On this happy morning when after four years our brains can begin to detoxify, I write to share the news that the European Research Council last week awarded a 10.4 mill. euro grant to the 4-OCEANS project led by Cristina Brito (Lisbon), James Barrett (Cambridge), Francis Ludlow (Trinity College Dublin) and myself. Our project is to look at the role of the oceans for human societies in the last two millennia. A short outline is now at: https://www.tcd.ie/tceh/projects/4-oceans/ Kick-off will be July 2021 and the project will run for the next six years.

I am certain that this will be a boost to global environmental humanities. For now I just want to say that I look forward to increasing collaboration with you and HfE friends and colleagues in the coming years.

All the best
Poul
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Poul Holm
Professor of Environmental History,
Director, Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
R, MAE Chair Humanities Class
Guest Professor, Department of Historical Studies, Gothenburg University
Honorary Research Associate, McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge ERC AG NorFish
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