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: […]
Category: Events
Online book talk: Keiner, Deep Cut: Science, Power, and the Unbuilt Interoceanic Canal
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 […]
Online Book Talk: Balthrop-Lewis, Thoreau’s Religion
Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Research Fellow in Religion and Theology at Australian Catholic University, joined the Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talk series to discuss her book Thoreau’s […]
Online book talk: Anderson, Cities, Mountains & Being Modern
Ben Anderson, Lecturer in Twentieth Century European History at Keele University (UK), discussed his book Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany […]
Online book talk: Environmental History Book Roundtable
As part of Environmental History Week organized by the American Society for Environmental History, the Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talk series hosted a special panel […]
Online book talk: Nayanika Mathur, Crooked Cats
Nayanika Mathur, associate professor in anthropology at University of Oxford, presented Crooked Cats. Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene (University of Chicago Press, 2021) in the […]
Online book talk: Poray-Wybranowska, Climate Change
Justyna Poray-Wybranowska, an early career researcher in postcolonial studies and environmental humanities, discussed her book Climate Change, Ecological Catastrophe, and the Contemporary Postcolonial Novel in […]
Online book talk: Freitas, Nationalizing Nature
Frederico Freitas, Assistant Professsor of History at North Carolina State University (USA), discussed his new book Nationalizing Nature: Iguazu Falls and National Parks at the […]
Online book talk: Padwe, Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories
On Monday, 29 March 2021, at 10:00 CET the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk was joined by Jonathan Padwe, associate professor of anthropology at the […]
Online book talk: Claus, Drawing the Sea Near
C. Anne Claus, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at American University (USA), presented her new book Drawing the Sea Near: Satoumi and Coral Reef Conservation in […]
Online book talk: Pugliese, Biopolitics of the More-than-Human
Joseph Pugliese, Professor in the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University (Australia), discussed his book Biopolitics of the More-than-Human: Forensic […]
Online book talk: Maran, Ecosemiotics
Timo Maran, Professor of Ecosemiotics and Environmental Humanities at Tartu University, presented his new book Ecosemiotics: The Study of Signs in Changing Ecologies (Cambridge University […]
Online book talk: Chakrabarti, Inscriptions of Nature
Pratik Chakrabarti, chair in the history of science and medicine and director of the Centre for the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology at the […]
Online book talk: Cohen, Pure Adulteration
Benjamin Cohen, Associate Professor of Engineering Studies and Environmental Studies at Lafayette College (USA), discussed his book Pure Adulteration: Cheating on Nature in the Age […]
Keynote: Bethany Wiggin, Learning with Forgotten Places
Online Public Event Wednesday, 9 December 2020 14:00 – 16:00 Central European Time As part of the “Doing Environmental Humanities in a Digital World” PhD […]
Online book talk: Deer, Radical Animism
Jemma Deer, Researcher-in-Residence at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (Germany), talked about her book Radical Animism: Reading for the End of the […]
Online Book Talk: Perez, Habitat Threshold
Craig Santos Perez, Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, discussed his book of eco-poetry Habitat Threshold (Omindawn, 2020) in […]
Online book talk: Barca, Forces of Reproduction
Stefania Barca, Zennström visiting professor in Climate Change Leadership, Uppsala University, Sweden, joined the Greenhouse book talk series on Monday, 1 February 2021 at 16:00 […]
Online book talk: Engelmann, Sensing Art in the Atmosphere
On Monday, 25 January 2021, 16:00 CET, Sasha Engelmann, Lecturer in GeoHumanities at Royal Holloway University, joined us for a Greenhouse online book talk about […]
Online book talk: Kate Teltscher, Palace of Palms
Kate Teltscher, Emeritus Fellow of the School of Humanities at the University of Roehampton and Visiting Researcher at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, discussed her […]
Online book talk: Lorimer, Probiotic Planet
On Monday, 11 January 2021, we were joined by Jamie Lorimer, associate professor in the School of Geography and the Environment at University of Oxford, […]
Online book talk: Elizabeth Parker, The Forest and the EcoGothic
Elizabeth Parker, founder of Gothic Nature Journal, presented her book The Forest and the EcoGothic: The Deep Dark Woods in the Popular Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan, […]
Online book talk: Peter Dauvergne, AI in the Wild
Peter Dauvergne, Professor of International Relations at the University of British Columbia (Canada), presented AI in the Wild: Sustainability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence […]
Online book talk: Alexandra Palmer, Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation
Alexandra (Ally) Palmer, post-doctoral researcher at University of Oxford, presented her new book Ethical Debates in Orangutan Conservation (Routledge, 2020), on Monday, November 30, 2020, […]
