The Graduate Colloquium in Literature and the Environment (GCLE) gives graduate students an opportunity to present papers, workshop dissertation chapters, and discuss seminal and recent work in the field of ecocriticism.  In addition, faculty from other UCSB departments and schools, as well as from outside of the University, are regularly invited to speak to the group.  

Winter 2008 Schedule

Jan 26th, 6pm, SH 2617:  Screening and discussion of Rivers and Tides, Thomas Riedelsheimer's 2001 documentary on landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy. 

Fall 2007 Schedule

Oct 12th, Noon-2, SH 2635:  Discussion of Chapters 4 & 5 of Lawrence Buell's recent The Future of Environmental Criticism (Harvard UP, 2005) in anticipation of Professor Buell's November 15th talk.  The Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature at Harvard University, Lawrence Buell is one of the founders, as well as a current leader, in the field of ecocriticism.  Using his book as a point of departure, we will be considering what the future holds for environmental criticism. 

Nov 15th, 4-6, McCune Room, HSSB:  "Environmental Memory and Planetary Survival," a lecture by Lawrence Buell.  This event is cosponsored with the ACGCC. Details

Dec 7th, 10-Noon, SH 2617:  “Global Warming Discourse, Politics, and Culture,” a roundtable discussion with Professors Josh Schimel (Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology) and Eric R.A.N. Smith (Political Science).  This event is cosponsored with the ACGCC. Details