In this insightful exploration, author Misria Shaik Ali explores the concept of #embodiedharm at the intersection of mining and agriculture southwest of the Cuddapah Basin in #AndhraPradesh, India. A contribution to the planetary health series on 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴: seeingthewoods.org/2025/09/18/t...

🚨CfA: student assistant ℹ️Dr. Francesca Mezzenzana’s project “Learning #Nature(s): A Cross-Cultural Investigation of #Children and Nature(s)” 📆start date: 1 December 2025 📧application deadline: 7 October 2025

We have just added a new #bookprofile to the Environment & Society Portal: 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺: 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘴𝘦 by Dr. Sayan Dey. You can now read the full book via our Multimedia Library: www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/garbocra... #rccportal #envhum #envhist #india #garbage #openaccess

🚨 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: The deadline for submissions has been extended to 31 October 2025.

🚨 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: The deadline for submissions has been extended to 31 October 2025.

Are you at the beginning of your career and interested in environmental history? This is the best way to get involved 👇

The full text of 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 by Gabriela Jarzębowska is now available on our Environment & Society Portal! #envhist #envhum

The three-day RCC #conference in July 2026 will host a Young Scholars Forum, “Repressed Pasts, Crossed Borders, Just Futures: #Environmental, Social, and Political Perspectives,” for which it invites tandem presentation proposals to be submitted by 1 October.

Here is a reminder that proposals for this July 2026 conference can be submitted until October 1.

Are you following our Early-Career-Scholar network, ESEH NextGate? They organize events and support young scholars. Follow here: @esehnextgate.bsky.social #envhist #envhum

JOB: One-year postdoctoral research fellowships at The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry on 2026-27 theme of “habitat”, Emory University (USA). Appropriate for #envhist & #envhum scholars! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69069/e...

New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article: "𝘙𝘰ç𝘢𝘴 and 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴: Changing Landscapes of Fire in Twentieth-Century Portugal" by José Miguel Moura Ferreira, Miguel Carmo, Inês Gomes, and Marta Silva. www.environmentandsociety.org/node/9983 #EnvHist #EnvHum #fire

Is #grief inherently political? In this deeply personal essay author @dylanmharris.bsky.social explores the connections between global #foodproduction and the health—and related grief—of the individual. This essay is a contribution to the #planetaryhealth series featured on 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴.

The jury and organizers of the #writingcompetition “Tell the Untold!” would like to thank all of the participants and are especially thrilled to announce the #winners. Congrats to Felix (short fiction), Vieser (creative nonfiction), and Fraillon (reflective essay) for their remarkable submissions.

Another #audiorecording has just been published. Tom Griffiths’ “Australia Burning,” published in issue 2 of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, is read by Elin Kelsey. The essay places the events of Australia’s #BlackSummer, a period of intense #forestfires from 2019 to 2020, in the context of #environmentalhistory.

The newest addition to the E&S Portal is 𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘌𝘢𝘵: 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 by Michelle Mart. The book details how “six groundbreaking women redefined American food—what we eat, how we eat it, and why it matters.” (Source: UAP)

The RCC EH #ReadingGroup would like to invite to their next event with special guest Bart Elmore, author of 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 #𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 (UNC Press, 2023), which he will discuss with the participants of the reading group.

Today begins #ESEH2025! We're highlighting our publication series with @eseh.bsky.social and @carsoncenter.bsky.social, ENVIRONMENT IN HISTORY: bit.ly/45xULhW authors incl. @guillaumblanc.bsky.social @gfisch2000.bsky.social @historianmkalb.bsky.social @montecordio.bsky.social #OpenAccess #EnvHist

A recent radio interview wicn.org/podcast/pete... @wwnorton.com @wwnortonuk.bsky.social #insectopolis #entomology #entomologyart #SocietyofIllustrators #soi128 @carsoncenter.bsky.social

Food production is a central cause for global #environmental #degradation. In this most recent exploration, authors André Krebber and @ninamackert.bsky.social examine how the “Planetary Health Diet” defines the ideal #diet, and consider its broader implications for understandings of the #planetary.

