Irving Institute Hosts Energy Humanities Symposium, Public Talk, and DJ Dance Party

Media Advisory: Irving Institute Hosts Symposium, Public Talk, and DJ Dance Party Focused on the Role of Energy in the Humanities on Oct. 30

How can the humanistic disciplines help us respond to climate crisis with new ecological forms and energy systems and with more sustainable practices of energy production? How do the humanities make sense of extractive and non-extractive energy resources, active and potential forms of energy? On Wednesday, October 30, the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth sponsors a series of events focused around the energy humanities, an interdisciplinary framework that examines our energy past and futures through the lens of philosophy, history, feminism, sociology, and the arts. 

The day begins with a by-invitation academic symposium titled "Energy Humanities: New Directions and Critiques," where scholars and artists from across the U.S. and Amsterdam will address topics ranging from "The prehistory of energy humanities," to "Energy modernity and Afrofuturity." 

From 4:30 - 6 p.m., Timothy Morton, ecological philosopher and  Rita Shea Guffey Chair at Rice University, will deliver a public keynote address entitled "Slaves to the Rhythms," at the Top of the Hop, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth. Morton, who has been called one of the 50 most influential living philosophers, is the author of many books, including Being Ecological and Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence, and has collaborated with Björk, Laurie Anderson, Jennifer Walshe, Jeff Bridges, Sabrina Scott, Olafur Eliasson, and Pharrell Williams.

Then, from 8 - 11 p.m. all are invited to Energy Humanities Live! a free, after-dark environmental energy soundscape DJ Dance Party with DJs Diallo Riddle (from Late Night Starring Jimmy Fallon), DJ Spooky, and DJ T. Tauri at the Top of the Hop, Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth. 

The keynote address and dance party are free and open to all. This event is co-sponsored by the Dartmouth Department of English and Creative Writing, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, the Hopkins Center for the Arts, the Associate Dean for Arts & Sciences, the Department of Music, and the Department of Environmental Studies.


Visit dartgo.org/EnergyHumanities for a complete schedule of events and speaker info.