My talk at the recent “Apocalyptic Anxieties” conference, at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, is available for viewing at the SFU Institute for the Humanities YouTube page, or below. Here is an abstract of the talk: From the Angel of Apocalyptic History to the Optimism of the Will: Climate Hope within States of Urgency Apocalyptic […]
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Angel of Apocalyptic History
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate change, Manifestos & auguries, tagged Angel of History, apocalypse, Apocalyptic Anxieties, apocalypticism, climate anxiety, climate hope, eco-trauma, Institute for the Humanities, Simon Fraser University, talks, trauma on December 9, 2023 | 2 Comments »
Woodsworth Chair: Three challenges
Posted in Academe, Manifestos & auguries, tagged eco-humanities, environmental humanities, eugenics, humanities, J. S. Woodsworth, post-human, posthumanism, posthumanities, Simon Fraser University, Woodsworth Chair on November 22, 2023 | 6 Comments »
I’m delighted to formally announce that I have accepted an offer to take up the position of J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, beginning next year. (Simon Fraser recently, once again, took the top spot among comprehensive universities in Macleans’ Canadian university rankings.) The chair is named after J. S. Woodsworth (1874-1942), […]