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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A fantastic start to @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social's #UCL200 'Emergence | Emergency' series yesterday discussing 'inventing animals, inventing humans' with @po-dittmar.bsky.social @ehess.fr, Bob Mills, Jane Gilbert, Sophie Page & Mariam Motamedi-Fraser @ucl.ac.uk More today: ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene

L-R: Bob Mills, Pierre-Olivier Dittmar, Jane Gilbert & Sophie Page at the 'Inventing animals, inventing humans' seminar on Pierre-Olivier's book, kicking off UCL Anthropocene's Emergence | Emergency series 1 June 2026.

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Our #UCL200 'Emergence | Emergency' series @ucl.ac.uk starts next week—debates, lectures, screenings, workshops & more Wendy Brown! @po-dittmar.bsky.social! @eicathomefinn.bsky.social! Paul Gilroy! @fmussgnug.bsky.social! Eva von Redecker! @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social! Sasha Roseneil! Oxana Timofeeva!

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UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Join us for an evening of discussion and exploration at this year's Gordon Childe Lecture. This year’s Lecture will be delivered by Prof Laurent Olivier, Honorary Chief Curator, National Archaeological Museum, France. 🔗Book now: tinyurl.com/GSCjke #UCL200 #GordonChilde #Events @ucl.ac.uk

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

What emerges in emergencies? A major @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social & #UCL200 series on 'Emergence | Emergencies' will ask some big questions in this critical series. UCL 1-12 June. www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene #Anthropocene #Emergency @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social

The UCL Anthropocene series poster for Emergence | Emergency at UCL 1-12 June. Details at ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Come hear @eicathomefinn.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social) talk about this—with Wendy Brown (Princeton IAS), Sasha Roseneil (@sussex.ac.uk), Eva von Redecker (HU Berlin) & Paul Gilroy (@ucl.ac.uk)—at a v. special #UCL200 'learning in emergency states' panel. 5 June 17:30 GMT. Tickets after 🐣!

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

@anthropoceneucl.bsky.social is delighted that our #UCL200 June series on 'Emergence/Emergency' will kick off with @po-dittmar.bsky.social & an interdisciplinary discussion of 'The invention of the animal'. Bentham House, 1 June 2-5pm—email for details. #medievalsky #Anthropocene #envhum #envhist

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🍄More than human UCL: a transdisciplinary mini-series🍄 Bringing together anthropology, archaeology, heritage, visual art, and environmental humanities, the series will explore alternative ways of co-living with plants, fungi, animals and other non‑humans. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4m7b5dnn

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Last call for today's seminar online at 3pm GMT!

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

This Thursday (18 Mar): Dive into Holistic Ecologies Before Modernity with Minji Lee (Montclair State) & François Quiviger (Warburg Institute). Join us online! Registration is free but essential, book your spot here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holistic-e...

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Holistic ecologies before modernity

18 March, 15:00-17:00 | Online, registration free but essential. With Minji Lee (Montclair State) and François Quiviger (Warburg Institute).

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

We'll have a great discussion Wed 4 March 1500 GMT with @mohamedamermeziane.bsky.social & Melissa Leach + James Fairhead on other worlds' & the nonhuman re their books @versobooks.bsky.social & @princetonupress.bsky.social. All @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social + @uclhistory.bsky.social #Anthropocene

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Excited for “Apprehending Other Worlds” : a free online seminar by UCL Anthropocene on 4 Mar, 3–5 pm GMT exploring life beyond the human with leading thinkers. Register on Eventbrite! 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982671184... #Anthropocene #UCL #OnlineEvent #EnvironmentalHumanities #MoreThanHuman

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Apprehending other worlds

4 March, 15:00-17:00 | Online, registration free

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

A highlight of our Anthropocene initiative was the book launch of The Last Of Its Kind by Gísli Pálsson, how an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction. Hosted alongside UCL SELCS and the Icelandic Embassy, we are grateful to the Ambassador and to Gísli himself.

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Many thanks to the Centre for Apocalyptic & Postapocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) @uniheidelberg.bsky.social for welcoming @fmussgnug.bsky.social, @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social & Emily Baker to talk about emergence and emergencies last week—we look forward to our discussions in Bloomsbury next spring!

An apocalyptic bar of chocolate from CAPAS at the University of Heidelberg.

