Deadline: 31st of May 2023
Contact: conference’s General Secretary
Email: envhumconference2023@gmail.com
The Journal of Ecohumanism which is published by Transnational Press London organizes a three-day online conference on the topic of:
Recent Approaches to the Environmental Humanities.
Literary and Cultural Reflections on the Human and More-Than-Human World.
Dates: 17th-19th of November 2023
Format: online
Confirmed Keynote Speakers of the Conference’s
Round Table:
Peggy Karpouzou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Roberto Marchesini, Centro Studi Filosofia Postumanista, Italy
Pramod K. Nayar, The University of Hyderabad, India
Scott Slovic, University of Idaho, United States of America
Coordinator:
Nikoleta Zampaki, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Environmental Humanities is one of the most dynamic research fields within Humanities. Environmental Humanities seek to explore the relationship between human and non-human life-forms within their natural environment. Yet, what kind of interplays are found at the heart of Environmental Humanities? Since we are amid pandemic vulnerabilities, ecological catastrophes, rapid techno-scientific advances and increased biological and socio-political states of precarity, the Environmental Humanities also seek to figure out the future of human and non-human nature.
Conscious of the insecurities and constant changes and transformations of subjectivity in the 21st century, the conference aims to open up a multicultural space that moves beyond geographical boundaries to foster discussions and listen to a variety of voices addressing the complex issues associated with the Anthropocene, the more-than-human world (e.g., animals, plants, forests, water, soil, bacteria, viruses, whole ecosystems, etc.) and the various multispecies entanglements. By pooling the collective knowledge about the human and the more-than-human world, we can enhance our chances of reaching potential solutions to sustaining our planet.
This three-day conference will explore questions that facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue among academics and scholars from around the world investigating the evolving concepts of the “human” and “non-human” life-forms that remain crucial to our shared planetary present and future. We invite individual papers and panel proposals related, but not necessarily limited to, the following topics:
– human and more-than-human world in Literary Theory, Cultural Criticism and Humanities (e.g., Ecocriticism, Ecofeminism, Eco-Narratology, Ecopoetics, Zoopoetics, Biosemiotics, Ecosemiotics, New Materialism, Environmental Humanities, Blue/Ocean Humanities, Plant Humanities, Critical Animal Studies, etc.)
-human and more-than-human world, ecology, nature and environment in Comparative Literature (e.g., European, American, Asian, African, Australian, etc.)
-human and more-than-human world in -cenes, e.g., Anthropocene, Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Chthulucene, etc.
-human and more-than-human world in Continental Philosophy and Global Philosophy
-human and more-than-human world in Arts (e.g., Eco-/Bio-Art, Ecomusicology, etc.) and Eco-Aesthetics
-human and more-than-human world in Media Studies, Visual Studies and Film Studies
-human and more-than-human world and Posthumanism, Transhumanism, AI, and Ethics
-human and more-than-human world in Digital Humanities
-human and more-than-human world in Biomimicry, Design Studies and Digital Modelling
-human and more-than-human world in Urban Studies, Spatial Studies, Citizen Humanities, Smart Cities and Citizenship Futures
-human and more-than-human world in Postcolonial Studies and Indigenous Studies
-human and more-than-human world in Food Studies
-human and more-than-human world in Medical Humanities, Health Humanities, Pandemics, Bioethics and Biotechnology
-human and more-than-human world in Disability Studies
-human and more-than-human world in Environmental History
-the language of/for human and more-than-human world, Ecolinguistics
-human and more-than-human world in Environmental Justice
-Eco-Narratology and Storytelling about human and more-than-human world
-Energy Humanities and human and more-than-human world
-human and more-than-human world and Psychology Studies (e.g., Ecopsychology, etc.)
-human and more-than-human world and Anthropology Studies
-human and more-than-human world and Education Studies
-human and more-than-human world and Sociology
-towards the future of the human and more-than-human world
The official language of the conference is English. The conference will be held via the Zoom platform and will also be recorded. Interested scholars are kindly asked to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words, together with a short bio (150 words), for 15-minutes presentation. We also welcome proposals for panels of 4-5 scholars. In that case, please send us the panel’s title, one page description, full names of scholars, their affiliations and e-mails. We don’t accept poster announcements or artworks. Abstracts and proposals for panels should be original and not prior published or announced. Please send the material to the conference’s General Secretary envhumconference2023@gmail.com.
All the participants will receive a signed certificate of attendance for their participation in the conference. After selection and double peer review of the conference’s chapters, the conference’s proceedings will be published by TPLondon. More details will be sent to all the participants after the conference’s end.
Important Dates
Deadline for abstract, short bio and panels’ submissions: 31st of May 2023
Peer Review Accept/Reject Notification: 30th of June 2023
Draft Program’s Announcement: 1st of September 2023
Final Program’s Announcement: 31st of October 2023
In case you have further queries, you are welcome to send an e-mail to Conference’s General Secretary envhumconference2023@gmail.com. We are looking forward to welcoming you to our online conference.
Conference’s Website: https://ecohumanism.co.uk/
Posted on January 16, 2023
