Category: Opportunities
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Opportunities: Human Ecology and Culture at Lake Mývatn, Iceland
Human Ecology and Culture at Lake Mývatn 1700-2000: Dimensions of Environmental and Cultural Change: The application period will be open for one month (deadline 15 March) for a unique graduate course in integrated environmental humanities and social sciences in Bárðardalur, northern Iceland, 16-26 August 2019. Aimed at masters and doctoral-level study, this summer course based at…
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ECOZONA: Call For Expressions of Interest: Creative Writing and Arts Editor
The holder of the position will be responsible for the Creative Writing and Visual Arts section of the journal. They will solicit and promote creative art submissions, as well as be responsible for receiving and accepting/rejecting all creative art submissions (writing and visual arts).
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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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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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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…
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Call for Papers – “Literature and the Environment” University of Graz,Austria
Call for Papers – “Literature and the Environment” International Conference to be held at the University of Graz, Austria, 8-10 June 2017 The aim of this conference is to underline the specific relevance of literature and of literary studies for environmental and ecological concerns. As literature has addressed environmental issues in the past decades, and…
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CFP: Landscapes of Wine in Literature and Cinema Conference International Conference
Landscapes of Wine in Literature and Cinema Conference International Conference Grumello del Monte (BG) – June 6 / 8, 2016 The Centro Studi Città e Territorio, in collaboration with the municipality of Grumello del Monte (BG – Italy), presents “Landscapes of Wine in Italian Literature and Cinema”, an international interdiciplinary conference. The conference will be…
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CFP Internationales Symposium Texte, Tiere, Umwelten. Zoopoetik und Umweltpoetik
Internationales Symposium Texte, Tiere, Umwelten. Zoopoetik und Umweltpoetik 12.-14.10.2016 Schloss Herrenhausen, Hannover Gefördert durch die VolkswagenStiftung -Please find English version below- Keynotes: Kári Driscoll (Utrecht), Susan McHugh (Maine, USA) Aaron Moe (Notre Dame, USA), Kate Rigby (Melbourne, Australien) CfP – Projektpräsentationen Die Cultural and Literary Animal Studies formieren sich derzeit als interdisziplinäres akademisches Forschungsfeld auf…
