Anthropocene Narratives: One-day Symposium in Environmental Humanities Friday, October 31st, 9:15 AM-5 PM AEDTAustralian Catholic University (Melbourne) While the Anthropocene as a geological epoch remains a subject of scientific debate, the term has gained enormous currency in environmental studies, the social sciences, legal studies, and the humanities....
As the ocean economy faces growing social, ecological, and political pressures, it’s clear that the current "blue growth" model—focused on expanding ocean industries under the banner of sustainability—isn’t delivering justice for people or the planet. We urgently need to imagine new futures for our oceans:...
Funded PhD Opportunity: Australia-based, whale watching & ecocultural/environmental communication Interested candidates should send required materials before 8 September 2025 for best consideration. This call will remain open until the position is filled. Overview description: This is an opportunity to pursue a funded PhD in Sydney,...
Animals of Emotion project We invite you to participate in a public survey as part of a research project exploring our emotional relations to animals and environmental challenges. The project is being led by researchers from RMIT University, Western Sydney University, Macquarie University, and University of...
Occupy Climate Change! (OCC!) was a research project funded by the Swedish Council for Sustainable Development (FORMAS) and ran from 2019 to 2022. The project investigated grassroots social innovations addressing climate change through in-depth case studies in Malmö (Sweden), New York City (USA), Rio de...
Environmental humanities scholar and anthropologist Dr. Sophie Chao (University of Sydney) has published a monograph with Duke University Press, titled Land of Famished Beings: West Papuan Theories of Hunger. The book draws on Chao's ethnographic fieldwork in West Papua and examines how Indigenous Marind communities...
Call for chapter proposals for an edited volume titled Ecospirituality in Asia: Narratives of Care, Conservation, and Sustainability This edited volume draws upon the interconnected narratives of ecology and spirituality in Asia from the perspectives of care, conservation, and sustainability of the environment. The intersection between ecology and spirituality,...
FIAS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2026/2027 The FrenchInstitutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10-month fellowships atthe seven Institutes of Aix Marseille, Cergy, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours),Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris. It welcomes applications from high-level international scholars and scientists to develop their innovative research projects in France.For the...
In environmental history, we strive to connect with our research subjects beyond traditional archives and research methods. To celebrate Environmental History Week, please join us for a workshop exploring the materiality, interconnectedness, and temporalities of the objects that appear in our everyday lives. We will...
This book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of pastoral, a genre that has captured the Western imagination for centuries, across literature, art and music. Combining the practices of literary criticism and creative writing, Decolonising Pastoral develops a new series of tools for the project of the environmental...