Melina Antonia Buns
@melinabuns.bsky.social
international, environmental, and energy historian · associate professor at University of Stavanger and the Greenhouse Center · radioactive waste and Nordic environmental cooperation · project leader of Energy Lives! · member of the Young Academy of Norway
Pinned
Energy Lives! now -finally- also with a website!
much is planned for March and we'll write about these and other events and project updates on our blog The Current.
expect some energetic posts the next weeks and years into 2028!
#energylives #envhist #energyhistory
www.uis.no/en/research/...
much is planned for March and we'll write about these and other events and project updates on our blog The Current.
expect some energetic posts the next weeks and years into 2028!
#energylives #envhist #energyhistory
www.uis.no/en/research/...
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Nå har boka fått et fantastisk omslag, designet av Øystein Vidnes!
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Nå har boka fått et fantastisk omslag, designet av Øystein Vidnes!
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We want you to study with us!
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We want you to study with us!
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
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My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger
Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!
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Our absolute pleasure to host this wonderful two-day British Academy-funded workshop on extraction and extractivism last week. Thank you @melinabuns.bsky.social 🙏💫
such wonderful two days with fantastic scholars! thank you to everyone who engaged in discussions about extraction, extractivism, and beyond!
thank you to the @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this workshop possible and to @uobrisceh.bsky.social for hosting it.
#envhum
🪨 🌊 🌿
thank you to the @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this workshop possible and to @uobrisceh.bsky.social for hosting it.
#envhum
🪨 🌊 🌿
Day one of the Extractive Natures/Natures of Extraction workshop, organised by @melinabuns.bsky.social as part of her @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship here at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social . Great papers that spanned resource extraction from medieval Europe to modern day Australia
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Our absolute pleasure to host this wonderful two-day British Academy-funded workshop on extraction and extractivism last week. Thank you @melinabuns.bsky.social 🙏💫
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The Norwegian event announcement is here.
Fotografisk vandring i Sørmarka – gjenfotografering og historisk refleksjon
Bli med DigiFren prosjektet på søndagsstur i Sørmarka.
www.uis.no
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The Norwegian event announcement is here.
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Happy to announce that I am joining the the Environmental Humanities journal editorial team as an Associate Editor.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Happy to announce that I am joining the the Environmental Humanities journal editorial team as an Associate Editor.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
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Nearly a week into our annual November fundraising campaign, and we are 24% of the way there!
We would love to see some more of our readers coming in with smaller donations! You can donate as little as $20 CAD ($14.25 USD, $12.30 euro).
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
We would love to see some more of our readers coming in with smaller donations! You can donate as little as $20 CAD ($14.25 USD, $12.30 euro).
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Nearly a week into our annual November fundraising campaign, and we are 24% of the way there!
We would love to see some more of our readers coming in with smaller donations! You can donate as little as $20 CAD ($14.25 USD, $12.30 euro).
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
We would love to see some more of our readers coming in with smaller donations! You can donate as little as $20 CAD ($14.25 USD, $12.30 euro).
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist
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Support our fundraising campaign! Keep #envhist & #envhum vibrant and accessible in Canada and beyond!
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Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
The Network in Canadian History and Environment is a not-for-profit public history organization dedicated to the dissemination of environmental history research in Canada and building a network of res...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Support our fundraising campaign! Keep #envhist & #envhum vibrant and accessible in Canada and beyond!
fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
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such wonderful two days with fantastic scholars! thank you to everyone who engaged in discussions about extraction, extractivism, and beyond!
thank you to the @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this workshop possible and to @uobrisceh.bsky.social for hosting it.
#envhum
🪨 🌊 🌿
thank you to the @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this workshop possible and to @uobrisceh.bsky.social for hosting it.
#envhum
🪨 🌊 🌿
Day one of the Extractive Natures/Natures of Extraction workshop, organised by @melinabuns.bsky.social as part of her @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship here at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social . Great papers that spanned resource extraction from medieval Europe to modern day Australia
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
such wonderful two days with fantastic scholars! thank you to everyone who engaged in discussions about extraction, extractivism, and beyond!
thank you to the @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this workshop possible and to @uobrisceh.bsky.social for hosting it.
#envhum
🪨 🌊 🌿
thank you to the @britishacademy.bsky.social for making this workshop possible and to @uobrisceh.bsky.social for hosting it.
#envhum
🪨 🌊 🌿
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The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social is launching an international Masters Program in Public Environmental Humanities from fall 2026! Taught in English.
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
Please share with all your students, #envhist #envhum colleagues!
Learn more about the program here: www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
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We’re ready for the first event of the #CREATURE research group - «Art vs. Science: dueling methodologies in the classroom». Charlotte Wrigley @wrigleyca.bsky.social and Allen Jones are running the show today. With Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein as an honorary member!
