Rethinking Fables in the Age of the Environmental CrisisMay 22-24, 2025 International conferenceUniversity of Kent, Canterbury, UK (and online) Confirmed Keynote Speakers:Vinciane Despret and Susan McHugh Once upon a time, not very long ago, many considered fables to be an anthropocentric mode of representing animals, to be avoided...
RESISTANCE: A Journal of Radical Environmental HumanitiesMarco Armiero, Editor-in-chief From Resilience to Resistance: An Almost New Journal for Environmental HumanitiesResilience: A Journal of Environmental Humanities is entering a new phase in its evolution. Under the leadership of the new editor-in-chief, Marco Armiero, the journal is undergoing...
The radical work of mourning: the power of grief in a time of extinction When: Thursday 11 April 2024, 6.00PM - 7.30PMLocation: The Michael Spence Building (F23) Eastern Ave & City Rd, Camperdown NSW 2050, AustraliaCosts: FreeRegister at Humanitix When we lose a loved one, we share...
Join us at the National Museum for a day of art, music, performance, storytelling and conversations exploring Australia’s remarkable river places and celebrating the launch of Living on the Edge: Caring for Australia’s Threatened Places. Through talks, walks and creative activities suited to all ages, learn about...
These Visiting Fellowships of between two and four months are intended to encourage outstanding interdisciplinary research, international scholarly collaboration, and networking activities of Visiting Research Fellows with a specific focus on the Environmental Humanities. Fellows will be expected to contribute to furthering the work of...
These fellowships are intended to empower up to 40 of the world's best and brightest emerging academics to undertake innovative research that will build our understanding of, and resilience to climate change, improve health outcomes, and create a more sustainable world. Fellowship website: https://www.sydney.edu.au/research/research-funding/research-fellowships/sydney-horizon-fellowships.html Fellowship benefits Each...
The 2023 Conference of the Australasian Animal Studies Association will be held in-person at the University of Sydney on the 27th and 28th of November 2023, as part of the Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Conference theme – Animal Cultures – encompasses emerging...
Two HDR scholarships associated with Associate Professor Emily O'Gorman's ARC Future Fellowship project 'Protecting Global Wetlands, 1945 to the Present' have just been advertised. The closing date for applications is 13 January 2023. Scholarships are for domestic candidates. Further information on these HDR scholarships is available here: - Wetland...
We are now advertising three PhD Fellowships and one Postdoctoral Fellowship (fully salaried, 3+1 year) as part of the multidisciplinary project: “Anthropogenic Soils: Recuperating Human-Soil Relationships on a Troubled Planet (SOILS)” – funded by the Norwegian Research Council (large-scale interdisciplinary Fellesløft project), based at the University...
Renewing worlds together: notes from the beach Riding connective currents of image, sound, and WiFi, long-time collaborators Paul G Wunungmurra and Jennifer Deger will reflect on beaches as increasingly complex zones of love and concern. -- Monday 17 October 2022, 3.00PM - 4.00PMLocation: Online (Zoom)Host: Sydney Environment Institute,...