Workshop Details & Suggested Readings (Thursday, October 15th)

Two hour sessions with leading scholars in the field of environmental humanities. Participants will need to read 2-3 articles in advance of the seminar. By Invitation only, Please Contact Matthew Lerberg, our Workshop Coordinator

2:00-4:00: "Environmental Humanities and the Question of Globalization"
Ursula Heise, Professor, Stanford University.

The following books are required for the workshop:

Terry Glavin: The Sixth Extinction: Journey’s Among the Lost and Left Behind
Thomas Dunne Books
ISBN-10: 0312362315
ISBN-13: 978-0312362317

Links: Glavin (The Last Giants) | Glavin (The Valley) | Glavin (Waiting for the Macaws)

Ursula Heise: Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global (especially chapters 1 and 4) Oxford University Press
ISBN-10: 0195335643
ISBN-13: 978-0195335644

Links: Heise (Chapter 1) | Heise (Chapter 4)

5:00-7:00: "Ecology and History"
Robert Markley, Professor, University of Illinois

Suggested Readings:

Reading 1 | Reading 2 | Reading 3 | Reading 4