Oecologies

May Œ Writing Workshop!

  • “On the Sea and Coastal Ecologies:Early Modern Pasts and Uncertain Futures”: A SEA symposium at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory May 19-20, 2022

    “Sea,” the second part of multi-year collaboration “Earth, Sea, Sky,” took place at the UC Davis Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory in May.  The project’s principal investigators are Dr. Tiffany Jo Werth (University of California, Davis), Dr. Bronwen Wilson (University of California, Los Angeles), Dr. Lyle Massey (University of California, Irvine) and international collaborators, Dr. Vin Nardizzi (University…

  • Notes from the Coast: an Oecologies Reading Group

    Ashley Sarpong, Yale University On Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 2022, the Oecologies research cluster convened a final virtual reading group for the 2021-2022 year, led by Dr. Tiffany Werth, to discuss accounts of Sir Francis Drake’s 1579 landing in the San Francisco Bay area using an ecocritical lens. The discussion centered on three excerpts…

  • “Cymbeline and the Anthropocene” at the Montana State University Black Box Theatre

    Randall Martin, emeritus, University of New Brunswick Friends and fellow Oecologists, Cymbeline in the Anthropocene is pleased to announce the culmination of our eco-Shakespeare in performance project. It is an international network of seven site-specific productions of Shakespeare’s tragi-comic romance, Cymbeline. Each production seeks to adapt the play’s range of stories, emotions, and terrains to contemporary environmental conditions in the hope…

  • Notes from the Clouds: an Oecologies Reading Group

    Mikhaila Redovian, University of California, Davis On Friday, March 11, the Oecologies research cluster convened a virtual reading group to discuss work on Clouds, bridging the Sea and Sky focal points of our current research project. Led by Dr. Vin Nardizzi, the discussion addressed three works, Alison Calhoun’s “What cloud machines tell us about early…

  • Spring Sea Event

    Spring Sea Event

    Friday April 22nd from 10:30-12:00PDTZoom Co-led by: Tiffany Jo Werth and Andrés Reséndez The final “Sea” reading group will explore the narrative and history behind Sir Francis Drake’s “Fair and Good Bay” and his alleged landing on the North American coast near present day Point Reyes, CA. For readings and details, please RSVP by Friday…