Environmental Humanities
The research node for environmental humanities focuses on research and education oriented towards societal issues in the fields of environment and climate. It seeks to understand and explain political, cultural, social, historical, aesthetical, and linguistic dimensions of areas such as sustainable development, natural resources, environmental policy, and environmental technology. An overarching aim for the node is to contribute with critical knowledge about the associations between humans, societal institutions, and the environment. The research and education are repeatedly interdisciplinary as they engage a range of different humanistic disciplines, such as ethnology, library and information studies, art history and visual studies, and history of ideas and sciences. Additionally, the node includes interdisciplinary collaborations with a number of natural and social science disciplines.
The seminar series Environmental Humanities functions as a platform for the nod. It arranges three to four seminars per semester with invited researchers active in environmental humanities. The node is also co-organizer of a number of courses: one in environmental history at the undergraduate level (ILHF10, Introduction to Environmental History, 3 credits) and one in environmental history at the advanced level (ILHS30, History of Ideas: Environmental History, 7.5 credits). Previously, the node has also given a doctoral course in environmental humanities (HKV003F, Cultural Critique of Sustainability, 7.5 credits).