ASLE and AESS are getting excited to welcome attendees to our joint conference from July 9-12, 2023. Below are some recent updates on awards, travel, and events:

If you have been accepted to present at the conference and would like to apply for one of the twelve (12) $500 travel awards, or for one of the ten (10) virtual registration waivers, please submit via the following links by March 22, 2023.

ASLE will again offer awards for the best papers by graduate students at the 2023 conference. Deadline for submissions is June 5, 2023. Visit the Participant Information Page,

and open the Graduate Student Writing Awards tab to read about eligibility and how to submit.

We have now posted full descriptions for both virtual and in-person workshops on the Schedule and Events Page, just open the Workshops tab to read details.

ASLE stands in solidarity with all the people of Turkey and Syria affected by the recent earthquakes, and with the many valued colleagues in our organization who have also been directly and indirectly affected. Those who have survived the devastating earthquake are now facing additional difficulties and challenges, such as the severe winter, as well as inconsolable grief. We encourage the ASLE community to support their recovery by donating to an organization of your choice.

Some of the highest-rated charities on Charity Navigator for Turkey and Syria earthquake relief efforts include (Disclaimer: ASLE is not affiliated with any of these giving sites; we are sharing the information for your consideration):

ASLE is delighted to welcome these new members of our leadership team: Vice President: Cristin Ellis, University of Mississippi; Public Engagement Officer: Daniel Lanza Rivers, San José State University; Contingent/Independent Advocacy Officer: Katherine M. Huber, Ph.D., M.Ed.; Diversity Officer: Fernando Varela, Texas Lutheran University; and Graduate Student Liaison, Junior (GSL): Lucien Darjeun Meadows, University of Denver. Read more about these stellar individuals with the link below.

From Sunday, June 25 to Friday, June 30, 2023, Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire will host the sixth annual Exeter Environmental Literature Institute (ELI). ELI offers an opportunity for teachers to deepen their pedagogy in ways that will empower the next generation of environmentally attentive and literate students. In addition to workshops, field excursions, and social gatherings, this summer’s Institute will feature a keynote address and workshop by poet Camille Dungy. Registration is now open.

Sustainability - as a term and a concept - has come into favor in recent years; however, it is not new. Abby L. Goode explores the history of sustainability arguments as well as the tendency for sustainability advocates to imagine utopian spaces - agrotopias - to counter their unsustainable present. Goode invites readers to consider how we might use these ideas differently when keeping their often eugenic and xenophobic histories in mind.

If you have an idea for a future episode of ASLE’s EcoCast co-hosts Brandon Galm and Lindsay S.R. Jolivette would love to hear from you. Please submit your proposal via this form.

This month is all about the wonderful world of snails! Lindsay and Brandon are joined by Thom Van Dooren, Deputy Director at the Sydney Environment Institute and an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Sydney, Australia. Thom joins EcoCast to discuss his most recent book, A World in a Shell: Snail Stories for a Time of Extinction.

Melody Jue joins us to discuss her most recent book Wild Blue Media, and we get below the surface (pun intended) of how important oceans are, the human fascination with them, and how they serve as a space for orientation. 

ISLE Issue 29.4 Now Available Online

We are excited to announce that ISLE 29.4 is almost a double issue! The Winter 2022 issue of ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment has been published, and it features a an eclectic mix of articles, poetry, book reviews, and the free-access featured creative nonfiction piece "Disability across Land and Species" by Sara Grossman. View the full Table of Contents at the link below.

If you are interested in submitting, we are excited to share that ISLE has significantly shortened its times from submission to decision and submission to publication, with the goal of assisting authors.

ISLE is available as an online-only publication to ASLE members and through various libraries that subscribe. If you are a current member, just log in to the ASLE member community and look for the link to access the journal. If you are not a member but would like to become one, follow this link to join.

Does your home institution subscribe to ISLE? If you are returning to or starting at an academic institution this year, check if your college or university subscribes to ISLE via their library portal. If your college or university subscribes, your colleagues and students, even if not ASLE members, can read both current and archived ISLE issues. Subscription info is available here: https://academic.oup.com/isle/subscribe

If you don't have a subscription yet, but want a sampling of the content from this and prior issues, check out the unlocked articles for reading at OUP's ISLE Editor's Choice page.

ASLE's Scholar of the Month series is a place to highlight the emerging scholars in our membership who are contributing to the environmental humanities.

Members can find out how to nominate their favorite ASLE scholar via this link, and read about our recent Scholar of the Month at the link below.

Taylor Brorby, ASLE member and author of the acclaimed Boys and Oil, published a NYT guest op-ed on February 24, 2023, entitled "The Real Reason North Dakota Is Going After Books and Librarians."

We are always accepting submissions to the Member Bookshelf and Member News sections of the website. If you are a current member of ASLE and have a recent publication, promotion, project or event, please contact us at info@asle.org to have it added to these pages. 

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