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Critical PetroAesthetics Collaboratory Workshop in Oslo
The Critical PetroAesthetics group led by Sissel Furuseth at the University of Oslo has been a really constructive force in my thinking – especially during the pandemic, when our online reading group and discussions were a mainstay. So I’m thrilled to be able to spend non-virtual time with my colleagues and friends in Oslo this […]
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New article – reading Roy Jacobsen’s Barrøy novels as petrofiction
“Sweat, Light, and Oil: Seeing the Energy in Roy Jacobsen’s Barrøy Novels” was published in the open-access journal Edda last month. In this article I examine Roy Jacobsen’s Barrøy novels (De usynlige (2013), Hvitt hav (2015), Rigels øyne (2017) and Bare en mor (2020)) for their depiction of energetic processes. I argue that these novels are examples of petrofiction, arising out of […]
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Project presentation in Freiburg
On 23 June I will present my project at the Environmental Humanities Lunchtime Colloquium in Freiburg. Looking forward to an interesting discussion!
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More oil & gender…
…this time in Würzburg. Looking forward to discussing the topic with the participants and with the fabulous Julia Leyda in the Environmental Humanities workshop series on 19 May.
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NoRS-EH Doctoral School in Trondheim
This week I am in Trondheim for a five-day interdisciplinary doctoral school organised by NoRS-EH and hosted by NTNU Trondheim. Brilliant people and some exciting discussions so far, I’m looking forward to my own session on energy tomorrow.
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EASLCE webinar
Together with my partner in crime Julia Leyda I will be hosting the 19th EASLCE webinar on 31 March. We will be getting stuck in to Cara Daggett’s concept of petro-masculinity and asking questions about oil and gender in European texts and films/TV. More info here: https://www.easlce.eu/19th-easlce-webinar-easlce-webinar-oil-and-gender-in-european-fiction-and-film/
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Book review of David Larsson Heidenblad Den gröna vändningen
I recently had the chance to read this book by David Larsson Heidenblad. You can read my review of it for H-Soz-Kult here.
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Oil Spaces webinar
I’m a listed speaker at this event on 13 December 2021.
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Review of Shifting Sands
I’m really pleased to see a new review of my book in the journal Literary Geographies – it seems like the natural home for it, and I’m happy to see the book still circulating almost three years after it was published. You can read the review here: https://www.literarygeographies.net/index.php/LitGeogs/article/view/273
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New article in Maritime Studies
“Imagining the Anthropocene with the Wadden Sea,” which I co-authored together with Eveline de Smalen, was published on 17 September 2021 as part of a special issue of Maritime Studies. It is open access and free to download here as part of a special interdisciplinary issue on the Wadden Sea.