Environmental change seems to be happening all around us, and yet voices differ over its causes and consequences. At the same time, our human activity is playing an increasingly significant role in shaping the earth and its future possibilities.

This landmark lecture series will offer a range of talks by leading international scholars in the Environmental Humanities. It will draw on insights from history, literature, philosophy, anthropology, and related disciplines and explore the important roles that the humanities can play in addressing some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our day.

The series is jointly funded and coordinated by Macquarie University, University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University, the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum.

Macquarie staff are invited along at a discounted rate of $8 (Promo code: ENVHUM18). In the next lecture, Deborah Bird Rose examines the intersection of humans, animals and landscape, and the fragility of their relationship in the face of environmental crisis and loss.

Find out more here.