Fredrik Albritton Jonsson
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson
Associate Professor of British History, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and the College
University of Chicago
Research Project
Climate Change: Disciplinary Challenges to the Humanities and the Social Sciences
Project Team:
2015 – 2016
Project Summary
Scholars from across the University convened regularly in a reading group to consider the ways that humanistic inquiry can advance environmental knowledge and improve approaches to climate policy.
The problem of climate change forces us to rethink many of the basic analytical categories in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Within the humanities, writers and artists are experimenting with new ways in which their practices can catalyze environmental awareness, and emerging research is beginning to integrate the history of culture with the history of the earth’s climate.
This project brought together faculty and graduate students from across the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences in a reading group. We were especially interested in the place of the humanities in meeting the challenge of climate change. How might humanistic perspectives inform the science and politics of climate change? We also considered how climate change is transforming our understanding of history, politics, literature, and ethics, inspiring new approaches within the humanities.
Research Team
Benjamin Morgan
Benjamin Morgan
Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature
University of Chicago
Emily Lynn Osborn
Emily Lynn Osborn
Associate Professor of African History, African Studies, and the College; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
University of Chicago
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