Sea Seminar: Blue Humanities at ÅAU

Multiple speakers

During the seminar, researchers from the ÅAU Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology will share some of their latest research ideas and results relating to Blue Humanities, i.e. humanities research with marine and environmentally related themes.

What are some of the latest burining issues, wicked problems and fresh openings in the field of Blue Humanities? We welcome you to come and listen, comment and perhaps challenge our thoughts and ideas!

Speakers

  • Pia Ahlbäck (University lecturer in Literature, ÅAU)
  • Laura Hellsten (Postdoctoral Fellow in Systematic Theology, the Polin Institute of ÅAU) and
    Eduardo Abrantes (Postdoctoral researcher in the Praxis of Social Imaginaries project at the Polin Institute, sound artists and performance researcher)
  • Otso Kortekangas (Researcher in Environmental history, ÅAU)
  • Robert Louhimies (Archivist, Instititute of Maritime History, ÅAU)
  • Niclas Mossberg (PhD Student, History, ÅAU)
  • Victor Wilson (Postdoctoral Researcher in History, ÅAU)
  • Mia Österlund (Professor in Literature, ÅAU

The Sea Seminar series is a collaboration between the ÅAU profiling area The Sea and SOS. The seminars are organized once a month with a hybrid setup (click here for online participation), and they are open to everyone interested in marine and sustainability issues.