Online book talk: Rebecca Giggs, Fathoms
Australian writer Rebecca Giggs discussed her new book Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Scribe, 2020) on Monday, November 23, 2020, at 16:00 Central European […]
Online book talk: Alenda Chang, Playing Nature
Alenda Chang, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at University of Calidornia Santa Barbara (USA), discussed her book Playing Nature: Ecology in Video Games […]
Online book talk: Aidan Tynan, The Desert in Modern Literature & Philosophy
Aidan Tynan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Cardiff University (Wales), presented his book The Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy: Wasteland Aesthetics (Edinburgh UP, […]
Online Book Talk: Peder Anker, The Power of the Periphery
Peder Anker, Professor of History of Science at New York University (USA), presented his book The Power of the Periphery: How Norway Became an Environmental […]
Online Book Talk: Hannah Boast, Hydrofictions
On Monday, October 26, 2020, at 16:00, Hannah Boast, Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor at University College Dublin, presented Hydrofictions: Water, Power and Politics […]
Online Book Talk: Etienne Benson, Surroundings
On Monday, October 19, 2020, at 16:00 Central European time, Etienne Benson, Associate Professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the […]
Online Book Talk: Lesley Green, Rock Water Life
Lesley Green, Professor of Anthropology and founding director of Environmental Humanities South at University of Cape Town, presented her book Rock | Water | Life: Ecology […]
Online Book Talk: Kate Rigby, Reclaiming Romanticism
On Monday, October 5, 2020, at 16:00 Central European time, Kate Rigby, Professor of Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University (UK), gave a Greenhouse book […]
Online Book Talk: Luke Keogh, The Wardian Case
On Monday, September 28th, Luke Keogh, Senior Curator at the National Wool Museum (Australia), presented his book The Wardian Case: How a Simple Box Moved […]
Online Book Talk: Jennifer Telesca, Red Gold
On Monday, September 21st at 16:00 CET, Jennifer Telesca, Assistant Professor of environmental justice at the Pratt Institute (USA), presented her new book Red Gold: […]
Online Book Talk: Melody Jue, Wild Blue Media
On Monday, September 14th at 16:00 CET , Melody Jue, Associate Professor of English, University of California Santa Barbara (USA) presented her book Wild Blue […]
Online Book Talk: Rocio Gomez, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs
On Monday, September 7th at 16:00 CET, Rocio Gomez, Assistant Professor in Latin American History at Virginia Commonwealth University (USA), presented her new book Silver […]
Online Book Talk: Daniel Macfarlane, Fixing Niagara Falls
On Monday, August 31st at 16:00 CET, Daniel Macfarlane, Associate Professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at Western Michigan University (USA), launched […]
Online Book Talk: Thom van Dooren, The Wake of Crows
On Monday, August 24th at 10:00 CET , Thom van Dooren, Associate Professor at University of Sydney (Australia), presented his book The Wake of Crows: […]
Online Book Talk: Emily Wanderer, Life of a Pest
On Monday, August 17th at 16:00 CET, Emily Wanderer, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of Pittsburgh (USA), presented her book The Life of a […]
Online book talk: Paul Huebener, Nature’s Broken Clocks
On Monday, June 15th at 16:00 CET, Paul Huebener, Associate Professor of English at Athabasca University (Canada), presented his book Nature’s Broken Clocks: Reimagining Time […]
Online book talk: Emily Pawley, The Nature of the Future
Emily Pawley, Associate Professor of History at Dickinson College (USA), discussed her book The Nature of the Future: Agriculture, Science and Capitalism in the Antebellum […]
Online book talk: David Fedman, Seeds of Control
David Fedman, Assistant Professor of history at the University of California, Irvine (USA), discussed his book Seeds of Control: Japan’s Empire of Forestry in Colonial […]
Online book talk: Christine Eriksen & Susan Ballard, Alliances in the Anthropocene
Christine Eriksen, Senior Lecturer in geography, and Susan Ballard, Senior Lecturer in art history, from the University of Wollongong (Australia) presented their jointly authored book […]
Online book talk: Angela Cassidy, Vermin, Victims & Disease
Angela Cassidy, Lecturer in Science & Technology Studies at University of Exeter, discussed her book Vermin, Victims and Disease: British Debates over Bovine Tuberculosis and […]
Online book talk: Jessica Lee, Two Trees Make a Forest
Author and environmental historian Jessica J. Lee discussed her book Two Trees Make a Forest (Virago Books, 2019) on Monday, 11 May, 16:00 European Central […]
Online book talk: Antony Adler, Neptune’s Laboratory
Antony Adler, Research Associate at Carleton College (USA), presented his book Neptune’s Laboratory: Fantasy, Fear, and Science at Sea (Harvard University Press, 2019) on Monday, […]
Online book talk: Bathsheba Demuth, Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth, Assistant Professor of History and Environment and Society at Brown University (USA), discussed her book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering […]
Online book talk: Eva Giraud, What Comes After Entanglement?
