{"id":3140,"date":"2026-01-16T12:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/?post_type=news&p=3140"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:17:40","slug":"call-for-abstracts-open-for-symposium-thinking-with-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/sites.abo.fi\/centre-for-sustainable-ocean-science\/news\/call-for-abstracts-open-for-symposium-thinking-with-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for abstracts open for the symposium Thinking with the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Call for abstracts open for the symposium Thinking with the Sea<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Thinking with the Sea -\u202fInteractions and New Perspectives Inspired by the Blue Humanities<\/em> opens up new perspectives on human activity in and around water. This symposium brings together researchers with different scholarly perspectives and approaches to the interactions between humans and seas, lakes, and other water features\u2014both historically and in the present. The event takes place at Forum Marinum in Turku on 30 Sept. \u2013 1 Oct. 2026, organized by the Institute of Maritime History at \u00c5bo Akademi University, SOS, and Comparative Literature at \u00c5AU. The call for abstracts is open until 15 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the concept of blue humanities, scholars in the humanities have for some time studied the human aspects of the sea\u2014 exploring the significance of water for, among other things, human livelihoods, leisure, literature, and art. The aim of this conference is to open up new perspectives on human activity in and around water. With the help of interdisciplinary collaborations we wish to bring together researchers, who can deepen and broaden the understanding of the interactions between humans and seas, lakes, and waterways\u2014both historically and in the present. In a time when the awareness of humanity\u2019s destructive impact on water is growing, the established research perspective founded in the natural sciences must be extended by a critical humanistic view of the human-water relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ways in which researchers in the humanities\u2014such as historians, literary scholars, and other cultural studies scholars \u2014 can collaborate with scholars in scientific disciplines like marine biology and ecology are of great interest to the purposes of the conference. We wish to open up opportunities and collaborations that have not yet been fully explored. At the same time, the pursuit of interdisciplinary collaboration is not a requirement for participation. The organizers encourage and welcome all researchers whose work engages with the water-human-water axis to take part in the symposium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Symposium website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions for abstracts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n