Environmental Humanities

About

Explore our relationships with nature, why stories about our wild world matter and how we can build hope in the face of environmental crisis.

In our sessions, you'll:

* look at the different ways people, communities and societies understand and engage with nature;

* consider how we can confront the realities of environmental change and develop new relationships with the wider natural world;

* explore how we can tell stories about our planet that build a sense of hope and desire for action.

You'll do this by evaluating and learning to apply a range of humanities approaches and methodologies – from history and literature to film and poetry.

You'll be working with world-leading environmental humanities scholars and community partners through interactive classroom sessions and out and about in Bristol. Bristol is an ideal case study for this programme: it has parklands, nature reserves, underground rivers, a towering gorge and thriving night-time ecologies.

Course leader

Dr Andy Flack (PhD, MA, BA) - Senior Lecturer in Modern Environmental History, Department of History

Target group

We welcome applications from international students of any academic discipline who want to understand the stories we tell about the natural world.

This programme is for those who want to be empowered to use humanities approaches to find new ways of communicating the realities of world we’ve damaged and build a sense of hope.

Course aim

By the end of your studies, you will have gained an acute sense of nature’s place in the city of Bristol, the environmental challenges facing the world today, and the critical ways in which the environmental humanities can help us understand and develop new relationships between people and the wider natural world.

Fee info

The programme fee includes:- All tuition, teaching materials and a transcript- Lab consumables, site materials, or community workshop costs when applicable- Single-room accommodation in a University of Bristol residence- A half-board meal package (breakfast and dinner) throughout your stay- A team of student leaders and 24/7 welfare support- An exciting leisure and social programme, including weekend trips