Atmospheres and Affective Climate Change

Atmospheres and Affective Climate Change 1024 650 Tom Carlson

Friday, February 21, 2020 at 2 p.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A In recent years a growing number of thinkers from a variety of disciplines (e.g. philosophy, geography, anthropology, literary studies, cultural…

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Shaul Bassi in Princeton: Venice, Climate Change, and the Crisis of Imagination

Shaul Bassi in Princeton: Venice, Climate Change, and the Crisis of Imagination 1024 426 Barbara Del Mercato

February 20, 2020 at 4.30 p.m. 165 Wallace Hall, Princeton University Princeton, NJ HSC Venice Director Shaul Bassi will present a lecture organized by the Department of Sociology at Princeton…

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Disaster Response | Knowledge Domains and Information Flows

Disaster Response | Knowledge Domains and Information Flows 1024 683 Hannah Baker

Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland. Image by JohannHelgason/Shutterstock.com DISASTER RESPONSE Knowledge Domains and Information Flows 11 February 2020, 10.30:17:00 Cripps Court, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, CB3 0AG Convenors Hannah Baker, Research Associate,…

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Alessandra Viola: Trash! All you should know about garbage.

Alessandra Viola: Trash! All you should know about garbage. 1024 485 Barbara Del Mercato

Venice, February 10 at 5.30 p.m. Aula A Ca’ Bottacin (Dorsoduro 3911) Re Mida trasformava tutto quello che toccava in oro. Noi, più modestamente, in rifiuti. Abbiamo lasciato palline da…

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Hooked: Art and Attachment

Hooked: Art and Attachment 991 882 Tom Carlson

Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2 p.m. Robertson Gymnasium 1000A Based on her forthcoming book of the same title, this talk makes a case for “attachment” as a key word…

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Amitav Ghosh returns to Venice for Gun Island

Amitav Ghosh returns to Venice for Gun Island 1024 576 Barbara Del Mercato

Venice, January 29 at 5.30 p.m. Aula Magna Ca’ Dolfin,  (Dorsoduro 3825D) Fully booked/posti esauriti – Streaming on line/Diretta in streaming: here/qui and in Room 1 at Ca’ Dolfin /…

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Why We Drive: Towards a Philosophy of the Open Road

Why We Drive: Towards a Philosophy of the Open Road 1024 952 Tom Carlson

Lecture: “Driving as a Humanism” Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 4 p.m. Mosher Alumni House, Alumni Hall In the much-hailed driverless future, we’re told that human beings are to become…

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Marco Armiero. Storia ambientale, ovvero come godersi un po’ di riconoscimento accademico senza essere (troppo) disciplinati

Marco Armiero. Storia ambientale, ovvero come godersi un po’ di riconoscimento accademico senza essere (troppo) disciplinati 1024 576 Barbara Del Mercato

Venice, January 13 at 4.00 p.m. Aula A Ca’ Bottacin (Dorsoduro 3911) A new event in our “Environmental Humanities Seminar and Lecture Series”: a lecture (in Italian) by Marco Armiero…

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Fact-Checking Hackathon

Fact-Checking Hackathon 1024 684 Stefanie Ullmann

Fact-Checking Hackathon 10 January 2020, 10:00 – 12 January 2020, 16:00 Room LR4, Baker Building, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge,Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ Overview Fake news, misinformation and…

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Environmental Humanities Seminar and Lecture Series (I)

Environmental Humanities Seminar and Lecture Series (I) 1024 576 Barbara Del Mercato

The Center for the Humanities and Social Change is organising a series of seminars and lectures revolving around the Environmental Humanities from a wide array of perspectives. Upcoming events: 13…

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