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June 26-30, 2019
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ASLE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

In October of 1992, the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment was founded by an intrepid and engaged group of scholars and writers at the WLA Conference in Reno, Nevada.  We proudly celebrated our 25th Birthday​ in 2017, and are honored that Poets & Writers Magazine has featured ASLE to commemorate this milestone. 

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“The blue planet is calling us to cherish its immortality and ASLE membership is the best platform to learn how to get involved.” – Ufuk Ozdag

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  • RFP for 2019 ASLE Community Grant

    13 Feb 2019
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    We are soliciting proposals for projects that will help build connections between the environmental humanities and place-based environmental organizations working outside the academy.

    The ASLE Community Grant is open to ASLE members who engage in collaborative projects with community-based organizations that will help build connections between the environmental humanities and place-based nonprofit environmental community organizations, and enhance the use of Environmental Humanities research, teaching, and publications in local programs and activities. The grants are intended to enhance environmental humanities involvement in the ongoing work ...

  • International Conference on Ecology and Culture 2018: FSLE-India's 2nd International Conference

    International Conference on Ecology and Culture 2018: FSLE-India

    19 Jan 2019
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    ICEC 2018: FSLE-India’s Second International Annual Conference Report By Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal

    Located in a peninsular kind of geographical setting savored with spiritual vibes, Amritapuri, the countryside of Kollam, a small district in Kerala has witnessed a three days long intellectual discourse observing almost 250 participants from across the globe. It was FSLE-India’s Second International Annual Conference held on December 15-17, 2018 in collaboration with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam themed Ecology and Cultural Cognizance: A Boulevard of Sustainable Amiability.

    The chief guest of the event was the renowned ...

  • Environmental Literature Institute 2018

    2019 Environmental Literature Institute at Phillips Exeter Academy

    09 Jan 2019
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    From Sunday, June 23 to Friday, June 28, 2019, Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire will host the fourth annual Exeter Environmental Literature Institute (ELI)—the only institute of its kind dedicated to the environmental humanities in secondary education. The week-long conference, offered in collaboration with ASLE, is designed to build and sustain a community of teachers working in the environmental humanities.

    Environmental Literature Institute, 2018

    ELI offers an opportunity for teachers to deepen their pedagogy in ways that will nurture the next generation ...

  • ASLE Grants: Translation Grant Call and New Award Cycle

    30 Nov 2018
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    After discussion and consideration on the difficulty of raising $12,000 per year to fund all three of our ASLE Grant Programs, the Executive Council has made the determination that ASLE will rotate the grants, giving only one each year in a three year cycle.

    The funding levels have been changed as well, from $3,000 for Translation Grants, $4,000 for Subvention Grants, and $5,000 for Community Grants, to $5,000 for each type of grant.

    The first grants awarded under this new cycle will be Translation Grants. ...

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ASLE’s mentoring program offers graduate students research assistance, career guidance, and other support.

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ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment is ASLE’s official journal and is free to members.

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