Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH)

We’re now on Bluesky! 🌤️ Going forward, you’ll find our latest updates and posts there. Follow us at uio-oceh.bsky.social

🌺 April at OCEH! We’ve got a webinar, a lunch seminar & our first-ever book launch coming up: 📅 24.04 – Holly Watkins 📅 28.04 – Oscar Hartmann Davies 📅 30.04 – Digital Ecologies launch More info 👉 shorturl.at/WWrXq #EnvironmentalHumanities #April

What happens when a music scholar starts growing food and working the land? Join Holly Watkins on Apr 24 as she talks about moving from eco-poetics to eco-practice - and what that shift really asks of us. 🕒 3–4:30 PM CET (Zoom) shorturl.at/8lqW5 #EnvironmentalHumanities

🌿🏡 Can buildings be alive? At yesterday's lunch seminar, Anna-Katharina Laboissière explored mycelium walls, engineered lichen & bio-architecture - rethinking homes as living, self-repairing, adaptable spaces. Thanks to all who joined! More OCEH events: shorturl.at/xbdoA

🍄 Can homes be alive? 🌱 Join us for a lunch seminar on living materials - self-repairing, CO2-capturing and designed with fungi & bacteria. 📅 Mar 10, 12:15–1:00 PM 📍 OCEH Lab, UiO Bring your lunch, we’ve got the coffee! More info: shorturl.at/Xk0Ts #BioArchitecture

🌊 How do we write about place as both lived & planetary? Join Franklin Ginn, @BristolUni on March 20 at 14:00 CET for a webinar exploring two beaches & the bio, geo and spiritual forces shaping them. 📌 Free & online. More info: shorturl.at/j8PbA

🎬 Free Screening in Oslo: Iorram / Boat Song 🌊 Step into Scotland’s Gaelic-speaking fishing communities with this stunning doc. A blend of archival voices, breathtaking landscapes & a haunting score. 📅 March 4 - stay for drinks after! 🍻 🔗 shorturl.at/kF1Te

🐠 Honored to host author, free diver & spearfisher Ting J. Yiu for OCEH’s first 2025 lunch seminar! In Hunting in a Sea of Ghosts, she explored eels, pirate queens & her own diasporic history - from Hong Kong to Aotearoa to Norway’s fjords 🌊✨ For more👉 hainamana.com/gutting/

Discover the story behind Miss Tampon Liberty! Join Camilla Mørk as she dives into Jay Critchley’s iconic eco-art, the “environmenstrual” movement and the complex interplay of art, activism and plastics. 🗓️ March 13, 2025 | 3–4 PM 📍 Lucy Smiths Hus, UiO tiny.cc/w769001

🌊 Lunch Seminar: Hunting in a Sea of Ghosts 🌊 Writer & freediver Ting J. Yiu on migration, identity & the aquatic - where eel migrations meet mermaid ancestors. 📅 Feb. 17, 12:15–1:00 PM 📍 OCEH Lab, UiO 🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/bdyk3tus #Migration #Freediving

Kick off the spring semester with us! Join OCEH for a visit to the Beyond Fast Fashion exhibition at the Natural History Museum on Feb 12 at 2PM. Meet us by the museum shop entrance - free entry for all! 👗🌍 More info: tinyurl.com/2jh8z88j #BeyondFastFashion #Sustainability

Yesterday’s "Academic Toolkit - How to Write a PhD Proposal" event was a great success! Engaged discussions, valuable expert feedback and exciting research ideas made it a truly insightful session. Best of luck to all future applicants - we hope the tips help! 🎓✨ #PhDProposal

📖 Did you know nature has always inspired art and stories? From Walden to climate fiction, eco-literature: 🎨 Reimagines what’s possible 🌱 Brings us closer to nature 📢 Sounds the alarm on crises Creative works can inspire change🌍 What’s your favorite? tinyurl.com/3arw54uh

A few spots left! Master's students in Oslo: ready to ace your PhD project proposal? Don’t miss this! 📅 Jan 29, 1–4 PM | OCEH Lab, UiO ⏳ Registration deadline coming up: next Monday, Jan 20! 🔗 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/4fpv5hmx

Master’s students in Oslo! 📚 Considering a PhD? Join the Academic Toolkit Seminar (in-person): How to Write a PhD Project Proposal 🖋️ 🗓️ Jan 29, 2025 | 1–4 PM | OCEH Lab, UiO Focus: Environmental Humanities 🖋️ Register by Jan 20, spots are limited! tinyurl.com/3pwykkam

🌊 Coral reefs cover <1% of the ocean but support >25% of marine life! They: 🐟 Provide food 🌴 Boost tourism 💊 Hold medical potential Under threat from climate change & pollution, but we can help - reduce runoff & protect reefs! Learn more: tinyurl.com/3mbjh3m9 #CoralReefs

🎄✨Season's Greetings from OCEH! ✨🎄 Thank you for being part of our 2024 journey - the year we officially opened our lab and hosted our first events. Here’s to a bright 2025, full of new insights in environmental humanities! 🌍 Happy Holidays & a joyful New Year!

Last week, we wrapped up our autumn lunch seminars with a great talk by Rebekah Ciribassi on containment practices in Rufiji, Tanzania. Thanks for the insights & discussion! Learn about the Epidemic Traces project: tinyurl.com/hcc6hf9z Who should we invite for spring? 👇

🌊 Can animism or nature-based religions address climate change? Professor Aike Rots explores this question and the ties between spirituality and sustainability. Read the interview: tinyurl.com/mumaau3b #ClimateChange #Sustainability

🎄 Join us for the final OCEH SOCIAL of 2024! Celebrate the season with gløgg, pepperkaker & good company. Open to all - bring friends, family, & holiday cheer. 🎉 Details here: tinyurl.com/tn49ca65 #OCEHSocial