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Fishers, Foragers and Fine Diners

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor

Ben Jamieson Stanley from the University of Delaware will discuss their recent book, "Precarious Eating: Narrating Environmental Harm" focused on fisheries and foraging as a point of entry to South Africa’s Western Cape, where bustling culinary and environmental tourism coincide with hunger and stratification.

Sponsored by: Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities

Introducing Disaster Nation: An Ecocritical Study of Puerto Rican Culture

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Clark University's María Acosta Cruz (Language, Literature, and Culture) discusses her new book, "Disaster Nation: An Ecocritical Study of Puerto Rican Culture," examining Puerto Rico’s national culture through a complex web of references to the disasters that the nation has suffered and to how the environment has been portrayed.

Sponsored by: Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities

The Last of the Nightingales: Film Screening and Discussion

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Join us for a screening and discussion of “The Last of the Nightingales,” an immersive journey with sound ecologist Bernie Krause to explore how natural soundscapes can help us overcome the climate crisis.

Sponsored by: Alice Coonley Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities

Colloquium Speaker Series: Jason W. Moore

Lurie Conference Room, Higgins University Center

Climate Revolts, Climate Crises, or, Why Climate Doomism is Bad History, Terrible Geography, and Even Worse Politics

Sponsored by: Geography Department