A seminar will be held this Friday, October 20th, at 4pm in Miller 102.
The German Section of the Department of World Languages and Literatures would like to invite you to a presentation titled “Memorializing the Future Past” by Dr. Emily Jones, Assistant Professor of German Studies & Environmental Humanities, Whitman College, A flyer is attached.
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“Memorializing the Future Past”
“Literature in the Anthropocene is increasingly concerned with the effects of climate change on habitats both exotic and familiar, meditating on the loss of jungle, of ice, of a multitude of species, including, perhaps, Homo sapiens. This talk explores how ecological anxiety and anticipatory mourning are expressed in works by W.G. Sebald (1944-2001) and Yoko Tawada (b. 1960), focusing specifically on the figure of the polar bear, both alive and dead.”