The European Conservation Humanities Network
As we come to rethink conservation today – what conservation is, what it aims to do, and how it can best go about doing it – it seems incumbent on us to draw, not just on the natural and social sciences, but also on the insights provided by humanities disciplines.
Holmes et al., 2021/ European Conservation Humanities Network, 2021
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- Wetland Times virtual exhibition now onlineEuCoHN network member Nicola Thomas together with network associates Blake Ewing and Enaiê Mairê Azambuja have published a virtual exhibition on wetlands. The Wetland Times project investigated how time is understood, lived, and represented in wetland environments across three geographically and culturally distinct sites: Morecambe Bay in the UK, the Wadden Sea in northern Europe, and theContinue reading “Wetland Times virtual exhibition now online”
- EuCoHN at the ESEH 2025 in UppsalaEuCoHN had a strong presence at the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) conference that took place this August in Uppsala, Sweden. Eight members of our network participated, with Sabine Höhler serving as a member of the program and local organizing committees. We convened four panels between us, on topics ranging from environmental governance andContinue reading “EuCoHN at the ESEH 2025 in Uppsala”
- New Species-Reintroduction ArticleMonica Vasile has published a new article in Environmental Humanities. Beyond Homecoming: The Reintroduction of Seven Przewalski’s Mares in the Gobi Desert traces the stories of and the metaphors around seven horses flown into Mongolia in the 1990s to argue that reintroducing endangered species is less a triumphant and reassuring “homecoming” than a slow, uncertainContinue reading “New Species-Reintroduction Article”
- (Re)Turning to the Wadden Sea: Our Network Meeting in 2025
EuCoHN members gathered in Oldenburg in May 2025 for the second meeting of the network. This time felt very different to our first meeting in Munich in 2024 – there, the emphasis was on getting to know each other’s work and approaches, and facilitating the space for conversations that would allow us to build theContinue reading “(Re)Turning to the Wadden Sea: Our Network Meeting in 2025” - New Wadden Sea publicationCormac Walsh has co-edited a new book that offers transdisciplinary perspectives on the Wadden Sea. Crossing Borders, Blending Perspectives: Trilateral Wadden Sea Explorations brings together diverse voices on this unique landscape. It touches upon the topics of rural livability, sustainable tourism, nature conservation, coastal management, and climate change adaptation, while also providing insights into teachingContinue reading “New Wadden Sea publication”
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