News

The Graduate Student Working Group has launched an ASLE Graduate Student Blog.  This is a place for graduate students and those interested in graduate education in the field of literature and environment to engage in lively discussion and foster community.  The address is http://aslegrad.wordpress.com/, and contributions on professional development, resume-building, syllabi, pedagogy, conferencing, and whatever is on the minds of ASLE graduate students and the faculty who teach them are welcome.

The Call for Papers for the Ninth Biennial ASLE Conference from June 21-26, 2011, has been released.  The deadline for submissions is November 5, 2010.  To view the CFP, click here.  Visit the conference website for more details.

The European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and the Environment (EASLCE) has released their first issue of the journal Ecozon@.  Ecozon@ is a new, important element in the European intellectual landscape, providing not just an interdisciplinary forum, but also the first multilingual platform for ecocriticism. Its special aim is to contribute to world-wide ecocritical debate with original European perspectives, while at the same time promoting the spread of ecocriticism in non-English speaking countries.  To view the issue and access the 28 essays, poetry and art work included,  just visit the site at www.ecozona.eu, and register for free.

The ASLE community now has a new cyber meeting place to share news about research, events, pedagogy, and more regarding diversity and environment issues.  Designed and maintained by current Diversity Officer Priscilla Ybarra, the site will host ongoing discussions and announcements.  The next elected Diversity Officers will continue to maintain the site.  Please see the site at http://aslediversity.weebly.com/ to join the conversation on diversity issues.

The dates have been set for the Ninth ASLE BIennial Conference at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.  The conference will be held from June 21-26, 2011, so get out your calendars and save the dates!

The membership of ASLE has elected the 2010 Vice President and two new Executive Council (EC) members.  Vice President is Ursula Heise of Stanford University.  New EC members are Greta Gaard of University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands of York University in Toronto.  The ASLE president has also appointed a new Graduate Student Liaison to serve a two-year term on the council: Jill Anderson of the University of Mississippi.  Welcome to all the new members of the ASLE leadership!