Tag: Environmental Humanities
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Eco-Aesthetics: A Framework of Watery Bodies and Fog-Scapes in Art by Francesca Baroni
Water, besides being a central element of the environmental crisis, plays a profoundly symbolic and political role within contemporary societies. It is at the heart of numerous social struggles, embodying the demands of environmentalists, trade unions, and workers who oppose its privatization.
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New M.A. Program “Environmental Humanities” (University of Würzburg, Germany)
A new master’s program in “Environmental Humanities” will be starting at the University of Würzburg, Germany, in October 2026. The interdisciplinary program combines concepts, theories, and methods from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to investigate the historical, cultural, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions of environmental and ecological issues, such as climate change, mass extinction,…
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CFP – Fluid Archives: Rethinking Agency in the Hydro-Commons
In the “storied seas” of the Anthropocene, water is never merely a backdrop; it is an archive (Oppermann 2019). Its ebb and flow resemble the turning over of eternal epigraphs. The sustained contact between groundwater and surface water over centuries—and indeed, for as long as the earth has existed—has established persistent waterscapes that give life…
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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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Ecocriticism and Old Norse Studies – Reinhard Hennig Emily Lethbridge Michael Schulte (eds)
Ecocriticism and Old Norse Studies. Nature and the Environment in Old Norse Literature and Culture. Ed. by Reinhard Hennig, Emily Lethbridge, and Michael Schulte. Turnhout: Brepols 2023 “Ecocriticism and Old Norse Studies is the first anthology to combine environmental humanities approaches and the study of premodern Nordic literature and culture. The chapters gathered here present innovative…
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CFP: Recent Approaches to Environmental Humanities
Recent Approaches to Environmental Humanities. Literary and Cultural Reflections on the Human and More-Than-Human World. The Journal of Ecohumanism which is published by Transnational Press London organizes a three-day online conference. The main theme of the Conference is “Recent Approaches to Environmental Humanities. Literary and Cultural Reflections on the Human and More-Than-Human World.” Dates: 17-19 November 2023…
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Approaches to Climate Change in Environmental Humanities: PhD Course
PhD Course, University of Bergen,August 30–September 4, 2020 5 ECTS credits Language: English The course will be held digitally if the corona situation does not allow physical presence in Bergen. Can the humanities contribute productively to the inter-disciplinary field of climate change research? Some of the humanistic contributions to this field have focused on how…
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CFP: Encountering Materiality: Science, Art, Language
CFP: Encountering Materiality: Science, Art, Language 23-25 June 2016 This conference is co-organized by the English Department of the University of Geneva and by the Dirt Foundation. Please see our website for more information and for submitting your abstract: http://encounteringmateriality.org/conference/ Description What is materiality? As contemporary societies meet philosophical and earthly limits, we are being confronted…
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Call for Papers; Energy Use and the Humanities
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2016 Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue will include papers that explore the intersection of the various Humanities disciplines, with the production and consumption of energy sources, such as petroleum, natural gas, nuclear energy, solar and wind power, and coal (this is only a partial list and papers that explore…
