Historians For Future

For the third episode this season H4F are joined by Milo Probst, a PhD candidate from the University of Basel to discuss ecological emancipation, the history of social and political ideas and how to draw effectively from history of activism for better imaginable futures.

For the second episode this season we are joined by Kimberly Aiken, a research and policy associate for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), to discuss the important work of ASOC, the need to understand and reconcile different forms of knowledge for policy work, and understanding the climate challenges in Antarctica.

Our second series sees H4F in conversation with Anne Pasek to talk about all things carbon, work at intersections of climate communication, environmental humanities and STS, and how we might imagine more sustainable academic futures.

For our final talk of the series H4F chat with Dania Achermann the topic “Histories of Climate Science". We talk about Dania’s research on ice-core paleoclimatology and the cultural-political factors that shape how we know and understand climate sciences.

For our third talk, H4F are in conversation with J.T. Roane about our topic "A History of Environmental Activism". We talk about Black Ecologies, the codependency of ecocide and racism, and the (historical) role of Black anti-growth activism.

For our second episode, H4F are joined by Asmae Ourkiya for our topic - science may be key, but what about the humanities? We talk about ecofeminism, social justice and new perspectives on the Great Famine in Ireland (1840s/50s).

To kickstart the series, H4F are joined by Simon Schaffer for our topic - how and what can we learn from history about climate change?