BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:823b5ee87fd05bbaa29bea59060b9a7e CATEGORIES:Polar Online Events CREATED:20210310T132627 SUMMARY:The Ends of the Earth: Polar Exploration, Print Culture, and Climate Change LOCATION:Online DESCRIPTION:The Ends of the Earth: Polar Exploration, Print Culture, and Climate Change \nThe Ends of the Earth: Polar Exploration, Print Culture, and Climate Cha nge is an online symposium which will showcase recent scholarship at the in tersection of American literary studies, environmental humanities, and prin t culture and serve as a provocation to the audience: what kinds of knowled ge are produced at the (geographical, ecological, and possibly even the tem poral) ends of the earth? \nFriday, March 26, 2020 \n2:00-4:30 pm Central T ime \nZoom webinar \nPlease register in advance to receive a Zoom link at h ttps://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rOnQCs0tQ_ungrS0VPhvRg \nFree a nd open to the public. Please drop in and out as your schedule allows, or s tay for the whole symposium. \n \nSchedule of Events: \n2:00 pm Central Time- Introduction of the speakers and of the polar collections at the Univ ersity of Illinois \n2:20pm Central Time - “A Humanist in the Northwest Pa ssage,” A talk by Hester Blum, Professor of English at Penn State \n3:00 p m Central Time - “Land of Wondrous Cold: The Victorians in Antarctica.” A t alk by Gillen D’Arcy Wood, Langan Professorial Scholar of Environmental Hum anities and Associate Director of iSEE at the University of Illinois at Urb ana-Champaign (UIUC) \n3:45pm – 4:30 pm Central Time - Discussion and Q& ;A with Hester Blum and Gillen D’Arcy Wood, facilitated by co-organizers Ja mie L. Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of English, UIUC, and Adam Do skey, Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, UIUC. \nSpeaker Gillen D’Arcy Wood recently published Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarc tica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice (Princeton University Press, 2020). Link: https://press.princeto n.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172200/land-of-wondrous-cold \nSpeaker Hes ter Blum recently published The News at the Ends of the Earth: The Print Cu lture of Polar Exploration (Duke University Press, 2019). Link: https://www .dukeupress.edu/the-news-at-the-ends-of-the-earth \n \nSponsored by the Rar e Book & Manuscript Library, UIUC; the Trowbridge Initiative in America n Cultures; iSEE (Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment ); and other generous campus sponsors. \nIf you will need disability-relate d accommodations in order to participate in this program/event, please cont act Jamie L. Jones at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to v iew it. document.getElementById('cloak5c4de697c28b629589eb3b1a5e9e3528' ).innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; v ar path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy5c4de697c28b629589eb3b1a5e9e3528 = 'jaljones' + '@'; addy5c4de697c28b629589eb3b1a5e9e35 28 = addy5c4de697c28b629589eb3b1a5e9e3528 + 'illinois' + '.' + 'edu'; var addy_text5c4de697c28b629589eb3b1a5e9e3 528 = 'jaljones' + '@' + 'illinois' + '.' + 'edu';document.getElementById('cloak5c4de697c28b629589 eb3b1a5e9e3528').innerHTML += ''+addy_text5c4de697c28b629589eb3b1a5e9e3 528+''; . Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Ends of the Earth: Polar Explor ation, Print Culture, and Climate Change

The Ends of the Earth: Polar Exploration, Print Culture, and Cli mate Change is an online symposium which will showcase recent scholarship a t the intersection of American literary studies, environmental humanities, and print culture and serve as a provocation to the audience: what kinds of knowledge are produced at the (geographical, ecological, and possibly even the temporal) ends of the earth?

Friday, March 26, 2020

2:00-4:30 pm Central Time&n bsp;

Zoom webinar

Please register in adv ance to receive a Zoom link at https://il linois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rOnQCs0tQ_ungrS0VPhvRg

Free and open to the public. Please dr op in and out as your schedule allows, or stay for the whole symposium. &nb sp;

Schedule of Events:

2:00 pm Central Time- Introduction of the speakers and of the polar collections at the University of Illinois < /p>

2:20pm Central Time - “ A Humanist in the Northwest Passage,” A talk by Hester Blum, Professor of E nglish at Penn State

3:00 pm Central Time - “Land of Wondrous Cold: The Victorians in Antar ctica.” A talk by Gillen D’Arcy Wood, Langan Professorial Scholar of Enviro nmental Humanities and Associate Director of iSEE at the University of Illi nois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

3:45pm – 4:30 pm Central Time - Discussion and Q&A with Hester Blum and Gillen D’Arcy Wood, facilitated by co-organizers Jamie L. J ones, Assistant Professor, Department of English, UIUC, and Adam Doskey, Cu rator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, UIUC.

Speaker Gillen D’Arcy Wood recently published Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Sec rets of Its Ice (Princeton University Press, 2020). Link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/h ardcover/9780691172200/land-of-wondrous-cold

Speaker Hester Blum recently published The News at the Ends of the Earth: The Print Culture of Polar Exploration (Duke University Press, 2019). Link: https:/ /www.dukeupress.edu/the-news-at-the-ends-of-the-earth

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Sponsored by the Rare Book & Manus cript Library, UIUC; the Trowbridge Initiative in American Cultures; iSEE ( Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment); and other gener ous campus sponsors.

If you will n eed disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this progr am/event, please contact Jamie L. Jones at This email addr ess is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view i t.. Early requests a re strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.< /p> DTSTAMP:20260420T142717Z DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20210326 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20210327 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR