The Environmental Humanities track is open to talented students from the Humanities as well as from related fields, who are looking for ways to analyse ecological questions in their full historical and cultural complexity.
The Humanities are vital
If questions of climate change, species extinction, pollution, or the exploitation of natural resources have in the past mainly been analysed from the perspective of the Natural Sciences, it is becoming more and more clear that humans and their cultural, economic and political systems play a major role in these issues. The Humanities are therefore vital in making sense of these complex problems.
First of its kind
In our core courses, we bring these humanities approaches into contact with perspectives from the Natural and Social Sciences, and engage with the views of artists and activists, to shape a transdisciplinary approach.
Environmental Humanities is one of the tracks of the Master's programme in Humanities (Research). The track is the first of its kind in The Netherlands.