Events At Neighboring Universities

CALL FOR PAPERS:

On April 7-8, 2011, Temple University will host an interdisciplinary symposium, "Grid + Flow: Philadelphia and Beyond - Mapping and Reimagining Urban Ecologies through the Arts and Humanities."

Keynote speaker: MIKE DAVIS

A leading international figure in the critical study of urban ecology, Mike Davis is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California, Riverside, a MacArthur Fellow, and author of more than 20 books, including the prize-winning City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles.

New interdisciplinary currents in the environmental humanities - including environmental history, ecocriticism, cultural geography, environmental media studies, and environmental ethics - offer opportunities for understanding and interpreting the interaction between people and the non-human environment in urban places.

The organizers of "Grid + Flow" invite proposals for papers in the environmental humanities addressing aspects of Philadelphia's relationship with non-human nature. Especially welcome will be proposals that examine the history and current state of Philadelphia's urban ecology in light of broader regional, national, and transnational environmental concerns such as sustainability, environmental justice, and climate change. Organized by Alan C. Braddock (Art History), Peter d'Agostino (Film and Media Arts), and Andrew Isenberg (History), the symposium will be part of a larger program of events at Temple University in the environmental humanities, including Sustainability Week and a new media arts installation.

This free, public symposium will be held at Temple University's Main Campus in north Philadelphia. It will open with the keynote address by Mike Davis on Thursday evening, April 7. The symposium will proceed on Friday, April 8, with a day-long series of 20-minute talks and discussion, followed by a reception for all participants and the audience. The organizers expect to publish papers from the symposium.

Faculty, professionals, and advanced graduate students are invited to submit proposals. Please submit one-page CV and 250-word abstract for a 20-minute paper via e-mail to braddock@temple.edu by January 7, 2011.