News & Announcements
Below is the latest news, announcements, and events from the HERLAND research project.
September 2026
HERLAND launches with new project website
Pleased to announce the launch of HERLAND, a two‑year research project that investigates how women in early modern Sweden, Denmark, and northern Germany engaged with, shaped, and understood the natural world. Led by Marie Skłodowska‑Curie fellow, Dr Dustin M. Neighbors, HERLAND brings new attention to women’s roles in landscapes, resource management, and human–animal relations between 1500 and 1800.
The project is hosted by the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Gothenburg and supported by collaborations with researchers and heritage partners in Sweden, Denmark and Germany. HERLAND will produce new research publications, digital visualisations, and public‑facing outputs designed to make historical environmental knowledge accessible to wider audiences.
To accompany today’s launch, HERLAND introduces its public website and blog, where readers can follow ongoing research, explore project materials, and stay connected with updates, events, and findings.
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November 2026
HERLAND lecture at the University of York
Dr Dustin M. Neighbors has been invited to give a lecture for the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the University of York on 25 November 2026. The lecture will feature a presentation on “Landesmutter: Women, Environment, and Authority in Early Modern Northern Europe”. For more information about the lecture, including how to register and attend the event, visit: https://www.york.ac.uk/crems/events/.
November 2026
HERLAND to present at GRIDH seminar series
Dr Dustin M. Neighbors will give a presentation for the GRIDH seminar series at the University of Gothenburg on 3 November 2026. The presentation will focus on “Digitising HERLAND: Mapping, Sounding, and Visualising Early Modern Women’s Engagement with Environments and Animals”. For more information about the seminar, visit: https://www.gu.se/en/digital-humanities/research/seminars.