Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities

The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English. Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues! Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...

Coming up Monday, 26 October 2026 at 16:00 Central European time, we'll be talking to Filipa Ramos, about her book The Artist as Ecologist: Contemporary Art and the Environment (Lund Humphries, 2025) in the online Greenhouse #envhum book talk series. All are welcome! newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

We have advertised a 3-year postdoctoral position in environmental humanities, to develop and run the Greenhouse Games Lab, a new initiative for research, development, education and innovation in environmentally themed board games. #envhum #boardgames

PhD #envhum Course on "New Approaches to Waste" Online course organised by @greenhouseuis.net. Meeting dates: 30 November–2 December 2026 and 3–4 February 2027. Program of lectures, book talks, discussion sessions, student presentations, and digital fieldtrips. www.uis.no/en/research/...

We already have our next blog post published. Read about bringing environmental research to life through board games! www.uis.no/en/greenhous...

Big news from the Greenhouse today, on our new TOPPFORSK project on Living Beings as More-Than-Human Heritage.

This week’s Greenhouse Research Talk is with Camden Burd, Clemson University, on “From Rustbelt to Refuge”. Camden is a visiting researcher with us this month and we’re excited to hear about his work! #envhum #envhist

Join us online Monday, 14 September 2026 at 4pm Central European time for Miriam Tola discussing her book Resurgent Commons: Feminist Political Ecologies in the European South (Fordham UP, 2026) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series. Details: newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Welcome to the new Greenhouse Library! There’s still a big blank spot for the table and chairs (due to arrive in mid-Sept) and a few new bookcases, but it’s come together nicely.

New article published on Sàmi Contemporary Art and sustainability conflicts in Norway! Thank you @sisselbergh for our ongoing exchange and your trust! @greenhouseuis.net #sustainability #sàmiart #sàmicontemporaryart #circumpolarnorth #sàmiactivism #fosenconflict #artivism #sisselbergh

This week’s #envhum research talk is with Jenna Coughlin, St Olaf College - currently a Fulbright scholar in Oslo - on «Making Meaning of Energy Dilemmas through Hydropower Media».

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...

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!

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! www.uis.no/en/studies/t... #envhum #envhist #ecocrit

Carbon Culture: Museum of the Fossil Fuel Age is now on in Berlin at the Deutsches Technik Museum. This is a great intervention taking a critical look at modern dependence on coal, oil, and gas through objects already on display. Produced as part of our EU-funded PITCH project (pitch-horizon.eu)

Excellent workshop and research talk on climate justice and education in The Greenhouse today, with Ellorie McKnight and Dana Jennejohn from Yukon University. Happy that they stopped here on their UArctic-funded Norway tour. #envhum

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...

We’re launching the year’s #envhum research talks with a presentation by our very own @melinabuns.bsky.social on «Thinking Through Energy Transitions with the Ranstad Uranium Mine», building on the #energylives project.

Online tomorrow Monday, 16 February 2026: Greenhouse book talk with Kip Hutchins @songsforhorses.com on A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia (University of Arizona Press, 2025) at 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Join us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains. shorturl.at/DfOrj @carsoncenter.bsky.social @greenhouseuis.net @aseh.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social

We are now accepting proposals from scholars interested in applying for the EU's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships program in 2026. This is a great program for early career (<8 yrs from PhD) scholars to be with @greenhouseuis.net for 2 years on own project. www.uis.no/en/research/...

A good crowd at the Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social celebration lecture with our co-director Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social tonight. www.uis.no/en/research/... #envhum #envhist

Join us for the first online Greenhouse #envhum book talk of the year with @issygapp.bsky.social on Monday 19 January at 16:00/4pm CET. Info on attending here: newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...