Biennial Conference Archives

ASLE has conducted eight previous biennial conferences dating back to 1995; archival information on these events and links to past conference websites and articles, if available, is listed below.

Ninth Biennial Conference, 2011

"Species, Space and the Imagination of the Global"

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
June 21-26, 2011

Conference Web Site: http://www.indiana.edu/~asle2011/index.shtml

Program: website program page

Conference program chair: Ursula Heise, Stanford University

Conference host:  Christoph Irmscher, Indiana University

Eighth Biennial Conference, 2009

ISLAND TIME: The Fate of Place in a Wired, Warming World

June 3-6, 2009
Pre-Conference Workshops and Activities June 2, 2009

University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

 Conference Website:  http://asle.uvic.ca

Call for Proposals (PDF)

Conference Program

Simmons Buntin of Terrain.org blogged on the conference day by day (see menu in right hand column to find a particular day).

Andrew Revkin of the New York Times and a plenary speaker at the conference, was as amazed as the rest of us by the sheer volume of rabbits on the University of Victoria campus.  Read his post on this at his Dot Earth blog.

Seventh Biennial Conference, 2007

Confluence: literature, art, criticism, science, activism, politics

Site: Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
Hosts: John Lane and Ellen Goldey
Date: 12-16 June 2007
Conference Web Site
Call for Papers (PDF file)
Conference Program (PDF file)
Susan Hanson's conference photos 

Sixth Biennial Conference, 2005

Being in the World, Living With the Land

Site: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Host: Louise Westling
Date: 21-26 June 2005
Conference CFP and Information
Photo Album
Conference Program (PDF file) 

Fifth Biennial Conference, 2003

"the solid earth! the actual world!": Sea--City--Pond--Garden

Site: Boston University, Boston, MA 
Host: Adam Sweeting
Date: 3-7 June 2003
Photo Album
Conference CFP and Information
Conference Program Draft (PDF file)
Coverage in the B.U. Bridge

Fourth Biennial Conference, 2001

Making a Start Out of Particulars

Site: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Host: Max Oelschlaeger
Date: 19-23 June 2001
Conference Program
Call for Proposals

Third Biennial Conference, 1999

What to Make of a Diminished Thing: Restoration, Preservation, Conservation

Site: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Host: Tom Bailey
Date: 2-5 June 1999
Conference Information
Conference Program
Photo Album

Second Biennial Conference, 1997

Site: University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Host: Hank Harrington
Date: 17-19 July, 1997

Conference photo album (large file)

General Information, including
academic sessions, evening readings, and other events
concurrent events and recreational opportunities
food, lodging, and transportation
Full Conference Schedule

First Biennial Conference, 1995

Site: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Date: 9-11 June, 1995
Press Release
Photo Album
Conference Program
Luci Tapahonso Papers
Coverage in the New York Times Magazine