Fall 2021 // Presented by the UT Humanities Center

“Just Environments” merges humanities perspectives, environmental studies, social justice theory, and critical infrastructure studies. Areas of investigation include how artificial and natural infrastructures can affect, work against, or work with ecological systems to affect human communities. The seminar concerns the use, conservation, and distribution of natural resources on a variety of scales.

Events

• Friday, September 17, 2021 Planning Meeting 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Friday, October 22, 2021 Reading discussion: Robert Bullard 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M. Monday, October 25, 2021 UTHC Chandler Seminar with Allison Carruth, Professor of American Studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute Princeton University 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Allison Carruth, Professor of American Studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute Princeton University 3:30-4:45 P.M. Webinar free and open to the public Monday, November 1, 2021 UTHC Chandler Seminar with Robert Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy Texas Southern University 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Robert Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy Texas Southern University 3:30-4:45 P.M. Webinar free and open to the public Friday, November 19, 2021 A Conversation about Little Joe (dir. Hausner, 2019), Interspecies Relations and Plant Sexualities” with Maria Stehle, Professor of German, The University of Tennessee and Joela Jacobs, Assistant Professor of German Studies, The University of Arizona 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Contact

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  Maria Stehle
  World Languages and Cultures
  mstehle@utk.edu