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In this talk, Anne Gjelsvik, Professor of Film Studies at NTNU, examines how the capsizing of the Alexander Kielland oil platform is represented in Makta and considers the emotional impact of the blurred translation of the actual incident into the TV series’ realm of playful criticism of men in power.

In this talk, Darren Dochuk, Professor of history at the University of Notre Dame (US), reflects on the relationship between petroleum, politics, and religion in the United States between the mid-1970s and the mid-1980s, as well as investigating the continuing effects of this period on the energy sector today.  

"Bridging Distance: Antarctica, Indigenous Philosophy, and Intergenerational Justice"

This month we are happy to collaborate with the SOILFOOD research group! Karen Lykke will present the research they are doing at SOILFOOD and their project RIPARAGRO. 

"Ecological beings, human beings, and human rights"

Session topic: ‘Emotions and cognition in a historical perspective, with sources from Antiquity and the Middle Ages.’

"A land ethic for the Anthropocene – incorporating the elemental into territorial rights theories"

The topic for this session is 'Hyperobjects and feelings'.

The topic for this session is 'Eco-emotions in Japanese girl comics: Moto Hagio’s nuclear manga'.

This month we'll be joined by the research associate professor at the University of Grenoble Alps Céline Granjou to discuss her research on the politics and science of soil.

In this session, Stefka G. Eriksen shared the article 'Reading in Times of Crisis' (Scandinavian Studies, 2022) with the group and discussed her future plans within the Eco-emotions project.

In this DynamiTE lunchtime seminar, Simo Kyllönen will be presenting his paper on “Governing environmental crises – democratic legitimacy and epistemic authority”.

In this DynamiTE seminar, Ludvig Beckman will present his paper "What authority? Whose authority? State legitimacy and extra-territorial border controls revisited"

In this DynamiTE seminar, Cara Nine will present her paper "Justice and Shared Use of Common Goods"

The SOILS team is excited to welcome Tommaso Trevisani, Associate Professor of Societies and Cultures of Central Asia at the L’Orientale University of Naples, as the presenter for the reading group.

In this DynamiTE seminar, Dale Jamieson will be presenting his paper ‘The Rights of Nature: Philosophical Challenges and Pragmatic Opportunities’.

What can the medium of photography contribute to our understanding of industrial whaling’s first oil age, and maybe to our relationship to our present mineral age? Espen Ytreberg, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Oslo, will give a talk based on his recent research on Norwegian whaling.

The SOILS team is excited to welcome Associate Professor of Anthropology Kristina Lyons as the presenter for the reading group.

In this DynamiTE lunchtime seminar, Laÿna Droz will be presenting her paper on "Conceptual ping-pong: Environmental discourses and identity politics in Asia".

The SOILS team is excited to welcome Researcher Lisa Sigl and Associate Professor Max Fochler as the presenters for the reading group. 

In this DynamiTE lunchtime seminar, Daniel A. Bell will draw on his new book The Dean of Shandong: Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University (Princeton University Press, 2023) in an attempt to answer questions of Confucianism and Communism and climate change. 

On May 24 the SOILS team is excited to welcome Associate Professor Daro Montag as the presenter for the reading group.