Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Environmental Humanities Seminar

2026-2027

General Information

Course Code L_AAMPALG031
Credits 6 EC
Period P2+3
Course Level 500
Language of Tuition English
Faculty Fac. of Social Sciences and Humanities
Course Coordinator prof. dr. K. Kwastek
Examiner prof. dr. K. Kwastek
Teaching Staff prof. dr. K. Kwastek
Part of programme(s)

Practical Information

You need to register for this course yourself. The (de)registration deadlines can be found on VU.nl

Teaching Methods Seminar

Target audiences

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Course Objective

After successfully completing this course, the student will

  • have acquired specialist knowledge in the Environmental Humanities;be able to actively employ (a selection of) the research methods used in the Environmental Humanities.
  • be able to formulate a research question relating to the focus of the course, and to conduct the research in a critical, creative and inventive manner.
  • be able to report on this research orally and in writing.

Course Content

The Environmental Humanities Seminars, which alternate yearly (Staying With the Trouble / Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet), draw on the broad theoretical/conceptual knowledge gained in the core course “Key Concepts in the Environmental Humanities” to zoom in on a specific topic in the Environmental Humanities. The seminar is a specialist, research-based course based on recent or current work of a Faculty member. Students from both cohorts (1st and 2nd-years) explore a topic within the Environmental Humanities in depth, acquire the skill to work with specific research methods used in the context of this topic, and conduct an individual research project focusing on an aspect of this topic.

Additional Information Teaching Methods

seminars

Method of Assessment

Paper and oral presentation