@ schedule and reading list
(1) The schedule on the semester page has now been updated; please hold off both March 10 and April 17 as alternative dates for the seminar on activists, NGOs and social media!
Here is a simplified overview of the schedule as currently planned:
- 22 jan. introduction
- 17 feb. environmental history
- 3 mar. green discourses and policies; “Green shift” case studies (solar energy; hydrogen; rentier states and “energy democracy”)
- 10 mar.? environmental aktivists/NGO/social media (OBS: possibly to be moved to 14 Apr!
- 17 mar. “Green shift” case studies (solar energy; hydrogen; rentier states and “energy democracy”) (cont.)
- 24 mar. air pollution (case study: Iran)
- 7 apr. water and conflict
- 14 apr.? environmental activists/NGO/social media (alternative date)
- 21 apr. case study Kuwait
- 28 apr. case study Lebanon
- 12 mai eco-criticism in literature
(2) The Leganto reading list is being processed by the University library and will be linked to from the semester page ASAP. Meanwhile, here is a printout of the preliminary reading list — note that this includes both obligatory readings and suggested resources to be used for students’ term papers.
(3) A Canvas room for this course will be opened ASAP.
(4) More information will be given during the introductory seminar. This seminar is currently planned as a physical/hybrid meeting; if the university decides in the coming days that all teaching has to be conducted on Zoom, you will be informed accordingly.