Imre Szeman
imreszeman.bsky.social
Imre Szeman
@imreszeman.bsky.social
Director of UTSC Institute for Environment &
Sustainability in Toronto. Energy Transition, Energy Humanities, Social Change. Author most recently of *Futures of the Sun*
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Thanks to @modamhist.bsky.social for publishing my conversation with @imreszeman.bsky.social, Bob Johnson, Cara Daggett, and Jennifer Wenzel on history and the energy humanities. We hope it is helpful! Check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
“Energy Humanities and American History” | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
“Energy Humanities and American History”
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November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Looking forward to some more good #energyhumanities conversations in Bochum next week. And to Team Petrocultures representation with @imreszeman.bsky.social and @gmacdonald.bsky.social 💡🔥⚡💨🔆
In der nächsten Woche findet der nächste Workshop des DFG-Netzwerks „Literatur & Energie“ in Bochum & Köln mit u.a. @doctoressa.bsky.social @judithrauscher.bsky.social @victoriaherche.bsky.social @untamed.bsky.social statt! Herzliche Einladung! energyandliterature.wordpress.com/events/
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Excited to receive a copy of the book Power Shift, edited by @imreszeman.bsky.social and Jennifer Wenzel, with a text by me on "Class." I wrote it in 2020-2021, in the middle of signing union cards, covid, and the weird lull in emissions. I feel like a lot of that is in the chapter. Full info below!
September 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Green Dreams: Podcast series on which I worked @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social and Cited Media now available!

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Introducing Green Dreams (Season Trailer) - Cited Podcast
Introducing our new season, Green Dreams. Starting September 9, 2025, with weekly episodes through October.
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September 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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New pub: @culturalstudies.bsky.social has just posted the interview that @imreszeman.bsky.social and I did with Andreas Malm re: Fossil Capital, the development of his thought, and plenty more. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sun going down on my birthday spent in Bilbao. Thanks, Eva-Lynn, for bringing me here!
July 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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New episode of the Cultures of Energy podcast. We talk with old friend Imre Szeman about his new book Futures of the Sun and why energy transition is too often the story of failed states. tinyurl.com/5n6bp8b6 @cymene.bsky.social @imreszeman.bsky.social @uminnpress.bsky.social @4sweb.bsky.social
Cultures of Energy: 234 - Failed States (feat. Imre Szeman)
Dominic reports briefly on how your co-hosts returned home to their own personal Hurricane Harvey. Then (4:20) returns to the podcast to talk about his new book Futures of the Sun: The Struggle Over ...
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July 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Spread the word: climatebacktracker.ca. An initiative of the Institute for Environment, Conservation and Sustainability at the U of Toronto Scarborough!
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July 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Power Shift is out!
This keywords project brings together many long-admired energy humanities thinkers in 1 book of v. assignable essays. In my entry I don't talk much about screen time & instead muse about infrastructure, data sovereignty, and (eventually, a little bit,) bikes.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Socio-Political Impacts of AI-Driven Battery Materials Discovery / Deadline for applications -July 15, 2025 See: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/research/pos...
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Socio-Political Impacts of AI-Driven Battery Materials Discovery | Office of the Vice-Principal Research & Innovation
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May 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On Fogo Island doing a research retreat for the next two weeks with an amazing group of people. Cold, windy, icebergs. Wonderful!
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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🍿🎥 I'll be moderating a panel at 12PT with some fantastic scientists to discuss a new documentary film, Single Use Plastics -- coming to public television in April. Please join us (‪ @traceywoodruff.bsky.social @imreszeman.bsky.social Sam Mason)! www.eventbrite.com/e/single-use...
Single-Use Planet Film--Live Discussion and Preview Clips
A live event to preview select clips & from the new film Single-Use Planet, coming to public television in April 2025, and live discussion.
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February 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Deliciousness! 'Power Shift: Keywords for a New Politics of Energy', with 101 succinct chapters convened by @imreszeman.bsky.social and Jennifer Wenzel and a foreword by David Nye is now finally up on @wvupress.bsky.social and officially published in April 2025: wvupressonline.com/Power-Shift - yay!
Power Shift
Power Shift Edited by Imre Szeman and Jennifer Wenzel
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December 11, 2024 at 1:31 AM