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Posted on August 25, 2023August 25, 2023

Empirical Ecocriticism the Theme of ENSCAN Conference

Empirical ecocriticism featured prominently at this year’s conference of the Ecocritical Network for Scandinavian Studies (ENSCAN), which took place on 13-14 June at the University of Helsinki under the auspices of ENSCAN, the Kone Foundation, the Research Project Literature and …

Posted on August 8, 2023October 1, 2024

Empirical Ecocriticism Edited Volume Published by the University of Minnesota Press

On August 1, the University of Minnesota Press released Empirical Ecocriticism: Environmental Narratives for Social Change, a foundational volume for empirical ecocriticism. It is edited by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Alexa Weik von Mossner, W.P. Malecki and Frank Hakemulder.

The book…

Posted on June 25, 2022June 25, 2022

Empirical Ecocriticism Workshop in Utrecht: The magic that happens when people get together and talk

EMPIRICAL ECOCRITICISM WORKSHOP IN UTRECHT

The magic that happens when people get together and talk

On June 10th 2022, Karin Fikkers and Frank Hakemulder organized a networking workshop on empirical ecocriticism at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Their goal for …

Posted on June 21, 2022December 20, 2022

Empirical Ecocriticism volume under contract with the University of Minnesota Press

We’re happy to share the news that the Empirical Ecocriticism volume now under contract with the University of Minnesota Press. Edited by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Alexa Weik von Mossner, W.P. Malecki and Frank Hakemulder, it will be a foundational volume for …

Posted on December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

Does Climate Fiction Make a Difference?

Literary Hub has published a new article by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson that considers the potential of climate fiction to both reflect and shape our realities on a rapidly changing planet

Entitled “Does Climate Fiction Make A Difference?,” the article …

Posted on November 23, 2021December 10, 2021

Article on the Impact of Narrating Endangered Species Across Media

The journal ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment has published an article entitled “Extinction Stories Matter: The Impact of Narrative Representations of Endangered Species Across Media” by W P Malecki, Alexa Weik von Mossner, Piotr Sorokowski, and Tomasz Frackowiak. …

Posted on July 22, 2021July 22, 2021

Blog Post on Synergy between the Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences

Seeing the Woods, the blog of The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, published a post, “Why Ecocriticism Needs the Social Sciences (and Vice Versa).” Written by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Alexa Weik von Mossner, W.P. Małecki, and Frank Hakemulder, …

Posted on April 1, 2019April 1, 2019

Roundtable on Empirical Ecocriticism at the 2019 ASLE Conference in Davis

Since its origin, ASLE has asserted that narratives — stories, whether in literature, film, art, or other media — are of central importance to our relationships with other humans and nonhumans as well as the broader environment. However, in their …

Posted on December 4, 2018December 26, 2018

Article on “The Influence of Climate Fiction” Published by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson

Climate fiction—literature explicitly focused on climate change—has exploded over the last decade, and is often assumed to have a positive ecopolitical influence by enabling readers to imagine potential climate futures and persuading them of the gravity and urgency of climate …

Posted on November 28, 2018November 29, 2018

New Book on Human Minds and Animal Stories by Wojciech Malecki et al.

Human Minds and Animal Stories: How Narratives Make Us Care about Other Species by Wojciech Malecki et al. is the first book to investigate the power of stories to raise our concern for animals, which has been postulated across decades …

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