Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), also known as ASLE-USA, is the principal professional association for American and international scholars of ecocriticism and environmental humanities. It was founded in 1992 at a special session of the Western Literature Association conference in Reno, Nevada for the purpose of "sharing of facts, ideas, and texts concerning the study of literature and the environment."[4][5][6]
| Abbreviation | ASLE |
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| Formation | 9 October 1992 |
| Founder | Cheryll Glotfelty Michael P. Branch & others |
| Founded at | Reno, Nevada, United States |
| Type | Nonprofit organization Professional association Scholarly association |
| 54-1640944[1] Affiliated organizations[2] American Literature Association International branches[3] ALECC (Canada) | |
| Headquarters | Keene, New Hampshire, United States |
Region | International |
| Fields | ecocriticism environmental humanities |
Membership (2019) | 1,450 |
Managing Director | Amy M. McIntyre (2004-present)[1] |
| Publication | Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE) |
| Website | www |
The association hosts a biennial conference since 1995, alternating with symposia in non-conference years.
ASLE's journal is Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment (ISLE), a quarterly published by Oxford University Press, in which the most current scholarship in the rapidly evolving field of environmental humanities can often be found.[5]
ASLE Presidents, Conferences and Symposia Edit
This is a list of people who have served as presidents of ASLE since its inception in 1992. The biennial conferences/symposia held during their tenure are given along.[7][8][9]
| # | President | Year(s) | Affiliation | Biennial Conference (Dates) | Symposium (Dates) | Theme | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Slovic | 1992-93 | |||||
| (1) 2 | Scott Slovic | 1993-94 | University of Tokyo | ||||
| Cheryll Glotfelty | University of Nevada, Reno | ||||||
| (1) | Scott Slovic | 1994-95 | I (9-11 June 1995) | - | Colorado State University | ||
| 3 | Michael P. Branch | 1995-96 | I (13-17 August 1996) | Japanese and American Environmental Literature | University of Hawaii | ||
| 4 | John Tallmadge | 1997 | Union Institute & University, Cincinnati | II (17-19 July) | - | The Last Best Place | University of Montana |
| 5 | Louise Westling | 1998 | University of Oregon | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Walter Isle | 1999 | Rice University | III (2-5 June ) | - | What to Make of a diminished thing: Restoration, Preservation, Conservation | Western Michigan University |
| 7 | SueEllen Campbell | 2000 | Colorado State University | - | II (15-17 June) | Food and Farming in American Life and Letters | Unity College (Maine) |
| 8 | Randall Roorda | 2001 | University of Kentucky | - | III (4-6 January) | Desert Crossings | Big Bend National Park |
| IV (19-23 June) | - | Making a Start Out of Particulars | |||||
| Northern Arizona University | |||||||
| - | IV (24-27 October ) | “Coming Nearer the Ground”: An ASLE Symposium on the South | University of Mississippi | ||||
| 9 | Terrell F. Dixon | 2002 | University of Houston | - | |||
| 10 | Ian Marshall | 2003 | V (3-7 June) | - | The Solid Earth! The Actual World!: Sea–City–Pond–Garden | Boston University | |
| 11 | John Elder | 2004 | Middlebury College | - | V (4-6 June) | Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest | The Highland Center, Crawford Notch, New Hampshire |
| VI (23-25 September ) | Globalization and the Environmental Justice Movement | University of Arizona, Tucson | |||||
| 12 | Allison Wallace | 2005 | Honors College, University of Central Arkansas | VI (21-25 June) | - | Being in the World, Living With the Land | University of Oregon |
| 13 | Ann Fisher-Wirth | 2006 | University of Mississippi | - | VII (2-4 June ) | Maine’s Place in the Environmental Imagination | University of Maine at Farmington |
| 14 | Karla Armbruster | 2007 | Webster University | VII (12-16 June) | - | Confluence: literature,art, criticism, science, activism, politics. | Wofford College |
| 15 | Rochelle Johnson | 2008 | College of Idaho | - | |||
| 16 | Daniel J. Philippon | 2009 | University of Minnesota | VIII (3-6 June) | - | Island Time: The Fate of Place in a Wired, Warming World | University of Victoria |
| 17 | Annie Ingram | 2010 | VIII (18-20 June) | The Third Annual Rural Heritage Institute: Is Local Enough? Promises and Limits of Local Action | Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont | ||
| 18 | Ursula Heise | 2011 | Stanford University | IX (21-26 June) | - | Species, Space and the Imagination of the Global | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| 19 | Joni Adamson | 2012 | Arizona State University | - | IX (14-17 June) | Environment, Culture & Place in a Rapidly Changing North | University of Alaska Southeast |
| 20 | Paul Outka | 2013 | University of Kansas | X ( 28 May – 1 June) | - | Changing Nature: Migrations, Energies, Limits | University of Kansas |
| 21 | Mark C. Long | 2014 | Keene State College | - | |||
| 22 | Catriona Sandilands | 2015 | York University | XI (23-27 June) | - | Notes From Underground: The Depths of Environmental Arts, Culture and Justice | University of Idaho |
| 23 | Christoph Irmscher | 2016-17 | Indiana University, Bloomington[10] | XI (7-9 June 2016) | Sharp Eyes IX: Local, Regional, Global: The Many Faces of Nature Writing | State University of New York College at Oneonta | |
| XII (8-11 June 2016) | The Heart Of The Gila: Wilderness And Water In The West | Western New Mexico University | |||||
| XIII (21-22 Oct 2016) | Toxic Borders And Bondages: Intersecting Ecology With Capitalism, Racism, Heteropatriarchy And (Dis)Possession (Graduate Symposium) | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | |||||
| Anthony Lioi | Juilliard School[10] | ||||||
| XII (20-24 June 2017) | Rust/Resistance: Works of Recovery | Wayne State University | |||||
| 24 | Stacy Alaimo | Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 | University of Texas at Arlington (2010-March 2019) University of Oregon (September 2019-) | - | XIV (14-30 June 2018) | A Clockwork Green: Ecomedia In The Anthropocene | A Nearly Carbon Neutral Virtual Symposium. Co-Sponsored with the University of California, Santa Barbara |
| XIII (26-30 June 2019) | Paradise on Fire | University of California, Davis[11] | |||||
| Jeffrey Cohen | |||||||
| Arizona State University | |||||||
| 25 | Laura Barbas-Rhoden | 2020-2021 | Wofford College | ||||
| Bethany Wiggin | University of Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 26 | Gisela Heffes | 2022- | Rice University | ||||
| George B. Handley | Brigham Young University | N/A | XIV (6-9 July) | - | Oregon Convention Center |
See also Edit
References Edit
- ^ a b "Association for the Study of Literature and Environment". GuideStar.
- ^ "Affiliated Organizations". April 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ "ASLE around the World". April 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Dobie, Ann B. (2011). Theory into Practice: An Introduction to Literary Criticism. Cengage Learning. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-49590-233-1.
- ^ a b "Vision & History". ASLE Home Page. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ^ "ASLE Bylaws" (PDF). ASLE Home Page. April 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
- ^ "ASLE VISION & HISTORY". 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Archive". ASLE Archive. 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Archive". ASLE Archive. 2019. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ a b "Leadership & Staff". ASLE. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Biennial Conference". ASLE. 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
External links Edit
- Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
- Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment