Stef Craps 🕊️
@stefcraps.com
Professor of English Literature at UGent | Memory & trauma studies, ecocriticism & environmental humanities, postcolonial & decolonial theory | How stories help us live with loss & imagine better futures | Born at 335 ppm | He/him/his | www.stefcraps.com
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Lost (EN subtitled)
Lost marks the opening of the triptych Lost and Found – Caring for What Is (about to Disappear), in which the Boekentoren brings together ecology…
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A few weeks ago, we marked #LostSpeciesDay with a beautiful and moving event: a silent procession from De Krook to the Boekentoren, led by the Red Rebels and Earth Rebels of Extinction Rebellion, ending in an intimate performance in the university library’s reading room. vimeo.com/1146898823 1/3
"Geen activistische ontsporing van de universiteit, maar het opnemen van haar publieke verantwoordelijkheid": opiniestuk over biodiversiteitsverlies, ecologische rouw en de rol van academici in tijden van ecologische crisis, n.a.v. ons Boekentoren-evenement rond Remembrance Day for Lost Species.
‘De universiteit is geen toeschouwer: over biodiversiteitsverlies, ecologische rouw en samenwerking met activisten’ - ScienceGuide
Hoogleraar Stef Craps (Universiteit Gent) legt uit waarom hij als academicus samenwerkt met XR-activisten.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Geen activistische ontsporing van de universiteit, maar het opnemen van haar publieke verantwoordelijkheid": opiniestuk over biodiversiteitsverlies, ecologische rouw en de rol van academici in tijden van ecologische crisis, n.a.v. ons Boekentoren-evenement rond Remembrance Day for Lost Species.
📢 I’m delighted to share the publication of Climate Witnessing, a special issue of Memory Studies Review that I’ve guest-edited together with Rick Crownshaw and Rebecca Dolgoy.
🔗 TOC: brill.com/view/journal...
🔗 Introduction (Open Access): brill.com/view/journal... (1/5)
🔗 TOC: brill.com/view/journal...
🔗 Introduction (Open Access): brill.com/view/journal... (1/5)
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
📢 I’m delighted to share the publication of Climate Witnessing, a special issue of Memory Studies Review that I’ve guest-edited together with Rick Crownshaw and Rebecca Dolgoy.
🔗 TOC: brill.com/view/journal...
🔗 Introduction (Open Access): brill.com/view/journal... (1/5)
🔗 TOC: brill.com/view/journal...
🔗 Introduction (Open Access): brill.com/view/journal... (1/5)
A few weeks ago, we marked #LostSpeciesDay with a beautiful and moving event: a silent procession from De Krook to the Boekentoren, led by the Red Rebels and Earth Rebels of Extinction Rebellion, ending in an intimate performance in the university library’s reading room. vimeo.com/1146898823 1/3
Lost (EN subtitled)
Lost marks the opening of the triptych Lost and Found – Caring for What Is (about to Disappear), in which the Boekentoren brings together ecology…
vimeo.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A few weeks ago, we marked #LostSpeciesDay with a beautiful and moving event: a silent procession from De Krook to the Boekentoren, led by the Red Rebels and Earth Rebels of Extinction Rebellion, ending in an intimate performance in the university library’s reading room. vimeo.com/1146898823 1/3
Tonight, Ghent University’s iconic Boekentoren is lit in red to mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species — a quiet gesture honouring what’s already gone, and signalling vigilance for all that is under threat today. #LostSpeciesDay
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tonight, Ghent University’s iconic Boekentoren is lit in red to mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species — a quiet gesture honouring what’s already gone, and signalling vigilance for all that is under threat today. #LostSpeciesDay
Mijn opiniestuk “Klimaatrouw als voorwaarde voor verandering” staat in NRC - mét illustratie van Kamagurka. Ik pleit voor een affectieve transitie: ecologische emoties zijn geen rem op klimaatactie maar een hefboom die de kloof tussen weten en leven verkleint. (1/2)
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Mijn opiniestuk “Klimaatrouw als voorwaarde voor verandering” staat in NRC - mét illustratie van Kamagurka. Ik pleit voor een affectieve transitie: ecologische emoties zijn geen rem op klimaatactie maar een hefboom die de kloof tussen weten en leven verkleint. (1/2)
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!
Op 30 november markeren we in en om de Gentse Boekentoren de Remembrance Day for Lost Species – een ritueel moment om stille verdwijningen en ecologische rouw zichtbaar te maken in het publieke domein. 🌍💔
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/nl/artikels/...
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/nl/artikels/...
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Op 30 november markeren we in en om de Gentse Boekentoren de Remembrance Day for Lost Species – een ritueel moment om stille verdwijningen en ecologische rouw zichtbaar te maken in het publieke domein. 🌍💔
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/nl/artikels/...
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/nl/artikels/...
Blij dat het Nederlands Dagblad vandaag aandacht besteedt aan ecologische rouw, en dat ik iets mocht vertellen over de trage, vaak onzichtbare verliezen waar zoveel mensen mee worstelen, alsook over het belang van gedeelde taal en rituelen.
