AIR - a KCL/ASU Summit

Meeting the challenges of today conceptually, historically and imaginatively.

Faculty of Arts & Humanities King's College London

At this time of contemporary anxiety about the air and its quality, we ask: How do we bring the air to imaginative apprehension?

King's Building - King's College London

What is the long history of air activism? How has the medium of air informed media studies? How do we experience the air with altered senses, and in other elements? What is unique to the history and culture of London air?If you are a researcher at KCL or ASU, please join us for a stimulating discussion of new humanities research on AIR. Speakers include – Professor Jonathan Bate (ASU), Dr Rowan Boyson (KCL, English), Professor Clare Brant (KCL, English), Dr Jonathan Gray (KCL, Digital Humanities), Dr Stephanie Howard-Smith (KCL, English), Dr Tony Milligan (KCL, TRS), Professor Paul Readman (KCL, History), Dr Katherine Swancutt (KCL, TRS).The AIR SUMMIT is the first in a series of element-themed workshops forming part of the new major collaboration between King’s and ASU (Arizona State University) in the field of Environmental Humanities. Online and in person. Followed by a drinks reception from 18:00 to 19:00. PROGRAMMELondon 13.00 / AZ 05.00 – Marion Thain, Welcome to AttendeesLondon 13.10 / AZ 05.10 – Panel 1 – Air in Altered Perception· Tony Milligan, ‘Ground Biases’ · Stephanie Howard-Smith, ‘Nothing in the air: Anosmia’· Clare Brant, ‘Air Underwater: Practicalities and Poetics’London 14.40 - Tea BreakLondon 15.00 / AZ 07.00 – Panel 2 – Air Myths· Katy Swancutt, ‘Cosmologies: The Air is Thick with Spirits and Forces of Nature’ · Jonathan Bate, ‘From Evelyn to Ruskin: The long history of London Air’London 16.00 / AZ 08.00 – Panel 3 – Air Politics· Jonathan Gray and Emma Garnett, ‘Socialising Air with Data’· Rowan Boyson, ‘The Commonwealth of Air: A History of Air Rights’London 1700 - Comfort breakLondon 17.15 / AZ 09.15 – Round-table discussion, led by Paul Readman. London 1800 - Drinks receptionThis event is hybrid – in person, in the Anatomy Museum, 6th Floor King’s Building, King&#x27;s College London Strand London WC2R 2LS, and online, via TEAMS and a link will be circulated to attendees who have registered. Please ensure you have downloaded the MS TEAMS software before the event. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

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