Environmental History 5
- Upcoming
The symposium Environmental History investigates the interactions between humans and the “natural world,” focusing on how non-human entities and multispecies ecologies can transform the understanding of agency in historical and contemporary narratives.
For its fifth edition, the symposium will interrogate the relationship between myth-making and historiography, through the concept of “Mythological Machines”.
Speakers will include: Sabine Barles (urban planner), Déborah Bucchi (comparative literature), Grégory Chatonsky (artist), Alfonse Chiu (writer, curator, designer), Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha (artist), Lionel Devlieger (engineer-architect and historian), Julien d’Huy (historian and mythologist), Jeanne Etelain (philosopher), Vincent Giovannoni (chief curator), Rachel Kay (doctoral researcher in social anthropology), Corentin Laplanche-Tsutsui (artist and filmmaker), Nastassja Martin (anthropologist), Fredj Moussa (artist and filmmaker), Josèfa Ntjam (artist), Wilfried N’Sondé (writer and musician), Christelle Oyiri (artist and DJ), Verena Paravel (artist and filmmaker), Grégory Quenet (historian)
Practical Information
Note: Certain conferences will be held in French, others in English.
Simultaneous translation will be available for attendees.
Program
The full program will be published soon.
Friday, May 29, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Speakers:
- Sabine Barles, urban planner, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
- Lionel Devlieger, engineer-architect and historian, RotorDC and Ghent University
- Christelle Oyiri, artist and DJ
Saturday, May 30, 2026
2:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Speakers:
- Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, artist
- Grégory Chatonsky, artist
- Vincent Giovannoni, chief curator, Mucem
- Corentin Laplanche-Tsutsui, artist and filmmaker
- Nastassja Martin, anthropologist, School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS)
- Fredj Moussa, artist and filmmaker
- Verena Paravel, artist and filmmaker
- Grégory Quenet, historian, UVSQ and Université Paris-Saclay
Sunday, May 31, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Speakers:
- Déborah Bucchi, comparative literature, University of Lorraine
- Julien d'Huy, historian and mythologist, Collège de France
- Jeanne Etelain, philosopher, Montpellier School of Fine Arts (MO.CO. Esba)
- Wilfried N'Sondé, writer and musician
- Josèfa Ntjam, artist
Speakers:
- Alfonse Chiu, writer, curator, designer, Centre for Urban Mythologies and Rockbund Art Museum
- Rachel Kay, doctoral researcher in social anthropology, University of Cambridge
Images from previous editions
© Victor & Simon / Grégoire d'Ablon

