Peder Anker

@pederanker.bsky.social

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Peder Anker is a historian of environmental sciences, specializing in the history of ecology and ecological architecture and design. Anker is currently a Professor of History of Science at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. Anker has received research fellowships from the Fulbright Program, the Dibner Institute and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, and been a visiting scholar at both Columbia University and University of Oslo. .. more

Environmental science 33%

Philosophy 22%

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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 29d

Proud to be in this volume

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no-nyheter.bsky.social @no-nyheter.bsky.social · Oct 21

Donald Trump, Forskning | Norsk professor Peder Anker i New York: – Dommedag er jo litt her allerede

https://www.europesays.com/no/66510/

SENTRALEN, OSLO (Nettavisen): Akademikernes høstkonferanse 2025 avholdes på Sentralen i Oslo tirsdag formiddag. Årets konferanse blir kalt …

Donald Trump, Forskning | Norsk professor Peder Anker i New York: – Dommedag er jo litt her allerede - Norge

SENTRALEN, OSLO (Nettavisen): Akademikernes høstkonferanse 2025 avholdes på Sentralen i Oslo tirsdag formiddag. Årets konferanse blir kalt

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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Sep 30

Foreleser om international arkitektur i Oslo mandag. www.aho.no/aho-80-arsju...

AHO i verden – forelesning av Peder Anker – Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (AHO)

Hvordan kan kommende arkitekter ved AHO omfavne hele verden når de tegner? Bør de tenke på hele verden i sitt design?

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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Aug 24

I’m part of the team at @terreform.bsky.social finding ways to repurposing the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center barge in New York City. Join us at www.bargebooster.org

Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Aug 8

I’m in @nyamnews.bsky.social being interviewed about African Americans and the atomic bomb. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07...

Understanding the narrative 80 Years Later: African Americans and the A-bomb

Science historian Peder Anker’s book brings to light the stories of African Americans and others affected by the atomic bomb.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · Jul 23

Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil, writes @pederanker.bsky.social.

"General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer." ⬇️

General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer

Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · Jul 21

In a second essay, @pederanker.bsky.social argues that Oppenheimer was being used by US officials as part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

(2/2)

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#Oppenheimer #Groves #80thAnniversary #nukesky

General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer

Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.

thebulletin.org

Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Jun 5

Our Coding Plants project may save the world, according to BBC. Currently on display at the Architecture Biennale in Venice.

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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · May 22

The environmental humanities finalists include books by @benspky.bsky.social, Joanna Page, @cameliadewan.bsky.social, @pederanker.bsky.social, & Mauro José Caraccioli

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2025 Environmental Humanities Finalists:

The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life by Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa (University of California Press, 2023)

Decolonial Ecologies: The Reinvention of Natural History in Latin American Art by Joanna Page (Open Book Publishers, 2023)

Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh by Camelia Dewan (University of Washington Press, 2022)

The Power of the Periphery: How Norway Became an Environmental Pioneer for the World by Peder Anker (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire by Mauro José Caraccioli (University Press of Florida, 2021)

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muharram.bsky.social @muharram.bsky.social · May 13

If civilization collapses, how do we preserve our heritage? The ocean has the answer. “Coding Plants” is a #BlueHumanities art-science project that turns Kelp DNA into a living archive of human knowledge. @stevementz.bsky.social
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www.terreform.org/venice #publichuamnities

Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · May 10

I’m at the Architecture Biennale in Venice with the Terreform ONE team. Opening today.

Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Apr 17

Gallatin Professor Wants the Oppenheimer Narrative Up in Smoke. In his new book, Peder Anker offers alternative perspective on the history surrounding the atomic bomb
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Gallatin Professor Wants the Oppenheimer Narrative Up in Smoke

In his new book, Peder Anker offers alternative perspective on the history surrounding the atomic bomb

www.nyu.edu

Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Apr 1

I'm in the local NYU news:
"The Biennale Architettura is often heralded as the most prestigious event in architecture and design, bringing together the brightest minds to present groundbreaking ideas."

Anker and Joachim Set To Participate in Biennale Architettura 2025 > News > NYU Gallatin

NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study

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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Mar 31

Learn about the trail of nuclear suffering. Miranda Melcher is interviewing me about my new book #nuclearbombs @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · Jan 15

Fresh from the press! Starting with the gruesome mining of uranium by First Nation people in northern Canada, and continuing with the racialist culture of uranium enrichment in the Atomic City of Oak Ridge, this book offers a novel history of the bomb.