
The European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture, and the Environment (EASLCE) sponsors a prize for the Best Graduate Student Essay in European Ecocriticism. It consists of a stipend of 500 Euros to help cover the costs of attending the next EASLCE conference (at the University of Urtecht, April 13-17 2026) and the opportunity…

Call for Papers THE BLUE HUMANITIES Cappadocia University (Mustafapaşa Campus, 50420 Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Türkiye) May 20-23, 2026 Confirmed Keynote Speakers 2 more keynote speakers to be announced The Blue Humanities is a “current of thought” that challenges terracentric modes of knowing and envisions new ways of living with planetary waters in an era of ecological uncertainty.…

Call for Papers for the section “Cultures and Citizenship” Dear friends and colleagues, I’m happy to share the Call for Papers for the section “Cultures and Citizenship”, part of the Oxford Intersections: Cultures of Waste series (Oxford University Press), edited by Myra Hird and Cecilia Åsberg. I’m editing this section, which focuses on the ways in which waste, culture, and citizenship intersect—through narratives,…

CFP Autumn 2026 Ecozon@ Special Focus Eco-crip Cultures: Disability and the Environment Co-guest editors: Shanna Lino (York University, Canada), Maryanne L. Leone (Assumption University, USA) This special issue explores the intersection of ecology and disability. Recognizing the materiality of both human and more-than-human bodies, we invite articles that consider the possibilities afforded by eco-crip theory to…

PhD course at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, 26–28 November 2025 Ecocriticism, that is, research focusing on the relation between literature, culture, and the environment, is a rapidly growing field both internationally and within Norway. As an environmental humanities discipline, ecocriticism contributes to interdisciplinary environmental research from the perspective of literary and cultural studies.…

Friday May 30th, 2025: 16-17:30 Webinar: “Environmental Game Studies: What Is an Ecological Game?” Participants: Bojana Aćamović (Institute for Literature and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia)Camille Lavoix (University of Würzburg, Germany)Candice Allmark-Kent (Independent Scholar)Erik Frank (University of Würzburg, Germany)Fritz Bommas (University of Munich, Germany)Jacob Lee Tom (University of Stavanger, Norway)Julia Schlosser (California State University, USA)Marie Beckmann (University…

“Join the Orca Uprising!” – Nonhuman Resistance and Multispecies (In)Justice 2026 11th Biennial EASLCE Conference Utrecht University, Netherlands 14–17 April, 2026 https://easlce2026.sites.uu.nl In Silent Spring, Rachel Carson describes the development and use of lethal pesticides and herbicides as the latest, deadliest, episode in what she calls “man’s war against nature.” Indeed, this war has a long…

We are pleased to announce that registration is open for the Biennial Conference for the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, UK and Ireland (ASLE-UKI), which will be hosted by the University of Galway, 9th, 12th-14th August 2025. ASLE-UKI welcomes participation from scholars, readers, and creative practitioners interested in the relationships between literatures, environments and…
