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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society
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International center for environmental humanities research in Munich, Germany.
Website: https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
Portal: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/
Seeing the Woods: https://seeingthewoods.org/
Springs: https://springs-rcc.org/
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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 6d
We are excited to share that the newest issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live! Three essays, a visual narrative, a short story, and an interview join forces to uncover missing pieces in our quest to understand human–environment interactions: springs-rcc.org

#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
Poster to advertise new issue of Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, showing an Arctic glacier. Image by Flora Mary Bartlett.
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Our colleagues Pilar Peralta and Jonte Palmblad are currently in Argentina for our international project Speak4Nature. Through secondments with parners in Italy, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, we work towards an international framework for ecological justice! @speak4nature.bsky.social #EnvHum
speak4nature.bsky.social Speak4Nature @speak4nature.bsky.social · 15h
This weekend Speak4Nature secondees from different countries joined our partner institution UNL on an ecological-justice survey of the countryside of Santa Fe, Argentina.

@palmblad.bsky.social #envhum
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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In tomorrow's Tuesday Discussion, Chair of BENG eg Katharina Habersbrunner will present on energy communities as key drivers of decentralized, citizen-led energy futures.

More info: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_....

#energytransition #solarenergy #windenergy #prosumer
Poster advertising event. Date: 11 November; time: 16:30.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Join us fo this exciting workshop with writer, performance artist, and literary scholar Ofir Ashery, and explore different modes of nonlinear writing: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_....

#writing #workshop #rhizomes #creativewriting #fiction #nonfiction
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Nordic scholars. Join us at NESS, Submit your abstracts on climate obstruction here

@cssn.org
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@environmentalpol.bsky.social
krekberg.bsky.social Kristoffer Ekberg @krekberg.bsky.social · 17d
Next year, Tero Toivanen and I are organizing a workshop for the Nordic Environmental Social Science conference on questions of how we understand climate obstruction / opposition! Submit your idea to the workshop 14 over here:
Workshops - Uppsala University
www.uu.se
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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To what extent did the unveiling of gas leaks “scale up” a Romanian technical problem into an EU environmental issue? Read the latest 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by Ariane Desroches-Touchain to find out! #envhum #envhist
Making Methane Visible: From Local Leaks to EU Regulation
To what extent did the unveiling of gas leaks “scale up” a Romanian technical problem into an EU environmental issue?
www.environmentandsociety.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Today's Lunchtime Colloquium is with historian Ruth Gamble (La Trobe University).

Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#rccevents #lectureseries #envhum #environmentalfuture @ruthgamble.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Wrote a piece for Springs @carsoncenter.bsky.social Marmots, eagles, Finland, Canada, two wildlife biologists

springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo...

#envhist #envhum
#animalhist #histsci
#goldeneagles
#vancouverisland
Katia and I on fieldwork in Finland this summer, checking golden eagles' nests, took selfie with a drone
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Three days left to apply for an internship with us, starting on 15 January or 1 February and running for three months.

Full call: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...

#rccjobs #internship #callforapplications #envhum #envhist #editing #socialmedia #library #books #cataloguing
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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We have two upcoming guest lectures with Professor Ghassan Hage (@manchester.ac.uk).

Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html

Friday, 14 Nov 2025: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html

#envhum #envhist #environmentaljustice @anthroprofhage.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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We are honoured to invite you to the 4th EnvHum Talk of the UnivPécs, co-organized with @carsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Carson Center!
Paolo Gruppuso and Judith Bopp will give a lecture!

20.11.2025 - 2 pm CET
lnkd.in/d7j6QkAB

In person in Pécs, Hungary or online here: lnkd.in/dVh_ddYa
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Last month (I have no idea where time goes) this short piece I wrote about Kansas, wheatgrass, and what it might be to life a life of abundance in the face of climate change came out. Many thanks to all at @carsoncenter.bsky.social!
carsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · Oct 8
In the newest addition to 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, Pollyanna Rhee portrays the perennial wheatgrass Kernza, challenging its promise of endless abundance and environmental responsibility:
seeingthewoods.org/2025/10/08/f...

