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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- Rewilding and Sorbian Heritage: EuCoHN Meets in Lusatia for the Third TimeOur network gathered for its third meeting on 20-23 May 2026. After having explored the urban nature of Munich in 2024 and the ever-changing environment of the Wadden Sea in 2025, this time we were headed to the cultural landscape of Lusatia, or Lausitz in German – or, indeed, Łužica in Sorbian. We were guestsContinue reading “Rewilding and Sorbian Heritage: EuCoHN Meets in Lusatia for the Third Time”
- Bavarian Environmental Award for Laura KuenPhoto credits: Katharina Kuhlmann und Charles Kenwright We are pleased to share that EuCoHN member Laura Kuen has received the 2025 Environmental Award of the Bavarian State Foundation (Umweltpreis der Bayerischen Landesstiftung). Laura is one of the curators of the Land.Schafft.Klang exhibition that focuses on the soundscapes of the Bavarian countryside and on the waysContinue reading “Bavarian Environmental Award for Laura Kuen”
- New Research by EuCoHN MembersGeorge Holmes has published an article in the journal Conservation Letters. Who Let the Frogs out? Illicit and Unregulated Species Translocations investigates the unregulated human-assisted movement of species and its ecological, social, and political implications. You can find the article in open access here. Monica Vasile has published an article about approaching wildlife and theContinue reading “New Research by EuCoHN Members”
- 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”
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