This coming summer term you can learn more about environmental history in the context of the Environmental Humanities here:

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• Lecture: Historical Fallout: A Global History of War and the Environment,?Prof. Simone Müller?
  Monday 10:00 – 11:30, Lecture Room D 2107
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• Exercise: Reading course ''War and Environment", Dr. Andreas Mentrup-Womelsdorf
  Tuesday 15:45 – 17:15, Seminar Room D 2005
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• Seminar: From Potosí to Jamaica to Shenzhen: A modern history of resources, Dr. Andreas Mentrup-Womelsdorf
  Wednesday 11:45 – 13:15, Seminar Room D 2004
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• Exercise:?Dressed to Kill: An Environmental History of Fashion.,?Dr. L. Sasha Gora
  Wednesday 15:45 – 17:15, Seminar Room D 2127
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• Exercise: Cans, Pills and Printed Meals: The History of the Future od Food.,?Philine Schiller
  Monday 15:45 – 17:15, Seminar Room D 2005
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• The Green Hour, Thursday 12:00 – 13:00, WZU Room 101
  During the summer term 2026, the WZU hosts lunchtime mini talks on current research in the field of Environmental Humanities. Researchers from the University of Augsburg and international guests from the humanities and social sciences will briefly introduce their work to inspire a conversation about the topic.

The Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities offers an immense selection of topics. Starting with topics like activism and toxicity as well as reaching into the domain of food and animals, there is something for everyone. The list contains books that are already available in the library of the university in Augsburg and books which are in the process of acquisition.

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To give you an introduction to Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities, we put together an array of literature. You can find the PDF with all the collected books here.?If you would like to take a closer look at certain chapters, you can download the PDF below.

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