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Peder Anker

@pederanker.bsky.social
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Professor at New York University

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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The unboxing of a new paperback edition of my From Bauhaus to Ecohouse. More than fifteen years after its publication, the book continues to sell steadily, particularly as an introduction to courses in the history, theory, and practice of sustainable architecture and design.
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Of all the beings from the underworld, the Huldra is perhaps the most perplexing and frightening as she inhabits the shadowy space between virtue and wickedness, harmony and chaos. I've an essay “Huldra: The Spirit of the Forest” in Steinar Jakobsen: Remake, Remodel, Rewind.
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New York University @handle.invalid · 26/04/2025
Did you know that the bikini—as in the bathing suit—was named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the first public test of nuclear bomb by the US in WII? NYU Gallatin professor Peder Anker's new book explores the lesser-known history of the bomb, including its often disturbing influence on culture:
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Gallatin Professor Wants the Oppenheimer Narrative To Go Up in Smoke
In his new book, Peder Anker offers an alternative perspective on the history surrounding the atomic bomb
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’m in New York University’s science magazine Scope as a “kelp keeper”. Your one page summer read.
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New York
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Holiday Special! I’m out with puppet play about Donald Trump, environmentalism, and racism in Oklahoma.
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Frack Off!: A Puppet Play|Paperback
Frack Off! unfolds amid one of the most volatile moments in recent American politics, the 2016 Trump campaign, when disbelief, exhilaration, outrage, and amusement collided. As the MAGA movement surge...
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Proud to be in this volume
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Foreleser om international arkitektur i Oslo mandag. www.aho.no/aho-80-arsju...
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AHO i verden – forelesning av Peder Anker – Arkitektur- og designhøgskolen i Oslo (AHO)
Hvordan kan kommende arkitekter ved AHO omfavne hele verden når de tegner? Bør de tenke på hele verden i sitt design?
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
I’m part of the team at @terreform.bsky.social finding ways to repurposing the decommissioned Vernon C. Bain Correctional Center barge in New York City. Join us at www.bargebooster.org
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I’m in @nyamnews.bsky.social being interviewed about African Americans and the atomic bomb. amsterdamnews.com/news/2025/07...
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Understanding the narrative 80 Years Later: African Americans and the A-bomb
Science historian Peder Anker’s book brings to light the stories of African Americans and others affected by the atomic bomb.
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 23/07/2025
Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil, writes @pederanker.bsky.social. "General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer." ⬇️
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General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer
Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.
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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
In a second essay, @pederanker.bsky.social argues that Oppenheimer was being used by US officials as part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil. (2/2) thebulletin.org/2025/07/gene... #Oppenheimer #Groves #80thAnniversary #nukesky
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General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer
Many narrators continue to portray Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb. But crediting him was part of a strategy to make nuclear weapons look like an unambiguous force of good—not of evil.
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Our Coding Plants project may save the world, according to BBC. Currently on display at the Architecture Biennale in Venice.
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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The environmental humanities finalists include books by @benspky.bsky.social, Joanna Page, @cameliadewan.bsky.social, @pederanker.bsky.social, & Mauro José Caraccioli @ucpress.bsky.social @openbookpublish.bsky.social @uwapress.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social @floridapress.bsky.social
2025 Environmental Humanities Finalists:

The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research into Animal Life by Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa (University of California Press, 2023) 

Decolonial Ecologies: The Reinvention of Natural History in Latin American Art by Joanna Page (Open Book Publishers, 2023) 

Misreading the Bengal Delta: Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh by Camelia Dewan (University of Washington Press, 2022) 

The Power of the Periphery: How Norway Became an Environmental Pioneer for the World by Peder Anker (Cambridge University Press, 2020) 

Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire by Mauro José Caraccioli (University Press of Florida, 2021)
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muharram.bsky.social @muharram.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If civilization collapses, how do we preserve our heritage? The ocean has the answer. “Coding Plants” is a #BlueHumanities art-science project that turns Kelp DNA into a living archive of human knowledge. @stevementz.bsky.social @pederanker.bsky.social www.terreform.org/venice #publichuamnities
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I’m at the Architecture Biennale in Venice with the Terreform ONE team. Opening today.
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Gallatin Professor Wants the Oppenheimer Narrative Up in Smoke. In his new book, Peder Anker offers alternative perspective on the history surrounding the atomic bomb www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
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Gallatin Professor Wants the Oppenheimer Narrative Up in Smoke
In his new book, Peder Anker offers alternative perspective on the history surrounding the atomic bomb
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I'm in the local NYU news: "The Biennale Architettura is often heralded as the most prestigious event in architecture and design, bringing together the brightest minds to present groundbreaking ideas."
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Anker and Joachim Set To Participate in Biennale Architettura 2025 > News > NYU Gallatin
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Learn about the trail of nuclear suffering. Miranda Melcher is interviewing me about my new book #nuclearbombs @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/for-the-love...
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
#3: "The Trail of Nuclear Suffering" by Peder Anker niche-canada.org/2023/08/08/t...
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The Trail of Nuclear Suffering
Peder Anker set out to write a history of the nuclear bomb that doesn't repeat a heroic narrative of brilliant physicists.
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Fresh from the press! Starting with the gruesome mining of uranium by First Nation people in northern Canada, and continuing with the racialist culture of uranium enrichment in the Atomic City of Oak Ridge, this book offers a novel history of the bomb.
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
RSVP here www.shiftesperanza.com/events/housi...
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
Op-ed on #oppenheimer www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Peder Anker @pederanker.bsky.social · 25/11/2023
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