UC Irvine Environmental Humanities Research Center

Exterior view of a modern, curved multi-story building with large green-tinted glass windows, concrete columns, and landscaped courtyard pathways at dusk.
Name
UC Irvine Environmental Humanities Research Center
Short Description
How culture shapes our understanding of environment and climate is the central question for this UC Irvine research center. Through research, teaching, and community outreach, it examines the political histories, legacies of imperialism, economic ideologies, and technologies behind the climate crisis, with a commitment to environmental justice.
Description
How culture shapes our understanding of setting and climate is the central question for this UC Irvine research center. Through research, teaching, and community outreach, it examines the political histories, legacies of imperialism, economic ideologies, and technologies behind the climate crisis, with a commitment to environmental justice.
Type
en Research Center
Founded
2021
Founder
co-directed by Nisbet and Visual Studies Ph.D. student Aaron Katzeman, the cluster organized workshops and shared relevant research from faculty across disciplines in the School of Humanities.
Climate & Ecology Themes
Climate Justice
Environmental Justice
Concepts
Colonialism and Decolonization
Memory and History
Methods & Approaches
Education and Pedagogy
Public Programming
Discipline / Field
Humanities
Audience / Engagement
Academic / Research
Community
Website
https://humanities.uci.edu/environmentalhumanitiesresearch
Current Status
Active
Item sets
California Art & Climate Archive
UC Irvine
Media
Exterior view of a modern, curved multi-story building with large green-tinted glass windows, concrete columns, and landscaped courtyard pathways at dusk.UCI Environmental Humanities Center