Planeta Herido!

The Center for Environmental Studies, in collaboration with the Centre for Environmental Humanities at The University of Bristol, presented Conversations in Latin American Environmentalism / Conversaciones sobre ambientalismos latinoamericanos, a Sept. 7, 2022, conversation organized and moderated by Gisela Heffes and Paul Merchant / organizado y moderado por Gisela Heffes y Paul Merchant. Heffes is Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures at Rice University and Merchant is Senior Lecturer in Latin American Film and Visual Culture in the Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at University of Bristol. Featuring / Presentando: Laura Barbas Rhoden, Professor of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Wofford College; Lisa Blackmore, Senior Lecturer, School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex; Pablo Chiuminatto, Professor, Faculty of Letters, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; and Víctor Vich, Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Planet Now! / Planeta herido: una conversación, a conversation series of the Center for Environmental Studies at Rice University, continues our commitment to open and invigorating dialogue about planetary concerns. Environmental dilemmas do not happen only in English so why should our conversations? The Center for Environmental Studies presents this March 31, 2022 conversation between Gisela Heffes, professor of Latin American Literature and Culture in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, and a member of the Center for Environmental Studies faculty steering committee, and Mexican artist Verónica Gerber Bicecci. This Planet Now! conversation was produced in partnership with the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) and Houston-based Literal Publishing.

Welcome to the newest endeavor from Rice University’s Center for Environmental Studies. Planet Now! Planeta herido: una conversación continues our commitment to open and invigorating dialogue about planetary concerns. Environmental dilemmas do not happen only in English so why should our conversations? The series begins with an interview between Professor Gisela Heffes, the inspiration behind this new series, and Argentine writer Samanta Schweblin, whose celebrated novel "Fever Dream" (Distancia de rescate) debuts soon on Netflix as a film directed by Claudia Llosa. This July 18, 2021 Planet Now! conversation was produced in partnership with the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) and Houston-based Literal Publishing.