Symposia & Conferences
‘Sustaining Environments’ - Working Symposium
What kind of interdisciplinary alliances might be possible and desirable within the humanities so as to raise the discipline to the challenges of social and environmental sustainability?
The purpose of this first day is to discuss a possible platform to probe the topic of the new interdisciplinary field of the environmental humanities together with expert Scholars, Professors and PhD researchers. Specifically, this symposium is designed to find some consensus about methods, terminology and approaches to the theme of: ‘Environment Humanities’.
The maximum number of participants is 50 and registration is necessary
Deatailed Programme:
Morning Session: 10:00 – 13:00
Chair: Rosi Braidotti
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10:00 – 10:15: |
Welcome by Rosi Braidotti (Director Centre for the Humanities Utrecht) |
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10:15 – 11:15: |
Speaker: Klaas van Egmond (Utrecht Centre for Earth and Sustainability)
Title: The Human Dimension of Sustainability
Respondent: Evelynn Hammonds (Dean, Harvard College) |
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11:15 - 11:30: |
Discussion |
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11:30 – 12:30:
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Speaker: Rosi Braidotti (Director Centre for the Humanities Utrecht)
Title: Eco-philosophy and the posthuman
Respondent: D. N. Rodowick (Centre for Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University) |
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12:30 – 13:00: |
Discussion |
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13:00 – 14:00: |
Break |
Afternoon Session: 14:00 – 17:00
Chair: Klaas van Egmond
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14:00 – 15:00: |
Speaker: Bas van Bavel (Professor of Economic and Social History of the Middle Ages at Utrecht University)
Title: Sustainability in a long-run perspective: using history as a laboratory
Respondent: Joyce Chaplin (James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History, Harvard University) |
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15:00 – 15:30: |
Discussion |
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15:30 – 16:30:
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Speaker: David Pascoe (Chair of English Literature and Culture, Utrecht University)
Title: Shakespeare's Sustaining
Respondent: Kate Soper (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, London Metropolitan University) |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Discussion |
For more information about the event and speakers, see here.
Utrecht University Lustrum
Utrecht University and Harvard are turning 375 in 2011 and will be celebrating this anniversary under this jointly organised conference by the Centre for the Humanities in Utrecht and Harvard.
For more information on the Utrecht Lustrum events please visit the Utrecht University website at www.uu.nl
These Events are free of charge, but you are advised to register by sending and email to cfh@uu.nl
| Start date and time: |
17/5/2011 10:00 |
| End date and time: |
17/5/2011 17:00 |
| Location: |
Belle van Zuylen Zaal, Academiegebouw, Domplein 29, Utrecht |