I’m delighted to announce the BioCriticism webinar programme for 2025. We meet on zoom at 2pm CET. Please contact me or check this page for the zoom links closer to the date. Abstracts and biographies are available here.
BioCriticism – 2025 – Biodiversity and Neglect in Art and Science
- 28th of March 2025, 2 pm CET: Neglected biodiversity in kitchens and fictions (shared BioCriticism / BioYUFE webinar)
Prof. Marko Rohlfs (Chemical Ecology, Bremen University),“Caring mothers: the symbiotic relationship between insects and microbes in nurturing their young – in your kitchen!”
Teun Joshua Brandt (Literature and Culture, University of Groningen), “Save the Unseen!? Microbial Tricksters in Science Fictions”
- 25th of April 2025, 2 pm CET: Can participatory art and science help us see biodiversity ?
Prof. Eliane Beaufils (Theatre Studies, Université de Paris 8), “The Democracy of Organisms: grow and multiply!”
Dr. Shannon Lambert (Literature, Ghent University), ““I see a starfish!”: Charting Excitement and Engagement in Online Marine Citizen Science Projects”
- 16th of May 2025, 2 pm CET: The biodiversity of neglected spaces in poetry and art curation
Dr. Jonathan Skinner (English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick), “Ruderal Prosodies: Poetry, Plants, World-Ecology”
Dr. Martin Grünfeld (Science Communication, University of Copenhagen), “Towards a metabolic welcoming: Fungal relations troubling hospitality at the museum”
(Martin’s talk is co-written with Simone Cecilie Pedersen who is a curator and art interpreter at SMK, The National Gallery of Denmark)
BioCriticism is organised by Liliane Campos with the support of PRISMES EA4398 and the Institut Universitaire de France. For information and links, please contact liliane.campos@sorbonne-nouvelle.fr or check the BioCriticism website.