The topic for AY 25-26 is Environment, Humanity, and (Post)humanism. This series provides an opportunity to explore the theme across our various fields and regions. We welcome presentations from a range of disciplines and media. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Ecocriticism, Ecocinema, and Ecomedia (e.g. Ecological and Environmental Simulation Games.)
- The role of the environment in development, energy cultures, disaster/environmental refugees, and resilience/conservation initiatives.
- Planetary and geographically/culturally based repercussions, interpretations, and responses to environmental disasters.
- Current debates on post-humanism in Philosophy, Cultural or Anthropological Studies (from Heidegger to Luhmann to Donna Haraway, Ann Tsing et al.)
- Historical and contemporary approaches to the questions of the human and humanism from diverse perspectives within the humanities and social sciences.
- Discourses that promote or question the value of humanism.
- Green Architecture, Ecosocialism, and Sci-Fi storytelling as means for addressing the Posthuman.
Please send abstracts for presentations about your current research. We encourage collaborative and interdisciplinary GSL work, presented in stimulating experimental formats. Please use the Invitation to the Ring Lecture form to submit your 200-300 word abstract (Topic, Presenters, Department, Title, Format and Project Description) by Oct 3, 2025.