#perennials #wheat #envhum #envhist #planetaryhealth @parhee.bsky.social
Poster showing wheat field.
November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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This beautiful piece by @monicavasile.bsky.social is available online for free at springs-rcc.org/eagles-marmo.... #envhist #envhum #conservation #fieldwork
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Matthew Gandy (@cam.ac.uk) will present on “Attentive Observation: Walking, Listening, Staying Put” tonight at 18:00 as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series “On Environment.”

Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#lectureseries #rccevents #envhum #envhist
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The program for this this week’s “Melting Mountains” workshop is all set. Check it out!

www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#mountains #envhist #envhum #workshop #peripheries
Poster announcing workshop. Mountains in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
carsoncenter.bsky.social
We are excited to share that the newest issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live! Three essays, a visual narrative, a short story, and an interview join forces to uncover missing pieces in our quest to understand human–environment interactions: springs-rcc.org

#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
Poster to advertise new issue of Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, showing an Arctic glacier. Image by Flora Mary Bartlett.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Tomorrow, writer and journalist Theresia Graw will introduce her work and present her newest novel 𝘐𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘻𝘦𝘢𝘯 (In us the ocean)—a biography of Rachel Carson: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html

#rccevents #envhum #writing #historicalnovels #RachelCarson
Poster advertising event mit writer Theresia Graw.
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Is your university a fitting venue for the 2029 World Congress of Environmental History? Check out the call for proposals. #envhist
iceho.bsky.social ICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 23d
✨Call for Proposals for the 2029 World Congress Venue✨

ICEHO is now calling for proposals from parties from any part of the globe interested in hosting the conference, preferably in July or August of 2029.

More info: www.iceho.org/wceh

#envhist #envhum #envstudies
Call for Proposals for the 2029 World Congress Venue!
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Early-career scholars of #envhist and cognate disciplines, check out the NEXTGATe Writing Support Program! Coordinated by RCC alumnae Mona Bieling and Andrea Gaynor.
esehnextgate.bsky.social ESEHNextGate @esehnextgate.bsky.social · 11d
🚨We are launching the 6th edition of the NEXTGATe Writing Support Program!

Are you an early career author looking for feedback on your writing in a supportive peer-group plus expert advice? You have come to the right place!

For more information and how to apply, see below 👇

#envhist #envhum
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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The IDK conference “Transformations in Critical Times,” which bids farewell to the doctorate program’s first cohort and celebrates the start of its second term, takes place next week: rethinking-environment-idk.de/event/confer....

#envhum #envhist #PhD #doctorateprogram #conference
Poster advertising conference, mentioning keynote speakers Martin Puchner from Harvard University and Julia Steinberger from the University of Lausanne.
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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We will take part in
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social’s #SustainabilityWeek (3–7 November 2025).

At a fair showcasing LMU’s sustainability initiatives, we will provide information on the RCC graduate programs, including our two doctoral programs, our master’s, and our certificate program.

Save the date!
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🚨 One more day to submit proposals for tandem presentations for the Young Scholars Forum in July 2026. The extended deadline is 31 October.
carsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · Sep 16
🚨 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: The deadline for submissions has been extended to 31 October 2025.
carsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · Sep 15
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.
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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🚨 One more day to submit proposals for multidisciplinary panels for the #conference in July 2026. The extended deadline is 31 October.
carsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · Sep 16
🚨 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: The deadline for submissions has been extended to 31 October 2025.
carsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · Aug 4
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/?)
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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This week with Anne Rademacher, professor of sustainable urban environments at Technical University of Munich.

The Lunchtime Colloquium 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.
carsoncenter.bsky.social Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 11d
This semester’s #LunchtimeColloquia are centered around “Thinking, Imagining, Building #FutureEnvironments.”

This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
carsoncenter.bsky.social
This semester’s #LunchtimeColloquia are centered around “Thinking, Imagining, Building #FutureEnvironments.”

This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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RCC alumna Elin Kelsey’s new book 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 is out now!

Elin previously published a Virtual Exhibition on the E&S Portal, titled “Beyond Doom and Gloom: An Exploration through Letters” (link in bio).

See also her interview with Psychology Today: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
Developing a Mindset of Hope to Dismantle Doom and Gloom
A new book shatters the narrative of helplessness and explains why hope is an active choice to inspire and empower people in a time of mounting anxiety.
www.psychologytoday.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM