From Homer’s epic to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, we can see how poetry fills the gap when ordinary ways of writing or speaking aren’t enough, says Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

Call for Papers: Edited VolumeMycelia across Media: Creative Expression and the Fungal Turn

A space historian explains how the Artemis II crew reimagined some Apollo-era photos and found spectacular new angles.

Embedded Temporalities: Interspecies Life Narratives in a Time of PermacrisisBernhard Malkmus, University of OxfordJanuary 29th, 2026, 12-1.30 PM EST Register for the webinar here.

The Umwelt Center hosts an annual workshop in the spring semester. Please see below for further information on past workshops. Workshops CfPs are updated each year in the fall here.

Unique properties of fungi have led to groundbreaking innovations in recent years, from nappies to electronics

The Umwelt Scholar Directory The Umwelt Center is dedicated to connecting scholars from Germanic Studies and Environmental Humanities with each other. Therefore, the Center is developing an encompassi...