The Launch of 12/2022 issue of Text Matters “The Ecological Future”
Opublikowano: 13 marca 2023
Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture, published annually at the University of Lodz, is celebrating the launch of 12/2022 issue “The Ecological Future,” guest-edited by Professor Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet and Professor Christian Arnsperger from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
On March 15, we will meet for a lecture delivered by our guest editors, followed by a panel discussion introducing the essays published in the issue. Join us to celebrate!
Venue: Lecture hall A2, University of Lodz Philological Faculty building on Pomorska 171/173, 91-404 Łódź
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
15.15-16:30 Lecture “Envisioning the Ecological Future: Progress, Regress and Ecotopian Temporality” by Prof. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet and Prof. Christian Arnsperger (University of Lausanne)
The talk will consider three contemporary scenarios of the ecological future: John Michael Greer’s “catabolic descent,” William deBuys’ “hospice,” and Ernest Callenbach’s “ecotopia” – all three of which aim to challenge the mainstream obsession with the “progress or apocalypse” dualism flowing from modern thought. In addition to discussing the cognitive and cultural obstacles to realizing a more environmentally sound world, we will critically examine these visions and argue that when combined in creative ways, they offer an approach to the ecological future that is both realistic and inspiring.
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17.00-17:45 Discussion panel
Participants: Dr hab. Małgorzata Myk and Dr Agata Handley (Co-Editors-in-Chief of Text Matters, UŁ) in conversation with Prof. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Prof. Christian Arnsperger, Dr hab. Katarzyna Ostalska (UŁ) and Dr Monika Kocot (UŁ).
Participants: Dr hab. Małgorzata Myk and Dr Agata Handley (Co-Editors-in-Chief of Text Matters, UŁ) in conversation with Prof. Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, Prof. Christian Arnsperger, Dr hab. Katarzyna Ostalska (UŁ) and Dr Monika Kocot (UŁ).
Panelists’ profiles:
Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet, University of Lausanne
Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet is Professor of American Literature at the University of Lausanne and co-director of the New American Studies Master’s specialization program. She has published two monographs, eight edited collections of essays, and numerous articles on topics ranging from the Eco-Gothic to American counterculture.
https://people.unil.ch/agnieszkasoltysikmonnet/
Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet is Professor of American Literature at the University of Lausanne and co-director of the New American Studies Master’s specialization program. She has published two monographs, eight edited collections of essays, and numerous articles on topics ranging from the Eco-Gothic to American counterculture.
https://people.unil.ch/agnieszkasoltysikmonnet/
Christian Arnsperger, University of Lausanne
Christian Arnsperger is Professor of Sustainability and Economic Anthropology at the University of Lausanne and coordinator of the Master’s program in Foundations and Practices of Sustainability. He specializes in the existential and ecological critique of capitalism, post-growth economics and sustainable counterculture, the transition from circularity to “permacircularity,” and the systemic links between money and sustainability.
https://igd.unil.ch/ChArnsperger/en/publications/
https://arnsperger-perma-circular.com/
Christian Arnsperger is Professor of Sustainability and Economic Anthropology at the University of Lausanne and coordinator of the Master’s program in Foundations and Practices of Sustainability. He specializes in the existential and ecological critique of capitalism, post-growth economics and sustainable counterculture, the transition from circularity to “permacircularity,” and the systemic links between money and sustainability.
https://igd.unil.ch/ChArnsperger/en/publications/
https://arnsperger-perma-circular.com/
Katarzyna Ostalska, University of Lodz
Katarzyna Ostalska (née Poloczek), D.Litt., is Assistant Professor in the Department of British Literature and Culture at the University of Lodz, Poland. She is the head of the Posthumanities Research Centre at the Faculty of Philology. Her research is concerned with Utopian studies, posthumanism (mainly New Materialisms and object-oriented ontology), contemporary Irish and British literature and culture, gender studies, animal studies, ecofeminism, and media studies. Her Towards Female Empowerment—The New Generation of Irish Women Poets: Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitríona O’Reilly, and Mary O’Donoghue(2015) analyzed the areas (with a special emphasis on ecofeminism) from where female empowerment can be drawn. In 2021, with Tomasz Fisiak she co-edited The Postworld In-Between Utopia and Dystopia: Intersectional, Feminist, and Non-Binary Approaches in 21st-Century Speculative Literature and Culture (Routledge).
Katarzyna Ostalska (née Poloczek), D.Litt., is Assistant Professor in the Department of British Literature and Culture at the University of Lodz, Poland. She is the head of the Posthumanities Research Centre at the Faculty of Philology. Her research is concerned with Utopian studies, posthumanism (mainly New Materialisms and object-oriented ontology), contemporary Irish and British literature and culture, gender studies, animal studies, ecofeminism, and media studies. Her Towards Female Empowerment—The New Generation of Irish Women Poets: Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitríona O’Reilly, and Mary O’Donoghue(2015) analyzed the areas (with a special emphasis on ecofeminism) from where female empowerment can be drawn. In 2021, with Tomasz Fisiak she co-edited The Postworld In-Between Utopia and Dystopia: Intersectional, Feminist, and Non-Binary Approaches in 21st-Century Speculative Literature and Culture (Routledge).
Monika Kocot, University of Lodz
Monika Kocot, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of British Literature and Culture at the University of Lodz, Poland. She is the author of Playing Games of Sense in Edwin Morgan’s Writing (2016) and co-editor of Języki (pop)kultury w literaturze, mediach i filmie (2015), Nie tylko Ishiguro. Szkice o literaturze anglojęzycznej w Polsce (2019), and Moving Between Modes. Papers in Intersemiotic Translation. In Memoriam Professor Alina Kwiatkowska (2020). She has published articles on contemporary Scottish poetry and prose, as well as Native American writing. Her latest research is on philosophy and spirituality in literature, with a particular emphasis on geopoetics and comparative literature. She is a member of the Association for Cultural Studies, the Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Scottish Centre for Geopoetics, and Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association. She is the Vice President of The K. K. Baczynski Literary Society.
Monika Kocot, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of British Literature and Culture at the University of Lodz, Poland. She is the author of Playing Games of Sense in Edwin Morgan’s Writing (2016) and co-editor of Języki (pop)kultury w literaturze, mediach i filmie (2015), Nie tylko Ishiguro. Szkice o literaturze anglojęzycznej w Polsce (2019), and Moving Between Modes. Papers in Intersemiotic Translation. In Memoriam Professor Alina Kwiatkowska (2020). She has published articles on contemporary Scottish poetry and prose, as well as Native American writing. Her latest research is on philosophy and spirituality in literature, with a particular emphasis on geopoetics and comparative literature. She is a member of the Association for Cultural Studies, the Association for Scottish Literary Studies, Scottish Centre for Geopoetics, and Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association. She is the Vice President of The K. K. Baczynski Literary Society.
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