Lieven Ameel

New publication on active life of lit-> "How does the study of literature, language, and humanities help build critical capacities? How do we address the current state of the humanities in the age of AI? What are examples of applied humanities programs and careers?"
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Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment Examining a wide variety of poets from the last three decades of the 20th century to the present, from Asian, African, South American and settler colonies such…

Publishing soon in our flagship 'Environmental Cultures' series, 'Postcolonial Poetry and the Environment' by Pramod Nayar, which studies the work of over 50 poets: www.bloomsbury.com/postcolonial...

Still a few weeks left to apply to this delightful conference!

PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026

My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

Congratulations! Narrative's prize is a huge honor, well deserved!

Seen in the wild in Finland: @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social &
@johannawinant.bsky.social Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. Got my copy this morning, used it in teaching a seminar in the afternoon!

Today is pub day for my third book: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. It is a handbook on how to read. It argues for the foundational importance of *caring* to thought. It offers an anatomy of close reading's five steps so we can hone the skills to perform them. It argues for why to read

Looks like a great PhD course in the energy humanities! Applications welcome until 24 October.

10 days left to apply for this course!

Many amazing scholars will contribute to this course, including @untamed.bsky.social, @dudleymarianna.bsky.social, Abigail Harrison Moore, Alice Owen, and @andersriel.bsky.social!

#envhist #energyhistory #envhum

Great mini-thread on Krasznahorkai! (and about what literature can be all about)

Many thanks, this looks wonderful! I've found the work of Elleke Boehmer and Dominic Davies on literary infrastructure really useful - & noted that A. Tickel has a new book on infrastructure and citizenship in Indian literature. I've mostly worked on the interaction between urban and literary form.

A grad seminar on infrastructure and literature sounds great! Any chance of having a peek at the syllabus?

TTiN’s first event of the new term. Join us online for this lunchtime discussion about infrastructure, art, and autoethnography.

3 Postdoctoral Researchers (cultural game studies) / 3 tutkijatohtoria (kulttuurinen pelitutkimus)

Come work with us! We are hiring 3 postdoctoral researchers working in cultural game studies from the beginning of 2026 until the end of 2027. Read more and apply by 31.10.2025 (at 23.59.00 EET / UTC+2):

The world’s largest carbon registry, Verra, has pulled millions of carbon credits from the market after they were scrutinized in my and Jonas Gerding’s @longplay.fi investigation (so far only available in Finnish, but more stories are coming up!)

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Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger. A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.

A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule.

Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger is now available in #paperback: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#History #Habsburg

PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University Discover a PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

🌱 Fully funded PhD scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University!

A unique opportunity to collaborate with Marco Caracciolo, Elly McCausland, and me on innovative research connecting literature, culture, and ecology.

Playmobil figure kitted out as prehistoric iceman Ötzi.

#OTD 19 September 1991, walkers in the high Ötztal alps on the Italian border, found a body melting out of the ice. It turned out to be the remains of a c.5200 year old man preserved with all his kit.
Of course, it was essential to replicate him in Playmobil.
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#PlaymobilInfestation

Thanks, JD and everyone at #railwayaesthetics for great company on an unforgettable journey!

Vienna Hauptbahnhof at. Out. Wet and modern and shiny

Hungarian monument to the Malenkij Robot. Spooky as hell and politically welllll

The conference car where the presentations were held

Open gravel mine. Romania. An enormous project of replacing the rail ties with concrete underway

I spent the last 4 days with a band of mad academics and artists rolling from Vienna to Istanbul for a conference on #railwayaesthetics held on the train. The work was great and I can’t thank them enough. Some images

Crossing into Bulgaria, #RailwayAsthetics

Looking for a telephone operator

panel "Disconnected Branches" starting at the Royal Salon, Bucharest North station), at the Railway Aesthetics conference lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2605

Tot ziens in Wenen!

I'll present a paper on “Literary Flickers of Fossil-fueled Modernity”, with the focus on the sudden appearances of lights, fumes and glares as seen from a train window. Looking forward to reconnect with old acquaintances and to get to know new people in infrastructure & mobilities humanities.

In Vienna for the Railway Aesthetics conference, which takes place in and around trains, including several night-trains on the trajectory Vienna – Bucharest – Istanbul. Program includes a panel at the Royal Salon in Bucharest & visit to the Energy Museum in Istanbul lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2605

In Tartu for the one-week Nordplus course "Eco-Critical Approaches to Narratives across Media: A Nordic Perspective". I presented on bird poetry and allegorical approaches to flooded cities, drawing a.o. on the work of Karoliina Lummaa and my earlier work on allegory lievenameel.hypotheses.org/2580

This looks timely!

Our book series in Literary Urban Studies is accepting proposals, do get in touch with me or one of my co-editors if you want to discuss a book idea!