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2021 Events
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2021 events
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16/01/2021
Sydney Festival 2021: Requiem
How do we mourn and remember the inestimable loss – of animals, of flora, of ecological worlds – wrought by the black summer fires of 2019-2020?Explore -
03/02/2021
The 2021 Iain McCalman Lecture
Shallow and Deep Collaboration: Art, Ecology and Alexander von HumboldtExplore -
15/02/2021
NSW climate update 2021
Join a panel of leading thinkers to review the latest developments and state-based responses to climate change in NSW.Explore -
19/04/2021
Reimagining climate adaptation summit
The Reimagining Climate Adaptation Summit from 19-22 April 2021 will discuss Australia’s need for an evidence-based policy response to the range of emerging threats posed by environmental change.Explore -
22/04/2021
The architecture of multispecies cohabitation
The exhibition presents surprising and hopeful stories of human and other-than-human interdependence, through the architectures that host them.Explore -
15/05/2021
Ngarukuruwala means ‘we sing’
Ngarukuruwala anganuwanga kukunari ngimpurumi. Ngarukuruwala means ‘we sing’ and it is who we are and it makes us well. A group of singers from the Tiwi Islands are performing a pop-up concert amongst Tiwi artifacts at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.Explore -
21/05/2021
Making matter great again? Ecofeminism, new materialism and the everyday
That’s how the light gets in: In conversation with Sherilyn MacGregor and David Schlosberg.Explore -
24/06/2021
Writing the more-than-human
A panel of critically acclaimed writers dissect dominating writing forms and explore how to move beyond human exceptionalism when writing about more-than-human worlds.Explore -
01/07/2021
The invisible now: writing crisis and the future imaginary
A panel of critically acclaimed writers examines the power of writing during a moment of multiplying and interconnecting crises.Explore -
28/07/2021
Living with bushfire seminar series
The Living with Bushfire: Emerging Research Seminar Series brings together researchers from around the University of Sydney and beyond to explore diverse approaches to the topic of bushfire from the humanities and social sciences.Explore -
25/08/2021
Unravelling the capitalist state: crisis and opportunity
In this PhD Seminar, SEI Doctoral Fellow Anna Sturman will draw upon her thesis to explore the capitalist state as a key terrain of inquiry for environmental and social justice movements. This analysis draws upon both the contemporary revival of state theory scholarship and on-the-ground responses from movements navigating rolling crises.Explore -
26/08/2021
Learning to live with climate change
This event brings together leading feminist environmental scholars to launch Blanche Verlie’s new book on the cultural, interpersonal and sociological dimensions of ecological distress.Explore -
07/09/2021
Powering the Pacific: impacts, opportunities and challenges of a renewable transition
Experts and activists discuss the prospects of transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables in the Pacific as communities suffer from worsening disasters and low electrification rates.Explore -
09/09/2021
Unsettling resources symposium: renewable energy in the Pacific
This two-day symposium seeks to identify common themes and sources of contention for how we transition to renewable energy in the Pacific.Explore -
15/09/2021
Writing the environment
This workshop for researchers explores potent ways for writing the environment as well as the ways in which this kind of writing can initiate change.Explore -
21/09/2021
SEI employment pathways workshop: NGOs
As the effects of global climate change become increasingly clear, more and more students are seeking careers that will have a positive environmental impact.Explore -
21/09/2021
Learning to live with climate change
Researcher Blanche Verlie leads two interactive workshops for educators of adults and children that assist in addressing the building anxiety and awareness felt by students towards the climate crisis and methods for support and care.Explore -
06/10/2021
Protecting country, or extraction
Is it possible to limit the damage of extraction using the law? Or is the law part of the damage?Explore -
12/10/2021
From denial to delay: moving beyond Australia’s fossil fuel addiction
Why is the Australian Government accelerating the expansion of coal and gas exports as other nations commit to emission reduction targets, and what could our future look like instead?Explore -
19/10/2021
Worrying times: new image ecologies
SEI’s 2021-22 Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow, Jennifer Deger, experiments with the power of images to tell new kinds of environmental stories.Explore -
20/10/2021
A world of oysters: protecting their future
A panel of farmers, chefs and researchers discuss the vital role of oysters within Australia’s marine biodiversity and culinary culture.Explore -
28/10/2021
Emotion and anxiety in environmental history
Hear from historians as they grapple with the emotional and psychological impacts of environmental change.Explore -
11/11/2021
How can finance address climate change?
Will climate finance be a driving force in the shift towards a carbon-neutral future?Explore -
12/12/2021
Book launch: subjects of intergenerational justice
Join us for a rich discussion as leading environmental scholars highlight the value Indigenous philosophies have for solving global environmental problems as we launch Christine Winter’s new book.Explore -
11/12/2021
The toxic greed of Australia’s gas-led recovery
A panel of activists, community members and experts unravel the true cost of gas extraction in Australia.Explore -
08/12/2021
Never again or never? Environmental justice in Australia
PhilSoc in partnership with Sydney Environment Institute present a discussion on the legal and philosophical limits to environmental justice in Australia.Explore -
16/12/2021
Building communities of care for food systems change
SEI Postdoctoral Fellow on the FoodLab Sydney project, Kate Johnston, explores the potential of care to address our broken food systems and inform our approach to designing food systems of the future.Explore