Eva Haifa Giraud, Lecturer in Media Studies at Keele University (UK), discussed her new book What Comes After Entanglement? Activism, Anthropocentrism, and an Ethics of […]
Online book talk: Paul Merchant, Latin American Culture & the Limits of the Human
Paul Merchant, Lecturer in Latin American Film and Visual Culture at University of Bristol (UK), presented Latin American Culture and the Limits of the Human […]
Online book talk: Jeremy Zallen, American Lucifers
Jeremy Zallen, Assistant Professor history at Lafayette College (USA), discussed his new book American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750-1865 in our Greenhouse […]
Online book talk: Dolly Jørgensen, Recovering Lost Species in the Modern Age
We continue our online environmental humanities book talks with Dolly Jørgensen presenting her book Recovering Lost Species in the Modern Age: Histories of Longing and Belonging (MIT […]
Greenhouse online book talk: David Farrier, Footprints
In these days of digital communication and physical distancing, we want to support environmental humanities scholarship that has been temporarily effected. To this end, we […]
Silver Linings book launch
The Stavanger Art Museum held a virtual opening of their “I skyene”/”In the Clouds” exhibit today, including a launch of our new book Silver Linings: […]
Gardening the Planet
Axel Goodbody, Emeritus Professor of German and European Culture at the University of Bath, UK, will speak in our Greenhouse lecture series on Thursday, 5 […]
Green Board Games Night
Join us for an evening of Green Board Games at University of Stavanger! The Greenhouse invites everyone – faculty members and students – to come […]
Da olja kom til Hammerfest
The Greenhouse inviterer til åpen gjesteforelesning på Norsk oljemuseum, torsdag 13. februar kl 19:00-20:30. Ragnhild Freng Dale: “Da olja kom til Hammerfest: Hva betyr petroleumsutvinning for […]
Storying Anthroposcenes
Franklin Ginn, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Geography at University of Bristol and Co-Editor of the journal Environmental Humanities, will be presenting “Storying Anthroposcenes” in the […]
Lough Derg and its Pilgrimage
On Thursday 21 November 2019, Greenhouse Fellow Dr. James L. Smith from Trinity College Dublin will be presenting a paper “Lough Derg and its Pilgrimage: […]
Cultural Histories of Fog
Sara Spike from University of New Brunswick, Canada, will present “Cultural Histories of Fog in Atlantic Canada and Beyond” in the Greenhouse speaker series on […]
The Greenhouse at Forskningsdagene
The Greenhouse was well represented at the Research Days (Forskningsdagene) in Stavanger for 2019. The theme for 2019 was environmental: “Miljøklemma”. Forskningsdagene at UiS opened […]
Talk on Climate Trauma
Stef Craps from Ghent University will present his talk “Climate Change Fiction and the Trauma of the Future” on Wednesday, October 2, 14:00-15:30, in Hulda […]
From Cognitive Narratology to Empirical Ecocriticism
Alexa Weik von Mossner, Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Klagenfurt in Austria, will be presenting ““From Cognitive Narratology to Empirical Ecocriticism: […]
Homo aquaticus
Join us for our second a Greenhouse seminar series lecture of the fall on Thursday, September 19, 2019, 13-14:30 in HG N-203/204. Professor Helen Rozwadowski […]
Brilliant and broken bodies
Andy Flack, Lecturer in Modern and Environmental History at University of Bristol, will be joining us for our Greenhouse seminar series on Tuesday, September 17, […]
Packaged nature & technology
Greenhouse co-director Finn Arne Jørgensen will be giving a public lecture on Thursday, 12 September, 18-19:30 at the Stavanger maritime museum titled “Natur på boks”. […]
Weekly lunches have begun
The Greenhouse has a weekly lunch get together every Thursday beginning at 12 in the Greenhouse Library on the 2nd floor of the old part […]
Green Day 2019
The Greenhouse will be participating in the university-wide Grønn dag (Green Day) on September 17th. The event takes place in Arne Rettedal hus from 11:00 […]
Fall 2019 Lecture Series
The Greenhouse lecture series for the fall 2019 semester promises an exciting program of international environmental humanities scholarship. Mark your calendars so you don’t miss […]
Museums & Environmental Humanities: A Master Class
