Call for Papers: Mediating Climate Change University of Leeds Tuesday 4th – Thursday 6th July 2017 Confirmed speakers: Professor Wändi Bruine de Bruin (Leeds); Professor Nigel Clark (Lancaster); Professor Alexandra Harris (Liverpool); Professor Mike Hulme (King’s College London); Dr Adeline Johns-Putra (Surrey); Professor Gillen D’Arcy Wood (Illinois) Our experience...
CFP: Otago German Studies, Vol. 28 (Dunedin: University of Otago) This series of books, published in the German Programme of the Department of Languages and Cultures at the University of Otago (NZ), aims to support German Studies in New Zealand by providing a means of publication, primarily,...
Feeding the Insatiable (real and imagined narratives of art, energy and consumption for a troubled planet) An international summit taking place at Dartington Hall in southwest England from 17.00 on November 9 to 16.40 on November 11, 2016. The event features thinkers and makers from across the world, with...
Bath Spa University is launching the UK's first taught MA in Environmental Humanities. Building on Bath Spa's long-standing strength in literature and environment, this innovative interdisciplinary programme, led by Kate Rigby, brings (post-)human geography, environmental anthropology, environmental philosophy, ethics and religious studies, ecocriticism, and nature...
The Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA) is calling out to all Australians working in the creative industries, to help promote the rights of the natural world. On 22 October 2016, AELA will host Australia’s first Rights of Nature Tribunal. This non-government, citizen’s tribunal will hear cases presented by individuals and...
Special issue call for Journal Environmental Communication: deadline 30 May 2016 Environmental Themes in Popular Narratives http://explore.tandfonline.com/content/est/renc/renc-cfp The purpose of this special issue of Environmental Communication is to explore and analyse a number of prominent environmental narratives conceived and reproduced in different venues. Despite the increasing presence of...
A global short film competition concerning the profoundly frightening and yet somehow incredibly optimistic landscapes of the 21st century. You have 3 minutes. The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects in partnership with the National Museum of Australia and LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture, invites the submission of...
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON… LIBBY ROBIN NORWEGIANS WORK ONE HUNDRED days less per year than Australians. The whole country savours its precious few months of summer, with long days, long holidays and widespread retreat from city apartments to cabins in the mountains. Norwegians open their...
The doctoral program “Environment and Society” at the Rachel Carson Center, Munich, invites applications from graduates in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences who wish to research the complex relationships between environment and society in an interdisciplinary setting. Applications for winter semester 2016/17 must...
Autumn Mushroom Foray 14-18 September 2016 – Switzerland – The five-day workshop delves deep into the ecological and cultural dimensions of fungi, situated within the mushroom-loving land of Switzerland. The workshop includes: Interactive fungus ecology & identification sessions Exciting field forays in the Swiss Jura forests with fungus experts (foray travel...