CMLT 125 - Intro To Environmental Humanities

This course will introduce students to some of the classic texts for thinking through narratives of progress (Chakrabarty) and frameworks for environmental justice (Nixon). It will discuss how Black and Indigenous studies intersect with environmental justice and dating the anthropocene (Lewis/Maslin, Yusoff, Wynter), It will present how islanders, predominantly but not exclusively in the Pacific and the Caribbean, are experiencing sea level rise and how they are engaging it in literature, art and film.

By combining these theoretical texts with the literature that follows and a discussion of the impacts of the climate crisis, students will come to understand how and why an understanding of history is vital for understanding the threat multipliers informing the climate crisis.

Course Designation/Attribute: GP, DI

Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually