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Ethics for the Future: Perspectives from 21st Century Fiction (transcript 2023)
Ethics for the Future: Perspectives from 21st Century Fiction (transcript 2023) Which of the possible futures might be a good future, and how do we know? Stephanie Bender looks at contemporary films and novels to address major ethical challenges of the future: the ecological catastrophe, digitalisation and biotechnology. She proposes that fiction and its modes…
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Empirical Ecocriticism – Environmental Narratives for Social Change
Empirical Ecocriticism Environmental Narratives for Social Change There is a growing consensus that environmental narratives can help catalyze the social change necessary to address today’s environmental crises; however, surprisingly little is known about their impact and effectiveness. In Empirical Ecocriticism, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Alexa Weik von Mossner, W. P. Malecki, and Frank Hakemulder combine an environmental humanities…
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John Parham – Obituary
It is with deep sadness that we learn of the death of our friend and colleague John Parham. While most strongly involved in our sister organisation ASLE-UKI, John was also well-known and close to many EASLCE members and a frequent participant in our conferences. John was a highly esteemed ecocritical scholar and a very kind,…
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Webinar Report of the 21st EASLCE Webinar: Environmental Justice, Narrative, & (Ethnic Minority) Literature
“Environmental Justice, Narrative, & (Ethnic Minority) Literature (Dr. Isabel Pérez Ramos, University of Oviedo, Spain) 20 April 2023, 4-6 pm (CEST) Participants: The 22nd EASLCE webinar brought us closer to the various facets of environmental justice both as a social movement and as a concern of narrative texts. The group began by taking a look…
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Ecocriticism and the Island : Readings from the British-Irish Archipelago
Ecocriticism and the Island: Readings from the British-Irish Archipelago – Pippa Marland (Rowman and Littlefield, December 2022). Ecocriticism and the Island explores a wide selection of island-themed creative non-fiction, offering new insights into the ways in which authors negotiate existing cultural tropes of the island while offering their own distinctive articulations of “islandness.” This book…
