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Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)

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CHE—Center for Culture, History, and Environment—is a multidisciplinary research center of the @NelsonInstitute at @UWMadison, and sponsor of @edgeeffectsmag.

 Madison, Wisconsin
che.nelson.wisc.edu
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che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/t… Happening today! Join us at our CHE-sponsored Earth Fest event!
Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present and Future of the Self-Provisioning City with Kate Brown

Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present and Future of the Self-Provisioning City with Kate Brown

April 20, 2026 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm - Gardeners in cities and suburbs are reclaiming lost commons, transforming vacant lots into vibrant plots, turning waste into compost, and recreating what was once...

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Join us Monday, April 6, for a CHE-sponsored colloquium! che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/f…
Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement

Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement

April 6, 2026 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm - Speaker: Dr. Hanna Garth, Department of Anthropology, Princeton University.

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Please join us in congratulating two of our CHE Graduate Associates on receiving awards in recognition of their outstanding teaching: Ellie Kincaid for the Early Excellence in Teaching Award and Becky Rose for the Capstone Teaching Award! grad.wisc.edu/2026/03/23/202…
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Join us for our last colloquium of the fall semester on Dec 10, from noon-1pm, in Science Hall, Room 140! che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c…
International Court of Justice and Climate Obligations: What Next?

International Court of Justice and Climate Obligations: What Next?

December 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Sumudu Atapattu, teaching professor and director of the Global Legal Studies Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison Law School.

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A reminder that our next colloquium is only a week away, on Nov 12, from noon-1pm, in Science Hall, Room 140. Join us as CHE focuses its colloquia on Environmental Law with UW law professor Alexandra Huneeus as our speaker. Hope to see you there!che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c…
The Three Faces of Non-Human Rights

The Three Faces of Non-Human Rights

November 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Alexandra Huneeus, Evjue-Bascom Professor of Law, UW–Madison.

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CHE is proud to be a co-sponsor of this upcoming event on Oct 27. Click link for more details! che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/a…
Alice Lovejoy – Chemistry, Autarky, and Empire: Manufacturing Film in Fascist Germany

Alice Lovejoy – Chemistry, Autarky, and Empire: Manufacturing Film in Fascist Germany

October 27, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - Speaker: Alice Lovejoy, professor of cultural studies and comparative literature and moving image, media, and sound at the University of Minnesota.

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Join us Oct 8 for our next colloquium. This academic year, CHE is focusing on Environmental Law. che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c…
Working with the Wisconsin Tribes in the Domain of Environmental Law

Working with the Wisconsin Tribes in the Domain of Environmental Law

October 8, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Larry Nesper, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology and American Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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CHE is proud to be co-sponsoring this event on Oct 6. Hope you can join us! che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/w…
Wild in Thailand: Forest Spirits and the Cultural Constructions of Wilderness

Wild in Thailand: Forest Spirits and the Cultural Constructions of Wilderness

October 6, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - Using concepts from the environmental humanities and monster theory, this talk will discuss how Thai horror films produce gendered narratives about the wild.

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che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c… Our first colloquium of the fall semester is Wed, Sept 24, from noon-1pm in Science Hall, Room 140!
CHE Environmental Colloquium – Should Ecocide be an International Crime?

CHE Environmental Colloquium – Should Ecocide be an International Crime?

September 24, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Carmen G. Gonzalez, Morris I. Leibman Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

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che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c… Join us Sept 24 for our first colloquium as CHE focuses on the subject of environmental law this year!
CHE Environmental Colloquium – Should Ecocide be an International Crime?

CHE Environmental Colloquium – Should Ecocide be an International Crime?

September 24, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Carmen G. Gonzalez, Morris I. Leibman Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

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The fall semester is less than a month away! Please join your fellow CHE associates at the annual CHE Welcome Back picnic on September 11 at Tenney Park. See link below for more information and to RSVP! che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c…
CHE Welcome Back Event

CHE Welcome Back Event

September 11, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm - Kick off the start of the fall semester by attending a friendly gathering with faculty and students from the Center for Culture, History, and Environment.

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CHE - Center for Culture, History, and Environment

CALL TO ACTION from Edge Effects: Our previous supporters at the Wisconsin Humanities are facing loss of funding due to federal directives. They are also a great resource for any CHE affiliates in...

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Join us for the CHE Place-based Workshop on May 13. RSVPs are due today, May 7. See link for agenda and Google form to RSVP. che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c…
CHE Place-Based Workshop

CHE Place-Based Workshop

May 13, 2025 @ 9:15 am – 5:00 pm - This year’s theme is place and water. We will take a deep, immersive dive (no pun intended!) into a single place: Lake Mendota.

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che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/i… Join us Saturday, April 26 for the CHE-sponsored Earth Fest event! A continental breakfast plus lunch will be served!
Indigenous Natures: Science, Traditional Wisdom, and Poetry

Indigenous Natures: Science, Traditional Wisdom, and Poetry

April 26, 2025 @ 8:30 am – 2:00 pm - Our goals for this event are: establish new perspectives on science and culture, create new synergies between Indigenous and non-Indigenous elements of our...

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Today is the day! Join us for the CHE Art and the Environment event! Winners will be announced at approximately 6:20pm. che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c…
CHE Nelson Art and the Environment Award

CHE Nelson Art and the Environment Award

April 23, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - The CHE Nelson Art and the Environment Awards is a juried art exhibition of undergraduate artwork and graduate student proposals that address environment and/or sustainab...

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Join us Sunday, April 6, at 2pm for our CHE walk at Cherokee Marsh in Madison! See link for more details and transportation options. che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c…
CHE Walk

CHE Walk

April 6, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - Come join us for our CHE walk of the spring semester!

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che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c… Hope you can join us for our first colloquium of the spring semester on Feb 12 from noon-1pm in room 140 of Science Hall!
CHE Environmental Colloquium – Landscape History in Northwestern Wisconsin

CHE Environmental Colloquium – Landscape History in Northwestern Wisconsin

February 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Sara Hotchkiss, Professor of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Our next colloquium is two weeks away! Hope you can join us Nov 20 from noon-1pm in room 110 in Science Hall! CHE Environmental Colloquium – Vulnerability and Resilience: Imagining the Earth in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture | Center for Culture, History, and Environment
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che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c… Today is the day! Join us at noon in Science Hall, Room 140, for our next CHE colloquium!
CHE Environmental Colloquium – Consequential Deep Time : A Critique of the Anthropocene

CHE Environmental Colloquium – Consequential Deep Time : A Critique of the Anthropocene

October 16, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Anna Gade, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Environmental Studies, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW–Madison.

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che.nelson.wisc.edu/events/c… Join us! Our next colloquium event is a week away on Oct 16 from noon-1pm!
CHE Environmental Colloquium – Consequential Deep Time : A Critique of the Anthropocene

CHE Environmental Colloquium – Consequential Deep Time : A Critique of the Anthropocene

October 16, 2024 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - Speaker: Anna Gade, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Environmental Studies, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW–Madison.

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