The paper will address the work of John Burnside, Kathleen Jamie, and Alice Oswald, from a mostly phenomenological perspective, opening to discuss the writing of poetry itself, from the ‘other …
In an era of overwhelming species extinction and environmental degradation, environmental humanities scholars must consider how to represent, cope with, and perhaps deploy loss. This lecture will examine affects associated …
Save the dates – call for papers – register – Conference on “Connecting with a low-carbon future – the challenges for the arts and humanities” Contact us: lawandphilosophy@stir.ac.uk Overview and …
The theme for this speculative lunch is the relationship between nature and wellbeing. Scholars and practitioners are invited to this informal meeting, which aims to discuss disciplinary specific understandings of …
An interdisciplinary, one-day conference on the cultural representation, study and conservation of trees and woodlands. Our keynote speaker will be Professor Fiona Stafford (Somerville College, Oxford), author of The Long, …
Maria Fusco will make a performative reading and discuss her new book Legend of the Necessary Dreamer. The book is a novella, a prose essay and a real-time excavation of …
Our understanding of the world around us has been a constantly-shifting thing. We have always sought to explain natural phenomena we can’t understand and to use myth, ritual and religion …
Drawing from a recent book project, this presentation argues for a reconfiguration of the category of the animal in the study of culture and religion. Foundational theorists in the human …
We invite scholars, artists and activists to participate in this two-day experimental writing workshop. Using environmental humanities (EH), we seek to undiscipline and de-institutionalise modes and means of research-writing practice …
