Thursday, May 16, 12–4 pm at Room 204 at Kielikeskus (Fabianinkatu 26, 2nd floor)
For catering purposes, please preregister here by Monday, May 13

The seminar is organized by the CoE, Reason and Religious Recognition, and includes:
 Ancient Christian Ecopoetics – a keynote by Virginia Burrus
 Responses: Dr. Miira Tuominen & Dr. Panu Pihkala
 General discussion

 Coffee break

 Exploring Geocriticism: Saint Hilarion’s Orchard – an introduction & discussion
The aim will be to consider how the literary method of “geocriticism” might open up new readings of late ancient Christian texts, and how they might be made more ecologically relevant. In preparation, please read Eric Prieto’s essay, “Geocriticism Meets Ecocriticism: Bertrand Westphal and Environmental Thinking” http://epistemocritique.org/geocriticism-meets-ecocriticism-bertrand-westphal-and-environmental-thinking/

For further inquiries, please contact Outi Lehtipuu outi.lehtipuu@helsinki.fi