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We’re ready for the first event of the #CREATURE research group - «Art vs. Science: dueling methodologies in the classroom». Charlotte Wrigley @wrigleyca.bsky.social and Allen Jones are running the show today. With Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein as an honorary member!
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So happy to see our «miljøfortellinger fra Japan» risograph publication in the Climate Emergency Reading Room at the Stavanger Art Museum. @melinabuns.bsky.social and Benjamin Hickethier did a fantastic job on this one.
November 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So happy to see our «miljøfortellinger fra Japan» risograph publication in the Climate Emergency Reading Room at the Stavanger Art Museum. @melinabuns.bsky.social and Benjamin Hickethier did a fantastic job on this one.
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"Climate & History," @nichecanada.bsky.social's Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May 2026, on Prince Edward Island.🦞
Apply now to attend! The deadline is 30 Nov, but we'd much appreciate early apps.
#envhist #cdnhist #chess2026 #gojays
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Apply now to attend! The deadline is 30 Nov, but we'd much appreciate early apps.
#envhist #cdnhist #chess2026 #gojays
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
CHESS 2026: Climate & History - Call for Participants
We are pleased to invite applications to attend the 2026 Canadian History & Environment Summer School.
niche-canada.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"Climate & History," @nichecanada.bsky.social's Canadian History & Environment Summer School, 29-31 May 2026, on Prince Edward Island.🦞
Apply now to attend! The deadline is 30 Nov, but we'd much appreciate early apps.
#envhist #cdnhist #chess2026 #gojays
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
Apply now to attend! The deadline is 30 Nov, but we'd much appreciate early apps.
#envhist #cdnhist #chess2026 #gojays
niche-canada.org/2025/10/20/c...
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The journal Environmental Humanities is still looking for midcareer/senior #envhum scholars interested in becoming a co-editor-in-chief from January 2026. You can apply as an individual and we'll find an appropriate co-editor match for you.
See environmentalhumanities.org
See environmentalhumanities.org
Environmental Humanities – A journal published by Duke University Press
environmentalhumanities.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The journal Environmental Humanities is still looking for midcareer/senior #envhum scholars interested in becoming a co-editor-in-chief from January 2026. You can apply as an individual and we'll find an appropriate co-editor match for you.
See environmentalhumanities.org
See environmentalhumanities.org
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Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Apply for PhD Course on Energy Humanities
5 ECTS PhD course ‘Themes within Environmental Humanities’ to be held in Stavanger, 1-5 December 2025. This year’s thematic focus is the developing field of the Energy Humanities.
www.uis.no
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Apply now for a free week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities organized by the Greenhouse and the project Energy Lives! project run by @melinabuns.bsky.social
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
Takes place in Stavanger, Norway, 1-5 December 2025
www.uis.no/en/research/...
#envhum #envhist #energy
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In Malmö on Tuesday? Come to a @svenskafreds event on peace processes in the Global South where I’ll speak and moderate! Speakers include reps from Amnesty International and Kvinna till Kvinna.
📍@mau.se 5-7pm
ℹ️ svenskafredsskane.se/program/fred... (info in Swedish; the event will be in English).
📍@mau.se 5-7pm
ℹ️ svenskafredsskane.se/program/fred... (info in Swedish; the event will be in English).
Fredsprocesser i det globala syd
Det globala syd är ett samlingsbegrepp som används för att tala om länder i Afrika, Latinamerika, Asien och Oceanien som har en gemensam historia av kolonialism och ekonomisk utsatthet, i relation til...
svenskafredsskane.se
October 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
In Malmö on Tuesday? Come to a @svenskafreds event on peace processes in the Global South where I’ll speak and moderate! Speakers include reps from Amnesty International and Kvinna till Kvinna.
📍@mau.se 5-7pm
ℹ️ svenskafredsskane.se/program/fred... (info in Swedish; the event will be in English).
📍@mau.se 5-7pm
ℹ️ svenskafredsskane.se/program/fred... (info in Swedish; the event will be in English).
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The @greenhouseuis.net - Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities invites applicants to attend a week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities, at the University of Stavanger, 1-5 Dec 2025
The course is open to applicants from both within and outside of Norway.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/15/a...
The course is open to applicants from both within and outside of Norway.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/15/a...
Apply for PhD Course on Energy Humanities - University of Stavanger
The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities invites applicants to attend a week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities, held at the University of Stavanger from 1-5 December 2025.
niche-canada.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The @greenhouseuis.net - Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities invites applicants to attend a week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities, at the University of Stavanger, 1-5 Dec 2025
The course is open to applicants from both within and outside of Norway.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/15/a...
The course is open to applicants from both within and outside of Norway.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/15/a...
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👀 Looks very interesting:
"This PhD course explores how humanities scholars can study energy and how humanities perspectives can challenge dominating technological and economic narratives of energy."
