Development and the Politics of Abundance […]

Kjetil Fallan, Professor of Design History at University of Oslo (Norway), discussed his book Ecological by Design: A History from Scandinavia (The MIT Press, 2022) […]

Joshua Trey Barnett, Assistant Professor in Communication Arts & Sciences at Penn State (USA), discussed his book Mourning in the Anthropocene: Ecological Grief and Earthly […]

Thomas Zeller, Associate professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park (USA) discussed his book Consuming Landscapes: What We See When We Drive […]

Historian Rohan Lloyd discussed his book Saving the Reef: The Human Story Behind One of Australia’s Greatest Environmental Treasures (University of Queensland Press, 2022) in […]

Sophie Chao, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow and Lecturer at the Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney (Australia), discussed her book In the […]

James Morton Turner, professor of environmental studies at Wellesley College (USA), discussed his book Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy […]

Jenny Price, public writer and artist, discussed her book Stop Saving the Planet! An Environmentalist Manifesto (WW Norton, 2021) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book […]

Erik Nordman, Professor of Natural Resources Management and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Grand Valley State University, Michigan, discussed his book The Uncommon Knowledge of […]

Stephanie Rutherford, associate professor in the School of the Environment at Trent University (Canada), discussed her book Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making […]

To start of the 2022-23 academic year, the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series hosted Jarrod Hore, postdoctoral fellow with the New Earth Histories Research […]

Matthew Kelly, professor of modern history at Northumbria University (UK), joined the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series on Monday, 20 June 2022, at 16:00 […]

Writer and historian Megan Kate Nelson discussed her book Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America (Scribner, 2022) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book […]

Laura J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Williams College, discussed her book Wild By Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration (Harvard University Press, […]

Keith Pluymers, Assistant Professor of History at Illinois State University, discussed his book No Wood, No Kingdom: Political Ecology in the English Atlantic (University of […]

Laura Smith, Lecturer in Human Geography at University of Exeter (UK), presented her book Ecological Restoration and the U.S. Nature and Environmental Writing Tradition: A […]

Matthew Seibert, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia (USA), discussed his edited volume Atlas of Material Worlds: Mapping the Agency of […]

Jonathan Saha, Associate Professor in South Asian History at Durham University (UK), discussed his book Colonizing Animals: Interspecies Empire in Myanmar (Cambridge University Press, 2021) […]

Victor Seow, Assistant Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University (USA), presented his book Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia (University […]

Liam Lewis, Lecturer in French at the University of Liverpool (UK), presented his book Animal Soundscapes in Anglo-Norman Texts (D. S. Brewer, 2022) in the […]

Bart Elmore, Associate Professor at Ohio State University (USA), discussed his book Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future (W. W. Norton, 2021) in […]

Michael Guida, Research Associate at University of Sussex, presented his book Listening to British Nature: Wartime, Radio, and Modern Life, 1914-1945 (Oxford University Press, 2022) […]

Daniel Barber, Associate Professor at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, discussed his book Modern Architecture and Climate: Design before Air Conditioning (Princeton University […]

Catherine Oliver, Research Associate at University of Cambridge (UK), joined the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk on Monday, 7 March 2022, at 16:00 Central European […]

Laurence Talairach, Professor of English at University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès and associate researcher at the Alexandre Koyré Centre for the History of Science and […]

Jonathan E. Robins, associate professor of history at Michigan Technological University, discussed his book Oil Palm: A Global History (University of North Carolina Press, 2021) […]

Liz Miller, professor of English at University California, Davis (USA), presented her book Extraction Ecologies and the Literature of the Long Exhaustion (Princeton University Press, […]

Michelle Nijhuis, project editor at the Atlantic and award-winning journalist, discussed her book Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction (W. W. Norton, […]

Alexander Etkind, Professor of History of Russia-Europe Relations at the European University Institute (Italy), presented his book Nature’s Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources […]

Chris Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at University of Liverpool (UK), discussed his book Dogopolis: How Dogs and Humans Made Modern New York, London, […]

Gregg Mitman, Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History, Medical History, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (USA), discussed his book Empire […]

Nancy Langston, Distinguished Professor of Environmental History at Michigan Technological University (USA), presented her book Climate Ghosts: Migratory Species in the Anthropocene (Brandeis University Press, […]

Raf de Bont, chair of History of Science and the Environment at Maastrict University, the Netherlands, talked about his book Nature’s Diplomats: Science, Internationalism, and […]

Jessica Hurley, Assistant Professor of English at George Mason University, discussed her book Infrastructures of Apocalypse: American Literature and the Nuclear Complex (University of Minnesota […]

Samantha Walton, Reader in Modern Literature at Bath Spa University, presented her book Everybody Needs Beauty: In Search of the Nature Cure (Bloomsbury, 2021) in the […]

Charlie Hailey, Professor and Distinguished Teaching Scholar in the School of Architecture at the University of Florida, presented his book The Porch: Meditations on the […]

Candace Fujikane, Professor of English at the University of Hawai‘i, presented her book Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartographies […]

Max Liboiron, Associate Professor of Geography at Memorial University, Canada, joined the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series on Monday, 1 November 2021 to discuss […]

Vincent Ialenti, Research Fellow at The Berggruen Institute and University of Southern California, USA, discussed his book Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help […]

Heather Houser, associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, discussed her book Infowhelm: Environmental Art and Literature in an Age […]

Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, senior research scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, presented his book A Monastery for […]

Kirsten Greer, Associate Professor in the Departments of Geography and History at Nipissing University (Canada) and the Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Histories and […]

Robert Geal, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Wolverhampton (UK), discussed his book Ecological Film Theory and Psychoanalysis: Surviving the Environmental […]

Anna Burton, teaching fellow at University of Liverpool (UK), joined the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series to discuss her book Trees in Nineteenth-Century English […]

Due to a scheduling change, Finn Arne Jørgensen, Professor of environmental history at University of Stavanger and co-host of the book talk series, presented his […]

Finis Dunaway, professor of history at Trent University (Canada), presented his book Defending the Arctic Refuge: A Photographer, an Indigenous Nation, and a Fight for […]

Joanna Page, Reader in Latin American Literature and Visual Culture at the University of Cambridge, presented her new OpenAccess book Decolonizing Science in Latin American […]

Emily O’Gorman, senior lecturer at Macquarie University (Australia) kicked off our fall 2021 edition of the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series with a discussion […]

Anna Barcz, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, presented her book Environmental Cultures in Soviet East Europe: […]

Christine Keiner, Professor of STS (Science, Technology, and Society) and History at Rochester Institute of Technology, presented her book Deep Cut: Science, Power, and the […]