Events

MESH Cross Pollinator Series: "Diverse research methods on changing human-environment relations"

"Diverse research methods on changing human-environment relations" The humanities encapsulate a diverse range of methods for researching past and present human-environment relations. Each subject area - be it Literary studies, Art, Archaeology, History, Social Anthropology, or Linguistics - contributes valuable yet wildly different methodological tool kits, which we will explore through this Cross-Pollinator.

Start: 7 May 2026 @ 4:00:pm

Finish: 7 May 2026 @ 7:00:pm

Location: Erich Auerbach library, MESH (Weyertal 59, third floor) University of Cologne

Webinar: The unitive science of a living universe

Join this exciting webinar hosted by The Fifth Element: Exploring how an emerging scientific perspective on interconnection, information and living systems could reshape the way we understand reality, and our place within it. What if the universe is not made up of separate parts, but is fundamentally relational, dynamic and alive? This webinar will explore the themes of The unitive science of a living universe, the second discussion paper in The Fifth Element series.

Start: 7 May 2026 @ 4:00:pm

Finish: 7 May 2026 @ 5:00:pm

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MESH Works: "Wondrous Relations: A Creative Writing Workshop Exploring Nature, Connection, Memory and Joy"

"Wondrous Relations: A Creative Writing Workshop Exploring Nature, Connection, Memory and Joy" - A weekly workshop starting on May 6th at Cafe Belgique, Cologne. This course is now fully subscribed. Everyone is, however, cordially invited to the public reading on June 3rd!

Start: 6 May 2026 @ 5:00:pm

Finish: 3 Jun 2026 @ 5:00:pm

Location: Cafe Belgique, Cologne (Brüsseler Platz 16, 50674 Cologne)

Green Shoots: Seminar Series

"Towards an Ethnography of Mediterranean Critical Zones: Sensing & Sense-Making of Socio-Environmental Injustice through Multidisciplinary Community-based Research and Interventions" In this seminar, Christoph Lange introduces the concept of Mediterranean Critical Zones (MCZ) as the underlying framework of his current postdoctoral research project. The project aims at developing a heuristic toolkit for integrating ethnography and environmental anthropology with environmental humanities, and Earth system approaches to socio-environmental change and interventions.

Start: 21 Apr 2026 @ 12:00:pm

Finish: 21 Apr 2026 @ 1:00:pm

Location: GSSC, room 3.03, University of Cologne

Work-in-Progress Seminar: Towards an Ethnography of Mediterranean Critical Zones | Sensing & Sense-Making of Socio-Environmental Injustice through Multidisciplinary Community-based Research and Interventions

In this seminar, Christoph Lange introduces the concept of Mediterranean Critical Zones (MCZ) as the underlying framework of his current postdoctoral research project. The project aims at developing a heuristic toolkit for integrating ethnography and environmental anthropology with environmental humanities, and Earth system approaches to socio-environmental change and interventions.