Join us next Wednesday, May 31 at 10:15 AM, for an exciting lecture by Dalia Nassar where she raises question about how to tell stories about trees. Can we tell stories without relying on empathy, likeness and relatability? 🌳 @UniOsloHF #envhum hf.uio.no/english/resear…

Today at 16.15, our PhD candidate Marius Palz will give his PhD trial lecture. Tomorrow, he will defend his dissertation on human-dugong relations and environmental activism in Okinawa. The lecture and defense are public and will be streamed online. Info: hf.uio.no/ikos/english/r…

Whales of Power 🐋 Marius Palz PhD delivering an excellent trial lecture on Multispecies ethnography and making good use of the new Rubber Boots Methods for the Anthropocene volume Astrid Oberborbeck Andersen Rachel Cypher Nils Bubandt

Very interesting PhD defence by Whales of Power 🐋 candidate Marius Palz who conducted multispecies ethnography in Okinawa, Japan in the seascapes of the nearly-extinct regional dugong. Congratulations Marius!

Enjoying the Whales of Power 🐋 Whales of Power exhibition at the University of Oslo engaging with marine mammals in maritime East Asia. Amazing project with fascinating case studies and beautiful art to increase accessibility 🐳🐋

"Whales of Power" exhibition runs until August 20th🐋 HumSam-biblioteket now has Summer Opening Hours (shorter than ordinal hours) Summer Opening Hours 2023 Saturday 17 June–Sunday 13 August: Monday–Friday: 09:00–16:00 Saturday and Sunday: Closed Whales of Power 🐋

Whales of Power in Korea! Now in Daegu for the AAS-in-Asia conference. Afterwards: a short trip to Ulsan to learn more about human-whale relations in Korean history.

Our artist-in-residence 是恒さくら Koretsune Sakura will soon return to Japan. On 29 September, she will present the work she has done during her year in Norway. All welcome! hf.uio.no/ikos/english/r…

We are so excited for our next Environmental Humanities Lecture on Wednesday! Join us in Aud 5 , Eilert Sundts hus at 14:15 CET. #envhum @UniOsloHF tinyurl.com/5anbpnf7

On 12 December, WhoP team member Sonja Åman will defend her PhD dissertation "Governing the People of the Whale: History and Politics of Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling". The day before, she will give her PhD trial lecture (title t.b.a.). All welcome! See hf.uio.no/ikos/english/r…

The University of California Press is publishing a #new #journal on animal history. The inaugural issue is scheduled to be published in 2025 and currently has a call for papers out. More information on their website here: online.ucpress.edu/ah #rccnews #cfp #animalhistory

Today's fun fact:"Renowned killer whale researcher Dr Lance Barrett-Lennard has recorded that, over the course of 126 field trips, homosexual behaviour was overwhelmingly observed, with heterosexual coupling rarely seen. Queer is the norm where whales are concerned, it seems."🏳️‍🌈

Are you interested in popular religion, heritage, and environmental change in East/Southeast Asia? Would you like to move to Oslo and join the Whales of Power project (or its successor)? Would you like a fully funded PhD position (salary+fieldwork support)? Please get in touch!

As I wrap up my postdoc in Norway, I’m sharing a thread of recorded lectures on climate change, rivers, political ecology and environmental humanities delivered by kind individuals. Also, it consists of collaboration outputs that feature various academics. I hope it is helpful 🧵

Today and tomorrow!

On Friday 15/12, Kimberley Thomas will give a guest lecture in Oslo on borders and infrastructural violence in the Ganga and Mekong rivers. All welcome! More info: hf.uio.no/ikos/english/r…

Sonja Åman has successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Governing the People of the Whale: History and Politics of Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling." Congratulations, Dr. Åman! The trial lecture and defence were excellent. Many thanks to the opponents, Ryan Tucker Jones & Camilla Brattland.

New publication!