EPISODE · Oct 31, 2019 · 1H 16M
Swimming Into The Blue Humanities
From the shipwrecked swims of Odysseus and Robinson Crusoe to the immersive poetry of Byron and Whitman, swimming captures the human experience of environmental alienation. In this recording, SEI welcomes visiting scholar Professor Steve Mentz for his keynote lecture, 'Swimming Into the Blue Humanities'. For more information about this event click here.Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Killian Quigley 05:15 Keynote Lecture - Steve Mentz 54:21 Q&A Speakers Dr Killian Quigley (Intro), Sydney Environment Institute Professor Steve Mentz, St John's University, New York Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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From the shipwrecked swims of Odysseus and Robinson Crusoe to the immersive poetry of Byron and Whitman, swimming captures the human experience of environmental alienation. In this recording, SEI welcomes visiting scholar Professor Steve Mentz for his keynote lecture, 'Swimming Into the Blue Humanities'. For more information about this event click here.Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Killian Quigley 05:15 Keynote Lecture - Steve Mentz 54:21 Q&A Speakers Dr Killian Quigley (Intro), Sydney Environment Institute Professor Steve Mentz, St John's University, New York Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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