Organisation : Christine Lorre
For the 2023 conference of EACLALS (European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies), we will:
• bring postcolonial literatures and arts into conversation with environmentalism;
• investigate the power of narratives in all literary genres, as well as images and artistic performances, to evoke environmental injustice; and
• explore the breadth of what environmental justice may mean in postcolonial contexts.
Scientific committee: Aline Bergé (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Kathie Birat (U. of Lorraine), Estelle Castro-Koshy (James Cook U.), Jaine Chemmachery (Sorbonne U.), Cédric Courtois (U. of Lille), Xavier Garnier (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Fiona McCann (U. of Lille), Marie Mianowski (U. Grenoble Alpes), Claire Omhovère (U. Paul Valéry – Montpellier), Alexandra Poulain (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Sandrine Soukai (U. Gustave Eiffel), and Kerry-Jane Wallart (U. of Orléans).
Thematic axes : Espaces sensibles : approches poétiques, esthétiques, critiques
Research programmes : USN (2021-2025): Humanités environnementales et transitions : cultures & sciences du vivant
Keywords : Literature, Postcolonial studies