Centre for Anthropocene History
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Cross-disciplinary research on past, present & future of the human-induced environmental transformation of the planet @ KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
Join our new intensive Winter School in Planetary Histories, November 23-26 at KTH Stockholm!
Application open now shorturl.at/x0KgY
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September 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Join our new intensive Winter School in Planetary Histories, November 23-26 at KTH Stockholm!
Application open now shorturl.at/x0KgY
Application open now shorturl.at/x0KgY
New Article at Resilience.org includes an interview with center director Sabine Höhler. "The Anthropocene denotes our current experiment with the entire Earth – the age of terrestrial reorganization,” said Höhler. “It is a name for how things connect”
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'Industrial memories': What the history of the Anthropocene can tell us about where we’re headed
Industrial landscapes are living reminders of how centuries of fossil-fuel development reshaped Earth’s systems. As the Anthropocene unfolds, that legacy continues to shape our future. Historian Sabin...
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August 19, 2026 at 2:00 PM
New Article at Resilience.org includes an interview with center director Sabine Höhler. "The Anthropocene denotes our current experiment with the entire Earth – the age of terrestrial reorganization,” said Höhler. “It is a name for how things connect”
shorturl.at/XrCml
shorturl.at/XrCml
Our incoming assistant professor Jonathan Galka has been awarded the World History Association’s Dissertation Prize for 2025! shorturl.at/44Dez
Congratulations Jonathan!
Congratulations Jonathan!
August 17, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Our incoming assistant professor Jonathan Galka has been awarded the World History Association’s Dissertation Prize for 2025! shorturl.at/44Dez
Congratulations Jonathan!
Congratulations Jonathan!
We were excited to host Naomi Oreskes as part of our new series of talks and events Changing Earth.
Thank you to our our partners ABF Stockholm, the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, and special thanks to Arena Idé for their engagement.
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Thank you to our our partners ABF Stockholm, the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, and special thanks to Arena Idé for their engagement.
Sign up www.kth.se/form/6735b4e...
May 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
We were excited to host Naomi Oreskes as part of our new series of talks and events Changing Earth.
Thank you to our our partners ABF Stockholm, the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, and special thanks to Arena Idé for their engagement.
Sign up www.kth.se/form/6735b4e...
Thank you to our our partners ABF Stockholm, the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory, and special thanks to Arena Idé for their engagement.
Sign up www.kth.se/form/6735b4e...
Come join us for an evening with world renowned author Naomi Oreskes in Stockholm on the 24th April at ABF Huset! Tickets 🎟️ lnkd.in/dz8W9Gqg
Organised by the Centre for Anthropocene History and supported by ABF Stockholm, KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory and Arena Idé.
Organised by the Centre for Anthropocene History and supported by ABF Stockholm, KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory and Arena Idé.
April 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Come join us for an evening with world renowned author Naomi Oreskes in Stockholm on the 24th April at ABF Huset! Tickets 🎟️ lnkd.in/dz8W9Gqg
Organised by the Centre for Anthropocene History and supported by ABF Stockholm, KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory and Arena Idé.
Organised by the Centre for Anthropocene History and supported by ABF Stockholm, KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory and Arena Idé.
🎫 Get tickets to 'In the Belly of AI' Swedish premiere film screening at Bio Skandia as part of the Material Cloud Film Festival next Tuesday 14th. www.kth.se/.../the-mate....
April 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
🎫 Get tickets to 'In the Belly of AI' Swedish premiere film screening at Bio Skandia as part of the Material Cloud Film Festival next Tuesday 14th. www.kth.se/.../the-mate....
🚀 ❓What happens if the AI bubble pops? Should we see data centers as potential ruins that will remain? Join us next week for 'AI Before the Ruins', a seminar with Anne Pasek on Wednesday 1st of April shorturl.at/wARXH
March 25, 2026 at 3:29 PM
🚀 ❓What happens if the AI bubble pops? Should we see data centers as potential ruins that will remain? Join us next week for 'AI Before the Ruins', a seminar with Anne Pasek on Wednesday 1st of April shorturl.at/wARXH
New book chapter from Centre researchers, 'Reckoning with the Ocean' shows disconnect between the digital transformation affecting all environmental science & policy, including the ocean, and the obstacles to achieving sustainable ocean environments. Check out the full open access book !
Reckoning with Everything. The Becoming-Environmental of Computing › meson press
Computation must and has always had to “reckon with everything.” This volume brings together contributions that seek to describe the environmentality of computation based on selected settings.
