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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society
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International center for environmental humanities research in Munich, Germany.
Website: https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
Portal: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/
Seeing the Woods: https://seeingthewoods.org/
Springs: https://springs-rcc.org/
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Today, we are happy to highlight an interview recently published in the eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

Anthropologist Davide Orsini and historian Uwe Lübken shed light on #nucleardecommissioning in their conversation about Davide’s Volkswagen Foundation Change! project “(Dis)Empowered Communities.”
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November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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In the newest contribution to the #planetaryhealth series on 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, author @pimientac.bsky.social examines a theory of planetary health that acknowledges a “world of many worlds.” Might acknowledging relational and communication issues provide solutions for #ecologicalproblems?
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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In a few hours, Michael Vitzthum and Heidemarie Isele, co-authors of a public transport travel guide for mountain tours, will join us for the #TuesdayDiscussion.

Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#rccevents #envhum @deutschebahn.com #authortalk #free #opentopublic
The graphic shows a train driving over bridge between forested mountains. Info on graphic: Tuesday Discussion with Michael Vitzthum and Heidemarie Isele (Travelling by Public Transport). 18 Nov 2025 at 16:30. Location: Rachel Carson Center, Munich.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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We are very pleased to highlight each of the articles in the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 individually over the next few weeks.

Today, we would like to introduce “Ecocomics: Vivid Worlds in Images and Text” by literary scholar Julia Ludewig.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Join us for tomorrow's Lunchtime Colloquium with Udo Weilacher, professor of landscape architecture and transformation at the Technical University of Munich: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#rccevents #lectureseries #envhum #environmentalfuture #architecture
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The short film 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥: 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘦𝘴, directed by former Carson Fellow Kata Beilin and Avi Paul Weinstein, is now available on the Portal: www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/maya-lan....

#bees #IndigenousPeople #agriculture #envhum #beekeepers #soy #Maya
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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In tomorrow's Tuesday Discussion, Chair of BENG eg Katharina Habersbrunner will present on energy communities as key drivers of decentralized, citizen-led energy futures.

More info: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_....

#energytransition #solarenergy #windenergy #prosumer
Poster advertising event. Date: 11 November; time: 16:30.
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Join us fo this exciting workshop with writer, performance artist, and literary scholar Ofir Ashery, and explore different modes of nonlinear writing: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#writing #workshop #rhizomes #fiction #nonfiction
Poster announcing writing workshop with Ofir Ashery, titled "Rhizomatic Writing," on 18 November 2025 at 12:00 until 14:00.
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Join us fo this exciting workshop with writer, performance artist, and literary scholar Ofir Ashery, and explore different modes of nonlinear writing: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_....

#writing #workshop #rhizomes #creativewriting #fiction #nonfiction
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Today's Lunchtime Colloquium is with historian Ruth Gamble (La Trobe University).

Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#rccevents #lectureseries #envhum #environmentalfuture @ruthgamble.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Three days left to apply for an internship with us, starting on 15 January or 1 February and running for three months.

Full call: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...

#rccjobs #internship #callforapplications #envhum #envhist #editing #socialmedia #library #books #cataloguing
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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We have two upcoming guest lectures with Professor Ghassan Hage (@manchester.ac.uk).

Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html

Friday, 14 Nov 2025: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html

#envhum #envhist #environmentaljustice @anthroprofhage.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Matthew Gandy (@cam.ac.uk) will present on “Attentive Observation: Walking, Listening, Staying Put” tonight at 18:00 as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series “On Environment.”

Find out more: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#lectureseries #rccevents #envhum #envhist
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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The program for this this week’s “Melting Mountains” workshop is all set. Check it out!

www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

#mountains #envhist #envhum #workshop #peripheries
Poster announcing workshop. Mountains in the background.
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We are excited to share that the newest issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live! Three essays, a visual narrative, a short story, and an interview join forces to uncover missing pieces in our quest to understand human–environment interactions: springs-rcc.org

#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
Poster to advertise new issue of Springs: The Rachel Carson Center Review, showing an Arctic glacier. Image by Flora Mary Bartlett.
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Tomorrow, writer and journalist Theresia Graw will introduce her work and present her newest novel 𝘐𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘻𝘦𝘢𝘯 (In us the ocean)—a biography of Rachel Carson: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/.../index.html

#rccevents #envhum #writing #historicalnovels #RachelCarson
Poster advertising event mit writer Theresia Graw.
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The IDK conference “Transformations in Critical Times,” which bids farewell to the doctorate program’s first cohort and celebrates the start of its second term, takes place next week: rethinking-environment-idk.de/event/confer....

#envhum #envhist #PhD #doctorateprogram #conference
Poster advertising conference, mentioning keynote speakers Martin Puchner from Harvard University and Julia Steinberger from the University of Lausanne.
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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We will take part in
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social’s #SustainabilityWeek (3–7 November 2025).

At a fair showcasing LMU’s sustainability initiatives, we will provide information on the RCC graduate programs, including our two doctoral programs, our master’s, and our certificate program.

Save the date!
October 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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This semester’s #LunchtimeColloquia are centered around “Thinking, Imagining, Building #FutureEnvironments.”

This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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🚨 #CfA: RCC #Internship (Communications, Publishing, and Library Maintenance)
🗓️ Start: 15 January or 1 February 2026

✍️ Deadline for Applications: 9 November 2025

Find more information on the internship and the application process online: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
October 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🍷 CfA: “Plates and Other Collisions: A #Culinary #Environmental Humanities Forum”
by “Off the Menu” Research Group, University of Augsburg

🗓️ 1–3 June 2026
✍️ Application Deadline: 3 November 2025

Please find the full call online: www.offthemenu.net/the-forum-26
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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This Tuesday, Martin Saxer (RCC), director and producer of three feature length #documentary films, will join us for a #TuesdayDiscussion on documentary #filmmaking.

The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
October 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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This week, Sonja Dümpelmann, co-director of the RCC and chair of Environmental Humanities at the LMU, will be giving the #LunchtimeColloquium.

The Lunchtime Colloquium is free and open to the public. The talk starts at 12:30, but feel free to come at 12, bring a lunch, and socialize.
October 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Tomorrow, Tamara Narganes Homfeldt (Whale & Dolphin Conservation, WDC) will join us for the #TuesdayDiscussion.

#Whales and #dolphins are faced with all kinds of threats. Through lobbying, research, and public engagement WDC works towards a world where every whale and dolphin is safe and free.
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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📢 We are looking for help in a digital archiving project here at the RCC. 💻🗂️
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www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...

We are excited to hear from you!

#rccjobs #studentassistant #job #openposition #lmu #student #digital #archiving #it #cms #websitemanagement
The graphic shows a digital 3D model of a laptop with bright blue outlines. The information in the foreground reads, "Rachel Carson Center Project Management. Call for Applications. Student Assistant Digital Archiving. Application Deadline: 2 November 2025." Image credit: spanteldotru on Getty Images Signature on Canva.
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM