Oecologies

Inaugural Œ Reading Workshop!

  • Notes from “Common Environments: Public-Facing Research and Premodern Cultures”

    Sharon O’Dair, University of Alabama On April 9, 2021, the Oecologies Research Cluster hosted a Zoom webinar on the topic of Common Environments:  Public-Facing Research and Premodern Cultures.  Moderating the event was Courtney Barajas (Whitworth) and presenters were Brenna Duperron (Dalhousie), Ruben Espinosa (Texas, El Paso), Sarah-Nelle Jackson (UBC), and Jeffrey Wilson (Harvard).  Approximately twenty-five…

  • There’s nothing new about the end of the world: Dread and decolonization

    Jastej Luddu and Fenn Stewart1 For the past year and a half, and all the way through the pandemic, the two of us have been talking (and writing emails) about dread. We’re mostly interested in the usefulness, and uselessness, of different kinds of dread in response to the interconnected (and ongoing) catastrophes of colonialism and…

  • Spring Sea Event

    Spring Sea Event

    Friday May 21st, 2021 | 10:30-12PSTZoom Co-led by: Tiffany Jo Werth and Andrés Reséndez We will be studying and exploring the history and scholarship around Sir Francis Drake’s “fair and good bay.” Readings: TBA For readings and details, please RSVP by May 14th to kschuhmacher@ucdavis.edu.

  • Reading Notes from the Arctic: an Oecologies Reading Group

    Laura Hutchingame, University of California, Los AngelesZachary Korol-Gold, University of California, Irvine On 16 March 2021, scholars involved with the UCHRI Oecologies research group gathered to discuss two texts: “Arctic Ink” by Christopher Heuer (2019) and “Going Glacial” by Lowell Duckert (2017). Following introductions in breakout rooms, the group began by comparing the two readings.…

  • Notes from “On the sea and coastal ecologies: early modern pasts and uncertain futures” Virtual Research Share

    Kirsten Schuhmacher; University of California, Davis On January 19th, 2021, the University of California Humanities Research Institute working group, “On the sea and coastal ecologies: early modern pasts and uncertain futures,” participated in a generative virtual research share. Led by Principal Investigator, Tiffany Jo Werth (UC Davis), the following members of the multicampus faculty working…