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UCL European Institute @uclei.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

2 weeks today! 👇 Don’t forget to grab your free tickets 🎟️

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Last reminder about this afternoon's online seminar about cities in the Anthropocene! 👇

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

👏👏 to @fmussgnug.bsky.social for a 🎆 inaugural lecture on loving apocalypse too much @uclselcs.bsky.social last night! Saul Bellow's Herzog, Frank Kermode, Loki & multiverse destruction, Mary Shelley's & apocalypses as a way of looking beyond & through them to something more sustaining.

A photo of Florian Mussgnug giving his inaugural lecture with a slide titled 'is there anything in your daily lives that does /not/ feel apocalyptic?'

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

It's official @fmussgnug.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social has sold out the Gustave Tuck. Clearly we do, indeed, love apocalypses too much.

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Calling all @ucl.ac.uk ECRs working on #envhums, #health, #socialscience, #Anthropocene, and on climate/health/cultural @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social related topics. Do come to our ECR showcase lunch Weds, incl news on ECR ££ for 25/26.

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Large red-letter day Tues 28 Oct @uclselcs.bsky.social + @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social when my wonderful colleague @fmussgnug.bsky.social will give his inaugural professorial lecture on why we love apocalypse so much (and maybe shouldn't…?). In person, 18:00. #Anthropocene, #envhum, #literature

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Loving Apocalypse Too Much

The End of the World? Why would anybody wish to go there? And yet, if we do not want this world to end, why do we love Apocalypse so much?

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Our ECR Showcase (hosted by UCL Anthropocene and UCL Health Mind & Society) is at the www.artworkersguild.org on Wednesday! There'll be networking, a light lunch, presentations on last year's projects and an announcement of this year's ECR funding! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ecr-showca...

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uclhealthmindands.bsky.social @uclhealthmindands.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Mal-Nutrition. Maternal Health Science and the Reproduction of Harm Emily Yates-Doerr will speak about her recently published book on how maternal health interventions in Guatemala are complicit in reproducing poverty. 📆9 July, 5-6.30pm 📍Daryll Forde Seminar Room, UCL & online 🔗 shorturl.at/VznGG

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

📣Tomorrow! The UCL Stampede for Arts on a Heating Planet🌍 Life-size puppet animals🦁 are travelling a 20,000km route to symbolise their flight from climate disaster as part of THE HERDS public art & climate initiative Attend our events to mark the arrival in London👇 26-29 June 🔗 shorturl.at/T64aV

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

The Visual Arts on a Heating Planet 🌍 Join us for this roundtable event where artists & scholars explore the role of the arts in responding to the accelerating climate crisis. 📆26 June, 12noon - 1.45pm 📍IAS Common Ground 🔗 Book here! shorturl.at/gXFmr Part of the UCL Stampede events & The Herds 🦁

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

📣Next week! The UCL Stampede for Arts on a Heating Planet🌍 Life-size puppet animals🦁 are travelling a 20,000km route to symbolise their flight from climate disaster as part of THE HERDS public art & climate initiative Attend our event to mark the arrival in London👇 26-29 June 🔗 shorturl.at/T64aV

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Join us for the 5th seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social & natural sciences seminar series! Ann Stoler will speak about Radical Adisciplinarity in conversation with Andrew Barry 📆19 June, 5-6pm 📍Online Sign up here👉https://shorturl.at/c1EqD

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The Performing Arts on a Heating Planet 🌍 Join us on 26 June for a presentation of THE HERDS by the project team. The Herds is a public art & climate initiative where life-size puppet animals sweep through city centres on a 20,000km journey fleeing climate disaster. 🔗Book here👉 shorturl.at/HP3y2

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Remnants of Catastrophe: The Materiality & Memorialisation of COVID-19 5 years on from the first UK lockdowns, what do we make of the material remnants the pandemic left behind & the memorials that have grown in response to its memory? 📆12 June,6-7pm 📍IAS Common Ground 🔗Join us: shorturl.at/tAWRz

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Five years on from the first UK lockdowns, what do we make of the material remnants the pandemic left behind and the memorials that have grown in response to its memory?

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Join us today for the 4th seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social & natural sciences series! John Haldon speaks about history, archaeology & palaeoscience in conversation with John Sabapathy. 📆10 June, 5-6pm 📍IAS Common Ground & online Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/SJViw

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This event is part of the Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series.

