The Anthropocene names a new geological epoch where “Man” is a determining cause of planetary systems change. But who and what is missing from this headline of “humans destroying the planet”? In its third iteration, Astrida Neimanis and Jennifer Mae Hamilton have invited an extraordinary...
2018-2019 Sustainability Fellowship Jointly sponsored by the Society for the Humanities and the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University The Society for the Humanities together with the Atkinson’s Center invites applications for a one-year residential fellowship at Cornell University on the topic...
Registration is now open for Viridis Graduate Institute's Fall 2017 degree and non-degree programs in Ecopsychology and Environmental Humanities. Classes are live online! VGI's programs foster capacities to be effective and responsive to our world's complex and interconnected challenges. Visit viridisinstitute.org for additional registration information. ...
From Etienne Benson Assistant Professor in Environmental Humanities The School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor appointment in environmental humanities, broadly interpreted to embrace disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. We...
Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery 2017 Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) Biennial Conference June 20 - 24, 2017, Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan Conference website: http://asle2017.clas.wayne.edu Read full CFP here: http://www.asle.org/wp-content/uploads/ASLE-2017-CFP.pdf In Rust: The Longest War, Jonathan Waldman claims that, for those who “yield to rust,...
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...
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...
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...
Astrida Neimanis (USYD) and Jennifer Hamilton (NYU Sydney) are starting a reading group exploring the links and tensions between inclusive feminisms and environmental humanities. We have put together a list for four once-monthly sessions that takes us until the end of 2015. Then, reflecting on...
Symposium call for papers Foreign Bodies, Intimate Ecologies: Transformations in Environmental History 11-13 February, 2016 Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia foreignbodiesintimateecologies.net | #FBIE2016 Environmental history has experienced significant transformations in recent years, driven by a new sense of urgency created by contemporary environmental crises and greater degrees of interdisciplinary engagement. This international...