The Anthropocene Across the Disciplines

Online Lecture Series on the Anthropocene that explores the challenges and controversies of the Anthropocene through talks by international speakers from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

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Dienstag, 14. April 2026, 17:00 - 19:00

The lecture series is a collaborative event of the Vienna Anthropocene Network (VAN), the Department of Geology and the UNESCO IGCP 732 project of the University of Vienna, together with the Forum Anthropocene.

Forum Anthropozän (https://www.forum-anthr­opozaen.co­m/de/home)

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Schedule:

10.03.2026

Introduction to the Anthropocene (The geological Anthropocene; Humanities and the Anthropocene) - Jan Zalasiewicz (University of Leicester, UK), Sabine Seidler (Forum Anthropocene, Austria), Marius Timmann Maajland (University of Oslo, Norway)

17.03.2026

Anthropocene Sedimentology and Discorditarianism - a New Geology? - Catherine Russell (Loughborough University, UK)

24.03.2026

A Melting Fossil: Seeing Ice and Making Deep Time in the Early Anthropocene - Alexis Rider (University of Vienna, Austria)

14.04.2026

Thinking Heritage in the Anthropocene: Inspiration from Phenomenology - Karolína Pauknerová & Eliška Fulínová (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)

21.04.2026

An ecological crisis, finally? The future of biodiversity in the Anthropocene - David Storch (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)

29.04.2026 (HYBRID)

Biodiversität & Gesundheit im Anthropozän: Was intakte Ökosysteme für Immunsystem, Klima und soziale Stabilität leisten

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12.05.2026

From Jakarta to IKN Nusantara: Tracing Anthropocene Signatures in Indonesia’s Urban-Coastal Transformtion - Jamaluddin (STT Migas Balikpapan, Indonesia)

19.05.2026

Animal Movement in the Anthropocene - Matthias Loretto (VetMed Vienna, Austria)

26.05.2026

Vanishing ice and its impact on the landscape in the Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria - Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer-Eulenspiegel (Universität Graz, Austria)

02.06.2026

Sebastian Lehner (Geosphere Austria)

09.06.2026

Alpine Land Use under Human Influence: Insights from the Hohe Tauern - Susanne Aigner Ökologiebüro Aigner e. U.)


Lehrveranstaltung

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200