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The Greening of Everyday Life: Reimagining Environmentalism in Postindustrial Societies
“The Greening of Everyday Life: Reimagining Environmentalism in Postindustrial Societies.” It is sponsored by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society and will take place in Munich, 19-21 June 2014. Deadline for proposals is July 15, I welcome those of you considering submitting a proposal to Travel expenses for invited participants will be paid… read more
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Call For Papers: Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic
Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic Edited by Robert McKay & John Miller (University of Sheffield, UK) The window blind blew back with the wind that rushed in, and in the aperture of the broken panes there was the head of a great, gaunt gray wolf (Bram Stoker, Dracula) Wolves lope across the gothic imagination. Signs of a… read more
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33 Scholarships – WĂźrzburg Summer School for Cultural and Literary Animal Studies
Call for Applications: 33 Scholarships for the WĂźrzburg Summer School for Cultural and Literary Animal Studies (CLAS) Sep 23-Sep 28, 2013, at the University of WĂźrzburg 1. WĂźrzburg Summer School for Cultural and Literary Animal Studies, Funded by VolkswagenStiftung In the Humanities and in Cultural Studies, animals have increasingly become the focus of interest in recent years. In its interdisciplinary… read more
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Lâinvention de la nature
Lâinvention de la nature : à la croisĂŠe des savoirs, des disciplines et des imaginaires JournĂŠe dâĂŠtude du 25 octobre 2013 â MISHA, Strasbourg Argumentaire Cette journĂŠe dâĂŠtude du programme MISHA ÂŤ La nature Ă la lettre Âť vise Ă questionner les rapports entre savoirs et imaginaires de la nature sous lâangle de leur production, câest-Ă -dire des… read more
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Call for Papers: Ecocriticism and Globalization
Call for Papers Workshop “Ecocriticism and Globalization” June 21-22, 2013, Frankfurt a. M. More information: http://docforumelc.wordpress.com/ Contact us: [email protected] [gview file=”http://www.easlce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/EGLO_CfP.pdf” profile=”3″ height=”200px” width=”500px” save=”1″] The first ELC workshop thematically focuses on “ecocriticism and globalization”. In a panel discussion and a reading session we want to explore the ways in which disciplinary paradigms of ‘ecocriticism’… read more
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Call for Papers- Literatur und Ăkologie
Call for Papers Literatur und Ăkologie. Neue literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven XVI. Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fĂźr Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (DGAVL) Universität des Saarlandes, SaarbrĂźcken 10.-13. Juni 2014 Organisation: Prof. Dr. Christiane Solte-Gresser, Dr. Claudia Schmitt Ăkologie ist während der letzten Jahrzehnte in der westlichen Welt unverkennbar zu einem Leitdiskurs avanciert. Insofern es gegenwärtig… read more
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3rd EASLCE Webinar: Embodied Narratives: Theory and Practice of Material Ecocriticism
3rd EASLCE Webinar âEmbodied Narratives: Theory and Practice of Material Ecocriticismâ Date and Time: February 22nd 10:00am Central European Time (GMT+1) Host: Serenella Iovino Moderator: Hannes Bergthaller Inspired by recent research in physical and social sciences, the new materialist paradigm proposes to see matter in terms of its agentic capacity and meanings. Matter, as Karen Barad posits… read more
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CFP: From Instants to Eons: Time in Environment and Environmental History
From Instants to Eons: Time in Environment and Environmental HistoryTallinn, March 25-26, 2013 International Conference organized by the Centre for Environmental History in Estonia (KAJAK)Environment and environmental history feature countless diverse and often hardly reconcilable time scales. While âtimeâ is probably one of the least questioned concepts in experimental science, being the basis of objectivity in… read more
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Call For Papers: ASLE-UKI 2013 Biennial Conference
“ASLE-UKI 2013 Biennial Conference, 29-31 August 2013 ‘Ecological Encounters: Agency, Identity, Interactions’, University of Surrey Confirmed keynotes: Mike Hulme (University of East Anglia) Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard University) Catriona Sandilands (York University, Canada) Read the full CFP here [ please link to http://user9222.vs.easily.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/here.pdf] Please send abstracts of up to 250 words for 20-minute presentations to the conference organisers… read more
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Vacancy: Director of the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory
Vacancy: Director of the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory The Division of History of Science, Technology and Environment seeks a director for the newly established KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory. KTH in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Swedenâs technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by… read more