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Join us for the fourth seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social & natural sciences series! John Haldon speaks about history, archaeology and palaeoscience in conversation with John Sabapathy. 📆10 June, 5-6pm 📍IAS Common Ground & online Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/SJViw

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uclhealthmindands.bsky.social @uclhealthmindands.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Join us for an Anthropocene Histories seminar on Histories of Heating🔥 How might history help us understand the material & social significance of heat? In what ways do these histories connect with domestic structures, gender & patterns of consumption? 📆4 June,3-5pm 📍online 🔗 shorturl.at/a7VZD

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Introducing the UCL Stampede for Arts on a Heating Planet🌍 Life-size puppet animals🦁 are travelling a 20,000km route to symbolise their flight from climate disaster as part of THE HERDS public art & climate initiative Attend our events to mark the arrival in London👇 26-29 June 🔗 shorturl.at/T64aV

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Join the next event in the Anthropocene seminar series on Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences! Nikolas Rose (IAS, UCL) will speak about The Exposome in conversation with Andrew Barry and Sahra Gibbon. 📆3 June, 5-6pm 📍online 🔗 www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

5 years on from the first UK lockdowns, what do we make of the material remnants the pandemic left behind and the memorials that have grown in response to its memory? Join us for this Anthropocene event to find out: 📆12 June, 6-7pm 📍IAS Common Ground, UCL 🔗 shorturl.at/mbfj5

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

How might history help us understand the material and social significance of heat? In what ways do these histories connect with domestic structures, gender & patterns of consumption? Join us for an Anthropocene Histories seminar on Histories of Heating🔥 📆4 June,3-5pm| 📍online 🔗 shorturl.at/a7VZD

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

📣Today at 5pm! Join us for the second seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series Mariam Motamedi-Fraser will speak about Animal Studies on 27 May from 5-6pm in the IAS Common Ground. Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/7fNTU

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

📣Join us for another seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences series! Ann Stoler will speak about Radical Adisciplinarity in conversation with Andrew Barry on 29 May from 5-6pm online Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/6BIae

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

📣Coming up next week! Wretched Waters: Making Modernity & the Southern North Sea 📆28 May, 5-7pm 📍Room 6.02, The Bartlett,UCL This talk by Dr Sam Grinsell explores what it means to put particular sites at the heart of global histories of the environment. Sign up!🔗 shorturl.at/jMPN6

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

'We must not be naïve about the long subordination of the natural sciences to a technocratic worldview that seeks economic gain above all…we need to find ways to reorient & reshape human desire'. @fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, Carl Wennerlind & @robertsuits.bsky.social on the age of repair 21/5/25 👇

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

📣Join us for the second seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series! Mariam Motamedi-Fraser will speak about Animal Studies on 27 May from 5-6pm in the IAS Common Ground. Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/7fNTU

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Animal Studies

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Andrew Seaton @andrewseaton.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

This Wednesday, @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social have an online talk about the history of 'scarcity' - details and sign-up below:

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

📣Join us tomorrow for the first seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series! Georgina Born and Andrew Barry will speak about AI, Environment and Art on 20 May from 5-6pm in the IAS Common Ground. Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/fSi6c

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The deepening crisis & Earth System itself shows that a new concept of scarcity is needed, one that acknowledges the actual finitude of water, air, biodiversity, & Earth Systems 🌍 Join this Anthropocene Histories seminar where we explore Scarcity 📆21 May, 3-5pm 📍online 🔗 shorturl.at/aimoH

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

📣Join us for the first seminar in our Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series! Georgina Born and Andrew Barry will speak about AI, Environment and Art on 20 May from 5-6pm in the IAS Common Ground. Sign up here👉 shorturl.at/fSi6c

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Join us for this Anthropocene Histories seminar where Kristin Asdal & Tone Huse discuss how the ocean, in the years proceeding WWII, has been harnessed to become a space of ever-intensifying capital investment and innovation 🌊 📆14 May, 3-5pm 📍Online - zoom 🔗 shorturl.at/qQGsE

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

📣Interdisciplinarity: new reconfigurations of the social and natural sciences seminar series In this UCL Anthropocene mini-series, we reflect on the question of interdisciplinarity & the social and historical sciences through a series of conversations. 🔗Find out more and join us! shorturl.at/TJh42

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UCL Anthropocene @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

📣The great economization of the Ocean: Following cod & doing empirical economy 📆14 May, 3-5pm 📍Online - zoom 🔗 shorturl.at/hiDmV Our speakers discuss how the ocean has been harnessed to become a space of ever-intensifying capital investment & innovation. Join this Anthropocene Histories seminar!

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