Upcoming Events

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The Private Sector and the Planet: Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Corporate Governance and Reporting

Monday, September 29, 2025 12:45pm to 2:00pm
Boyd Law Building
Join the Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative, Vanderbilt Law School’s Private Climate Governance Lab, and the Tippie Social Impact Community for the kickoff of The Private Sector and the Planet speaker series. The first talk in this series is a fireside chat with Jill Sanchez, Vice President of Financial Reporting at Deere & Company. VP Sanchez will give a talk on:"Navigating the Shifting Landscape of Corporate Governance and Reporting"As businesses strive to meet changing stakeholder...

SEES 7000: Leon Aden (School of Earth, Environment, and Sustainability)

Thursday, October 2, 2025 3:30pm
Visual Arts Building
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Weather, Fiction and Lies

Thursday, October 2, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
English-Philosophy Building
Stephanie LeMenager, one of the founders of the environmental humanities and pioneer in the critical theory of petromodernity, examines the unique role of fiction as a form of truth telling in an era of lies, propaganda and conspiracy theory, and in the shadow of climate crisis.Stephanie LeMenager is a Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.This event is presented by the Ida Cornelia Beam Visiting Professor lecture...
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War as a Genre of Climate Change

Friday, October 3, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
English-Philosophy Building
Stephanie LeMenager, one of the founders of the environmental humanities and pioneer in the critical theory of petromodernity, explores how the climate crisis generates shorthand "genres" of expectation in response to uncertainty. She argues that one genre of climate crisis is war—in particular civil war.Stephanie LeMenager is a Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English and Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon.This event is presented by the Ida Cornelia Beam...