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Call for Book Chapters: Ecofeminist Intersections
When d’Eaubonne coined the word “ecofeminism” in 1974, related ideas were already being discussed in a range of social sciences and humanities. Within anthropology Ortner (1974) argued that the universal devaluation of women relative to men could be explained by assuming that women are seen as being closer to nature than men, while men are seen as being more…
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Stacy Alaimo Webinar: Bodily Natures, Anthropocene Subjects
EASLCE Webinar With Dr. Stacy Alaimo February 11, 2015 (7 pm CET) “Bodily Natures, Anthropocene Subjects.” Context: As Humanities scholars grapple with the idea of the anthropocene, one of the key questions may be how to conceive of the “anthropos.” Does the anthropocene demand the reconceptualization of the human as a concept, species, geological force,…
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Green Letters 20(1)
‘Pastoral: Past, Present, Future’ Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism is the journal of ASLE-UKI (the UK-Ireland branch of the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment). It is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor and Francis and supported by Bath Spa University and the University of Worcester. Green Letters explores interdisciplinary interfaces between…
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CFP: Approaching the Anthropocene: Perspectives from the Humanities and Fine Arts
Call for Papers: Approaching the Anthropocene: Perspectives from the Humanities and Fine Arts Thursday-Friday, May 7-8, 2015 Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, UCSB Abstract deadline: Monday, March 2, 2015 Scientists have declared that we are in living in the Anthropocene, an age in which human behavior and actions are massively altering the ecosystems of the earth. Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen claims that…
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EASLCE Webinar Dr. Stephanie Le Menager December 13th
EASLCE Webinar With Dr. Stephanie Le Menager, University of Oregon December 13, 2014 (7 pm CET) The Cultures of Energy Context: The “cultures of energy” describes a branch of the environmental humanities that draws upon energy politics, the experiential and political dimensions of climate change (thus, aesthetics and affect), and the geologic turn associated with…
