En plein vol (French translation of Flight Ways)
The French translation of Flight Ways is due to be published in October this year: En plein vol: Vivre et mourir au seuil de l’extinction. The book is coming out with Éditions Wildproject, Marseille.
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About me
I’m a field philosopher and writer. I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies and the Sydney Environment Institute at the University of Sydney, Australia. From 2020-2022, I am also a Professor II in the Oslo School of Environmental Humanities at the University of Oslo, Norway.
A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinctions
I am currently finishing work on a new book focused on the disappearing land snails of Hawai’i. While I’ve tried to make all of my books accessible and engaging, this is the first one that I’ve written in a deliberate effort to speak to a general readership.
HumanNature: The Sydney Environmental Humanities Lecture Series
We have just finalised the lineup for HumanNature, the inaugural Sydney Environmental Humanities Lecture Series. The series includes nine esteemed international and domestic speakers. There is one lecture scheduled each month from February through to ...
A few photos from a recent research trip to the Mariana Islands
In May and June of 2016 I travelled to Guam and Rota in the Mariana Islands on a research trip. My focus was the critically endangered aga or Mariana Crow (Corus kubaryi). During the trip ...
Crows in the Innenhof
As my time in Munich is coming to an end I thought I’d share a few photos and an audio clip of the fantastic corvid activity in the courtyard behind the apartment we’ve been staying ...
Im/mortality and In/finitude in the Anthropocene
I’m very excited to announce a symposium to be held in Stockholm later this year: “Im/mortality and In/finitude in the Anthropocene: Perspectives from the Environmental Humanities.” The event is co-organised by Michelle Bastian (University of ...
Fire and “politicising tragedy”
A few days ago Adam Bandt, the Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens, made a statement connecting the current bushfires in New South Wales with the government’s inaction on climate change. Immediately, critics pounced on ...
Animal Death – Book Launch
Last week I had the pleasure of launching a new book called Animal Death, edited by Jay Johnston and Fiona Probyn-Rapsey (Sydney UP, 2013). The little speech that I gave about the book is reproduced ...
Reflection on the anthropocene
I recently wrote a short reflective piece on the anthropocene, prompted by an encounter with an albatross. “As we approached this beautiful Laysan albatross nesting on the north shore of the island of Kaua’i, he ...