Transatlantic Dialogues on the Environment

September 28-29, 2012

This symposium brings together scholars to address environmental issues in a global and collaborative cross-disciplinary framework that highlights the humanistic dimension of environmental study. Speakers will share their research projects, meet with local and regional clusters of scholars in the environmental humanities, develop agendas for collaborative publishing projects, and plan future workshops and/or conferences that highlight humanistic environmental scholarship. The aim of these activities is to deepen future transatlantic collaborations in the environmental humanities. 

Transatlantic Dialogues on the Environment is sponsored by Simpson Center for the Humanities, the UW Departments of English and Germanics, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Conference Participants

• Gabriele Dürbeck (Universität Vechta)
• Sabine Frost (Universität Erfurt)
• Katharina Gerstenberger (University of Cincinnati)
• Axel Goodbody (University of Bath)
• Richard Gray (University of Washington)
• Gary Handwerk (University of Washington)
• Sean Ireton (University of Missouri)
• Christoph Irmscher (Indiana University)
• Thomas Lekan (University of South Carolina)
• Bernhard Malkmus (Ohio State University)
• Amos Nascimento (University of Washington, Tacoma)
• Sabine Noellgen (University of Washington)
• Wolfgang Struck (Universität Erfurt)
• Heather Sullivan (Trinity University)
• Sabine Wilke (University of Washington)

Conference Information

Program and Abstracts:  A program with session information, panel abstracts, and project descriptions is available online. 

Accommodations: Rooms are being held at Chambered Nautilus, a bed and breakfast in Seattle's University District, for conference participants.  

Airport Transportation: Participants may arrange transportation between the airport and hotel through Shuttle Express or via the Link Light Rail.

Metro Transit: Many bus lines run through the University District.  A trip costs $2.50. To search routes and timetables, visit the Metro Transit website.