A peach and a prickly orange fruit with vine leaves and tendrils
In the coming months and years, the Umwelt Center will host an international conference, produce a peer-reviewed yearbook, appoint an annual post-doctoral fellow, offer funding opportunities for research projects, host guest lecturers, provide stipends for graduate students pursuing internships in Environmental Humanities, and feature a graduate certificate program. The Center will also launch community partnerships to bring together German Studies, Environmental Humanities, and local and global sustainability efforts.
Recent and upcoming talks
All too human? What tiny houses and a 19th-century Austrian mansion say about life in a time of ecological crisis.
Katra Byram, October 19, 2023
The “Greenhorn Gaze”: The Construction of the Indigenous World in German “Indianerliteratur.”
Marcel Foerster, October 7, 2023
The Melting Sublime: Iceberg Aesthetics from Georg Forster to Ólafur Elíasson.
Matthew H. Birkhold, September 22, 2023
Recent and upcoming talks
All too human? What tiny houses and a 19th-century Austrian mansion say about life in a time of ecological crisis.
Katra Byram, October 19, 2023
The “Greenhorn Gaze”: The Construction of the Indigenous World in German “Indianerliteratur.”
Marcel Foerster, October 7, 2023
The Melting Sublime: Iceberg Aesthetics from Georg Forster to Ólafur Elíasson.
Matthew H. Birkhold, September 22, 2023
