Tag: News
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Postdoc in Oulu now!
Dear Colleagues, A friendly reminder that the call for our three-year postdoc position at the University of Oulu closes tonight, 29 January at 11:59pm Finnish time. The postdoc will be working on a newly launched project funded by Biodiversa+ on biodiversity loss and vegetation monitoring in Europe. We would like to hire someone well versed in issues of landscape change and environment,…
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12th New Materialisms conference at Maynooth University, Ireland
Intersectional Materialisms: Diversity in Creative Industries, Methods and Practices Finally it is here! We are very proud to announce the upcoming 12th New Materialisms conference, held at Maynooth University in Ireland on 26–29 August 2024! Call for Papers We are delighted to announce the forthcoming 12th New Materialisms Conference on “Intersectional Materialisms: Diversity in Creative…
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Lite sommarläsning? Men glöm bara inte vattna dina tomater!
Lite sommarläsning ? Men glöm bara inte vattna dina tomater! Prata med plantor – går det? I naturen pågår ständiga samtal – som människor inte lärt sig uppfatta. Men det går att kommunicera med växter och vi gör det också hela tiden, säger forskare. De senaste åren har forskning visat att tomatplantor ”skriker” när de…
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Summer vacation
In Scandinavia, we take summer vacation very seriously. It is high time for us at The Posthumanities Hub to wish you all a lovely holiday! You hear back from us in August – eg 31 August we have the first webinar (on soil art) of the Fall Term 2023!
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The More-Than-Human Humanities focus series
The More-Than-Human Humanities focus series aims to attend to human differences entangled with environmental justice, information technologies, AI, synthetic biology, surveillance systems, species extinction, and drastic ecological change. It draws attention not only to the creativity and potentiality of this reinvention of arts and humanities, but also to that which limits or wounds conditions of life on earth. It addresses the question…
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Resisting Toxic Climates: Gender, Colonialism, and Environment
Wed 26 – Thu 27 Jul 2023, 09:00 – 17:30 British Academy/Wellcome Trust Conferences bring together scholars and specialists from around the world to explore themes related to health and wellbeing. Whether it’s the spectacular event of an oil spill or the scarcely perceptible pollution of micro-plastics, toxicity is central to the environmental concerns of today.…
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Linköping Pride
Linköping Pride starts this week! Here is a link with a schedule of all the activities taking place this the week in East Sweden town of Linköping: https://linkoping.rfsl.se/verkehsam/pride/ At Linköping University (LiU), the Forum for Gender Studies and Equality are co-organizers of two lectures at Pride house/Main Library: May 31, at 17.00-18.00 Pride House /…
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Webinar: Deep in The Eye and The Belly
Dear ocean lovers, here is a tip on an online event (in English) with the Göteborg museum of natural history – register for 8 June 18.00 hrs CEST. I believe the film sounds so promising, so perhaps you dont want to miss out on this? About Deep in The Eye and The Belly…In the present…
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HAUNTED WATERS
Call for particapation Our friends in the Design + Posthumanism Network has asked us to share this, so of course we do. Haunted Waters: We are collecting stories, histories and material evidence from all over the world about bodies of water that are “haunted” by chemical contamination. We are now in search of people who…