English and Scottish Literature Research Events: SWINC and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN) Lecture In brief Date - 15 March 2024 Venue - Room LG.11, 40 George Square Speaker - Professor Eric Gidal (University of Iowa) Research strands - Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (SWINC) and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN) Chair - Dr Gerard McKeever (University of Edinburgh) Title - Textual Ecologies: Information and Environment from Sir John Sinclair through Ian McHarg About the speaker Professor Eric Gidal (University of Iowa) teaches courses in environmental literary studies, public humanities, and European literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with emphases in media studies, information theory, and environmental history. His most recent book, 'Ossianic Unconformities: Bardic Poetry in the Industrial Age' (Virginia UP, 2015), explores a modern quest to locate vestiges of ancient poetry in the landscapes of an industrial world. His more recent publications continue to study the intersections of environmental and literary history in Scottish and French romanticism. He has also published several co-authored articles that apply methods from geographical information science, computational linguistics, and network modelling to the print archive of Scottish industrialisation. About the research strands SWINC The Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century project was founded in 2008. Since then, they have held numerous research, public, and network-building events. These have taken place within the University of Edinburgh, the City of Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland, in collaboration with other Universities. Their chief aims remain the same: to build connections between researchers working in the field of 19th century Scottish studies and to foster public awareness of the richness and diversity of Scottish culture in the period. Visit SWINC's website EEHN The network believes the current environmental crisis is best understood as a collection of diverse but mutually-reinforcing political, economic, philosophical, ethical, relational, and spiritual crises. The Environmental Humanities can compliment responses to environmental problems in the hard sciences, by examining the social bases for climate change, biodiversity loss, and marine desertification, addressing the values which underpin environmental decision-making, and exploring more ethical ways of imagining, narrating, and inhabiting environments global. The Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network aims to be a place to examine these questions through dialogue, innovation, and creative partnerships. Visit The Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network website About the events series Each year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues. Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature? We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature Mar 15 2024 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: SWINC and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN) Lecture Join us for this in-person lecture by Professor Eric Gidal (University of Iowa) entitled 'Textual Ecologies: Information and Environment from Sir John Sinclair through Ian McHarg'. Room LG.11 40 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 40 George Square
English and Scottish Literature Research Events: SWINC and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN) Lecture In brief Date - 15 March 2024 Venue - Room LG.11, 40 George Square Speaker - Professor Eric Gidal (University of Iowa) Research strands - Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century (SWINC) and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN) Chair - Dr Gerard McKeever (University of Edinburgh) Title - Textual Ecologies: Information and Environment from Sir John Sinclair through Ian McHarg About the speaker Professor Eric Gidal (University of Iowa) teaches courses in environmental literary studies, public humanities, and European literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with emphases in media studies, information theory, and environmental history. His most recent book, 'Ossianic Unconformities: Bardic Poetry in the Industrial Age' (Virginia UP, 2015), explores a modern quest to locate vestiges of ancient poetry in the landscapes of an industrial world. His more recent publications continue to study the intersections of environmental and literary history in Scottish and French romanticism. He has also published several co-authored articles that apply methods from geographical information science, computational linguistics, and network modelling to the print archive of Scottish industrialisation. About the research strands SWINC The Scottish Writing in the Nineteenth Century project was founded in 2008. Since then, they have held numerous research, public, and network-building events. These have taken place within the University of Edinburgh, the City of Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland, in collaboration with other Universities. Their chief aims remain the same: to build connections between researchers working in the field of 19th century Scottish studies and to foster public awareness of the richness and diversity of Scottish culture in the period. Visit SWINC's website EEHN The network believes the current environmental crisis is best understood as a collection of diverse but mutually-reinforcing political, economic, philosophical, ethical, relational, and spiritual crises. The Environmental Humanities can compliment responses to environmental problems in the hard sciences, by examining the social bases for climate change, biodiversity loss, and marine desertification, addressing the values which underpin environmental decision-making, and exploring more ethical ways of imagining, narrating, and inhabiting environments global. The Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network aims to be a place to examine these questions through dialogue, innovation, and creative partnerships. Visit The Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network website About the events series Each year, English and Scottish Literature hosts a variety of exciting research events featuring a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues. Events are free and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. Are you interested in a PhD in English Literature? We offer two PhDs: one in English Literature; and one in Creative Writing. Working with colleagues in LLC and across the wider University, we are able to support research which crosses boundaries between disciplines and/or languages. Find out more about PhD study in English Literature Mar 15 2024 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: SWINC and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN) Lecture Join us for this in-person lecture by Professor Eric Gidal (University of Iowa) entitled 'Textual Ecologies: Information and Environment from Sir John Sinclair through Ian McHarg'. Room LG.11 40 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 40 George Square
Mar 15 2024 16.00 - 17.30 English and Scottish Literature Research Events: SWINC and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network (EEHN) Lecture Join us for this in-person lecture by Professor Eric Gidal (University of Iowa) entitled 'Textual Ecologies: Information and Environment from Sir John Sinclair through Ian McHarg'.
