Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities
OCEH 🌿
A space for thinking with the Earth - through art, stories and the humanities. Based at the University of Oslo.
hf.uio.no/oceh
- February at OCEH is looking busy! ❄️✨ From the politics of plants to community-led writing in times of crisis, we have a full month of events coming up at OCEH. A quick thread of what’s happening... 👇
- Happy New Year from the Oslo Center for Environmental Humanities! 🌿 We’re kicking off 2026 with a busy January. From the "ecosemiotics" of sacred remains to the politics of global climate action, we have some deep dives planned. Check out the thread below for details! 👇 🧵
- It’s been a busy semester at OCEH! ❄️ As the year draws to a close, we’re happy to share our third newsletter, capturing a cross-section of our work - from music and anthropology to food systems and environmental art. Read the full update here: shorturl.at/q0VXh
- Final OCEH event of 2025! 🥳 Join our Lunch Seminar + cozy Julegløgg Social! 🎄 🗓️ Dec 15th, 12:15 PM Sadie Menicanin: "The Air of the Vienna Woods." Learn how forest air and music responded to Vienna's poor air quality circa 1900. Gløgg & pepperkaker served! ☕🍪 Details 👇
- 🎄 Did you know Christmas was once banned in England? In 1647, Parliament shut it down - no carols, no feasting, no greenery. The Puritans saw it as wasteful, un-Christian, and suspiciously pagan. #EnvHum #EnvironmentalHumanities
- 📢 New Blog Post! Meet visiting researcher Sadie Hale, who's exploring human-whale relations and how we sense the ocean in the Norwegian Arctic 🐋 Sadie's work is truly fascinating! Dive into our Q&A now: ➡️ shorturl.at/BHh2t
- December is here, and OCEH still has a few bright moments lined up before the year winds down. If you need some mid-winter inspiration, we’ve got you covered 💫
- 🌿 OCEH has a new blog! 🌿 We’re opening a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and stories from our environmental humanities community. shorturl.at/50jHU
- 🍂 November at OCEH! This month, we’re diving into how environments, art, food, and coastlines shape our lives - and how we, in turn, shape them. Events below 👇 More info: shorturl.at/vnBSN
- Our second OCEH newsletter just came out 🍂 It’s full of things we’ve been thinking about and doing this autumn - bonfire by the lake, lab talks, PhD fieldwork and new research groups taking shape. Not a report so much as a snapshot of how #envhum feels in motion. ✨ Read: shorturl.at/PeJVa
- Two fascinating OCEH Lab Talks this week 🌿 🗓️ Wed, Oct 22 Stuart Earle Strange – What is Anthropomorphism? How do human–macaque relations in Singapore reveal both the limits and possibilities of cooperation beyond the human? 👉 www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english...
- 👣🌾 Landscapes aren’t just made by humans. They’re shaped through relationships - with animals, plants, microbes, and even the soil beneath our feet. Meet the Multispecies Landscapes Lab, a group at OCEH exploring landscapes as more-than-human worlds. www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english...
