Yale Env Humanities
@YaleEnvHum
Teaching, scholarship, and action at the intersection of the environment and the humanities
Don't miss the 2025 New Horizons in Conservation Convening at the Yale School of the Environment, which begins this Thursday with programming through Saturday. View the schedule and register here: jedsi.yale.edu/new-horizons-i…
Join us for a book talk with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow on “Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy” this Wednesday at 12 pm in HQ 134. Lunch provided, learn more here: environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/atomic-d…
“The Battle Over Evolution: Early Skirmishes and Their Long Tails” with Stanford Professor Jessica Riskin will be held in HQ 276 this Tuesday at 3:30 pm. Get access to the paper from her book in progress and learn more about the colloquium here: environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/jessica-…
“Cinema and Nature: Contemporary Experiments from Brazil,” a festival of Brazilian experimental films, takes place this Saturday at 3 pm in HQ L01. Hosted by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, read about the event here: environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/cinema-a…
“Listening to Climate Change,” a two-day event exploring creativity with Yale Planetary Solutions and Music Haven, will take place this Friday and Saturday at the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media. Event schedule here: calendar.yale.edu/cal/event/even…
“The World Without Evolution?” with Andrew Hendry is the next Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture, this Wednesday from 5-6 pm in OC Marsh Lecture Hall. Hosted by the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, learn more about the event here: yibs.yale.edu/news/edward-p-…
Join us for the Yale Environmental Humanities Graduate Symposium this Wednesday from 3-6 pm in HQ 134 to learn about a wide array of environmental topics and enjoy a catered reception after the presentations from 5-6 pm.

Join @YaleBritishArt this Tuesday at 12:30 pm as Caterina Franciosi discusses JMW Turner’s Staffa, Finger’s Cave and what the piece says about global energy and environmental history. Learn more here: britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions-pr…
“Roots of Risk: Managing Diversity and Disease in a Potato Genebank,” a talk by Helen Curry from Georgia Tech, will be given this Monday at 4:30 pm in the Medical Historical Library. Hosted by the Program in History and Science of Medicine.
“Street Food Activism: A Reconceptualization of Brazil’s Baianas de Acarajé,” a talk by Vanessa Castañeda from Davidson College, is next in the Latin American History Series, hosted by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies. Monday at 12 pm in Rosenkranz Hall 202.
“Sounding Climatic Determinism in the Medieval Islamicate World” with Giulia Accornero will be held this Thursday at 12 pm in Luce Hall 203. Part of the Council on Middle Eastern Studies Colloquium, learn more here: environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/giulia-a…
“Planting Garlic: A Ritual and Performance Workshop” is going to be held this Thursday at 2 pm, meeting at 220 York St. Hosted by the Performance Studies Working Group at Yale.
The next talk in @YaleEnvironment’s BIOMES series, “Repatriation of 1000 Acres,” will be this Wednesday at 12 pm in Burke Auditorium. Learn more about the event and register here: yaleconnect.yale.edu/biomes/rsvp_bo…
“To Fashion a Fauna for British India,” a talk by John Mathew from the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, will be given Tuesday at 12 pm in Luce Hall 203. Learn how the taxonomic zoology of India coincided with colonialism and its consequences, hosted by @YaleSouthAsia
A film screening of “Wings of Dust,” sponsored by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, will be held this Monday at 5 pm in Loria 250. Come learn about the indigenous K’ana Nation, find out more here: macmillan.yale.edu/latam/events/2…
Matthew Ghazarian will be giving a talk, “Reaped and Sown: Famine & Ethnic Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire,” this Thursday in Luce Hall 203 at 12 pm with @YaleCMES. Learn more here: macmillan.yale.edu/middleeast/eve…
“Food Anti-Democracy,” a talk by Lingxi Chenyang, Associate Professor of Law at University of Utah, will be given this Tuesday at 12 pm in Sterling Law Building Room 129. Sponsored by the Law, Environment, and Animals Program at Yale Law School. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
“Map As Testimony: Visualizing Space in the Context of Prosecuting War Crimes, Documenting Human Rights Struggles, and more,” a talk by Gauri Bahuguna, will be given this Tuesday at 6:30 pm in Hastings Hall. Learn more here: poynter.yale.edu/events/2025-04…
Annalee Newitz will be giving a fireside chat, “Writing and Building a Sustainable Future,” with Yale Planetary Solutions to launch Sci X Sci-Fi. This Monday at 4 pm in LC 101, learn more and RSVP here: yaleconnect.yale.edu/YPSP/rsvp_boot….
“The World Where We Live: A Celebration of the Land at Yale Divinity School,” an exhibition by Chris Freimuth, will open at @YaleDivSchool this Monday at 12:15 pm in the Croll Entrance Hall.