The international workshop provides a forum for discussing ongoing research in the field of Anthropocene Studies in literary studies and the wider humanities from Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and the US.

This workshop is part of the FWF-funded project „Landschaft, Leben, Form. Eine Poetik des Anthropozäns“.

Schedule:

11:00 – 11:30   Opening Remarks & Introduction Eva Horn

11:30 – 12:30   Bernhard Malkmus (Newcastle University) - "Racing Standstill: The Tragedies of the Anthropocene"

Coffee Break

13:00 – 14:00   Sebastian Klinger (University of Vienna) - "Habitability in the Anthropocene: A Key Concept Across Earth System Science, Cultural Theory and Literary Writing"

Lunch Break

15:00 – 16:00   Hannah Spector (Pennsylvania State University) - "Educational Responsibility in the Time of the Anthropocene"

Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:30   Vera Thomann (University of Zürich) - "The Epic in Small Scale: Textual Origins and Aesthetics of Production in Max Frisch's Der Mensch erscheint im Holozän."

17:30 – 18:00   Closing Discussion

End  |  Aperitif & Dinner

Attendance is free, please register via e-mail to:

contact.anthropocene-network@univie.ac.at