Dramatic anthropogenic transformation of the natural world is nothing new, and nor is climate violence, with its uneven distribution along lines of race, class, and gender. Yet have the effects ever been more inescapable? Has the regime of extraction and exploitation that subtends it all ever been less tenable?

What, then, are we to do as academics – ourselves perhaps increasingly precarious, marginal, or insupportably luxurious? What are you doing, in your academic work, teaching, and professional life? What should happen next? Join us for a roundtable discussion and open forum.

Speakers
Karen Hébert (Geography and Environmental Studies
Veronika Kratz (English)
Chris Russill (Communication and Media Studies)
Alexis Shotwell (Sociology and Anthropology)
Sheryl-Ann Simpson (Geography and Environmental Studies)
David Thomas (English)