It deftly weaves together the work of major ecocritical scholars such as Nixon, Haraway, Caminero-Santangelo, Iovino and Oppermann, and to sharply critique a status quo (the anthropocentrism of postcolonial studies).
Proposals may be submitted until Sept. 4, 2018.

reckoning with “paradise” in the face of colonial histories, environmental injustice, and ecological catastrophe, the intimacy of myth to possibility, alternative realities, and catastrophe, the reduction of diversity after the arrival of settler colonialists, especially but not only in California, cross-cultural currents and global vectors, human and nonhuman, the relation of imagination to discovery, settlement and transformation, extinction, ecological imperialism, monstrosity, megafauna, and scale, gender, race and ecology in dystopian times, the proliferation of material and ideological walls around enclaves, states, and nations, attending better to the people, animals, plants, and natural forces that find themselves on the wrong side of the gate, forced into communities not of their choosing, or forced to migrate without safe destinations, radical welcome: creating more just, capacious, and humane modes of living together across species, how the past matters to the imagination of a more capacious future, climate fiction (CliFi), climate fact, and the future of ecological science studies, Afro-futurisms, Indigenous futurisms, Latinx futurisms, Asian futurisms, queer futurisms, California and beyond: exceptionalism, secession, natural and unnatural disasters, green gentrification (the L.A. River), evacuation zones, Sanctuary Cities and States, gated communities, immigration and Dreamers, Trump’s border wall, housing and being humane, The Trans-Pacific: imaginaries, cultures, materialities, flows, Fire as emblematic of the strange agencies and hybrid onto-epistemologies of the Anthropocene, and fire as emblematic of the passion, energy, and incendiary creativity of activism. ABOUT THE EVENT / Keynote and Invited Speakers: The following professor has graciously agreed to deliver keynote speech: Professor Dr. Daniel L. Rubinfeld. a 500-word max description of the proposed workshop theme and structure (for four hours), in addition to the leader’s or leaders’ (limited to two) particular qualifications to lead it; and. Awardees received a $100 prize and future publication in ISLE journal. Judges have announced the winners for the 2019 ASLE Book Awards and Graduate Student Paper Awards. Paradise does not exist, and yet that never seems to stop people from finding it, or building it, or dreaming its contours – often to the detriment of humans and nonhumans on the wrong side of its walls. All paper proposals that do not find an initial home will also be considered for placement in one of the open topic panels. ASLE operations cover Agriculture, Soil, Land, and Environment sectors. Those who wish to participate in the conference may submit a proposal for consideration for inclusion within one of these panels, or for one of the open topic panels to be organized by the conference committee. Both scholarly and creative submissions are very welcome. ASLE 2019 Field Trip to the Yolo Basin to see the nightly bat flyout. Please email us at [email protected] with any questions. We also want to empower ASLE members to shape the conference they will attend. In the sixteenth century Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo imagined a place called “California,” an island ruled by a dark skinned Amazonian queen with an Arabic name, Califia (Las Sergas de Esplandián).

We hope to have many open panels that will choose their participants through the Call for Papers circulated in October. The Greek word for Eden is “Paradise,” a walled garden that bars entrance to most. As our membership and the number of conference presenters have grown, a small selection committee is likely no longer the best judge of our members’ capacious range of interests and expertise.

Check out the event newsletter from one of the conference co-organisers, NUS Global Asia Institute. All conference panels are 90-minutes long. Rush combines extensive research with moving personal connections to the places and people inhabiting those places affected by the oceans already rising–and the disruptions that rising and warming seas will increasingly unloose. Its treatment of a historical topic (The Mississippi flood of 1927) with obvious contemporary resonance and specific attention to environmental racism and ecological justice presents a remarkable example of cultural history in truly accessible prose for a “crossover” readership.”. We create new opportunities by combining innovative concepts and technologies with industry knowledge, scientific research, experience, and expertise. WHEN / June 27-28, 2019. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Paper submissions for these panels begin Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 15. Topics may include but are certainly not limited to: ASLE is a diverse professional community that is enriched by the multiple experiences, cultures, and backgrounds of its members, and we strive for access, equity, and inclusion in the conference. So, one of the obvious challenges of applying ecocritical thought to premodern literature is that the connections to the present environmental crisis are not always obvious. Plenary addresses will be given by Ursula Heise, Cherríe Moraga, Melissa K. Nelson, and Nnedi Okorafor. Oecologies is pleased to launch its new Calls for Papers section on our Scholarly Resources page. Panel organizers themselves will choose presenters from the submissions that they receive and will let paper proposers know if their paper has been accepted no later than January 10, 2019. ”. “If paradise now arises in hell, it’s because in the suspension of the usual order and the failure of most systems, we are free to live and act another way.”  ― Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster. As participants wandered through the arboretum, across the river, and among beds of jasmine to attend each panel, plenary, and field trip, we found ourselves noting how particularly situated within the environment we are, and considering the role that the academy can and should play in reckoning with that. Though unsurprising, it is disheartening to know that our panels were too “far afield” to pull in the post-industrial crowd. The ASLE conference committee will select a wide range of proposed panels appropriate to the conference theme and panel proposers will be notified of success by October 1, 2018. It articulates a mature and accessibly written argument to demonstrate a compelling logic of how cinematic construction helps produce the larger planetary reality of the Anthropocene.”. Panel proposals must be submitted online. Looking out at the attendees of the Oecologies panels, most, if not all, were scholars of premodern literature.

There is limited availability (15 persons) in each workshop, so you will need to pre-register to reserve a spot. ASLE will then distribute by email and on our website a Call for Papers listing all conference panels seeking paper proposals.

A diverse array of panels in keeping with the conference theme will be chosen by the conference committee, and a call for papers will then be released October 1. “The Flood Year is a marvelous, magisterial book, navigating across a vast range of scholarly fields, theoretical concepts, and archival materials. Yet as Octavia Butler’s dystopian vision of California on fire has shown, walls seldom lead to lasting safety and cannot exclude a turbulent world for long (The Parable of the Sower). Change ).


Our desire is to maximize the ability of our membership to participate in the shaping of the conference, an event at the very heart of our ASLE community. More details will be posted at our Biennial Conference pages as they develop. Panels may be co-proposed. Princeton University Press, 2017. ASLE strongly encourages organizers to experiment with alternative forms of presentation, discussion and engagement. As we read agricultural manuals from the sixteenth century and puzzle over their pictures, we are reminded that industrialization began much earlier than the late nineteenth century. These panels may be of two types: Panel proposals should be submitted electronically. Please subscribe to periodic email announcements from ASLE. ASLE thrives because of the commitment of its members to carrying out our work: governing and operating the association; supporting scholars, writers, and activists; awarding grants; and hosting biennial conferences and regional and virtual symposia. Post was not sent - check your email addresses!