Thinking with the Sea – Interactions and New Perspectives Inspired by the Blue Humanities
30.9–1.10.2026
Forum Marinum, Linnankatu 72, Turku
The symposium Thinking with the Sea – Interactions and New Perspectives Inspired by the Blue Humanities brings together researchers with different scholarly perspectives and approaches to the interactions between humans and seas, lakes, and other water features — both historically and in the present.
The symposium is organized by the Institute of Maritime History at Åbo Akademi University, the Centre for Sustainable Ocean Science (SOS), and Comparative Literature at Åbo Akademi University. The languages of the symposium are Swedish and English.
Confirmed Keynote speakers:
- Sabine Höhler, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) // Co-director, Centre for Anthropocene History, KTH
- Søren Frank, Professor of Danish and Nordic Literature, University of Copenhagen
More information about the call for abstracts, registration, and the program will be available on the symposium website as the details are finalized.
