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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

117 years later it continues to feed into the local electricity grid, now embedded in a larger energy landscape. 3/3 #energyhistory #energyhumanities #envhum

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energy landscape with a hydropower dam in the front and wind turbines in the back.

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

the socio-cultural norms, practices and habits in which energy is embedded and through which we relate to energy in our daily lives. Built in 1909, Sviland was constructed to supply the homes, factories and streetlights of the nearby town of Sandnes with electricity. 2/3

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On Tuesday, I took the Public Environmental Humanities at the @greenhouseuis.net students out on an excursion to a local hydropower plant. In the Energy Humanities course that I run this term, we’ve been exploring the development of energy throughout history, ... 1/3

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Autumn has arrived in Stavanger! 🍂 The @greenhouseuis.net will take a short break for rest and relaxation next week. Come mid October, we are looking forward to stellar programme for the rest of the month! #envhum

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during October 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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ICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The next World Congress is now announced! We hope to see you all in Toronto, Canada, in 2030. The venue will be at York University, Toronto, and Toronto Metropolitan University and McMaster University will also be a part of the planning, which is headed by Jennifer Bonnell. Read more below! #envhist

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The Fifth World Congress of Environmental History — ICEHO

The next World Congress of Environmental History is set to take place in York, Canada, in 2030.

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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

📅 Exactly one year from today, the 14th ESEH Conference will open in Salzburg! #ESEH2027 #envhist Help us make the conference accessible to more scholars and support participants who otherwise might not be able to attend. 👉 Donate now: www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...

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Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

How can you teach and fight climate change? This is the question that 70+ #envhist scholars wrangle, from a variety of histories and concerns, for the forthcoming A Historians' Handbook to Save the World. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...

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A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World

The work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ...

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hello September 👋 Tomorrow's research showcase and boardgames night are a promising start to a packed month at the @greenhouseuis.net featuring @hannahklaubert.bsky.social @visualplague.bsky.social and others! #envhum

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during September 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The call for ESEH 2027 is out! Submit your proposal by 15 October. We offer standard formats like panel sessions, individual papers, book presentations, and posters, but also repeat our creative Different World Sessions! Read more here: eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #EnvHist #EnvHum

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The @greenhouseuis.net is back from the summer break and already fully immersed in the buzz of term start – this year with the new MA programme in Public Environmental Humanities! @sarabpritchard.bsky.social will kick off the #envhum book talks next Monday! ☀️

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during August 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Christoph Kalter @christophkalter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🚀🚨🚀 We are hiring: 3-year postdoc in African history! 🚀🚨🚀! The University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway is hiring a researcher with a PhD in History to conduct research on “European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (1950-1990). The job listing can be found here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877) | University of Agder

Job title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

7/7 ‘While we do need to decarbonise heavy industry, household heating and transport if we as a society are serious about limiting the effects of the ever faster evolving global climate crisis [...], it is equally important to ask what this expansion of energy production is going to be used for?’

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

5/7 ‘All agreed about the importance of the green transition and of citizen involvement in planning and realizing it. [.. ]The major challenge, however, appears to be the following: How do we get people to take interest in energy, its infrastructures, and its transition?’

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

3/7 ‘Listening to the complexities of these refinery workers’ lives lived is not only humbling, it is also important: very little research exists on the lives of oil refinery workers – on their life on-site but also on how labouring in refineries shapes personal life stories and whole biographies.’

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

2/7 Read about what we encountered and learnt from these public events in our series published on our blog The Current! Anna Åberg shares her reflections on the deeply personal conversations with workers at the oil refinery in Gothenburg: www.uis.no/en/the-curre...

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“Att smyga rör” - or the many ways to relate to an oil refinery

Anna Åberg shares her reflections on the deeply personal conversations with workers at the local oil refinery during the Infrastructural Citizen Week 2026 in Gothenburg and how this work and the infrastructure have and continue to shape lives.

