We are seeking proposals for an interdisciplinary anthology, tentatively titled “Perma/Culture: Imagining Alternatives in an Age of Crisis,” that will treat cultural production and practices related to “alternatives”—both critical and creative, descriptive and imaginative—that challenge the unjust and unsustainable systems that dominate at present. Though...
The World Forest History series, published by the ANU Press, is happy to announce the publication of Brett Bennett's and Fred Kruger's new book, Forestry and Water Conservation in South Africa: History, Science and Policy. The book is available free online and through a print-on-demand...
Call for Applications Urban Cultures of Sustainability: International Graduate and Doctoral Student Workshop To be held in collaboration with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Munich at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) at the Albert-Ludwig-University Freiburg, 11–14 July 2016 This five-day intensive workshop is open to...
Call for Proposals Under Western Skies 2016 Water: Events, Trends, Analysis September 27-30, 2016 Mount Royal University Calgary, Alberta, CANADA Under Western Skies (UWS) is a biennial, interdisciplinary conference series on the environment. The fourth conference organizers invite prospective researchers, authors, artists, and presenters to consider submitting proposals for oral...
Transformations of the Earth: International Graduate Student Workshop in Environmental History Renmin University of China, Beijing 21-23 May 2016 Co-Sponsored by the Center for Ecological History, Renmin University of China, and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany This conference is open to advanced graduate...
Activism, Art and Atolls: Communicating the Oceanic Anthropocene Public lecture and panel forum Keynote speaker: Dr Jennifer Newell, American Museum of Natural History 3 December, 2015. 18:00–19:30 Alter Seminarraum, Deutsches Museum, Museumsinsel 1, 80538 Munich. ...
Two Research Fellow positions are available at the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation for postdoctoral scholars to work with Professor Emma Kowal. Positions are at Level A/B and are two years with a possible extension of 1-2 years. Positions are based at Deakin...
The Green Thread: Dialogues with the Vegetal World is now available on the Rowman & Littlefield website. Please pass along the info to your networks and libraries for pre-order. The book is scheduled for release on December 17, 2015. It is already listed on Amazon and...
Landscapes: the Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language Issue: Ecotones as Contact Zones: Reading Landscape Intersections Submissions due: 18 November 2015 The Summer 2015/16 issue of Landscapes seeks critical essays, creative non-fiction, poetry, photography and artwork of a broadly interdisciplinary nature that...
The Bush Retreats for Eco-Writers (BREW) network recently hosted its inaugural writer in residence, PhD student Justine Philip from the University of New England. Justine spent ten productive days at the charming ‘Blue Bucket’ property. Read Justine’s report on the BREW website Feature image: Blue Bucket residence...