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HomeCentre For Environmental HistoryCEH NewsInterview Series: Catastrophe Is Our Bedtime Story
Interview series: Catastrophe is our bedtime story
Tuesday 5 September 2017
Historian Michael Egan interviewed colleagues on the subject of 'catastrophic history' for a new audio series beginning this month. Listen to the introduction to learn more:   https://soundcloud.com/user-571360326/bedtime-stories-series-introduction

The podcast schedule

5 September: “Dysfunctional Relationships: Love Songs for Pesticides” (Michelle Mart) 12 September: “Catastrophic Environmentalism: Histories of the Cold War” (Jacob Hamblin) 19 September: “Disaster Narratives: Predictions, Preparedness, & Lessons” (Scott Knowles) 26 September: “Catastrophe in the Age of Revolutions” (Cindy Ermus) 3 October: “Histories of the Future & the Anthropocene” (Libby Robin) 10 October: “Günther Anders & the Catastrophic Imagination” (Jason Dawsey) 17 October: “Convergence: Climate, Capitalism, Catastrophe” (Andreas Malm) 24 October: “Catastrophic Meanings: Consuming the Great Flood of 1927” (Susan Scott Parrish) 31 October: “Disaster, Race, & Diaspora” (Richard Mizelle, Jr.) 7 November: “Labour, Environment, & Neoliberalism” (Erik Loomis)