Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity
A cultural critique of zoos that seeks to problematize their role as a sanctuary for animals.
A cultural critique of zoos that seeks to problematize their role as a sanctuary for animals.
A study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Alex Lockwood tries to measure the importance of Rachel Carson’s work in its affective influence on contemporary environmental writing across the humanities.
Paul Craig, Harold Glasser, and Willett Kempton interview senior policy advisors to four European governments active in global climate change negotiations and the UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development) process.
This article examines whether and how Aldo Leopold was influenced by American Pragmatism, a formal school of philosophy.
Humanidades Ambientales is a website for three Spanish environmental humanities projects. Most of its content is written in both Spanish and English.
The Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES) promotes interdisciplinary environmental studies, especially work in the environmental humanities. The network is supported by NordForsk, and is based in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
The authors develop “composting” as a metaphor for their two main arguments: that certain feminist concepts and commitments are foundational to the environmental humanities, and that more inclusive feminist composting is necessary for the future of the field.
The Environmental History Network for the Middle Ages (ENFORMA) website is a networking portal for researchers working on medieval environmental history, a place to share publication news, conference information, and research ideas.
In the nineteenth century, there was much debate about the question of which way of living could be regarded as “natural.” Caricatures on vegetarianism mock ideas of the “natural” relationship between animal and man, and draft utopian as well as dystopian visions of a vegetarian future. This is from the German version of “Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism.” For the English-language version of this exhibition, click here.