Nature as Neighbour: Ecological Grief

This seminar series brings together emerging scholars of historical ecologies, placing them in conversation to reflect on the relationship humanity has and had with the natural world. By tracing how human–environment relations have been imagined, governed, and lived in the past, the seminar foregrounds nature not as a distant backdrop but as a proximate and entangled neighbour. Responding to one another and in dialogue with attendees, this seminar will workshop how historical perspectives can inform present-day responses to the climate and natural world, offering critical insights into environmental-stewardship, -responsibility, -coexistence, and environmentally-just futures.

Convened by Nidanu O’Shea, Wolfson, and Dr John Angus Macaulay, Blackfriars, the theme of this term’s seminar is ‘Ecological Grief’.

The seminar will take place at 5pm Tuesday the 12th of May in the Aula of Blackfriars Hall and will be followed by a reception. Open to everyone and registration is required, please follow the link

speakers

Xinyue Liu ”

Xinyue Liu is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher in fine art. She works with film, text, movement, and installation. Xinyue’s doctoral thesis posits the ‘cinema of ecological grief’ as a distinct visual genre. In understanding this filmic endeavour as an attempt to carry ecological grief through the work of mourning, Liu’s art and criticism span the disciplines of visual anthropology, environmental humanities, contemporary visual art studies, and ethics.

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Venue: Blackfriars Hall - St Giles Oxford, OX1 3LY United Kingdom Array ( [lat] => 51.756248 [lng] => -1.259881 )

Contact:
Las Casas Institute
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk