DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Winter 2018, Vol. 27, No.1 *SLSA 2018 Conference, Toronto, Canada: CFP deadline March 1, 2018 *SLSA Awards *Donations *Elections: Candidate Statements for 2nd V-P, Member-at-Large *Configurations: Call for Reviewers and Contributions *SLSA Bibliographers Needed *SLSA Website: Contributions welcome *AnthropoScene: SLSA Book Series *SLSA Europe Call Continue Reading »
From Marcel O’Gorman: The University of Waterloo Department of English is growing again, and we are seeking to fill new faculty positions in the following areas: – Rhetoric and Digital Media – Rhetoric and Communication – Science Culture and Writing – Rhetoric and Technical or Science Communication The job ads are attached here. Please pass Continue Reading »
COMING SOON: The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Science Edited by Steven Meyer Available in Hardback and Paperback 9781107439030 This Companion is designed for undergraduates, graduates and faculty that wish to understand how the sciences and humanities inform one another. This up-to-date guide to literature and science explores major figures, genres and theories in the Continue Reading »
From Joanna Zylinska: I wanted to let you know about my new book, Nonhuman Photography, which has just come out from the MIT Press. The book explores the new vistas and visions we are facing in the current techno-political conjuncture. It also interrogates the very “we” of the human standpoint, while extending the scale of Continue Reading »
From Kevin LaGrandeur: Surviving the Machine Age Intelligent Technology and the Transformation of Human Work Editors: LaGrandeur, Kevin, Hughes, James J. (Eds.) Appeals to readers interested in what effects emerging technology might have on the future of employment—both positive and negative Addresses key question of whether emerging technologies will make employment over the next couple of Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Fall 2017, Vol. 26, No.4 *SLSA 2017, Tempe, Arizona *SLSA 2018 Conference, Toronto, Canada *Call for Nominations: 2nd V-P, Member-at-Large *Configurations: Call for Reviewers and Contributions *SLSA Bibliographers Needed *SLSA Website: Contributions welcome *AnthropoScene: SLSA Book Series *SLSA Europe Combined Executive and Business Meeting Reports Continue Reading »
From Josephine Anstey: Improvising Consciousness (IMPCON) is a feminist spoof of grand theories of consciousness and a speculation on the relation between human cognition & environment in the deep past and in the future. A hybrid art/electronic literature project, IMPCON comprises performance lectures and participatory activities including workshopping of alter-egos; improvisation in a multiple personality melodrama; Continue Reading »
“With ecocritical voices debating the possibilities—and horrors—of the Anthropocene, Anthropocene Reading is a major contribution to ecocriticism and a delight to read.” —Heather I. Sullivan, Trinity University “Ranging as it does from the crowded present into deep time, where the most immediate and personal of human stories intermesh with planetary narrative, Anthropocene Reading is a Continue Reading »
“Written with clarity and an appealing balance, Editing the Soul makes an original contribution to an important topic—the way novels, films, and television about genetics are reshaping our understanding of human nature.” —Jay Clayton, author of Charles Dickens in Cyberspace: The Afterlife of the Nineteenth Century in Postmodern Culture “Editing the Soul plumbs contemporary literature, Continue Reading »
DECODINGS Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Newsletter Summer 2017, Vol. 26, No.3 *SLSA 2017, Tempe, Arizona *Configurations: Call for Reviewers and Contributions *Election Results for Member-at-large (2017-2019) *Call for Nominations of Graduate Student Liaisons *SLSA Bibliographers Needed *SLSA Website: Contributions welcome *AnthropoScene: SLSA Book Series Continue Reading »
