Category: News
EASLCE news
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Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities (2025)
Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities (2025), edited by Gabriela Jarzębowska, Aleksandra Ross, and Krzysztof Skonieczny. This volume critically interrogates non-Western frameworks within environmental humanities, seeking to challenge and deconstruct dominant Western paradigms. Through a range of interdisciplinary contributions, the book explores alternative epistemologies, including Indigenous, postcolonial, and regional perspectives from Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the…
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First Seed Interview -Ecocritical Dialogues with José Manuel Marrero Henríquez
Primera Entrevista Semilla | Diálogos Eco críticos con José Manuel Marrero Henríquez “In this seminal interview, we converse with José Manuel Marrero Henríquez, writer and a renowned researcher on ecocriticism and philological-cultural studies. Here, we deepen our understanding of the relationship between nature, territory, literature, and memory, opening avenues to understand how ecocritical thinking assists…
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CFP: AmLit: American Literatures; Special Issue on “Speculative Cultures and the Metamodern Turn”
This special issue of AmLit: American Literatures explores the role of 21st-century speculative fiction as a central site for metamodern cultural production in contemporary Anglophone literature and media. Robin van den Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen define metamodernism “[a]s a structure of feeling that emerged in the 2000s and has become the dominant cultural logic of…
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Reminder: Call for Submissions – EASLCE 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 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…
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CFP: 4th International Environmental Humanities Conference – THE BLUE HUMANITIES
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.…
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Join the Arcadiana Editorial Team (5volunteer roles)
Join the Arcadiana Editorial Team (5 volunteer roles) Another way to get involved with Arcadiana, the blog of the European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and the Environment (EASLCE), is by joining our volunteer editorial team. We are currently opening five new positions to expand our activities and reach: Blog Editors (3 positions) Blog Editors…
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CFP: Cultures and Citizenship
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,…
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CFP Autumn 2026 Ecozon@ Special Focus Eco-crip Cultures: Disability and the Environment
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…
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PhD course at the University of Agder Ecocritical Theory: Literature, Culture and Environment
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.…
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Report on the 26th EASLCE Webinar- Environmental Game Studies: What Is an Ecological Game?
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…
