In addition to panels, we have organized a Beinecke visit (2-4pm 4/19) and a seminar workshop (10:30am-12pm 4/20), culminating in our keynote musical performance event at 4:30pm on 4/20, where we will offer the world premiere of a multimedia artwork entitled Shakespeare’s Garden, by composer Sherry Woods and visual artist and engineer Nancy Griffin.
We have some open spots remaining for our visit to the Beinecke and our seminar workshop on “Environmental Thinking and the Grounds of Comparison.” If there are any faculty or students who would like to join for these events, they can use this Google Form to indicate their interest: https://forms.gle/3Z8Q5zdzidoK8Bvm9. There will be pre-circulated readings for the seminar provided to registered attendees.
Please direct any questions or concerns to John Hoffmeyer (john.hoffmeyer@yale.edu) or Taylor Yoonji Kang (taylor.kang@yale.edu). The program for the symposium follows.
Global Environment in Early Modernity
April 19 -20, Yale University
Co-sponsored by The Franke Program in Science and the Humanities, Environmental Humanities, Early
Modern Studies, Comparative Literature, and the Dean’s Fund
Friday, April 19th
10:00am-11:30am Global Agricultural Imaginaries (HQ136)
In the Garden of Sōtatsu: Painting the Global Cropscapes in the Edo Period Philippe Depairon, Kyoto
University
A Comparative Study of Japanese Tea and the Coca Plant from South America in Early Modern Jesuit
Missionary Networks
Noemí Martín Santo and Jessica Rutherford, Central Connecticut State University 11:45am-1:15pm
Planetary Poetics (HQ136)
Between Central Europe and West Sumatra: Ores, Mining, and Geological Imaginations Wenrui Zhao,
Cornell University
‘Tottered, Torn, and Rent’: Tree Afterlives in Margaret Cavendish’s Poetics Sam Wilcox, Columbia
University
Cosmic Erotics: The Environmental Excess of Early Modern Poetic Satire John Hoffmeyer, Yale
University
2:00pm-4:00pm Visit to the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Saturday, April 20th
10:30am-12:00pm Seminar Workshop:
“Environmental Thinking and the Grounds of Comparison” (Bingham Library)
4:30pm-6:00pm Keynote Event: Shakespeare’s Garden (Auditorium, 53 Wall Street) World
premiere of a multimedia artwork by composer Dr. Sherry Woods and visual artist Nancy Griffin.
