Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH)

An open and collaborative platform for interdisciplinary, humanities-led environmental research.

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

We’re now on Bluesky! 🌤️

Going forward, you’ll find our latest updates and posts there.

Follow us at https://t.co/3kXUVaEeup

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🌺 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 👉 https://t.co/5kqvRWfVKM

#EnvironmentalHumanities #April

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

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)
https://t.co/AiFWOq3T9U
#EnvironmentalHumanities

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🌿🏡 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: https://t.co/Nb0toyvQts

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🍄 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: https://t.co/Uh5mJGVFX4 #BioArchitecture

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🌊 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: https://t.co/j4VeB9jkYx

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🎬 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! 🍻

🔗 https://t.co/qXuQUHvh9N

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🐠 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👉 https://t.co/ScrF3LeiIW

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

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
https://t.co/J35fNoViGd

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🌊 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: https://t.co/YBSu8DPkOD
#Migration #Freediving

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

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: https://t.co/0OicZ8hZZh

#BeyondFastFashion #Sustainability

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

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

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

📖 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?
https://t.co/YLpkip5NJM

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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: https://t.co/O1FW9WXRh2

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

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!
https://t.co/i20XBnTDv3

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

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!
https://t.co/i20XBnTDv3

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🌊 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: https://t.co/KDJlJOd9XA

#CoralReefs

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🎄✨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!

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

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: https://t.co/UR7SioItT3
Who should we invite for spring? 👇

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🌊 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: https://t.co/Kwvg2jO9Dc

#ClimateChange #Sustainability

[Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities (OCEH) @envhum]

🎄 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: https://t.co/xiKaMNFrfF #OCEHSocial