The theme for the upcoming European Society for Environmental History Conference (ESEH 2025) to be held August 18th – 22nd in Uppsala, Sweden is Climate Histories. Coinciding with the conference, the Local Organizing Committee has curated a 3 day program of artistic events, creative workshops, and art interventions.

One aim of the conference is to explore how academia and the arts can collaborate to investigate environmental experiences. The organizing committee has incorporated many creative activities into the schedule – for instance a sound art workshop and a poetry workshop – in order to encourage attendees to consider how artistic methods, sensory stimuli, and bodily presence can be used to assist in environmental history research. In the Climate Histories Art Interventions event, the focus is on exploring the contemporary and historical experiences of living with climate changes. The art interventions program is an open format, inviting the general public to participate in the theme of the conference in the evenings. The art interventions are also available to those that register for online attendance at the conference.

With generous support in funding from Future Earth and Nordic Culture Fund, the ESEH organizing committee were able to fund two long term artists to engage with the Climate Histories theme. They also hosted an open call where they selected seven additional artists to fund to enact art interventions that will be performed, exhibited, and activated during the conference. Finally, they have funded three video artists for an on-site and virtual video room of their works.

Two of the art interventions invite open participation in their projects. They are “Losing Winter” and “λεμόνι lemon ليمون citron”. Through these projects, and regardless of attendance at ESEH 2025, you are warmly welcomed to participate in archiving and exploring climate history and memory in these two projects.

More information on all the art interventions associated with ESEH 2025 can be found here.