Author: John Charles Ryan

Call for Papers: Edited Book on Southeast Asian Ecomedia

Call for Papers Edited Collection, Ecologies in Southeast Asian Media and Popular Culture Co-edited by Jason Paolo Telles, University of the Philippines Baguio, and John Charles Ryan, University of New England, Australia Environmental images and representations have proliferated in recent years in media and pop cultural texts due...

Pedagogy for existential crises – a collaborative and experiential workshop

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...

CFP: Forming the Future (UK, 2-3 Sept 2019)

Call for Papers FORMING THE FUTURE A one and a half day interdisciplinary conference at the University of Plymouth, England: Sept. 2nd (p.m.) and 3rd, 2019 Confirmed speakers: Amy J. Elias (Tennessee, Knoxville; English Literature) Daniel Innerarity (Ikerbasque; Political Philosophy) Sandra Kemp (Lancaster/Imperial; Director of the Ruskin...

Oratunga Winter School

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...

CFP – Design Knowledge in the Era of the Environmental Collapse

Themed Issue of She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation Guest editors: Stanislav Roudavski and Paul Walker Acute environmental crisis is the primary problem of the future. The pervasive exploitation of the environment leads to severe degradation of habitats unprecedented levels of animal suffering, mass...

CFP: Writing Place, Writing Laws (Uni Melbourne, 10 May 2019)

Writing Place, Writing Laws: Laws and the Humanities in the 'Anthropocene' Workshop, Friday 10 May 2019 Extended Deadline: 22 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 at the University of Melbourne, aims to bring together...

Call for papers, edited issue on “Kin”, Thresholds, MIT Press

Thresholds 48: Kin Call for proposals Proposal submission deadline: April 1 Paper/project submission deadline: June 3 thresholdsjournal.com architecture.mit.edu Our kin help us to sustain and spread norms of trust and obligation to shape identities, homes, political forums, territories—the interwoven spatial scales through which we find and re-make belonging. Kinship has functioned...

CFP – Writing Place, Writing Laws (Melbourne, 10 May 2019)

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...

CFP: Toward Extinction, To Ward Off Extinction (France)

Toward Extinction, To Ward Off Extinction An International Conference organised by CECILLE (Centre d'Etudes en Civilisations, Langues et Lettres Étrangères) 7-9 November 2019 Université de Lille SHS, France Convened by: Thomas Dutoit (CECILLE), Sarah Jonckheere (CECILLE/IdA), and Laura Lainväe (EMMA) Keynote speakers: Sarah Wood, co-editor and advisory board of OLR and Angelaki,...