Dr. Dolly Jørgensen is professor of history at the University of Stavanger in Norway. As you'll hear in this episode, Dolly is one very busy historian. She is the author of three books, including her newest, Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums. She has also co-edited five books and written a truly impressive number of academic articles. She recently ended a term as the editor of the journal Environmental Humanities, and she co-directs the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities, which is most known for its excellent series of online book talks.

As an environmental historian, I have been impressed not only by Dr. Dolly Jørgensen's work for years, but also by her warm and friendly presence at conferences and online. I was delighted when she said yes to coming on the show and talking with me about her writing process.

I was eager to hear from Dolly about how she juggles her projects, what draws her to a topic, and how working at a university in Scandinavia changes her approach to scholarship.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Dolly Jørgensen, Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums Dolly Jørgensen, The Medieval Pig Dolly Jørgensen, Recovering Lost Species in the Modern Age: Histories of Longing and Belonging Dolly Jørgensen's website Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities Book Talks Series Dolly Jørgensen on Bluesky Finn Arne Jørgensen Bathsheba Demuth, Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait(and check out my Episode 3 interview with Bathsheba Demuth)

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Release Date: 30/06/2026, 01:01:00