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materia is thrilled to announce our first event of 2024, an Environmental Humanities Graduate Student Research Fair.

materia is a DLCL Research Unit focused on anthropodecentrisms, Latin Americanist and otherwise. Our 2023-24 yearly theme is narratives of the sociotechnical: infrastructure, telos, and scale.

What: a unique opportunity to engage with advanced graduate students currently working with environmental humanities from a diverse array of disciplinary backgrounds in a dynamic setting. Students will present a brief introduction of their present projects, followed by a discussion session moderated by Eric Kim.

When: Jan. 31st, 5-7pm

Where: Bolivar House (582 Alvarado Row)

Please RSVP .

New attendants to materia are very welcome, especially among graduate students!

Presenters:

Nava Haghighi (°®åú´«Ã½ Computer Science)

Alejandro Ponce de León (UC Davis)

María Zurita Ontiveros (°®åú´«Ã½ TAPS)

Thomaz Amâncio (UChicago)

Discussant:

Eric Kim (°®åú´«Ã½ Slavic Languages and Literatures)

We look forward to seeing you there!