Dubuque Times

Loras College recently issued the following announcement.

Themes Crucial to the Climate Crisis

February 10 at 7 p.m.

Miller Academic Resource Center

Professor of English Andrew Auge will give a talk on his new book “Contemporary Irish Poetry and the Climate Crisis “ on February 10 at 7 pm on the third floor of the Miller Academic Resource Center on the Loras College campus.

The book addresses what is arguably the most crucial issue of human history through the lens of late-twentieth and twenty-first century Irish poetry. Adopting a variety of ecotheoretical approaches, the essays in this book address several interrelated themes crucial to the climate crisis: the way in which the scalar scope of climate change interweaves local and global, distant past and imminent future; the critical importance of acknowledging the complex kinship of the human and nonhuman; and the necessity of warning against the devastating environmental losses to come while mourning those that have already occurred. 

Ultimately, by envisioning new ways of existing on an earth that humans no longer dominate, this book engages in what the philosopher Jonathan Lear refers to as a process of ‘radical anticipation.’

This event is open to the public and there is no charge to attend. Please plan to wear a surgical grade face covering as masks are required in all campus buildings.

About Loras College

Founded in 1839, Loras College leverages its historic roots as Iowa’s first college, the second oldest Catholic college west of the Mississippi River and one of the nation’s 10 diocesan colleges to deliver challenging, life-changing experiences as part of its residential, Catholic setting. In 2020, Loras was ranked the 16th Best Regional College in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report and one of America’s Top 200 Most Loved Colleges/Universities by Forbes Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. Loras students ranked No. 2 in the world as part of the global Peeptrade Investment Challenge while a second group ranked No. 4. For the 12th consecutive year, Loras Media Studies student-led television station (LCTV) was named the TV Station of the Year by the Iowa College Media Association (ICMA).

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