The newest addition to the Portal’s Multimedia #Library is 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘤 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. The first of its kind, this volume is a collection of #climate #narratives from across all the #Nordic countries. You can now find the introduction ready for download on the Portal.

🏛We are excited to share the key insights from the Summer #Research Forum 2025 which took place on Friday, 25 July. If you missed the event, our full recap captures the ideas, discussions, and highlights from the day—now available on our website. 👉See what you missed in the website’s news section.

The newest addition to the #Environment & Society Portal is a book profile on 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴: 𝘈 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 by @pkuper.bsky.social. This work of #graphic #nonfiction tells history through the perspective of #insects with several appearances by influential naturalists, among them Rachel Carson.

New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article now available on the Portal! Holden Turner (@cafoscari) writes about the protests against mobile flood barriers (MOSE) in Venice, Italy, in the early 2000s: www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/nomo... #envhum #envhist #flooding #activism #Venice #lagoon

A new special issue, “Child Socialisation and #Environmental Transformation in #Indigenous South America,” of 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺/𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦, which was co-edited by Jan David Hauck and Francesca Mezzenzana, is now added to the Environment & Society Portal.

We invite #applications for #alumni #fellowships for a 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, from April to July 2026, or a 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, from June to July 2026. 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝟯𝟭 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Full call: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... #rccnews #envjust #envhum #opencall

📚new addition to the Multimedia #Library on the Environment & Society #Portal: 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 #𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 #𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. A selection, featuring chapters by former RCC Visiting Scholar Alberto Celis and Carson Fellow Pey-Yi Chu, is now downloadable from the portal.

📚 RCC certificate student & editorial intern Nil Özleyen recommends, 𝑀𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑, 𝑀𝑦 𝐻𝑎𝑤𝑘 𝑏𝑦 𝑌𝑎𝑠̧𝑎𝑟 𝐾𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙, a story of rebellion, resilience & the deep ties between people and place in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains. Want to share a reccomendation? Leave a comment! ⬇️ #envhist #envhum #reading

🚨 open PhD position at @bokuvienna.bsky.social's Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management 🌊 part of the FWF project “Industrialization of the Danube as a Dynamic Socio-Natural Site: Fluvial Morphology, Floodplain Use and Long-Term Legacies 1780–1940” 📅 deadline: 15 September

Big #RCCNews: The RCC is proud to announce that Prof. em. Gregg Mitman, ERC Principal Investigator, and RCC fellow, has received the award of Knight Commander, Humane Order of African Redemption by the President of the Republic of Liberia as part of Liberia’s 178th Independence Day celebrations.

In this #CriticalConcept, Landhaus fellow Nora Faltmann discusses the term "animals-as-food" and why it could be employed more in the #envhum and #foodstudies. #rccnews #rcccriticalconcepts #rccsocialmedia #concept #food #academia #animals #animalstudies #consumption #rcc #munich #research

We are looking for multidisciplinary panels to be presented at our upcoming conference "Beyond Dualism—Thinking Creatively Across Worlds," which takes place in July next year. The full call can be found in the news section on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... (1/?)

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Today's #CriticalConcept addresses "Repurposed Poetry" based on the topic of the Luchtime Colloquium "Repurposed Poetics: Rewriting Environmental Change in the Pacific" by Matthew Lear. #rccprojects #research #poetry #literarystudy #munich #ecologicalchange #envhum

We just added this inspiring piece by former Landhaus fellow Tyanif Rico Rodríguez to 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴. Set by a lake in the Bavarian countryside, the article contemplates the way we attend to the world around us: seeingthewoods.org/2025/07/24/c... #RCCPublications #envhum #ice #care #attention

🎧 Our latest news piece highlights the recent podcast episode “Anna Barcz on the Historiography of Rivers” shared by the Blue History Network featuring RCC alumna Anna Barcz. Read more on our website: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... #rccnews #envhum #envhist #podcast

Please join us tomorrow as Salma Abouelhossein brings our summer semester #LunchtimeColloquium series to a close. Salma’s presentation will be on “Planning an #Egyptian #Hinterland: #Urbanization, Agro-Ecology, and Empire in Egypt’s #SugarBelt.”

