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Susanne Ferwerda

@susanneferwerda.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof Comp Lit, Utrecht University. Researching anti-colonial oceanic imaginaries and the blue/environmental humanities. Dutch, queer & feminist. She/they.

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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Very pleased to announce the special issue 'Radioactive Empires: The Nuclear Relations of Coloniality', is out now, open access, with @regenerationeac.bsky.social ! Editors: Rebecca Macklin, Sonja Dobroski, Susanne Ferwerda and Laura M. De Vos www.regeneration-journal.org/issue/1284/i...
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Regeneration: Environment, Art, Culture | Issue: Issue: 3(2) Radioactive Empires (2026)
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We've started with the first events of the 2026 EASLCE conference, organised this week at Utrecht University. Beginning with Prof. Greg Garrard's keynote lecture "What do Orca's Want?", getting us all fully into to the ecocritical and cetacean mindset. #easlce2026 #envhum easlce2026.sites.uu.nl
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“Join the Orca Uprising!”Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice 11th Biennial EASLCE ConferenceUtrecht University14–17 April 2026 The 11th edition of the biennial conference of the European ...
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
CFA for Critical Pathways Fellowship here at Utrecht University (funded, 4-6 weeks in Autumn 2026, deadline 27 April). Open to academics, artists, activists, conservationists, journalists, etc. www.uu.nl/en/news/maki... #envhum @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
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Making Visible the Invisible – Critical Pathways Fellowships 2026
The Critical Pathways to Sustainability community, in collaboration with Towards a Circular Economy and Society, is excited to invite applications for our 2026 Fellowship Program.
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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
such an insightful & thoughtful interview of Kim Hyesoon by @dieuwertjem.bsky.social in @parool.nl today! She’s here this week in Utrecht, The Hague & Amsterdam. www.parool.nl/boeken/kim-h...
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Kim Hyesoon doorbrak het mannenmonopolie op poëzie: ‘Als vrouw in Korea is het moeilijk jezelf geen feminist te noemen naarmate je ouder wordt’
De invloedrijke Zuid-Koreaanse dichter Kim Hyesoon is komende week te gast bij literatuurfestival Writers Unlimited. Met haar poëzie eist ze een plek op in een patriarchale samenleving. ‘Door poëzie k...
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Feeling honored and grateful to receive the Best Article Prize this year! 💙 Huge thanks to the wonderful editorial team from Environmental Humanities journal for their support in publishing this work. Feeling so motivated to dive even deeper into many waters of the Blue Humanities! 🌊✨ #envhum
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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
On 29 Nov, I’ll be interviewing the Palestinian-Syrian poet Ghayath Almadhoun & his Dutch translator Djûke Poppinga. Every day is a day of international solidarity with the Palestinian people. @actionbooks.bsky.social @uitgjurgenmaas.bsky.social www.wintertuinfestival.nl/en/blog/prog...
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Ghayath Almadhoun - Wintertuinfestival
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Stef Craps 🕊️ @stefcraps.com · 16/09/2025
🌱 Fully funded PhD scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University! A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.
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PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University
Discover a PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.
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EASLCE @easlce.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
#CFP: "Join the Orca Uprising! – Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice – 11th Biennial EASLCE Conference" (Utrecht University, Netherlands, 14–17 April, 2026). Deadline for abstracts: September 15th, 2025 More info: www.easlce.eu/join-the-orc...
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Join The Orca Uprising! – Nonhuman Resistance And Multispecies (In)Justice - 11th Biennial EASLCE Conference – EASLCE
“Join the Orca Uprising!” – Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
One more week to get your abstracts in for EASLCE 2026 and join the orca uprising! Would love to see many of you here in Utrecht in April next year. #envhum
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Call for Papers | 11th Biennial EASLCE Conference
“Join the Orca Uprising!”Nonhuman Resistance andMultispecies (In)Justice 11th Biennial EASLCE ConferenceUtrecht University, Netherlands14–17 April, 2026 In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson describes the d...
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Mia You @miayou.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’m doing a book club about Festival with the wonderful @yentlvanstokkum.bsky.social . We want you to be there, even if you don’t speak Dutch, so if you sign up I’ll send you an e-book of the English as well. ♥️ utrechtseboekenbar.nl/products/tic...
