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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Empirical Ecocriticism Workshop at the Rachel Carson Center
Dates: December 14-15, 2018
Location: Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany
Conveners: Matthew Schneider-Mayerson (Yale-NUS-College) and Alexa Weik von Mossner (University of Klagenfurt)
There is a growing understanding across disciplines that narratives are …
Call for Papers
Edited Volume: Empirical Ecocriticism: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental Narrative
Deadline for Abstract Submission: September 15, 2018
There is a growing consensus across disciplines that narratives are of central importance to our relationships with other humans and …
