“Wetlands in History” receives support from SEED funding from the University of Augsburg

The working group Wetlands in History: Histories from the quaking zone, 1630-1997 - a collaboration between the Chair of Early Modern History, the Chair of Global Environmental History, the IEK, WZU and Bukowina Institute - is receiving support from SEED funding from the University of Augsburg, enabling it to continue and expand its work.

The working group led by Professors Simone Müller, Ulrich Niggemann, Jana Osterkamp, Lothar Schilling and Jens Soentgen is studying wetlands in Central and Western Europe from a long-term historical perspective from 1630 to 1997.

Starting from the ambivalent basic state of the wetlands - as neither water nor land - it brings new archives and actors to the fore who were inspired by precisely this, including Alessandro Volta, Adolf Pleischl and Käthe Seidel.

On January 31, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm, a special workshop will take place at the 'Brot und Kunst Museum' in Ulm as part of the current exhibition Tiny Giants.

The workshop “Poor Man’s Cheese. Mediterranean Forgotten Histories” is led by Penelope Volinia, doctoral researcher in the ENB-research group Off the Menu: Appetites, Culture, and Environment.

Starting from a brief historical introduction to Kechek el Fouqara, a nearly forgotten fermented dish from the Mediterranean region, the workshop explores fermentation as a method for preserving grains and the central role of microorganisms in this process.

In the hands-on section, participants will make the kechek themselves, shape it, and taste it together.

The workshop will be conducted in English.

Further information and registration:

https://museumbrotundkunst.de/en/programm/workshop-making-and-tasting-of-kechek-el-fouqara

Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities

“Wetlands in History” receives support from SEED funding from the University of Augsburg

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