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6.5.2021

Society & economy

Waste Now! Histories and Contemporalities of Discards Online Conference Program & Abstracts

Keynote Talks by Carl A. Zimring, Pratt Institute, USA and Peter Wynn Kirby, Oxford Brookes University, UK

13.4.2021

Society & economy

Birgitte Beck Pristed, Aarhus University, Denmark "Point of no return: Soviet paper reuses and waste recovery 1932-1945"

Helsinki University Humanities Programme, Helsinki Environmental Humanities Forum, April 20, 2021 (Tuesday), at 14.00- 15.30 (Helsinki time) via...

2.3.2021

Society & economy

Minna Valjakka, University of Helsinki “Shades of Green: Environmentally Engaged Art in East and Southeast Asia”

Helsinki University Humanities Programme, Helsinki Environmental Humanities Forum, March 16, 2021 (Tuesday), at 14.00- 15.30 (Helsinki time) via...

2.3.2021

Society & economy

Anna Varga, University of Pécs “Applied environmental history: re-introduction of forest grazing into policy, conservation and practices”

Helsinki University Humanities Programme, Helsinki Environmental Humanities Forum, March 9, 2021 (Tuesday), at 14.00- 15.30 (Helsinki time) via...

2.2.2021

Society & economy

EXTENDED DEADLINE UNTIL 15 APRIL 2021 : CfP “Waste Now! Histories and Contemporalities of Discards ” Workshop and Edited Volume Publication Project

Co-organized by the Center for the History of Global Development, Shanghai University, China and the University of Helsinki Environmental...

19.1.2021

Language & culture

Mariia Koskina, State University of New York in Binghamton “A Boy Meets a Girl, and They Build a Dam: Transformation of Siberia in Late-Soviet Industrial Cinema”

Helsinki University Humanities Programme, Helsinki Environmental Humanities Forum, February 9, 2021 (Tuesday), at 14.00- 15.30 (Helsinki time)...

15.12.2020

Sustainability news

New Grant Awarded by the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)

The Helsinki Environmental Humanities Hub has received a 15000 euro "Social Impact Funding" granted by the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability...

10.12.2020

Science news

CfP: The International book project, “Environmental Histories of Finland” is looking for additional contributions

To apply please send your max. 300 word abstract and short CV to the organizers by January 31, 2021.

3.11.2020

Society & economy

"Social and Cultural Aspects of Circular Economy" A Global Zoom Workshop: 25 papers from 6 continents

November 19-20, 2020 Thursday & Friday (GMT+2, EET, Helsinki time) Conveyed by Viktor Pál (Helsinki) and Israel Dunmade (Calgary, Canada) with...

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