The RCC is looking for an intern to assist its #editorial and #communications team as well as the project #management team. This three-month fall #internship can be structured as either part-time or full-time. Deadline for #applications is 8 August 2025. More info online: lnkd.in/dCZQKQqf

Here comes a new #CriticalConcept, "Subject-Positioning", by Landhaus Fellow Ben Glasson. Ben first introduced this concept to the RCC in his Lunchtime Colloquium “Greenwash 2.0: The Poetics of Corporate Environmentalism.” The recording of the LC will be posted on our YouTube channel soon.

Tomorrow, Daniela Aubeck will join us for the #TuesdayDiscussion with a talk on the “Ecological Standards for German Cinema, TV, and Online/VoD Productions.” www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_... #rccevents #envhum #communication #radio #tv #video #production #opentopublic #munich

🥳We have just published a new virtual exhibition!🥳 "Once Upon a Dune: Coastal (Hi)Stories" is now online on the Environment and Society Portal (link below). Go over to the Portal to explore the coastal (hi)stories yourself! #virtualexhibition #dunes #online #openaccess #envhist #envhum #coast

Only two more to go! Do not miss this week’s talk by Matthew Lear who will present on “Repurposed #Poetics: #Rewriting #EnvironmentalChange in the #Pacific.” The #LunchtimeColloquium is free and open to the public. The talk starts at 12:30, but feel free to come at 12, bring a lunch, and socialize.

#RCCNews: Two of our former Landhaus fellows, Nye Merrill-Glover and Nick Earhart have recently landed new postdoc positions; Nye as a research associate at the University of Bristol and Nick as a postdoc at Caltech. www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/news/news_ev... #research #fellowship #rcc

🎉Exciting #update: We have added a new article to our #𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴archive! "Snakey Waters, or: How Marine Biology Structured Global Environmental Sciences" was originally published in an #𝘙𝘊𝘊𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 issue in 2012, has been reviewed, and can now also be found in our 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 archive. #openaccess

Tomorrow evening, we are also delighted to host Prof. Dr. Tamar Novick at "The Animal Question: Trojan Horses, Palestine, and the Historian's Craft." More info: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_... #rccevents #animal #animalstudies #envhist #envhum #censorship

Tomorrow, scientific coordinator Dr. Anna Abelmann of the Bavarian Research Alliance will introduce her offices’ work, in particular EU-funded #research projects focusing on environmental and social topics and academic initiatives between stakeholders in Middle Eastern countries. #rccevents #envhum

Today, we are hosting a film screen of the award-winning film 𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦, followed by a discussion with director Ernesto Cabellos Damian and an Ecuadorian activist from the anti-mining group Napo Ama La Vida. #rccevents #filmscreening #mining #ecologicaldestruction #munich

Join our #environmental #CertificateProgram to complement your primary studies. 🌻 The ESCP runs for two semesters and focuses on #environmentalhistory and society, #environmentalpolicy and #environmentalethics, #humanecology, and #NaturalSciences. Find more information online: lnkd.in/eBpX6CDJ 🌿

🎙️We just added a podcast episode by RCC alumna Anna Barcz on the historiography of rivers by the Blue History Network to the Environment & Society Portal Multimedia Library: www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/anna-bar... #envhum #envhist #podcast #rivers

Come join us tomorrow for a presentation by Benjamin Glasson (Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Melbourne) on “Greenwash 2.0: The Poetics of #Corporate #Environmentalism.” The LC is free and open to the public. It starts at 12:30, but feel free to come at 12, bring a lunch, and socialize.