This public symposium will explore how place and memory shape the way we think about landscapes, the past and the present. Drawing together scholars and practitioners, the symposium showcases new research into encounters with place, collecting cultures, natural history and nature writing, and sites of...
Australasian Workshop on Teaching Environmental History and Humanities 14-15 November, 2019 Macquarie Room, State Library of New South Wales Call for participants The Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network (ANZEHN) is holding a workshop on teaching environmental history and humanities. Teaching remains a crucial arena for the dissemination...
Macgeorge Bequest Public Lecture: School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne presents: Dr Macarena Gómez-Barris: Submerged Perspectives: Life Otherwise in the Occupied Forest and Along the Alien Ocean Thursday 4th July, 2019 Arts West, University of Melbourne Parkville Campus In this presentation Macarena Gómez-Barris addresses her recent work on...
China Studies Centre, the University of Sydney …………………. Visualizing Oceanic Infrastructure: a workshop on the aesthetics of island building Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm, Wednesday, 29 May 2019 Location: Room 708, Jane Foss Russell Building, University of Sydney Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/visualizing-oceanic-infrastructure-a-workshop-on-the-aesthetics-of-island-building-tickets-61406396184 This workshop in the environmental humanities is designed to introduce...
Climate vulnerability-and-complicity, white fragility and supremacy, cis entitlement and speciesism each present particularly challenging conditions for educators and other pedagogues to navigate in contemporary educational settings. How can we effectively engage people in discussions and responses to what might feel for them - and us...
Oratunga Winter School #2: Creating out of Place 21-27 July 2019 @ the Historic Oratunga Sheep Station Six days of workshops, collaboration, creative development and critical reflection. A team of distinguished scholars and creative practitioners will guide you through the art of creative place-making in storied Country. Practice and...
The Sydney Environmental Humanities Lecture series will be running again in 2019. --- Environmental change is happening all around us, and yet voices differ over its causes and consequences. At the same time, our human activity is playing an increasingly significant role in shaping the earth and...
Writing Place, Writing Laws: Laws & the Humanities in the 'Anthropocene' Workshop, Friday 10 May 2019 Melbourne Law School Call for Papers Deadline: 10 March 2019 To be held on Friday 10th May 2019, this workshop, featuring Professor Alexis Wright, award winning author, and Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature...
The HumanNature: Sydney Environmental Humanities Lecture Series will be running again in 2019 with a great lineup of speakers. The first lecture will be: Prof. Tony Birch (Victoria University) "Connection and cooperation in a time of climate change" Tuesday 26 February 2019 6:00-7:30pm Australian Museum For further information and to book your...
Ecoarts Australis Conference: Using the visual and performing arts to encourage pro-environmental behaviour University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales Sunday 26 May to Tuesday 28 May 2019 The third EcoArts Australis national conference is an opportunity for you to network and communicate with others who using the arts in...