Attention all grad students! Join the ASLE summer reading groups on “Climate Justice in the Anthropocene.” Groups will meet twice over the summer via Google Hangout. This is a great opportunity to meet grad students from other institutions while discussing topics vital to the environmental humanities.   How it works: Groups of up to 10 students will meet twice during the summer via Google Hangouts, likely once in July and August. When exactly you meet will be determined by your own group’s availability. Groups will ...

We are delighted to welcome three new International Co-Liaisons to ASLE, appointed by the Executive Council. Andrea Casals, Chia-ju Chang, and Lauren LaFauci will share this role, and bring a wealth of connections from various parts of the world to the duties of this position. ASLE thanks outgoing International Liaison George Handley for his service to our association and its members since 2012.

Professor Andrea Casals in an English teacher. She holds an MA in Human Settlements and Environment and a Doctor’s ...

Update: Deadline Extended to April 30, 2018

ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment is the official journal of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. ISLE seeks to explore the relation between human beings and the natural world, and publishes articles from literary scholars, environmental historians, specialists in the visual and performing arts, environmental philosophers, geographers, economists, ecologists, and scholars in other fields relevant to the environmental humanities. The journal also publishes poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction and book reviews pertinent to its thematic ...

We are pleased to introduce ISLE‘S two new Associate Editors, Christina Gerhardt and Jennifer Westerman. The journal is instituting this new editorial model to help ISLE continue to grow and evolve. They were chosen from a deep pool of excellent candidates to fill these new positions, and will begin their work with the journal on July 1, 2018.  Associate Editors will serve for two years and have the opportunity to apply to become Editor at the end of that time.

Christina Gerhardt is Visiting Scholar at the University of California ...

We are thrilled to announce the ASLE grant recipients for 2018. Applicants applied to one of three categories: Community Grants, Translation Grants, and Subvention Grants.

Funding for ASLE grants come, in large part, from members and supporters like you. Donate today to support innovative research . 

Note: Because we only received one Translation Grant proposal from our 2017 call, ASLE will accept proposals for the remaining two grants of $1,000 each into 2018 on a rolling basis. Please read about how to apply here.

 

Community Grants: ...

The ASLE Digital Strategies Committee is interested in forming a working group of members of ASLE to consider open teaching, learning, and research resources. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are materials shared in the public domain under an intellectual property license that allows their free use and re-purposing by others. These educational resources might include individual and collaborative research, course materials and/or modules, textbooks, videos and media projects, to name a few.

How might ASLE offer students free access to materials as well as promote ...