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Ticket Utrechts leesclubfestival: Mia You – ‘Festival’
Das Mag x De Utrechtse Boekenbar presenteren: Het Utrechtse Leesclubfestival op vrijdag 27 juni! Een leesclub over Festival met auteur Mia You & gespreksleider Yentl van Stokkum. Ticket: inclusief...
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
#envhum folks! The 'Environmental Humanities' journal (Duke University Press) is currently looking for TWO (!!) new co-editors from January 2026 onwards! Deadline: 31 March 2025 More information ⤵ environmentalhumanities.org
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Environmental Humanities – A journal published by Duke University Press
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Are you an #envhum scholar looking to make a difference for the field? Become a co-editor of the journal Environmental Humanities! We need a new set of 2 co-editors to replace Franklin & I from Jan 2026. See the call here: environmentalhumanities.org Contact us if you have any questions.
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Environmental Humanities – A journal published by Duke University Press
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 07/06/2024
Come on June 29 to AGAINST EXTINCTION: A symposium/festival/proposition that explores how art can fight against various forms of extinction, whether it is the disappearance of a species, an ecosystem, a language, or cultural heritage! #envhum #bluehum www.uu.nl/en/events/ag...
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AGAINST EXTINCTION: A symposium, festival, and proposition
On June 29, AGAINST EXTINCTION: A symposium, festival, and proposition will take place. This event explores how art can fight against various forms of extinction.
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 02/05/2024
Yes! Come do your PhD in Utrecht with my colleague Dr Susanne Knittel on the Images or Poetics of EcoViolence. #envhum #bluehumanities #ERC www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
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2 PhD Positions in Literary and Cultural Studies: Ecologies of Violence
Interested in researching the cultural imaginary of environmental violence in a vibrant interdisciplinary team? Join the team as a PhD candidate!
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 23/04/2024
A call opened for Critical Pathways Autumn Fellowship @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social. There are four two week fellowships in Nov/Dec 2024 available, expenses funded, with the very vibrant Critical Pathways community! www.uu.nl/en/research/... #envhum
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Call for Applications: Critical Pathways Autumn Fellowship 2024
Applications for the Critical Pathways Autumn Fellowship 2024 now open.
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 03/04/2024
My article "Blue Humanities and the Color of Colonialism" is out now in Environmental Humanities! 💙🌊 #envhum read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 27/02/2024
(Likely permanent) job opening at UvA in Black, Indigenous and Critical Race Studies! Also looks good for those working in #envhum along these axes. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Assi...
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Assistant Professor in Black, Indigenous and Critical Race Studies in Arts and Culture
Assistant Professor in Black, Indigenous and Critical Race Studies in Arts and Culture
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
CfA for funded artist residency for 6-12 months in Amsterdam, at IAS. Includes themes of sustainability and climate change. ias.uva.nl/get-involved...
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IAS for artists - Institute for Advanced Study IAS
At the IAS we see our role as breeding ground for experimentation and exchange across the continuum of artistic and scientific exploration. We believe that curiosity, imagination, and continuous quest...
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 13/12/2023
JOBS! My good friend Kjetil Fallan at University of Oslo has advertised a postdoc and PhD position on his new project "Designing with/out Extractive Materials". A great opportunity for envhist, histtech, design history scholars, etc. Direct links to job ads below.
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Designing with/out Extractive Materials
How does design regulate the consumption of non-renewable materials?
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Susanne Ferwerda @susanneferwerda.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
Looking forward to today's lecture by Eben Kirksey on "Chemopower and chemosociality" at the Network for Environmental Humanities at Utrecht University. Join us at 15.30 if you're around! www.uu.nl/en/events/en...
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Environmental Humanities lecture by Eben Kirksey: Chemopower and Chemosociality
Environmental Humanities welcomes you to join the lecture ‘Chemopower and Chemosociality’ by Associate Professor of Anthropology Eben Kirksey on 14 September.
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Luísa Reis Castro @anthrobite.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
Postdoc on “Environmental STS” at the Technical University of Munich (5 years!) #EnvHum www.mcts.tum.de/en/post-doct...
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Post-doctoral researcher (TV-L E13, 100%, 5 years, fixed term) on the Topic “Environmental STS” ...
Job description: Perform STS research on the global environmental risks (climate change, biodiversity, chemicals, negative emissions technologies) including novel forms of knowledge-making (such as da...
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