Life of the Mind

Climate Change and Literary History | Spring Symposium

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Center for Advanced Study
Location
Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
Date
Apr 3, 2026   9:00 am - 5:00 pm  
Speaker
Jesse Oak Taylor (U of Washington), Jonathan Howard (Yale), Sarah Dimick (Northwestern), and Min Hyoung Song (Boston College). 
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This symposium presents a series of four talks and a concluding roundtable, which together will take up the question of how the study of literary history can contribute to our understanding of both the causes of and potential solutions to the crisis of climate change. 

Featured guests include:

Jesse Oak Taylor
Department of English at the University of Washington

Jonathan Howard
Departments of English and Black Studies at Yale University

Sarah Dimick
Department of English at Northwestern University

Min Hyoung Song
Department of English at Boston College


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