What is Melville beyond the whale? Long celebrated for his stories of the sea, Melville was also fascinated by the interrelations between living species and planetary systems, a perspective informing his work in ways we now term “ecological.” By reading Melville in the context of nineteenth-century science, Tom Nurmi contends that he may best be Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2020, Vol. 30, No.1 (December edition) *Executive Committee Meeting Notes *Election Results *Committee Members and Appointments *Membership Renewal *Policies: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *Ombudspersons *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING NOTES President’s Report: David Cecchetto suggested that the executive committee Continue Reading »
George Mason University is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor of Critical Race Studies to teach in the Cultural Studies PhD Program, the Philosophy Department, and the Women and Gender Studies Program. See the full job at <https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/49041> — details also posted below. Tenure Track Assistant or Associate Professor The George Mason University College of Continue Reading »
A small commercial announcement due to the fact that my short monograph is now freely available from Publisher’s homepage for two weeks – Timo Maran “Ecosemiotics: The Study of Signs in Changing Ecologies” (Cambridge University Press, 2020) https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/ecosemiotics/D29658F0C2E12040454C776F82627253 The volume provides an accessible introduction to ecosemiotics and demonstrates its pertinence for the study of today’s Continue Reading »
\At the Center for Science and the Imagination, we just released the latest episode of our podcast The Imagination Desk, featuring Moya Bailey, a Black feminist researcher of digital communities, media, and medicine at Northeastern University, and author of the upcoming book Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women’s Digital Resistance. You can find the podcast on the Center’s website, and Continue Reading »
The Cambridge Companion to Theatre and Science, ed. Kirsten E Shepherd-Barr (Cambridge University Press, 2020), has just been published. To get a 20% discount use the code THEATREANDSCIENCE (valid for use until 31st December, providing a 20% discount on both hardback and paperback). Theatre has engaged with science since its beginnings in Ancient Greece. The intersection Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2020, Vol. 30, No.1 (revised October edition) *SLSA 2020 Special Event *Election Results *Committee Members and Appointments *Membership Renewal *Policies: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *Ombudspersons *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News SLSA 2020 SPECIAL EVENT: AI FUTURES On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 7pm EDT Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2020, Vol. 30, No.1 (October edition) *SLSA 2020 Special Event *Election Results *Committee Members and Appointments *Membership Renewal *Policies: Respectful Behavior and Freedom of Speech *Ombudspersons *AnthropoScene Book Series *SLSA Europe News SLSA 2020 SPECIAL EVENT: Registration now open: SLSA special online event! FREE registration is now open Continue Reading »
Thursday, October 8, 2020 – 7pm Eastern YouTube Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urasBH9k7-c Program (approximately 2 hours) Welcome: David Cecchetto, Incoming President Announcement of Lifetime Achievement Award & Remarks by 2020 recipient Richard Powers (approximately 7:25) Kate Hayles introduces lightning talks– Ed Finn,“How to Imagine AI: Cultural Frames for Thinking with Machines” Jennifer Rhee, “Histories of AI Futures” Continue Reading »
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts 2020 Special Event AI/IA: Promises and Perils of Augmented/ Artificial Intelligence Thursday, October 8, 2020 [4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern] Program (approximately 2 hours over Zoom; link TBA on litsci list & SLSA Facebook page) Welcome: David Cecchetto, Incoming President Announcement of Lifetime Achievement Award & Remarks by 2020 recipient Continue Reading »
