Engerom Environmental Humanities Group

Engerom’s Environmental Humanities research group operates as a forum for the exchange and discussion of research – both our own and relevant work by others – in the environmental humanities (EH) as well as the development of new EH research ideas within and across language, literary, and cultural studies at Engerom.

Activities and formats

The group shares its individual and collective knowledge of EH and related fields through various formats:

• symposia and conferences featuring a mix of international experts, Denmark-based colleagues, and core members of the group
• research seminars, each featuring one or two speakers from within the core group or guests from beyond Engerom
• reading groups, in which we discuss key scholarship in EH and its relationship to and relevance for our work
• peer review sessions, during which we give feedback on work-in-progress and funding proposals by members of the EH group
• collaboration and discussion meetings with colleagues in related EH groups at HUM (i.e., the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking; the Green Solutions Centre; the “Art and Earth” research group at the Department of Art and Cultural Studies; the Energy Humanities reading group)
• civic engagement (i.e., Forbrugerrådet Tænk, Fødevarbanken, Stop spild lokalt, Salling Group) and research dissemination to the wider public sphere

Through these ongoing activities, the EH group investigates new ways in which language, literary, and cultural studies can contribute to original research, including more practice-oriented projects, connected to the climate agenda and green transition (nationally as well as internationally). These group activities also ensure the EH group operates as a link between Engerom and a) other faculty-level EH activities/groups, b) other green research initiatives at UCPH, and c) relevant stakeholders beyond the university.