Professor Will Steffen to Discuss New Book

Wednesday, April 12, 11:30 a.m.

The College community is invited to join Assistant Professor of English Will Steffen, PhD in the Flag Room of the Shea Library on Wednesday, April 12 at 11:30 a.m. for a talk in celebration of his new book, Anthropocene Theater, and the Shakespearean Stage. Steffen’s work revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world to demonstrate Nature’s agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes. This book makes a celebratory argument for the humanities in the age of climate change and invites interdisciplinary engagement in a research community that is compelled to find strategies for cultivating a hopeful tomorrow amidst unprecedented anthropogenic environmental changes. Light refreshments will be served.