Report from ASLEC-ANZ
At ASLEC-ANZ we are very busy organizing our 5th biennial conference, "Affective Habitus: New Environmental Histories of Botany, Zoology and Emotions," to be held at the Australian National University, Canberra, June 19-21.
ASLE Honorary Members Work to Save Monarchs
ASLE Honorary Members Homero & Betty Aridjis have recently been spearheading an effort to save the endangered monarch butterflies, whose wintering territory in the mountains of central Mexico is at risk.
NYT Features Innovative Course Taught by ASLE EC Member
On March 31, 2014, the New York Times Education section highlighted Executive Council member Stephanie LeMenager's course on "The Cultures of Climate Change" at the University of Oregon.
Ecocriticism Session at ALA 2013
The American Literature Association, a coalition of societies devoted to the study of American authors, gathered on a rainy spring weekend in Boston, Massachusetts, for its 22nd annual conference, May 23-25. The ASLE session I organized for the 2013 conference, "Narrative Ecologies: Contemporary American Fiction and the Environment," focused on American fiction by three presenters who live and work outside the United States.
Member News
Associate Professor of Spanish at Wofford College Laura Barbas-Rhoden's chapter "Espacio, violencia y heteronormatividad en una Nicaragua transnacional: Lectura ecofeminista de La Yuma y Meet Me Under the Ceiba" is included in the new book Cartografías cul turales del género en Centroamérica.
ASLE-Japan Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
ASLE-Japan, an organization launched in 1994 and the second oldest ASLE affiliate, is observing its 20th anniversary this year. We decided to implement two special projects as a way of demonstrating development toward our goal of fulfilling our organizational responsibilities.
ASLE-UKI Update
The 2013 ASLE-UKI Annual General Meeting ushered in several changes in our leadership. Greg Garrard, having served many years as Chair, stepped down from the Executive after two years as Immediate Past Chair.
President’s Update
While most of ASLE was making its way to the biennial gathering in Kansas, a few members were making plans beyond the conference that had yet to begin. Guided by the 2009 ASLE Strategic Plan, we charged committees led by Heather Sullivan, Anthony Lioi, and Byron Caminero-Santangelo to develop the grant applications included in this issue of ASLE News .
ASLE Welcomes Newly Elected Officers
Each year at this time, ASLE has the privilege of welcoming a new Vice President and two new Executive Council members to its leadership; every third year, we also welcome a new Diversity Officer.
New International Membership Grant Program Completes first Successful Year
In 2013 ASLE initiated a program that provides International Membership Grants for up to 50 ASLE-US memberships for literature and environment scholars outside the US and Canada.