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Applications for a Junior-Professorship (W1) in Cultural Environmental and Animal Studies
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Würzburg (Germany) invites applications for a Junior-Professorship (W1) in Cultural Environmental and Animal Studies at the Institute for Modern Philologies at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, starting at the next possible entry date. The holder of the post in question must have an academic background in American Studies and/or…
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Call for Applications-Working-class Environmentalism: Reframing the Interface between Society and Nature
Call for Applications 5th Annual Workshop of the Postgraduate Forum Environment, Literature, Culture Working-class Environmentalism: Reframing the Interface between Society and Nature 9-10th November 2017 Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy “Labour deserves the critical attention of green thinkers because it is both integral to the functioning and reproduction of our environmentally rapacious economy, and…
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Webinar Spring 2017 – Dr. Simon C. Estok – The Ecophobia Hypothesis
EASLCE Webinar Spring 2017With Dr. Simon C. EstokThe Ecophobia Hypothesis Saturday, May 20, 2017, 14:00 pm EU time Context: In The Biophilia Hypothesis, a book E.O. Wilson co-edited, Stephen Kellert explains that “the dominionistic experience of nature reflects a desire to master the natural world” (56). This “proficiency to subdue, the capacity to dominate, and…
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The Garden: Ecological Paradigms of Space, History, and Community- 8th Biennial EASLCE Conference
Arguably one of the most alluring environmental images, the garden enjoys a poetic, aesthetic, and mythological presence across many cultures and throughout all ages…
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CFP for special issue of Green Letters
CFP for special issue of Green Letters: ‘J. G. Ballard and the Natural World’ ‘Is there such a thing as authentic “Nature” these days? Or is it now merely an adjunct to the electronic media, almost a TV gimmick? Is it rapidly turning into a theme park?’ (J.G. Ballard, Time Out Magazine, September 1987). J.…
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ASLE Twelfth Biennial Conference – Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery
Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Twelfth Biennial Conference, June 20 – 24, 2017 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan http://asle2017.clas.wayne.edu Eve: So this is your wilderness. Detroit. Adam: Everybody left. Eve: What’s that? Adam: It’s the Packard plant, where they once built the most beautiful cars in the…
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Registration Open EASLCE/ BASCE: 7th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2016
Registration is now open for the EASLCE/ BASCE: 7th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE 2016 “Wildness without Wilderness”: The Poiesis of Energy and Instability The European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (EASLCE): 7th Biennial Conference (Brussels, Belgium— from 27 to 30 October 2016) Hosted by the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and its Department of…
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EASLCE Essay Prize in European Ecocriticism
EASLCE Essay Prize for Best Graduate Student Essay in European Ecocriticism 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 in a grant of 400 Euros to help cover the costs of attending the next EASLCE conference…
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EASLCE Webinar: Understanding Climate Scepticism with Dr. Greg Garrard
Understanding Climate Scepticism with Dr. Greg Garrard Thursday, 26 May 2016; 19:00 CET Understanding Climate Scepticism: Environmental Communication Meets Ecocriticism Context Environmentalists know who climate sceptics are: oil company shills, religious fundamentalists and neoliberal cheerleaders. But in this webinar we ask: who do they think they are? What kinds of selves do sceptical texts project?…
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EASLCE/ BASCE: 7th Biennial Conference “Wildness without Wilderness”: The Poiesis of Energy and Instability
“Wildness without Wilderness”: The Poiesis of Energy and Instability The European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (EASLCE): 7th Biennial Conference (Brussels, Belgium— from 27 to 30 October 2016) Hosted by the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and its Department of Languages and Literatures, in association with the Benelux Association for the…
