Henrice Altink in Bielefeld: Lecture on Climate Protection in Jamaica
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Henrice Altink brings the climate history of Jamaica to Bielefeld
In the Colloquium on Global and Entangled History at the University of Bielefeld, there is a lecture on the agenda that connects historical depth with current urgency: Henrice Altink from the University of York speaks about climate protection in Jamaica from the 1970s to today. The date is part of a scientific series that focuses on transnational entanglements, environmental history, and global perspectives. ([uni-bielefeld.de](https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/geschichtswissenschaft/forschung/kolloquien/2026-03-26_Gesch_Kolloq_SoSe26_Druck-PDF.pdf?utm_source=openai))
An evening between research, climate, and the Caribbean
Altink's research focuses on social inequality in the Caribbean and the connection between environmental vulnerability, health, and history. Her works on Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region show how closely ecological issues are intertwined with politics, society, and economic structures. This is exactly where the lecture gains its literary-analytical tension: it opens historical contexts rather than merely providing buzzwords. ([york.ac.uk](https://www.york.ac.uk/history/people/altink/?utm_source=openai))
Science as a narrative of change
Those interested in environmental history, global history, and the cultural dimensions of the climate discourse will experience an author encounter in the best sense of the word here: not as a reading, but as an intellectual approach to a topic that intertwines present and past. Henrice Altink's research spans from social inequality in Jamaica to health issues, sustainable development, and renewable energy. ([york.ac.uk](https://www.york.ac.uk/history/people/altink/?utm_source=openai))
The venue: University of Bielefeld as a forum for global debates
The Colloquium on Global and Entangled History takes place at the University of Bielefeld; the series is held on Tuesdays during the summer semester and serves as a place for exchange on transregional and transcultural processes. For travel and campus orientation, the university refers to its maps and transport connections. This makes the date also organizationally attractive for all who want to experience research up close and live. ([uni-bielefeld.de](https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/geschichtswissenschaft/forschung/profilbereiche/global-verflechtungsgeschichte/?utm_source=openai))
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This lecture promises to be more than just an information format, but a concentrated literary-historical experience in an academic setting: precise, contemporary, and intellectually vast. Those who want to hear about climate, the Caribbean, and historiography in the same room should experience this event live. ([uni-bielefeld.de](https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fakultaeten/geschichtswissenschaft/forschung/kolloquien/2026-03-26_Gesch_Kolloq_SoSe26_Druck-PDF.pdf?utm_source=openai))
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