Andrea Wulf

De Van der Leeuw-Lezing wordt dit jaar gegeven door @andreawulf.bsky.social en Theunis Piersma @globalflyway.bsky.social

Ontzettend blij met deze twee fantastische sprekers/onderzoekers!

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That’s wonderful. Thank you

Ah … thank you so much.

That’s wonderful

Thank you so much!

Ah .. thank you … that’s amazing and really wonderful to hear.

Thanks for writing this book. It changed my life too--it inspired me to develop research projects with fantastic colleagues in Ecuador, and now it's fun to be on sabbatical here in Germany as a Humboldt fellow (named after AvH!). I even have a print of the naturgemälde on my office wall :).

Today, 166 years ago Alexander von Humboldt died (he was 89 years). He changed the way we think about nature (describing it as a web of life) & predicted climate change. Can't believe it's been 10 years since I published 'Invention of Nature'. It's change my life. In so many ways.

The Forgotten Father of Environmentalism Alexander von Humboldt revolutionized the Western conception of nature by describing it as an interconnected living web—and in doing so, inspired thinkers from Darwin to Thoreau.

Good to be reminded, on this sunny morning, that the naturalist and 'father of environmentalism' Alexander von Humboldt was "fueled by his love for nature and science but also by large amounts of coffee which he called 'concentrated sunshine'" - according to @andreawulf.bsky.social

I visited Tahiti on the trail of an 18th-century literary celebrity Instead of heading to Bora Bora, I discovered Polynesian culture while trailing George Forster, one of the world’s first travel journalists

Here is my first little outing of the man I’ve spent the last 4 years with … www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...

Thanks so much! Glad you also liked Caroline so much

The book cover of the English edition.

Reading many books at once, I hardly finish any. But this one was a joy; I wished it'd been longer. "Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self" by @andreawulf.bsky.social is the story of a literary 'set' and a place. But most of all it is a homage to Caroline Schelling.

1 weekend, 5 plays, Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg …
Anthropolis-Marathon ... best theatre l've seen in a long time. Very topical those ancient Greeks.

Last photos … goodbye Polynesia. Loved following George Forster’s footsteps #research

A day off, snorkelling and a visit of a baby reef shark … definitely not research #GeorgeForster #FrenchPolynesia

Thank you.

Raiatea is the sacred homeland of Polynesians and Taputapuatea marae is where it all began. Hobbled through it with my twisted ankle but so glad I finally saw it #research

Thank you

Hello beautiful Raiatea & Taha’a … and then I twisted my ankle.

Tauahi’ura - Huahine's mountains that look like silhouette of a pregnant woman on her back in profile (head, nose, chine, breasts, belly). George Forster saw exactly the same view 250 years ago #research #GeorgeForster #Huahine

Polynesian navigation #fa’afaite #Tahiti #research #GeorgeForster

You’re absolutely right. It’s very strange how little they make of it.

Our ride out of Dusky Sound … rain, clouds & lots of mountains. Not my favourite combination 😂

Thank you very much!

Pretty small & big things #DuskySound #NZ #GeorgeForster

Two images ... 250 years apart... this is the tree the Resolution used as their gangway in Pickersgill Harbour in Dusky Sound NZ in March & April 1773.
Time portal to George Forster #research

Hunkering down before the thunderstorm ... magical & eerie ... in Wet Jacket Arm, an inlet in Dusky Sound that was named by the Resolution crew after Forster and a few men got stuck here in a storm. So it feels very appropriate #research #GeorgeForster

I‘m in love with this wild place #DuskySound #research #GeorgeForster

Dusky Sound … where George Forster first encountered the Māori and New Zealand #research

Hiked at Lake Tekapo today … #NewZealand #research