Environmental Humanities Working Group
McKay Jenkins, Sandy Isenstadt, Victor Perez,
Why do we have environmental problems What shapes our ideas about nature, and about the human place in the natural world The Environmental Humanities Working Group is bringing together the insights of history, literature, journalism, philosophy, aesthetics, and other disciplines to analyze and understand the environmental predicaments of the 21st century. Although we look to the sciences and the social sciences for their own expertise, we take for granted that neither are sufficient to understand the complex ways people relate to the non-human world.The Environmental Humanities Working Group has three principal missions.
- We have designed a new minor to help students use the tools of the humanities to think more rigorously and imaginatively about environmental issues. Information on the humanities minor can be found on the English Department website.
- We are creating opportunities for scholars in different fields to collaborate on environmental research.
- And we are planning public programs about environmental questions, including community readings and discussions of important books and ideas.
Maryland Humanities Podcasts, "Environmental Humanities"
McKay Jenkins, Books and Ideas