Spring 2025: Open Seminars on Ecology Across the Arts and Humanities

February 1, 2025

Photograph of an artwork made of reclaimed tree logs and branches

The Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative (EAHI) community is welcome to join discussion of ecological research, curation, and art-making by selected faculty and staff. Each session asks visiting speakers to take us on a deeper dive into their work, sharing the context, inspirations, and challenges behind their research and programming. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

UC Berkeley faculty, students, and staff are welcome to attend. Space is limited to 10 seats. Registration is required for individual seminar. 
These seminars are offered in conjunction with the course, "Ecology Across the Arts and Humanities" (Theater Studies 266), led by Professor Shannon Jackson. 

Upcoming Seminars

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

"Climate on Screen, and Off"
3:30 - 5 PM
TDPS Seminar Room, 44 Dwinelle Hall
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Guest Speakers: 
Jason Spingarn-Koff- J-School and Environmental Documentary Filmmaker
Jeff Griffith-Perham- Film Curator, “Climate Journalism on Screen,” BAMPFA
Bruce Riordan- Director, Berkeley Climate Change Network

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

"The Making of a Terracene"
3:30 - 5 PM
TDPS Seminar Room, 44 Dwinelle Hall
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Guest Speaker:
Salar Mameni- Professor of Ethnic Studies and Author of The Terracene: A Crude Aesthetics

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

“Deep Dives into Negative Life” 
3:30 - 5 PM
TDPS Seminar Room, 44 Dwinelle Hall
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Guest Speaker:
Mario Telo- Professor of Rhetoric and Classics, and Symposium Coordinator of Fall symposium on the "Cinema of Negative Ecology” 
For more information or for accessibility related inquiries, please contact Iliana Morton at ilianamorton@berkeley.edu.
Image: "Occulus of the Earth," Olga Ziemska, 2023. Courtesy of Morton Arboretum. 

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