EuCoHN 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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New Species-Reintroduction Article
Monica 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 publication
Cormac 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”
Rewilding in Europe: EuCoHN members at a conference in Museum Koenig
Photo: Jan Decher, Bonn Five EuCoHN members participated in the conference “Rewilding in Europe: Genealogies, Imaginaries and Practices of Conservation in the Anthropocene” from 19-21 March 2025 in Bonn. The conference brought together humanities scholars, natural and social scientists as well as conservation practitioners to discuss various perspectives on rewilding. Bernhard Gissibl and Pavla ŠimkováContinue reading “Rewilding in Europe: EuCoHN members at a conference in Museum Koenig”
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New Corridor Talk publication
Graham Huggan and Pavla Šimková have published a new article in Resistance: A Journal of Radical Environmental Humanities. Three Very Short Histories of the Border: Regimes of In/visibility in the Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks investigates different environmental, social, and cultural borders between two national parks, as well as the multispecies communities that crossContinue reading “New Corridor Talk publication”
New multispecies publication
Frederike Felcht has co-edited a new book containinginterdisciplinary essays that shed light on things that mediate relationships between (more-than-human) species. Von Fliegenfängern und Katzenklappen: 39 Kleinigkeitenzwischen den Arten investigates matters as varied as flypaper, teddy bears, and wine cellars through different disciplinary lenses to provide alternatives to dominant anthropocentric perspectives and highlights different options ofContinue reading “New multispecies publication”
Inaugural EuCoHN meeting in Munich
Early in May 2024 members of the European Conservation Humanities Network met for their first two-day network meeting in Munich, hosted at the Collegium Carolinum and the Rachel Carson Center. Day one began with introductions: first from the organisers, and then between the assembled researchers. Participants came from a broad variety of humanities and socialContinue reading “Inaugural EuCoHN meeting in Munich”
New publication on engagement with the Wadden Sea landscape
Cormac Walsh has co-authored a photo essay on landscape explorations and perceptions in the Wadden Sea. TriWadWalks: enriching knowledge and understanding through immersive engagement with the Wadden Sea landscape is a product of international and interdisciplinary research and was published in Landscape Research.