Modern and Contemporary Studies From radioactive felines to three-legged bunnies? Or: What it takes to communicate 10,000 years into the future (Part 2) Anna Volkmar • 05-09-2019
Modern and Contemporary Studies Radioactive Felines Did you ever wonder what cats have to do with radioactive waste? Well, probably not. But hang on. In this blog post I will show you some curious web artefacts that certainly will. Anna Volkmar • 11-04-2018
Modern and Contemporary Studies On Demons, Clay and Greek Mythology: A Visit to Nuclear Belgium This blog post shares some impressions from an excursion with the Environmental Humanities Center (VU) to an underground research laboratory for the storage of nuclear waste and an art exhibition on nuclear culture Anna Volkmar • 16-11-2017
Classics and Classical Civilisation · Medieval and Early Modern Studies · Modern and Contemporary Studies Landscape: The LUCAS Graduate Conference Some reflections on last week's LUCAS Graduate Conference on 'Landscape' Lieke Smits + 2 others • 02-02-2017
Modern and Contemporary Studies Why We Need Nuclear Art Green glowing chandeliers, jewellery you’ll never be able to wear … A review of the exhibition “Perpetual Uncertainty / Contemporary Art in the Nuclear Anthropocene” at the Bildmuseet, Umeå. Anna Volkmar • 15-12-2016
Modern and Contemporary Studies Welcome to the Chernobyl Nature Reserve Plans to turn part of the Chernobyl exclusion zone into a nature reserve are in the pipeline. But what does it actually try to preserve? A queer ecosystem or merely a fantasy of resilient nature? Anna Volkmar • 10-06-2016
Modern and Contemporary Studies Touring the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone A Comment on the Politics of Post-Nuclear Nature in Three Parts Anna Volkmar • 23-03-2016