Call for papers for a conference on climate change in Philadelphia, September 29-30, 2023. Travel subsidies and hotel accommodations will be provided to presenters. –Anne
The program committee invites innovative paper proposals from scholars in all fields whose work explores the topic of climate change from a humanities perspective.
Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
- The social, cultural, political, religious, and economic impacts of climate change;
- The impact of climate change on law, governance, and policy;
- The differential impact of climate change across regions, populations, and communities;
- The emergence of new modes of scholarship in relation to climate change (i.e. ecocriticism, plant and animal studies, disaster studies, environmental humanities, medical humanities, etc.);
- Literary, media, and artistic responses to climate change over time;
- The opportunities and challenges faced by cultural heritage institutions, libraries, and archives in addressing climate change;
- The impact of climate change on public history and pedagogy;
- The role of climate change in promoting social justice.
Applicants should submit a title and a 250-word proposal along with a C.V. by May 20, 2022 via Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/102600
All presenters will receive travel subsidies and hotel accommodations. Accepted papers will be due a month before the conference and pre-circulated to registered attendees. Papers should be no longer than 15-double spaced pages. Presenters may also have the opportunity to publish[PS1] revised papers in the APS’s Transactions, one of the longest running scholarly journals in America.
For more information, visit https://www.amphilsoc.org/, or contact Adrianna Link, Head of Scholarly Programs, at al…@amphilsoc.org.
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