Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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CfA: RCC Doctoral Program “Environment and Society”
The doctoral program “Environment and Society†invites applications from graduates in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences who wish to research the complex relationships between environment and society on an interdisciplinary basis. Our program is based at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, a joint initiative of LMU Munich and the Deutsches…
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CfA: Internships at the RCC
The RCC is a joint project of the LMU and the Deutsches Museum. An internship here provides students with the opportunity to gain experience in working in an academic institution, as well as gaining valuable skills in the following fields: • organizing conferences and events • researching for our digital portal • working on our publications…
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Making Tracks: Jenny Price
In the “Making Tracks†series, RCC fellows and alumni present their experiences in environmental humanities, retracing the paths that led them to the Rachel Carson Center. For more information, please click here. “And you ask yourself, well . . . How did I get here?” —Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime by Jenny Price When my…
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Job: Editor/Communications Associate
The RCC is looking for a recent graduate and/or doctoral student to join its communications team. The position will start ideally on 15 November 2015, or as soon as possible thereafter. Editing and communications staff work part time (19h/week) as a member of a team, editing outreach materials, scholarly manuscripts, and working on the RCC’s…
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CfP: The Anthropocene in Museums: Reflections, Projections and Imaginings
Date and Location: 3-4 December 2015, Deutsches Museum, Munich Convenors: Kirsten Wehner (National Museum of Australia), Libby Robin (Australian National University) Jenny Newell (American Museum of Natural History), Helmuth Trischler, Rachel Carson Center/Deutsches Museum Sponsors: Deutsches Museum, Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Museums and Climate Change Network.
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CfA: Environmental Studies Certificate Program
We are currently accepting applications for the Environmental Studies Certificate Program starting in the winter semester 2015/16. Applications received before 1 October 2015 will be considered. More information on the application process can be found here. Learn more about the program on the website (in German and English).
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Job: Research Associate for Environment & Society Portal
The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society is seeking a Research Associate to join our small team working on the Environment & Society Portal, the Rachel Carson Center’s gateway to openly accessible resources on the human-environment relationship. This is a part-time (19h/week) position suitable for PhD candidates. The position starts 15 November 2015 or…
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Snapshot: RCC Celebrates New Funding Phase
By Stephanie Hood Last week, staff, students, and Fellows at the Rachel Carson Center celebrated the center receiving grant approval for its second funding phase, which begins today and is to last six years.