The Eco Cultures Research Series focusses on the complex intersection of culture, imagination, and ecological issues. This series connects UBC Okanagan researchers with colleagues and students engaged in diverse explorations of today’s most timely forms of artistic and critical innovation.
This fall we had two excellent presentations from Norah Bowman, Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at Okanagan College, and Vin Nardizzi, Associate Professor in English at UBC’s Vancouver campus. Their talks were inspiring and relevant to a number of faculty member’s work in FCCS.
The series continues this month:
Wednesday, March 18
Richard Kerridge, Cold Blood
2-3:30pm, CCS 227 (UBC Okanagan Campus)
Renowned writer Richard Kerridge is one of the most distinguished ecocritics in Europe today, and a highly accomplished nature writer. He has published numerous critical essays; and he is a frequent invited speaker at international conferences. In May of this year, he published Cold Blood (Chatto and Windus), a nature writing memoir about reptiles and amphibians that was serialized on BBC Radio 4.
Wednesday, March 25
Jodey Castricano, Behind the Walls: Bioengineering, Animal Advocacy and the Ethics of Control
3:30 -5:00 pm, CS 227 (UBC Okanagan Campus)
Jodey Castricano is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, teaching in the English and Cultural Studies programs. Her primary area of expertise and ethical concern is in posthumanist philosophy and critical animal studies with extended work in ecocriticsm, ecofeminism and ecotheory.