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Upcoming Workshop

Speculative Archiving and Situated Memorialization with Artist Amy Balkin

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'20-'21 Annual Topic Announced: Transition/Transformation

with Topic Director Daniel A Barber

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PPEH Fall Newsletter

Read about PPEH's important upcoming events and opportunities here!

students in van smiling; text reads: 6 or 7 CUs 2 humanities courses (elect from list) 1 social science course (elect from list) 1 nat science course (elect from list) 1 team-taught transdisciplinary “Touchstone” course 1 Capstone, an EH Collaboratory for public research Certification of participation in community-based research / public engagement

We're launching a new minor in environmental humanities!

Accepting students beginning Fall 2020

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Beyond the Lab

Follow our Summer 2020 Public Research Group and sign up for the Imagination Machine newsletter!

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Prof. Anne Berg collaborates with PPEH fellow, faculty & staff to launch new public project asking “What’s this pandemic got to do with climate change?”

Amy Balkin reading IPCC report

Announcing our 2020 Artist-in-Residence

Welcome, Amy Balkin!

Field Notes

PPEH Fall 2020: Welcome back!

News
9/16/2020 – PPEH has some fascinating and important events and opportunities lined up for you this semester. Read details in our fall newsletter!
2020-2021 Graduate Research Fellowships Awarded

Announcement
7/17/2020 –
PPEH Welcomes New Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellows

Announcement
6/18/2020 – While we all continue to work remotely, we are thrilled to virtually welcome two new additions to our PPEH family this summer and fall.
Blue Notes, Part 4: The Urchin Merchants

PPEH Fellows Blog
6/17/2020 – In this final entry in the Blue Notes series, fisherman Jerry Hussey discusses sea urchins, fishing regulations, and climate change in Atlantic Canada.
Apocalypse and the Anthropocene: A Broadsheet

PPEH Fellows Blog
6/10/2020 – The spring course “Apocalypse and the Anthropocene,” taught by PPEH Postdoctoral Fellow April Anson, explored the narrative mode of the apocalypse in the context of the geologic designation of the Anthropocene. This digital broadsheet is a manifestation of the class's research.

Events

Nov 17

Transition/Transformation: Elizabeth Yeampierre

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

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