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March 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
New book chapter from Centre researchers, 'Reckoning with the Ocean' shows disconnect between the digital transformation affecting all environmental science & policy, including the ocean, and the obstacles to achieving sustainable ocean environments. Check out the full open access book !
New Article out on how seabirds have been made sentinels of the Anthropocene. shorturl.at/ZOXl8
"Recent technological advances have even been used to transform animals into mobile sensing ‘platforms’, collecting environmental data much like a weather balloon or an Argo float in the ocean."
"Recent technological advances have even been used to transform animals into mobile sensing ‘platforms’, collecting environmental data much like a weather balloon or an Argo float in the ocean."
February 20, 2026 at 11:01 AM
New Article out on how seabirds have been made sentinels of the Anthropocene. shorturl.at/ZOXl8
"Recent technological advances have even been used to transform animals into mobile sensing ‘platforms’, collecting environmental data much like a weather balloon or an Argo float in the ocean."
"Recent technological advances have even been used to transform animals into mobile sensing ‘platforms’, collecting environmental data much like a weather balloon or an Argo float in the ocean."
New project from colleagues at KTH tracks one family's household plastic to quantify its footprint and show alternatives!
KTH empties a family’s home of plastic | KTH
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February 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
New project from colleagues at KTH tracks one family's household plastic to quantify its footprint and show alternatives!
Today at our Centre "Greenland, the United States, and the Global Order: How Useful is History in Understanding our Current Moment?"
A discussion with Pr. Ronald E. Doel, Smithsonian Institution and Florida State University www.kth.se/anthropocene...
A discussion with Pr. Ronald E. Doel, Smithsonian Institution and Florida State University www.kth.se/anthropocene...
January 20, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Today at our Centre "Greenland, the United States, and the Global Order: How Useful is History in Understanding our Current Moment?"
A discussion with Pr. Ronald E. Doel, Smithsonian Institution and Florida State University www.kth.se/anthropocene...
A discussion with Pr. Ronald E. Doel, Smithsonian Institution and Florida State University www.kth.se/anthropocene...
We're happy to announce that our Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH will lead the polar humanities training in the new national polar research education program funded by the Swedish Research Council!
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December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're happy to announce that our Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment at KTH will lead the polar humanities training in the new national polar research education program funded by the Swedish Research Council!
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Article on Youngwilders UK at the top of the Guardian’s read list! Oscar Hartman Davies, post doc at our center, is a co-founder and advisor to the organisation, which helps young people “accelerate nature recovery in one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.” shorturl.at/PyEXY
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
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November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Article on Youngwilders UK at the top of the Guardian’s read list! Oscar Hartman Davies, post doc at our center, is a co-founder and advisor to the organisation, which helps young people “accelerate nature recovery in one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.” shorturl.at/PyEXY
Thanks a lot to colleagues at the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory for a great event that brought Kohei Saito to Stockholm for EHL's annual Archipelago Lecture. A provoking and enlightening talk. Which form degrowth would take is crucial question. lnkd.in/gfcW4x47
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thanks a lot to colleagues at the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory for a great event that brought Kohei Saito to Stockholm for EHL's annual Archipelago Lecture. A provoking and enlightening talk. Which form degrowth would take is crucial question. lnkd.in/gfcW4x47
Ståle Holgersen joining us this Thursday to present his book Against the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World. He argues ecosocialist futures are our way out of repeating cycles of capitalism and crisis. www.kth.se/anthropocene...
October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ståle Holgersen joining us this Thursday to present his book Against the Crisis: Economy and Ecology in a Burning World. He argues ecosocialist futures are our way out of repeating cycles of capitalism and crisis. www.kth.se/anthropocene...
Our workshop Infrastructures In, Of, and For the Anthropocene has wrapped! Thanks to everyone who participated!
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We're now preparing for a second Autumn workshop, Futures Beyond Transition: Perspectives from the Energy Humanities shorturl.at/kO4EI
(Flamenco image: James Bridle)
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We're now preparing for a second Autumn workshop, Futures Beyond Transition: Perspectives from the Energy Humanities shorturl.at/kO4EI
(Flamenco image: James Bridle)
October 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Our workshop Infrastructures In, Of, and For the Anthropocene has wrapped! Thanks to everyone who participated!
shorturl.at/yllJN
We're now preparing for a second Autumn workshop, Futures Beyond Transition: Perspectives from the Energy Humanities shorturl.at/kO4EI
(Flamenco image: James Bridle)
shorturl.at/yllJN
We're now preparing for a second Autumn workshop, Futures Beyond Transition: Perspectives from the Energy Humanities shorturl.at/kO4EI
(Flamenco image: James Bridle)
Open PhD position at KTH: "AI Planetary Futures: Climate and environment in Silicon Valley's AI paradigm". Apply by Oct 23! lnkd.in/dCs8eZjb
The project analyzes the climate and environmental aspects of Silicon Valley-based general-purpose AI systems developed by Big Tech companies.
