Rewritten Water Myths in Times of Global Warming

Rewritten Water Myths in Times of Global Warming is a two-day symposium organized by Barbara Barrow and Monika Class.


For more information, please see About


Keynote speakers

  • Dr Cecilia Åsberg, Professor and Chair of Gender, Nature, Culture (Linköping University):
    “Eating at the Sea: Storying Exposure with Oceanic Posthumanities”
     
  • Dr Julia Boll, Professor for English Literature and Cultural Studies (Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg): 
    "Medea on the Edge: Contemporary Prose Narratives and Cultural Appropriations of the Ocean's Granddaughter”

To read their abstracts, please see the Programme


Cover image: 

Still from the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, featuring Gill-man or the Creature (circa 1953)
Image link and credits: Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_from_the_Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon_(15666911261).jpg

Calendar event

11–12 June 2026

Follow the link below to access the calendar event for this symposium. 

https://calendar.prodwebb8.lu.se/evenemang/rewritten-water-myths-times-global-warming 

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