Events

• The Sweet Taste of Empire

  16:00 - 17:00 12 February 2026

  Please join us for the next EACW Research Seminar, “The Sweet Taste of Empire,” featuring Professor Kim F. Hall (Barnard College) in conversation with Dr. Fred Schurink (EACW), discussing Professor Hall’s new book, The Sweet Taste of Empire. The seminar will take place on Thursday 12 February, from 4–5 pm, in Sam Alex SG.16. About the...

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• EAC Lunchtime Research Show and Tell

  12:00 - 13:00 4 March 2026

  Please join us for the spring EAC Lunchtime Research Show and Tell. The event will take place on Wednesday 4 March, from 12–1 pm, in Whitworth Hall, Committee Room A. The session will feature new work from EACW's Professor Dani Caselli, Dr Rebecca Hurst, and Professor David Matthews. Lunch will be provided; please RSVP to J. Michelle Coghlan...

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• Research Show and Tell: EAC 'Empire and After' Cluster

  14:00 - 16:00 4 March 2026

  Please join us for a 'Show and Tell' by researchers affiliated with the 'Empire and After' EACW research cluster, showcasing new and developing work. The event will take place on 4 March at 2pm, in University Place 2.217. About the research cluster Empire and After (lead: Dr Howard Booth) – ‘Empire and After’ is a research group in English,...

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• After the Burning Age: Green utopianism, climate catastrophe, and retooling the apocalypse

  16:00 - 18:00 11 March 2026

  Radical Formations seminar, University of Manchester About the seminar This talk addresses the relationship between apocalyptic visions of catastrophe and utopian accounts of liberation, putting particular emphasis on the climate crisis. The clouding of the horizon with predictions of climate disaster is a threat to utopia, making it appear that...

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• Alternative Ecological Futures

  16:00 - 17:00 18 March 2026

  Please join us for this exciting EACW research seminar event, taking place on Wednesday 18 March, from 4–5 pm, in Sam Alex A113. The session will feature talks by Professor Allison Carruth (Princeton), author of Novel Ecologies: Nature Remade and the Illusions of Tech (University of Chicago Press, 2025), and Dr Robert Spencer (EACW). About...

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