Mass extinction. Climate chaos. Ecological collapse.
The future of life on earth is at stake.
What are the roots of this emergency?
What can be done?
Series Events
Free. Online. Open to All.
Click the event titles below to view or listen to recordings of series events. Most recordings are also available on Facebook, YouTube & Soundcloud*
Closed captions available. Recordings of the Spring 2021 events are available in Spanish.
Sept 30, 6pm | KEYNOTE
What Does the Earth Ask of Us?
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Joint keynote co-presented with the Arts Extension Service, Creative Women Leading Climate Action & partners. Registration required to view the recording.
Oct 7, 6pm | HISTORY DISTINGUISHED ANNUAL LECTURE
California Burning: The Apocalyptic Trinity of Climate Change, Alien Plant Invasion and Exurbanization
Mike Davis
Co-presented with the UMass / Five College Graduate Program in History
Oct 21, 6pm | EXTINCTION
A World in a Shell: The Disappearing Snails of Hawai’i
Thom van Dooren
Nov 12, 6pm | THE ELECTIONS, REDUX
Environmental Policy in Historical Perspective
Bill McKibben, Robert Pollin, Ashwin Ravikumar, Thea Riofrancos, Eve Vogel
Nov 18, 4pm | THE UNDERGROUND
History from Below: Extractivism, Geology, and Power
Angélica Maria Bernal, Nigel Clark, Gregory Cushman, Andrea Marston
Feb 1, 12pm | RESISTANCE
Young People Fighting for Climate Justice
Vanessa Nakate and Varshini Prakash ’15
2021 James Baldwin Lecture, co-presented with the W.E.B. Du Bois Dept of Afro-American Studies
Feb 24, 7:30pm | UNNATURAL DISASTERS
Landfall: Film Screening and Q/A
Cecilia Aldarondo
Co-presented with the 2021 Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival
Mar 4, 6pm | ECOFASCISM
Disaster Capitalism, Ecofascism, and Ecoauthoritarianism
Katia R. Avilés Vázquez, Rajani Bhatia, John Aloysius Zinda
Week of Mar 22 | LAND, LABOR, LIFE
Viral Exchanges (lecture, 3/22) & The Land Beneath Our Feet (film, 3/25)
Gregg Mitman
History Writer In Residence Program, co-presented with the UMass / Five College Graduate Program in History
Ongoing | K-12 EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS
Teaching on a Precipice: Empowering Student / Teacher Partnerships for Climate Justice
Romina Pacheco, Safire DeJong
Co-presented with the History Institute and the Collaborative for Educational Services
* The keynote is not publicly available on Facebook, YouTube and SoundCloud. See event page for details on how to watch / listen.
