Oecologies

Inaugural Œ Reading Workshop!

  • “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…

  • Notes from the Sea: An Oecologies Reading Group

    Tiffany Jo Werth, University of California, Davis On Saturday, November 13th, 2021, Dr. Tom White led a discussion amongst fifteen scholars from the U.S, the U.K., and Canada that engaged with two recent blue humanities publications: a chapter on “Interface” from Melody Jue’s Wild Blue Media: Thinking Through Seawater (Duke University Press, 2020) and an…

  • Winter Sea to Sky Event

    Winter Sea to Sky Event

    Friday February 18th from 10:30-12:00PST Zoom Hosted by: Vin Nardizzi, University of British Columbia Readings:Calhoun, Alison, “What Cloud Machines Tell us About Early Modern Emotions,” Renaissance Quarterly, 68, no. 2 (2021): 102-113.Daston, Lorraine, “Cloud Physiognomy,” Representations, 135, no. 1 (2016): 45-71.Peters, John Durham. “The Times and Seasons: Sky Media II (Kairos).” In The Marvelous Clouds:…