CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES
An interdisciplinary research space focused on humanistic environmental inquiry.
We define the environmental humanities as the study of how human cultures and nonhuman natures overlap, how environmental risks intersect with social justice issues, and how humanistic knowledges help us better understand environmental problems.
Scientists, policymakers, and the public recognize that addressing global environmental problems requires not just technical expertise, but shifts in public and political will inspired by cultural change. The Center for Environmental Humanities (CEH) focuses on the role culture and communications have on environmental change: providing historical and political context about environmental challenges, personalizing its impact through stories, art, music, and media, and offering hope and inspiration for imagining other futures.
FACULTY STEERING COMMITTEE
AWARDS
Spring EcoWriters Prize
Founded in Spring 2025, the Eco-Writers Prize recognizes UD graduate students for excellent scholarly writing in the environmental humanities. Research eligible for this award could be taking place in a number of departments ranging across the humanities, arts, and humanistic social sciences, likely taking an interdisciplinary approach.
First Place (Tie): Genevieve Westerby (PhD Candidate, Art History) – “Impressionism and Extraction Ecologies on the Seine”
First Place (Tie): Caitlin Salomon (PhD Student, English) – “From Climate Crisis to Climate Chaos? Reframing Social Panic in Disaster Narratives”
Third Place: Emaline Reyes (PhD Student, Sociology) – “Treacherous Terrain: Creative Approaches to Studying Childbirth in Disaster”
EVENTS
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November 18: Environmental Humanities Symposium
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April 25: DENIN Environmental Research Symposium with keynote speaker Dr. Joshua Moses (Haverford)
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April 16: Home Grown Café Fundraiser
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April 15: “Subaltern Seasons” Guest Lecture by Dr. Sarah Dimick (Northwestern) on her new book, Unseasonable