"Esta é uma carta que poderia ter sido redigida num momento conturbado, mas decisivo, da carreira profissional de Gonçalo Sampaio, que aos 31 anos, ainda aluno na Academia Politécnica do Porto e vacilando entre várias decisões e vocações, desabafa com o seu antigo mestre do liceu de Braga – o erudito José Joaquim Pereira Caldas –, de quem se tornou amigo e correligionário republicano."

À escuta em: https://www.up.pt/casacomum/ficcoes-botanicas/7-para-sempre-aluno/

The European legislative act from 2016 instated a list of 35 invasive plant species which are to be eradicated and banned from European soil. This means that these plants have been degraded to a minority that cannot be traded, imported, sold or grown within the borders of the European Union. Studio Wild wants to question this European legislation, provoking a discussion on whether spatial, legal and social restrictions contribute to a more inclusive society.

Studio Wild’s exhibition space at the Venice Biennale Architettura will host a garden of ‘invasive alien plant species’, which have been listed for their ethnic and biological characteristics and pose a threat to European native species. Their aim is to create a parallel between the fate of these species and the fate of many of our neighbors who struggle to find common ground in Europe just because they are different.

Studio Wild will enclose a garden in a cave like space. A forbidden garden with a secretive or hidden atmosphere in which these forbidden plants can live in a salvaged environment. Slim bundles of light illuminate individual species which grow on small hills. This organisation portrays a protective and monumental feel, strongly contrasting their current cultural and social environment depicted by exclusion.

The Forbidden Garden of Europe

The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society and Project House Europe, both located at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, invite applications for their joint fellowship.

The Rachel Carson Center (RCC) fosters innovative research and education in the environmental humanities and social sciences. Project House Europe (PHE) promotes cutting-edge research from around the world on the history of Europe during the 20^th and 21^st centuries.

As international and interdisciplinary research centers, they award one joint fellowship to a postdoctoral or senior scholar working across disciplines and striving to contribute to the public dialogue on contemporary European environmental history.

Applicants’ research and writing should encompass the central themes of both the RCC and the PHE: Research at the RCC is concerned with questions of the interrelationship between environment and society, and the social, political, cultural, and environmental factors shaping this interrelationship. PHE focuses on the history of Europe’s inner (dis‑)entanglements and its place in the world since 1918, in particular forms of trans- and international cooperation and their crises.

Terms

Fellows will be based in the heart of Munich at either the RCC or PHE and have no teaching obligation. They are expected to spend their fellowship in residence, to work on a major project, and to participate actively in life at RCC and PHE, including a presentation of their work. The fellowship does not support field trips or archival research. Fellowships can be granted for a period of one to three months. Fellowships may begin on 25 April 2022, or the first day of any of the following months; they end on or before 29 July 2022. RCC and PHE offer time, guidance, and space for dialogue to conduct excellent research. We provide an office space and access to LMU’s facilities. The fellowship also covers economy travel to and from Munich, a monthly living allowance and an accommodation allowance. Health insurance and other social benefits are not part of the fellowship and remain the responsibility of the fellow.

How to apply

Applications must be received by 29 July 2021. The application (in English) should include the following:

• Cover letter (750 words maximum), including preferred dates and duration;
• Curriculum vitae (3 pages maximum);
• Project description (1,000 words maximum);
• Names and contact information of three scholars as references. These should be people who know you and your work well. Please note that we do not initially require letters, and we will not necessarily contact your referees.

Please send all application documents electronically as a single PDF file to Thomas Süsler‑Rohringer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) AND to Arielle Helmick (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Enquiries should be directed to Thomas Süsler-Rohringer or Arielle Helmick.

Caros membros da REPORT(H)A

é com grato prazer que os convidamos a visitar o site do IV Encontro da REPORT(H)A - Rede Portuguesa de História Ambiental, entre 14 e 16 de outubro de 2021. O encontro adota, numa perspetiva interdisciplinar, o título Sapiens, Saúde e Ambiente - Limites Naturais e Artificiais https://www.reporthameeting2021.com/

A data limite para envio de propostas de comunicação e posters é 6 de julho.

O encontro é organizado pelo Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura (CHSC), em parceria com o Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Coimbra (iii- UC) e outros Centros de investigação da Universidade de Coimbra.

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Dear members of REPORT(H)A

We invite you to visit the website of the IV Meeting of REPORT(H)A - Portuguese Network of Environmental History, between 14 and 16 October 2021.

The meeting adopts, in an interdisciplinary perspective, the title Sapiens, Health and the Environment - Natural and Artificial Frontiers https://www.reporthameeting2021.com/

Deadline for abstract and posters submission 6 July 2021

The meeting is organized by the Centre for History of Society and Culture (CHSC), in partnership with the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (iii-UC) and other research centers of the University of Coimbra.