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

1/7 In March, Energy Lives! organised its second Infrastructural Citizen Week. Turning our attention to the history of energy transitions, we explored memories and lived experiences in panel discussions, conversations, and artistic interactions. #energyhistory #energylives #envhum

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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 05/06/2026

Big day today, as @asterhoving.bsky.social defends her PhD thesis «Ocean Energies: Transition Across Art, Science, and Technology». We start with the trial lecture! #envhum #energyhumanities

Woman starting lecture on «what are the roles of archives for/in the energy humanities, and how can they critically address dominant epistemologies?»

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

June is here! ☀️ The @greenhouseuis.net is closing the academic year 2025/2026 with social events, visits from researcher from Leeds and France, and @asterhoving.bsky.social 's public defence! #envhum

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during June 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May at the @greenhouseuis.net with our regular Monday book talks, Wednesday research talks and many special events featuring @mmendoza.bsky.social, Hauke Ohls, @erikahanna.bsky.social and others. #envhum 🌷

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during May 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

this @greenhouseuis.net programme is no April fool! April is bursting with activities, energy, and visitors, so make sure to drop by the online book talks or the events in Stavanger! #envhum 🌷

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during April 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If you are in Aarhus, Gothenburg or Stavanger, make sure to drop by the events that explore local memories and lived experiences through discussions, conversations and interaction, all organised by Energy Lives! researchers at @au.dk , Chalmers University of Technology and @unistavanger.bsky.social

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We all have memories and experiences with energy and how it has shaped our lives – and we are interested in your memories and lived experiences!

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Just think about heating and electricity: what has changed throughout your life? Perhaps there is a moment that stands out? Perhaps it’s the subtle changes that can tell a story?

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Energy Lives! organises its annual Infrastructural Citizen Week these days! When we hear the word ‘energy transition’ we usually think of the future, yet energy transitions have happened throughout history and have histories that continue to shape our present times. #energylives #energyhistory

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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 23/03/2026

We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163) | University of Stavanger

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2026

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Last December, I organised a PhD course on energy humanities here at the @greenhouseuis.net. The Current now features @oneclark.bsky.social reflections on participating in this interdisciplinary course. Read it below ⤵ www.uis.no/en/the-curre... #energyhumanities #energyhistory #envhum

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Concluding the week, the team in Stavanger asks what does comfort mean when our energy systems are increasingly under pressure? Come by for a lecture, an interactive installation, and formal and informal conversations on Saturday, 28 March. www.litthusstvg.no/program/komf...

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Komfortsonens grenser — Litteraturhuset i Stavanger

Arrangør: Universitetet i Stavanger

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

With its own local oil refinery, the team in Gothenburg invites to a history café afternoon to document the local histories on how the oil refinery and infrastructure have shaped lives in these areas. Drop by Chalmers on Friday, 27 March. www.chalmers.se/aktuellt/kal...

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Historiecafé om oljeraffinaderier i Göteborg

Har du jobbat på raffet i Göteborg? Forskningsprojektet ”Energy Lives!” vars syfte är att dokumentera lokalhistoria bjuder in till Historiecafé med fokus på…

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Also on 25 March, the team in Stavanger invites to a discussion about emotions in energy planning and policy and ask and how would our energy policy look like if we paid attention to lived experiences? www.litthusstvg.no/program/emos...

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Emosjonsbasert energipolitikk? — Litteraturhuset i Stavanger

Arrangør: Universitetet i Stavanger Plassreservasjon

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

How do we create a green energy future? And what role do citizens have in the development of this future energy infrastructure? The team in Aarhus invites to an interactive panel debate on Green Energy Transition on 25 March. www.aakb.dk/hovedbibliot...

