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