Het bestaat echt: rouwen om natuur die verloren gaat. ‘Dit moet uit de taboesfeer’
Ben je weleens verdrietig over de huismussen of merels die uit jouw buurt zijn verdwenen? Bezorgd over al het zwerfafval in de natuur? Of heb je heimwee naar de winters met sneeuw en ijspret? Dan ben ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Blij dat het Nederlands Dagblad vandaag aandacht besteedt aan ecologische rouw, en dat ik iets mocht vertellen over de trage, vaak onzichtbare verliezen waar zoveel mensen mee worstelen, alsook over het belang van gedeelde taal en rituelen.
Van harte welkom op "Lost and Found – Caring for What Is (about to Disappear)", een cultureel drieluik over erfgoed en ecologie in de Boekentoren. 📚🌿
Op 30/11 – Lost Species Day – starten we met een rituele optocht en performance. Iedereen kan aansluiten.
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/lostandfound
Op 30/11 – Lost Species Day – starten we met een rituele optocht en performance. Iedereen kan aansluiten.
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/lostandfound
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Van harte welkom op "Lost and Found – Caring for What Is (about to Disappear)", een cultureel drieluik over erfgoed en ecologie in de Boekentoren. 📚🌿
Op 30/11 – Lost Species Day – starten we met een rituele optocht en performance. Iedereen kan aansluiten.
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/lostandfound
Op 30/11 – Lost Species Day – starten we met een rituele optocht en performance. Iedereen kan aansluiten.
Meer info: boekentoren.gent/lostandfound
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The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network invites you to an online panel: "Denying Genocide: Comparative Reflections from Armenia, Bosnia, the Holocaust, and Palestine."
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network invites you to an online panel: "Denying Genocide: Comparative Reflections from Armenia, Bosnia, the Holocaust, and Palestine."
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for this November 17 event here: wakeforest-university.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | The U.S. Denounces Her. Multinationals Threaten Her. She Likes Her Odds.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In which I talk with the woman who won't shut up (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Looking forward to giving a lecture and masterclass and joining a roundtable on memory, mourning, and the Anthropocene at Radboud University Nijmegen on 4–5 November. Details here: www.oslit.nl/arts-of-memo....
Arts of Memory and Mourning in the Anthropocene: Masterclass and Lecture with Prof. Stef Craps - Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies (OSL)
Professor Stef Craps (Ghent University) will visit Radboud University Nijmegen on 4–5 November 2025 to give a masterclass for PhD and ReMA students and a public lecture followed by a roundtable. The e...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Looking forward to giving a lecture and masterclass and joining a roundtable on memory, mourning, and the Anthropocene at Radboud University Nijmegen on 4–5 November. Details here: www.oslit.nl/arts-of-memo....
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New article from @stefcraps.com!
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
September 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
New article from @stefcraps.com!
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Ecological apologies: reckoning with grief, guilt, and multispecies justice.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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The neatest and most hilarious debunking of Trump's climate disinformation you'll see this week, courtesy of @emorwee.bsky.social 😎
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open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
Trump delivers dumbest climate speech of all time
The president's easily-debunked 10-minute climate tirade at the U.N. was so stupid and unoriginal, it was actually kind of funny.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The neatest and most hilarious debunking of Trump's climate disinformation you'll see this week, courtesy of @emorwee.bsky.social 😎
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
RIP Jonathan Lear. Few philosophers have spoken so eloquently about mourning: not as an end point, but as a space in which radical hope might emerge. His voice will be missed, but his vision of resilience in the face of devastation remains with us.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
RIP Jonathan Lear. Few philosophers have spoken so eloquently about mourning: not as an end point, but as a space in which radical hope might emerge. His voice will be missed, but his vision of resilience in the face of devastation remains with us.
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“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
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When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
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Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network:
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
IAGS Solidarity Statement 9-18-25.pdf
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September 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network:
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
🌱 Fully funded PhD scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University!
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University
Discover a PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🌱 Fully funded PhD scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University!
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
Can we meaningfully apologize for driving species to extinction? This newly published article explores how ecological apologies might open pathways towards care, justice, and moral repair beyond the human.
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Can we meaningfully apologize for driving species to extinction? This newly published article explores how ecological apologies might open pathways towards care, justice, and moral repair beyond the human.
🌳💔 Vandaag in De Morgen: mijn opiniestuk over de maatschappelijke betekenis van ecologische rouw, naar aanleiding van de bomenkap in Deurne.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
Wie volwassen bomen kapt, berooft de omgeving van schaduw én ziel
Stef Craps is hoogleraar Engelse letterkunde en directeur van het Cultural Memory Studies Initiative (UGent). Hij keek naar de rouwende buurtbewoners na de bomenkap in Deurne-Zuid en stelt dat we iets...
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August 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🌳💔 Vandaag in De Morgen: mijn opiniestuk over de maatschappelijke betekenis van ecologische rouw, naar aanleiding van de bomenkap in Deurne.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
Ecologische emoties zijn geen aanstellerij: ze tonen onze verbondenheid met de levende wereld en doorbreken wat Robert Macfarlane een “war on nature” noemt.
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Public Events on Memory & Responsibility
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
August 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Public Events on Memory & Responsibility
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
🌍 Roundtable: Practising Memory in Times of Crisis — Amani El Haddad, Manoeuvre vzw, Pieter Lagrou, Ann Rigney & Michael Rothberg
🎓 Keynotes: Carlos Fonseca · Sara Dybris McQuaid · Hanna Meretoja
Info and registration: event.ugent.be/registration...
