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Melina Antonia Buns

@melinabuns.bsky.social

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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

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · Mar 7

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/...

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 6h

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...

Two Funded Doctoral Positions: Project on Nuclear Decommissioning - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - LMU Munich

www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 10h

Akademiet for yngre forskarar har tatt opp 10 nye medlemar!

Veldig stas! 🎊

akademietforyngreforskere.no/akademiet-fo...

Akademiet for yngre forskere tar opp 10 nye medlemmer i 2025

Vi har gleden av å ønske ti nye medlemmer velkommen til Akademiet for yngre forskere i 2025! Les mer om deres forskning her.

akademietforyngreforskere.no

Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I'll specify it on the website.

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ICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 2d

Paid doctoral position on the environmental impactof AI! At KTH in Stockholm, Sweden. #envhist #envhum

kth.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

PhD student in Environmental impact of AI within WASP-HS Graduate School

Project description Third-cycle subject: History of Science, Technology and Environment The Division of the History of Science, Technology and the Environment is recruiting one doctoral student within

kth.varbi.com

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 1d

CfP for the 2026 Tensions of Europe Conference is out!

Theme: The meaning of the past in sustainable futures
When: 8-10 July 2026
Where: Eindhoven, NL

Deadline: 4 January 2026

#histstm #historyoftechnology #envhist

Entire call and information ⤵

www.tensionsofeurope.eu/2025/10/02/c...

Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026

» Call for Papers: The 12th Tensions of Europe Conference, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 8-10 July, 2026 | Research network on history, technology and Europe

www.tensionsofeurope.eu

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely! You only need to be enrolled in a PhD programme.

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 1d

Are you an early-career researcher working with environmental history? Join ESEH Nextgate! Part of the ESEH, Nextgate promotes and supports work by #EnvHist scholars from students to post-docs. Whether or not you'd like to join, make sure to follow @esehnextgate.bsky.social for upcoming events!

Tanja Riekkinen @tanjariekkinen.bsky.social · 26d

Call for Applications

The Early Career branch of the European Society for Environmental History (ESEHNEXTGATe) is seeking new members to join its committee for a two-year term 2025–2027.

Please find the more detailed call text attached.

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 2d

It’s real!!
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Double page spread with a photo of diorama

Chapter 3 Cursed treasures on left, lion on right

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 2d

'What does it mean to become energy literate?'

Read @sros.bsky.social reflections on her time at E-WERK Luckenwalde published on the #energylives project blog. ⤵

#envhum #energyhistory #nordforsk

www.uis.no/en/the-curre...

Learning to read energy: reflections from a summer residency at E-WERK Luckenwalde

Suzanne Ros, PhD Candidate at the University of Stavanger / Energy Lives Project, reflects on her experience of her summer residency at E-WERK, Luckenwalde, Germany.

www.uis.no

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 2d

Starting my online course «Nature & Nation: An Environmental History of Norway Since 1850» today. The timing could have been better since things are ridiculously busy, but I’m still excited about this opportunity! #envhist

Nature & Nation: An Environmental History of Norway Since 1850

Nature & Nation is an environmental history of Norway since 1850. Through five thematic modules, you will learn about the history of modern Norway seen through the lens of environmental interactions a...

engage.eciu.eu

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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 7d

October is here! A month full of exciting #envhum #envhist events in The Greenhouse! Hope to see many of you online or in person.

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American Society for Environmental History @aseh.bsky.social · 12d

Applications sought for next editor(s) of Environmental History. For more information please visit the ASEH website: www.aseh.org

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 10d

Coming up tomorrow. We love having a live audience to field their questions for the author. So join us!

Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 11d

Monday 29 Sept 2025: Brad Bolman @bolman.bsky.social will discuss his book Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles (UChicago Press, 2025) in the Greenhouse #envhum book talk series.

Join us online at 16:00 Central European / 10:00 Eastern / 9:00 Central. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Cover of book Lab Dog with a dog hooked up to a scale

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations!! 🥳

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 13d

Electric Wind is here! Thank you for the surprise post @manchesterup.bsky.social ! Available for pre-order and in all good bookshops from 14 October 🙂

A woman holds a book with the title ‘Electric Wind:An Energy History of Modern Britain’. She is smiling.

A small ginger, white and tabby cat curls up in a box of books with the title ‘Electric Wind’. She looks happy.

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Samira Saramo @samirasaramo.bsky.social · 14d

CFP: WORKSHOP FOR MA & PHD RESEARCHERS WORKING ON FINNISH NORTH AMERICAN TOPICS

Friday, Nov. 28 at Migration Institute of Finland in Turku @infomigration.bsky.social

More info & apply by Oct. 15: siirtolaisuusinstituutti.fi/en/events/cf...

@koneensaatio.fi

CFP: WORKSHOP FOR MA & PHD RESEARCHERS WORKING ON FINNISH NORTH AMERICAN TOPICS November 28, 2025 - Siirtolaisuusinstituutti

Are you currently working on a Master’s thesis or PhD Dissertation on a topic related to Finns in North America? Would you like to network with others doing related work? Would you like tips on new re...

siirtolaisuusinstituutti.fi

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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Aug 27

Call for Proposals – Cross-Pollinations

2026 20th Anniversary Conference – Centre for Literatures in Canada (CLC) & the Association of Literature, Environment, & Culture in Canada (ALECC)

16-20 June, University of Alberta
Proposal Deadline: 1 December 2025

niche-canada.org/2025/08/27/c...
#envhum

Call for Proposals / Appel à propositions - Cross-Pollinations

We invite proposals for scholarly, creative-critical, and creative presentations or panels that examine or employ “cross-pollination."

niche-canada.org

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Håvard Brede Aven @haavardba.bsky.social · 23d

New article out! About labour environmentalism and birdwatching, among other things

Labour Environmentalism, International Mining Companies and the Reemergence of Industrial Pollution in Western Norway, 1920-1990

This article explores the role of international mining companies, labour unions, and environmental scientists in both normalising and contesting pollution. Whereas environmental historians and envi...

www.tandfonline.com

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 22d

I'm teaching on this (but don't let that put you off, etc)

Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 22d

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

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 16d

PhD candidates will have priority to be accepted for this course as there are limited spots available. How about you give me a shout closer to the deadline and we can see what the status is?

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 22d

Read the entire call and learn more on how to apply here:

www.uis.no/en/research/...

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

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Arn Keeling @arnkeeling.bsky.social · Jul 22

Want a preview of our book, The Price of Gold, with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ? Check out our article in @theconversation.com today:

theconversation.com/yellowknifes...

Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned

Colonialism, corporate greed and lax regulation led to widespread pollution, particularly affecting Yellowknives Dene communities.

theconversation.com

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Elisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Hamburg team (Professor Alan Kramer) of our @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant BLOCKADE is looking for a FOUR YEAR PostDoc to work on blockade as 'slow violence' in the Great War-era Middle East. Please share! www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

Job advertisement

www.uni-hamburg.de

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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 27d

The Greenhouse Inaugural Professorial Lecture with Ingvil Hellstrand is about to begin! www.uis.no/en/research/... #envhum

Woman standing in front of screen, text «Imagining otherwise»

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