Centre for Environmental Humanities at the University of Bristol
About
The Centre for Environmental Humanities is a group of scholars at the University of Bristol working on environmental issues from humanities perspectives. They recognise that entangled in the environmental issues that face our global community are matters of human behaviour, beliefs, values, and structures; and that critical approaches to human-environment interactions past, present and future, are essential. The Centre supports and promotes Environmental Humanities work taking place at Bristol. They host public lectures and research seminars; build links with external partners; and connect with other groups, Centres and individuals working on EH issues around the world.
They are based at the University of Bristol, supported by the Faculty of Arts and associated with the university’s Cabot Institute for the Environment
Their activities include outreach work with local museums and galleries, academic research seminars and events, and funding collaborative research activities. Their members are drawn from the disciplines of History, English Literature, Modern Languages, Geography, Philosophy, and more. Many of them work with social and natural scientists, as well as heritage groups, non-governmental organisations and policymakers, to ask questions that go beyond disciplinary boundaries – and to provide answers.
Twitter: @UoBrisCEH
Recent Projects
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Partnerships
They have a formal partnership with the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger and the Environmental Humanities Center at VU Amsterdam. They are also developing joint activities with the Center for Environmental Studies at Rice University.
Contact
Centre co-directors:
- Dr Paul Merchant, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Film and Visual Culture (paul.merchant@bristol.ac.uk)
- Dr Adrian Howkins, Reader in Environmental History, (adrian.howkins@bristol.ac.uk).