Centre for Culture and Ecology
What We Do
The Centre for Culture and Ecology consists of a group of scholars and researchers who work on environmental issues from a range of different disciplines. We are particularly interested in thinking ecology as constitutively implicated in struggles around class, gender, race and sexuality. The Centre hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including the newly launched series on “Capitalism, Nature and Climate Change.” The Centre aims to foster and stimulate debate between scholars, activists and the general public around pressing current ecological issues.
Talk Series: Capitalism, Nature and Climate Change
Thanks to the efforts of activists across the globe, the Climate Crisis is now at the forefront of public debate. What this series aims to address is the centrality of understanding capitalism to tackling the climate crisis. This series takes as its starting point the idea that the climate crisis must be understood as a crisis of capitalism. The talks address this issue from a variety of different perspectives. The series is open to the public.
For info, email k.d.oloff@dur.ac.uk
CCE Reading Group:
This is a student-led group aimed to discuss, on a monthly basis, canonical and contemporary work in the field of Environmental Humanities. It welcomes researchers interested in environmental issues from a range of perspectives. Readings are selected by means of open consultation, according to the participants' interests and in light of presentations and talks hosted by the Centre. It is led by Claudia Dellacasa, Marco Pavanini, and Rasmus Sandnes-Haukedahl.
Forthcoming Events
Thursday 21 January 2021
- Dr Kasia Mika - Caribbean vulnerabilities, disasters, and the everyday work of repair 4:00pm, Zoom, Dr Kasia Mika (Queen Mary University of London), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 28 January 2021
- Reading Group Meeting: Discussion of The Derangement by Amitav Ghosh 2:00pm, Zoom, Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 11 February 2021
- Professor Ashley Dawson - Radical Urban Futures: Compound Crisis and Popular Struggle in NYC 5:00pm, Zoom, Professor Ashley Dawson (City University of New York), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 18 February 2021
- Reading Group Meeting: Discussion of The Great Derangement by Amitav Ghosh 2:00pm, Zoom, Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
- Professor Jennifer Wenzel - Resource Logics and Resource Aesthetics: From Improvement to Overburden 4:00pm, Zoom, Professor Jennifer Wenzel (Columbia University), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 4 March 2021
- Professor Heather Sullivan - The Dark Green: FIRE 6:00pm, Zoom, Professor Heather Sullivan (Trinity University), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 11 March 2021
- Reading Group Meeting: Discussion of The Derangement by Amitav Ghosh 2:00pm
- Dr Joanna Allan - Nomadic futures: settler colonialism, energy cultures and nationalism in Western Sahara 4:00pm, Zoom, Dr Joanna Allen (Northumbria University), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 18 March 2021
- Professor Elena Past - Sunlight and Silver: Celluloid Materialities and the Making of Ferrania Film 4:00pm, Zoom, Professor Elena Past (Wayne State University), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 29 April 2021
- Dr Cara Daggett - Title to be confirmed 4:00pm, Zoom, Dr Cara Daggett (Virginia Tech), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 20 May 2021
- Dr Cinzia Arruzza - Title to be confirmed 4:00pm, Zoom, Dr Cinzia Arruzza (New School), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 27 May 2021
- Dr Jason Allen-Paisant - Title to be confirmed 4:00pm, Zoom, Dr Jason Allen-Paisant (University of Leeds), Contact cce.admin@durham.ac.uk
Research Projects
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