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A nonprofit institution, the RCC was founded in 2009 as a joint initiative of Munich's Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and the Deutsches Museum, with the generous support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Our namesake is the American biologist, nature writer, and environmentalist Rachel Carson, whose accessible writing raised awareness worldwide about threats to the environment and human health. The RCC is home to a diverse community of students, researchers, and professionals, who come from a variety of countries and fields within the humanities disciplines. Privacy Policy

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We’d like to highlight the essay “’The End is the Beginning’: Dispatches from the Farewell to Christof Mauch” by RCC alu...
22/09/2026

We’d like to highlight the essay “’The End is the Beginning’: Dispatches from the Farewell to Christof Mauch” by RCC alumna Kate Rigby!

On 10 July 2026, friends and colleagues gathered at the Evangelische Akademie in Tutzing to celebrate Christof’s long and successful career and mark the culmination of his time at the RCC. In her reflection, Kate looks back on the occasion and on Christof’s many contributions to the field.

Read Kate’s piece here: https://www.iceho.org/news/2026/8/19/the-end-is-the-beginning-dispatches-from-the-farewell-to-christof-mauch

We'd like to draw your attention to the latest uploads on our YouTube channel! Most of the contributions to our the fina...
22/09/2026

We'd like to draw your attention to the latest uploads on our YouTube channel! Most of the contributions to our the final public event “𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀” of the “Strengthening the Environmental Humanities” project were professionally recorded, and the final videos are now available on our YouTube channel.

This three-day RCC event brought together scholars from around the world under the title “Beyond Dualism—Thinking Creatively Across Worlds.” It included a Young Scholars Forum, “Repressed Pasts, Crossed Borders, Just Futures: Environmental, Social, and Political Perspectives,” with tandem presentations, as well as several roundtables focusing on the future of the environmental humanities.

🎥 Link to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/

Jonatan Palmblad’s seminal 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 essay, “The Inhuman Condition,” is now available as an audio recording. You can liste...
11/09/2026

Jonatan Palmblad’s seminal 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 essay, “The Inhuman Condition,” is now available as an audio recording. You can listen to it for free at https://springs-rcc.org/the-inhuman-condition/ or on Spotify.

In “The Inhuman Condition,” environmental humanist Jonatan Palmblad questions whether anthropocentrism is truly driving the ecological crisis, proposing that socioecological justice can only be achieved by embracing human nature. Through an ecological anthropocentrism, which begins but does not end with the human self, Jonatan argues that genuinely caring for humanity implies a care for the ecological conditions on which all organisms depend.

Five more days to apply for the Environmental Studies Certificate Program for the 2026–27 winter semester! The only one ...
09/09/2026

Five more days to apply for the Environmental Studies Certificate Program for the 2026–27 winter semester! The only one of its kind in Germany, this two-year program offers workshops and lectures delivered by environmental researchers from across the globe.

Graduate students currently enrolled in a university in Germany are welcome to apply. This is an excellent opportunity to round out your degree and explore contemporary topics in human–environment relations with an engaged cohort of peers.

Visit our website for more info about the program as well as the application process: https://www.sprachlit.lmu.de/carsoncenter/en/graduate-programs/certificate-program/

Join us tomorrow for the launch event of the 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (The White Horse Press) special issue, “Imagining Planet...
09/09/2026

Join us tomorrow for the launch event of the 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (The White Horse Press) special issue, “Imagining Planetary Health, Well-Being and Habitability.” A guided tour of the 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩—𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. exhibition at the Deutsches Museum will be followed by a panel discussion with Prof. Nina Mackert (Hamburg University), Dr. André Krebber (Freiburg University), and Lijuan Klassen (Rachel Carson Center).
RSVP for guided tour needed—more info: https://www.sprachlit.lmu.de/carsoncenter/en/upcoming-events-and-news/event/launch-event-imagining-planetary-health-well-being-and-habitability-332833dd.html

Today, we’re highlighting the essay “Ignoring Religion is Not an Option” by Kate Rigby, featured in the recently publish...
03/09/2026

Today, we’re highlighting the essay “Ignoring Religion is Not an Option” by Kate Rigby, featured in the recently published tenth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

Whether a culture’s creation myth begins with a bang or with a crocodile, environmental humanist Kate Rigby’s essay, “Ignoring Religion Is Not an Option,” reminds readers that religion and its related power structures are foundational to nearly every society. As such, the author argues, they should also be foundational to the study and understanding of the environmental humanities.

Read the essay online on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: https://springs-rcc.org/ignoring-religion-is-not-an-option/

The Rachel Carson Center is looking for a research associate (studentische Hilfskraft) for 20 hours per week to manage t...
03/09/2026

The Rachel Carson Center is looking for a research associate (studentische Hilfskraft) for 20 hours per week to manage the RCC library. The position will start on 15 November 2026 or shortly thereafter

Find out more about this position and the application process on our website under “About”: https://www.sprachlit.lmu.de/carsoncenter/en/about/

We have a writing workshop with visiting scholar and writer Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal scheduled for 22 September!What might ...
01/09/2026

We have a writing workshop with visiting scholar and writer Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal scheduled for 22 September!

What might it mean to think with water? This interdisciplinary writing workshop invites practitioners working across and beyond the environmental humanities to explore water as a way of thinking and making. Through hybrid writing, we will bring creative and critical modes into conversation on the page, exploring how these approaches can generate new ways of engaging with environmental questions rather than simply documenting them. Through a series of generative writing prompts and collaborative discussion, participants will experiment with techniques for hybrid writing that move between creative and academic forms. Together, we will read writers such as Lisa Robertson, Sophie Dumont, Alycia Pirmohamed, and Dionne Brand, considering how a creative practice can walk hand-in-hand with scholarly research, opening up a space for experimentation and interdisciplinary dialogue.

Whether you are developing a research project, creative work, or simply looking for new ways of thinking and writing through ecological questions, the workshop offers an opportunity to think across disciplinary boundaries and to discover how hybrid forms can deepen our engagement with place in a time of climate emergency. No prior experience of hybrid writing is required.

More info on how to register here: https://www.sprachlit.lmu.de/carsoncenter/en/upcoming-events-and-news/event/thinking-with-water-a-hybrid-writing-workshop-7515eae6.html

Today’s highlight from the recently published tenth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is “The Best is Yet to Come: Latin American Environ...
01/09/2026

Today’s highlight from the recently published tenth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is “The Best is Yet to Come: Latin American Environmental History” by historian Claudia Leal!

In “The Best is Yet to Come: Latin American Environmental History,” historian Claudia Leal surveys the status of environmental history written about and within Latin America. Published mostly in English and often behind a paywall, much of Latin America’s scholarship remains out of the hands of its scholars and the public. Only if environmental humanities scholarship is strengthened on a global scale, Leal writes, can the promise of the discipline be realized.

You can now read this article online on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: https://springs-rcc.org/the-best-is-yet-to-come/

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