Jan Brinkmann, a PhD student at the Professorship of Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities at the University of Augsburg, was interviewed about his research project on the history of honeybees. The article appeared on page 3 of the 27th issue of *Wissenschaft und Forschung in Augsburg*, a supplement to the daily newspaper dated 10 July 2026.

On 3 and 4 September 2026, Universität Augsburg will host a hybrid workshop on uncharismatic species in environmental history. Organised by Humboldt research fellow Dr. Harrison Croft, it will take place in Room 102 of the Wissenschaftszentrum Umwelt (online participation possible). The workshop runs from 08:15 to 16:30 on both days. Queries: Harrison.Croft@uni-a.de.

The blog post “Encounters with the Sublime: On Doing Environmental History Outside the Office” by Dr. Harrison Croft, who is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Augsburg, was published by whitehorsepress. The text is a response to Libby Robins' essay in the latest issue of the journal ‘Global Environment’.

On June 9, 2026 Prof. Dr. Simone M. Müller will deliver a lecture titled “Cycling Through the Marshes: Otto Kraus and the Beginnings of Bavarian Wetland Conservation, 1904–1984” as part of the lecture series “Water in Context”. The lecture will take place at the World Heritage Information Center on Rathausplatz and begins at 6 p.m. The Lecture will be in German.

On the 5th and 6th of June 2026 the Annual Conference of the Historical Commission for Niedersachsen and Bremen will be held in Göttingen. On this occasion Prof. Dr. Simone M. Müller will give a public lecture.

From 1 to 3 June, the Off the Menu ENB Research Group is gathering food studies scholars and creative practitioners for ‘Plates and Other Collisions,’ a culinary environmental forum at the Ammersee, Bavaria. 

Robert Ross’s recently published book – "Orchards of Privilege: Water, Oranges, and Race in the Gamtoos Valley of South Africa, 1700–2023" is the latest addition to the “Series of Ecology and History” published by Ohio University Press.

DFG Heisenberg Professor Simone Müller is the editor of the series.

As part of the lecture series by Professor Simone M. Müller, there will be guest lectures by Dr. Harrison Croft (04.05.2026), by Dr. J. Uluwehi Hopkins (22.06.2026) and by Prof. Dr. Sandra Jasper (06.07.2026). The lectures will take place on Mondays from 10:00 to 11:30 in Lecture Hall II in Building C. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

On Friday, May 8, 2026, from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m., the 6th Environmental History Network Meeting will take place in Seminar Room 212 at the Old University (Eichleitnerstr. 30). 
During this event, the working group "Thinking with Wetlands. Histories from the
Quaking Zone, 1630–1997" will introduce itself.

The Two-Day Hybrid Workshop “Theorising Uncharismatic Species in Environmental History,” organized by Australian Guest Researcher and Humboldt Fellow Harry Croft, will take place on September 3–4, 2026, in Augsburg.

The call for papers is currently open until May 15. If you are interested, please submit an abstract of 500 words, 4 key words, and an author biography/ies of up to 100 words.

 

On January 31, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, a special workshop will take place at the 'Brot und Kunst Museum' in Ulm as part of the current exhibition Tiny Giants.

The workshop “Poor Man’s Cheese. Mediterranean Forgotten Histories” is led by Penelope Volinia, doctoral researcher in the ENB-research group Off the Menu: Appetites, Culture, and Environment.

From November 16 to 17, 2026, Prof. Simone M. Müller and Isabel Richter will host a workshop on the topic: “Environments and Societies at the Crossroads: Socio-Environmental Justice in Europe and the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries” at the University of California, Berkeley.