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Grøn energiomstilling i Aarhus | Aarhus Bibliotekerne

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Energy Lives! organises its second Infrastructrual Citizen Week from 23 to 29 March parallel in Aarhus, Gothenburg and Stavanger! This year’s events focus on memories and lived experiences of past energy transitions. www.uis.no/en/the-curre... #energyhistory #energylives #NordForsk #envhum

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Registration for our new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities is still open for Nordic students (either citizens or did bachelors in a Nordic country). Please pass along this great tuition-free study opportunity! www.uis.no/en/studies/t... #envhum #envhist #ecocrit

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

laurdag, 28. mars inviterer me til ein ettermiddag der me skal utforske komfortens historie og politikk i heimen, i byen og på hytta – det er tross alt rett før påske – gjennom samtale og interaktiv kunstinstallasjon ved @finnarne.me og @sros.bsky.social www.litthusstvg.no/program/komf...

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Komfortsonens grenser — Litteraturhuset i Stavanger

Arrangør: Universitetet i Stavanger

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Til dette inviterer me til to fantastiske opne arrangement på Litteraturhuset i Stavanger: onsdag, 25. mars skal me diskutere kva som skjer med energipolitikken vår om me tar omsyn til samfunnets erfaringar av og kjensler kring energiproduksjon og -bruk. www.litthusstvg.no/program/emos...

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Emosjonsbasert energipolitikk? — Litteraturhuset i Stavanger

Arrangør: Universitetet i Stavanger Plassreservasjon

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I slutten av mars organiserer forskingsprosjektet Energy Lives! sin annan Infrastructural Citizen Week parallelt i Aarhus, Göteborg og Stavanger. Dette året handler alt om erindringar og erfaringar med energiomstillingar gjennom historien. #energyhistory #energylives

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Spring has started to sprout and the @greenhouseuis.net is looking forward to full month with events on everything from climate justice in education over the sea urchins on the menu to the architecture of low-voltage cabins. 🌿 #envhum

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during March 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Song Yeonjun/Anders Riel Müller @andersriel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Join us on March 9 at UiS for a research seminar with Naja Dyrendom Graugaard a Danish-Kalaaleq(Inuk) researcher at Copenhagen University where she will talk about "Cryolite Colonialism, Epistemic dispossession and Kalaallit Inuit Narrative Sovereignty." Register here: nettskjema.no/a/597455

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Song Yeonjun/Anders Riel Müller @andersriel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

1/2 Excited to announce our Call for Abstracts for the next Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea workshop, hosted by colleagues at the University of Copenhagen August 20-21, 2026 This year, we also welcome work that looks beyond the North Sea. nors.ku.dk/english/cale...

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Call for papers: Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 09/02/2026

Some colleagues in my old department in Trondheim are recruiting a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and/or STS on the "Imagining Positive Energy Futures" project. 3 years, fully funded. Norway's a good place to do a PhD and Trondheim's a nice place to live!

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PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We are now accepting proposals from scholars interested in applying for the EU's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships program in 2026. This is a great program for early career (<8 yrs from PhD) scholars to be with @greenhouseuis.net for 2 years on own project. www.uis.no/en/research/...

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Clare Hickman @drhick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Exciting to see the hard copies of this too!! 🤩 @draflint.bsky.social

Small pile of books in a cardboard box with swirls of bright pink and blue on the cover. ‘Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain’ by Abbi Flint and Clare Hickman.

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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 28/01/2026

A good crowd at the Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social celebration lecture with our co-director Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social tonight. www.uis.no/en/research/... #envhum #envhist

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

February at the @greenhouseuis.net is packed with fantastic academic and social events for and by the #envhum community, starting with a book talk today at 4 pm, as always online, and a perfect way to close the first work day of a week with. 🌿

Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during February 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Unfortunately, it is not possible to sign up for this course from institutions outside of Norway except ECIU partner universities. Any questions? Please get in touch via the contact info provided on the poster.

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

If you are enrolled at a Norwegian university, you can register by 16 February, following the information provided on this website: www.uis.no/en/course/EC...

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