The project analyzes the climate and environmental aspects of Silicon Valley-based general-purpose AI systems developed by Big Tech companies.
October 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Open PhD position at KTH: "AI Planetary Futures: Climate and environment in Silicon Valley's AI paradigm". Apply by Oct 23! lnkd.in/dCs8eZjb
The project analyzes the climate and environmental aspects of Silicon Valley-based general-purpose AI systems developed by Big Tech companies.
The project analyzes the climate and environmental aspects of Silicon Valley-based general-purpose AI systems developed by Big Tech companies.
We heard from John Chung-En Liu today, visiting from National Taiwan University and a guest at our division. He presented his work on climate narratives on the Chinese-language internet; not often included in the discussion on climate obstruction and misinformation...
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We heard from John Chung-En Liu today, visiting from National Taiwan University and a guest at our division. He presented his work on climate narratives on the Chinese-language internet; not often included in the discussion on climate obstruction and misinformation...
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
www.kth.se/anthropocene...
Hard Rain Collective EP released! Featuring Kronos Quartet, Sara Parkman, Iggy Pop, Ringo Starr, Laurie Anderson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willie Nelson & more. This grew from a musical performance we co-hosted at KTH with the Strange Attractors project. Thanks Owen Gaffney for driving this.
Kronos Quartet Enlist Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop, Willie Nelson, and Many More for Star-Studded Bob Dylan Covers
Two new renditions of Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” memorialize the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test
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August 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hard Rain Collective EP released! Featuring Kronos Quartet, Sara Parkman, Iggy Pop, Ringo Starr, Laurie Anderson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willie Nelson & more. This grew from a musical performance we co-hosted at KTH with the Strange Attractors project. Thanks Owen Gaffney for driving this.
We were happy to co-sponsor the experimental Strange Attractors event in Stockholm. Sara Parkman and Chronos Quartet gave us beautiful and unsettling music. Authors Andre Magnusson and Sverker Sörlin gave us talks on time, water and the power of words. Anticipating Strange Attractors next event...
May 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We were happy to co-sponsor the experimental Strange Attractors event in Stockholm. Sara Parkman and Chronos Quartet gave us beautiful and unsettling music. Authors Andre Magnusson and Sverker Sörlin gave us talks on time, water and the power of words. Anticipating Strange Attractors next event...
We are happy to be co-hosting this launch event this week in Oslo with the Centre for Environmental Humanities. Register at the link below!
Book Launch: Digital Ecologies - Mediating more-than-human worlds | KTH
The Centre for Anthropocene History co-hosts the event in Oslo with the Oslo Centre for Environmental Humanities at University of Oslo.
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April 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We are happy to be co-hosting this launch event this week in Oslo with the Centre for Environmental Humanities. Register at the link below!
Join us on April 23rd when Wim Carton comes to visit us in Stockholm to present his and Andreas Malm's new book Overshoot: Why the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. ➡️ Register shorturl.at/SEfYw
April 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Join us on April 23rd when Wim Carton comes to visit us in Stockholm to present his and Andreas Malm's new book Overshoot: Why the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. ➡️ Register shorturl.at/SEfYw
Joins us online today for a seminar with Jo Guldi, the second in our “Doing Anthropocene History’ spring seminar series at at 15:30-17:00. shorturl.at/sEivE
Doing Anthropocene History #2: with Jo Guldi | KTH
Join us for the second session of our 'Doing Anthropocene History' seminar series for 2025, with Jo Guldi.
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April 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Joins us online today for a seminar with Jo Guldi, the second in our “Doing Anthropocene History’ spring seminar series at at 15:30-17:00. shorturl.at/sEivE
Join us tomorrow for the first session in our Doing Anthropocene History ONLINE seminar series for 2025 on "Cultural Memory in the Anthropocene" with Gabriele Dürbeck. Register here shorturl.at/fTC5F
March 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Join us tomorrow for the first session in our Doing Anthropocene History ONLINE seminar series for 2025 on "Cultural Memory in the Anthropocene" with Gabriele Dürbeck. Register here shorturl.at/fTC5F
See the latest open calls, events, publications and news from us in our newsletter here! shorturl.at/cOjva
March 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
See the latest open calls, events, publications and news from us in our newsletter here! shorturl.at/cOjva