Environments and Societies
Environments & Societies builds cross-disciplinary collaboration in the environmental humanities and humanistic social sciences to undertake the broad rethinking of human-nature interactions that are critical to meeting the environmental challenges of our era.
2017-2018 Colloquium Series
The Environments & Societies Colloquium will meet during the Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters of 2017-2018. The following scheduled Wednesday workshops will take place from 4-6pm. Each presenter’s work will be pre-circulated for the group’s review and will be available for download by email at least one week prior to each meeting.
Spring 2018
Wednesday, April 11 |
History and Biology in the Age of the Anthropocene: Questions of Scale, Questions of ValueJulia Adeney Thomas, History, University of Notre Dame Location: History Library (4217 SS&H) |
Wednesday, April 25 |
Menagerie: People and Wildlife in the American CityPeter Alagona, History, UC Santa Barbara Location: History Library (4217 SS&H) |
Wednesday, May 9 |
Forms of SurvivalJason Groves, Germanics, University of Washington Location: History Library (4217 SS&H) |
Wednesday, May 30 |
Unsettling Times: Sociological Reflections on Living Well in a Changing ClimateKari Norgaard, Sociology, University of Oregon Location: History Library (4217 SS&H) |
Winter 2018
Wednesday, January 24 |
Blood Sport in the Pacific Whaling FleetLissa Wadewitz, History, Linfield College Location: L.J. Andrews Conference Room (2203 SS&H) |
Wednesday, January 31 |
Herbs and Roots: Toward an Environmental History of Chinese Medicine in the United StatesTamara Venit-Shelton, History, Claremont McKenna College Location: L.J. Andrews Conference Room (2203 SS&H) |
Wednesday, February 14 |
Bird Class: Poetry, Ornithology, and Energy Transition at the Turn of the 19th CenturyMichael Ziser, English UC Davis Location: L.J. Andrews Conference Room (2203 SS&H) |
Wednesday, February 21 |
Bodies Undone: Disability as Atmosphere in Contemporary US Literatures of Environmental JusticeJina B. Kim, English, Smith College Location: L.J. Andrews Conference Room (2203 SS&H) |
Wednesday, March 7 |
Atlas of (Remote) Islands and Sea Level RiseChristina Gerhardt, German, University of Hawaii at Manoa Location: L.J. Andrews Conference Room (2203 SS&H) |