The University of Northampton has announced two new appointments for October. I’m actually quite good at music and acting, but that was never going to happen. What advice would you give to your younger self?Be a bit more strategic. What Are the Environmental Humanities? What keeps you awake at night?The overriding terrible sense that the web of life on this stunning planet is unravelling in ways that are invisible to most people. It was looking across a classroom in my first tutorial and beholding – somewhat fuzzily because I had just broken my glasses – an utterly arresting guy with long, blond, curly hair and intense blue eyes...whom I impulsively married the next year. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Please speak to the provider to make an application. Do you think that there is enough being done at policy level to implement the findings of environmental humanities research?Definitely not, I’ve seen it for myself. This is an innovative interdisciplinary MA led by world-class environmental humanities scholars. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Bath Spa University has opted into the TEF and received a Silver award. Change ). Discover entry requirements, content, fees and contact details for Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University on prospects.ac.uk Bath Spa is already active in a new global grouping of like-minded institutions. It's part of Bath Spa University's strategic vision to become the UK's pre-eminent University for the liberal arts. This is an innovative interdisciplinary MA led by world-class environmental humanities scholars. The European Commission has appointed two new members of the European Research Council’s scientific council. Developing Heritage Thinking; You could see whole suburbs going up in flames. ( Log Out /  We bring arts, humanities and social science into critical conversation with ecology and conservation. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. For more info see his blogs Environmental Humanities, Tidal Cultures and Sonic Severn. Change ). At present this ecology is fatally biased to the modern human individual, and human separated… Have you ever had a eureka moment?I feel like I’m having them all the time. Apprenticeships, internships and gap years, Bath Spa University - Postgraduate Virtual Open Day. Kate Rigby is professor of environmental humanities at Bath Spa University.She joined the institution from Monash University in Australia earlier this year. “There is huge potential here and exciting opportunities for the faculty to play a leading role in the cultural and intellectual life of the East of England.”. A few years ago, I went to a United Nations conference on global human security – relating to climate change impacts – and I was one of about five humanities scholars, so did feel slightly sidelined. Owain is thoroughly local, with links to family farming and a deep knowledge of the local landscape, initiatives and cultural institutions. There’s a problem in the way environmental policies get framed, but this is where we can prompt some rethinking of the underlying assumptions that go into policy development. She has previously held a number of senior academic leadership roles including executive dean and associate dean (research) of the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston. Arran Stibbe is a reader in Ecological Linguistics at the University of Gloucestershire, U.K., author of Ecolinguistics: language, ecology and the stories we live by (Routledge, 2015), Animals Erased: discourse, ecology and reconnection with nature (Wesleyan University Press, 2012) and editor of The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy (Green Books, 2009). I tended to bumble along a bit. Government and the chattering classes go on about STEM but liberal arts are… On this pioneering course you’ll acquire new research skills, as well as a more holistic understanding of environmental issues. Find out what else you can do, There are other course options available which may have a different vacancy status or entry requirements – view the full list of options. Along with colleagues, she is leading on the launch of Bath Spa’s pioneering MA and PhD programmes in environmental humanities, which begin in September and October, respectively. The Environmental Humanities major, leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree, draws together a range of disciplines to explore human understanding and interpretation of nature. It’s part of Bath Spa University’s strategic vision to become the UK’s pre-eminent University for the liberal arts. Government and the chattering classes go on about, Bath Spa and the UK’s first centre for environmental humanities, global grouping of like-minded institutions, What are the environmental humanities? In this talk, Arran Stibbe will explore the emerging field of ecolinguistics, a form of engaged research which aims to reveal the stories that underpin an unequal and unsustainable society, and contribute to the search for new stories to live by. Environmental humanities is an emerging field, how best would you describe it?It’s an interdisciplinary field that looks into the cultural dimensions of human relations with what we tend to call “nature”, that is, other animals, plants, waterways, soil, weather and so on, but also the technologies that mediate our relations with all this. What’s your most memorable moment at university?I have no doubt about this and it’s also germane to my work. ( Log Out /  He will describe how ecolinguists use discourse analysis to reveal underlying stories, and an ecological philosophy to judge them against, illustrating the theory with a diverse set of examples from advertisements and economics textbooks to British nature writing and Japanese Haiku. Environmental Humanities is a peer-reviewed, international, open-access journal. Arran is founder and convenor of the Ecolinguistics Association (http://ecolinguistics-association.org), a network of 500 ecolinguists from around the world, and is currently working on a free online course in ecolinguistics (http://storiesweliveby.org.uk)release at the end of spring this year.

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