August 12-16, 2019 in Stavanger, Norway Arranged by The Greenhouse: Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger Note: This course has been held. One of […]
Seed Exchange Day
On Thursday May 2, The Greenhouse arranges a Seed Exchange Day for everyone at UiS. Spring is here and it’s time to set seeds and […]
Guest lecture by Kelly Sultzbach
Dr. Kelly Sultzbach, Associate Professor of English at University of Wisconsin La Cross (USA), and current Fulbright scholar at the University of Liverpool (UK), will […]
Guest lecture by Gabriella Petrick
Red and White: How Cabernet and Chardonnay Came to Define Wine Friday, 26 April 2019, 13:15-15:00. Hulda Garborgs Hus N-106. In this Greenhouse seminar, Gabriella […]
Guest lecture by Nayla Naoufal
On Thursday February 21, Nayla Naoufal (University of Oslo) will give a talk in the Greenhouse seminar series in R-218, Hulda Garborgs hus, from 12:30-14:00. All are […]
In the Clouds ArtScience Workshop
The “In The Clouds” ArtScience Workshop organised by Dolly Jørgensen (UiS) and Inger M.L. Gudmundson (Stavanger Art Museum) is taking place 24-26 January 2019 in […]
Lecture with André Brett: It Was Very Tiresome to Travel at Night
Kick off 2019 with our first Greenhouse lecture of the New Year with Dr. André Brett, Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow in History at University of […]
Guest lecture with Terje Finstad on ‘Homo mikrobis’
The Greenhouse is excited to welcome our last guest speaker of 2018: Terje Finstad, who will hold a lecture with the title Homo mikrobis: kroppens natur fra […]
Lecture with Ellen Arnold: Imagining Riverscapes in the Early Middle Ages
Join us for the 2nd speaker in the Greenhouse Lecture Series for the 2018-19 academic year! We will be welcoming Associate Professor Ellen Arnold who […]
Fall 2018 Greenhouse Lecture Series
The Greenhouse is happy to announce our schedule of speakers for the 2018 fall semester. We have some really exciting talks that all are welcome […]
Call for Participants: In the Clouds Workshop
“In the Clouds” An Interdisciplinary ArtScience Workshop January 24-26, 2019 Stavanger, Norway They’re heavenly Clouds, great goddesses for lazy men—from them we get our […]
Marco Armiero: Trespassing. Environmental history of migrations
The Greenhouse, in collaboration with EMMIR, the European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations at UiS, arranges a guest lecture with environmental historian Marco Armiero […]
Gjesteforelesning med Kjetil Fallan: Norwegian Wood: Økologiens estetikk i norsk designhistorie
I samarbeid med Vitenfabrikken i Sandnes arrangerer The Greenhouse gjesteforelesning om økologi og norsk designhistorie med professor Kjetil Fallan, Universitetet i Oslo. Forelesningen vil holdes […]
Anthropocene Romanticism: Ecopoetics in the light of things
On Monday, 12 March 2018, Professor Kate Rigby from Bath Spa University, UK and Monash University, Australia, will give an open lecture “Anthropocene Romanticism: Ecopoetics […]
Environmental Archeology with Phil Buckland
Phil Buckland will give a lecture “Understanding past environments through digital environmental archaeology” on Monday, February 26 from 13-15, in R-218, Hulda Garborgs hus, University of […]
Anthropocene Art? Guest lecture with Katja Kwastek
On January 18, 2018, from 13:30-14:30, The Greenhouse arranges a guest lecture with Katja Kwastek at Stavanger Art Museum. This talk will discuss works of […]
Ecocritical perspectives on children’s literature
Nina Goga, Professor of Children’s Literature at Høgskulen på Vestlandet in Bergen, will present “Økokritiske perspektiv på barnelitteraturen – landskap, dyr og planter” in our […]
Lecture: Libby Robin, Environmental Humanities and Climate Change
The Greenhouse lecture series will continue November 22, 14:00-15:30, in Hulda Garborgs hus R-354 with the lecture: Environmental Humanities and Climate Change by Professor Libby […]
Workshop: Local museums and global environmental challenges
The Greenhouse and Stavanger Museum are arranging a workshop for museum professionals and academics in conjunction with Professor Libby Robin’s Stavanger visit. The workshop will […]
First lecture in Greenhouse Series
Our first guest lecture in the Greenhouse series will be Professor Sverker Sörlin (KTH Stockholm), who will discuss his new book Antropocen. En essä om […]