Applications open until 24 October. Full details 👇
"This PhD course explores how humanities scholars can study energy and how humanities perspectives can challenge dominating technological and economic narratives of energy."
Applications open until 24 October. Full details 👇
The @greenhouseuis.net - Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities invites applicants to attend a week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities, at the University of Stavanger, 1-5 Dec 2025
The course is open to applicants from both within and outside of Norway.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/15/a...
The course is open to applicants from both within and outside of Norway.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/15/a...
Apply for PhD Course on Energy Humanities - University of Stavanger
The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities invites applicants to attend a week-long PhD course on Energy Humanities, held at the University of Stavanger from 1-5 December 2025.
niche-canada.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
👀 Looks very interesting:
"This PhD course explores how humanities scholars can study energy and how humanities perspectives can challenge dominating technological and economic narratives of energy."
Applications open until 24 October. Full details 👇
"This PhD course explores how humanities scholars can study energy and how humanities perspectives can challenge dominating technological and economic narratives of energy."
Applications open until 24 October. Full details 👇
10 days left to apply for this course!
Many amazing scholars will contribute to this course, including @untamed.bsky.social, @dudleymarianna.bsky.social, Abigail Harrison Moore, Alice Owen, and @andersriel.bsky.social!
#envhist #energyhistory #envhum
Many amazing scholars will contribute to this course, including @untamed.bsky.social, @dudleymarianna.bsky.social, Abigail Harrison Moore, Alice Owen, and @andersriel.bsky.social!
#envhist #energyhistory #envhum
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
10 days left to apply for this course!
Many amazing scholars will contribute to this course, including @untamed.bsky.social, @dudleymarianna.bsky.social, Abigail Harrison Moore, Alice Owen, and @andersriel.bsky.social!
#envhist #energyhistory #envhum
Many amazing scholars will contribute to this course, including @untamed.bsky.social, @dudleymarianna.bsky.social, Abigail Harrison Moore, Alice Owen, and @andersriel.bsky.social!
#envhist #energyhistory #envhum
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Amazing work by everyone involved! I am really happy to have contributed a part to this effort.
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Amazing work by everyone involved! I am really happy to have contributed a part to this effort.
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Hast du im Jahr 2024 oder 2025 einen medizinhistorischen Artikel veröffentlicht? Dann bewirb dich bis zum 28. Februar 2026 für den Förderpreis des Fachverbands Medizingeschichte. #histmed fachverband-medizingeschichte.de/foerderpreis/
Förderpreis – Fachverband Medizingeschichte e.V.
fachverband-medizingeschichte.de
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hast du im Jahr 2024 oder 2025 einen medizinhistorischen Artikel veröffentlicht? Dann bewirb dich bis zum 28. Februar 2026 für den Förderpreis des Fachverbands Medizingeschichte. #histmed fachverband-medizingeschichte.de/foerderpreis/
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It sure is! Thanks to everyone who helped me make this book. I'm reminiscing today about field trips to Orkney, Shetland & the Outer Hebrides, islands which swept me up in their windy history, and offered new perspectives on 'national' narratives & global challenges. (And plotting ways to return!)
It's Electric Wind publication day!💨
Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social.
Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present.
Electric Wind is out now💡
Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social.
Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present.
Electric Wind is out now💡
October 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
It sure is! Thanks to everyone who helped me make this book. I'm reminiscing today about field trips to Orkney, Shetland & the Outer Hebrides, islands which swept me up in their windy history, and offered new perspectives on 'national' narratives & global challenges. (And plotting ways to return!)
Reposted by Melina Antonia Buns
It's Electric Wind publication day!💨
Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social.
Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present.
Electric Wind is out now💡
Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social.
Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present.
Electric Wind is out now💡
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It's Electric Wind publication day!💨
Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social.
Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present.
Electric Wind is out now💡
Join @dudleymarianna.bsky.social for the launch of her new book, online and at @bookhaus.bsky.social.
Details on the MUP Events page🎟️👇
A cutting-edge history of wind power in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present.
Electric Wind is out now💡
October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
2 doctoral positions on the '(Dis)Empowered Communities: A Comparative Study of Decommissioning Nuclear Sites' project led by Davide Orsini at the @carsoncenter.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 November
#histtech #envhist #energyhistory #nuclearhistory
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
Deadline: 30 November
#histtech #envhist #energyhistory #nuclearhistory
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
Two Funded Doctoral Positions: Project on Nuclear Decommissioning - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - LMU Munich
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
October 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
2 doctoral positions on the '(Dis)Empowered Communities: A Comparative Study of Decommissioning Nuclear Sites' project led by Davide Orsini at the @carsoncenter.bsky.social
Deadline: 30 November
#histtech #envhist #energyhistory #nuclearhistory
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...
Deadline: 30 November
#histtech #envhist #energyhistory #nuclearhistory
www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/about_rcc/jo...