@finnarne.me
Professor of Environmental History at University of Stavanger, Norway. Co-director of the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities. Photographer, author, boardgamer. More at finnarne.net. Portrait photo: Kristin Aafløy Opdan.
Tomorrow it's 15 years since the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns struck Japan. In today's Aftenposten, I'm writing about my visits to Fukushima and what the possible lessons for Norway today are.
We also have a call for zines! Zines can be on any subject related to archaeology and games, and will both be printed out for the workshop and published on a dedicated itch page. The deadline for zines is June 10th!
Book cover based on stylised painted art of someone digging in a large pile of soil with a shovel.
We're delighted to announce publication of 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for The Environmental Humanities' (E. Brownell, ed.) – exploring #soil as a vessel of human #history and point of view for inquiry. Available print or #openaccess here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during March 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
Spring has started to sprout and the @greenhouseuis.net is looking forward to full month with events on everything from climate justice in education over the sea urchins on the menu to the architecture of low-voltage cabins.
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The deadline for EU/EEA students to apply for our new Master's Program in Public Environmental Humanities is rapidly approaching - apply by 1 March! Nordic students have more time and can apply until 15 April. Join us to explore #envhum in practice! www.uis.no/en/studies/m...
Ah, I moved here in 2017, so that probably explains it. The monsters have been mostly hibernating the last few years, but we are talking with at least one of them! 😂 And yes, it’s definitely time for another Norway visit.
Yes, the skies here are the best! And sorry I missed the keynote, had not been on my radar.
Morning sky, fire over the mountains
I think we are officially moving into the part of the spring with super nice morning skies in Stavanger. I’m ready for it!
Love this list!
Nice winter sky
Walking to campus for early morning teaching. Gorgeous winter day, though rain is coming.
People sitting in grass drawing on left; books on right
Are you from an 🇪🇺 country or 🇳🇴🇮🇸🇨🇭 interested in studying how humanities can help communicate and address environmental issues?
Registration is open now for our Master in Public Environmental Humanities!
Free tuition for our 2 year program in Stavanger, Norway.
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Saying it again:
"clean nuclear future" is an oxymoron.
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/our-clean-nu...
Online tomorrow Monday, 16 February 2026:
Greenhouse book talk with Kip Hutchins @songsforhorses.com on A Song for the Horses: Musical Heritage for More-than-Human Futures in Mongolia (University of Arizona Press, 2025) at 16:00 CET / 10:00 EST.
newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
Sooo good! 😂
Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”
Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
It’s true. Radium bandage samples. They had a geiger counter - we were safe. The people who once used such bandages? Maybe not…
Thanks, past me, for writing “send emails” on my todo list. I have no idea what I was referring to specifically, but I have indeed sent some emails, so I can check that off. Good to have achieved something.
1/2 Excited to announce our Call for Abstracts for the next Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea workshop, hosted by colleagues at the University of Copenhagen August 20-21, 2026
This year, we also welcome work that looks beyond the North Sea. nors.ku.dk/english/cale...
Our Winter Olympics & Their Environments series, edited by @theliftline.bsky.social and M. Blake Butler, begins today with "The High-Energy Afterlives of Lillehammer’s Olympic Cabins" by @finnarne.me
niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...
#envhist #olympics #energyhistory #sporthistory
I might not care one bit about watching the winter olympics, but I have a new #envhist #energyhistory piece out in @nichecanada.bsky.social on how the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic media village built on Norwegian cabin traditions - and transformed them after the games. niche-canada.org/2026/02/09/t...
The extended deadline for #ICOHTEC2026 is fast approaching. Submit your abstracts before 28 February. See: icohtec2026.hs.duth.gr for more details.
#histtech #histstm #envhist #envhum
Some colleagues in my old department in Trondheim are recruiting a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and/or STS on the "Imagining Positive Energy Futures" project. 3 years, fully funded. Norway's a good place to do a PhD and Trondheim's a nice place to live!
Wtf
Call for Contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather & Weathering teleskopos.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/c...
Full details linked and here teleskopos.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
It will be edited by me, @lottaleiwo.bsky.social and Tamara Culkins. Please share! #histSTM #envhist 🗃️📜
We should coordinate and compare! For science!
There’s even a digital download card with embedded seeds, so that you can plant it afterwards.
Are you in UK and want to hear about my book Ghosts Behind Glass? 3 public talks in Feb:
Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 11 Feb www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-...
M Shed Bristol, 12 Feb www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Oxford NatHist Museum, 13 Feb www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during February 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
February at the @greenhouseuis.net is packed with fantastic academic and social events for and by the #envhum community, starting with a book talk today at 4 pm, as always online, and a perfect way to close the first work day of a week with.
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LP cover - Mother Earth’s Plantasia
Green vinyl, of course
Came across this album in London and of course had to get it - «warm earth music for plants… and the people who love them». Pretty cheesy, but our plants are happy!
Mine throws up four error messages every time I open a document because I had the audacity to remove Adobe Acrobat from my computer.