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Winter School on Ecocriticism and Indigenous Studies in India
Dr. Lidia Guzy will co-lead an international winter school in January 2026 at Alipurduar University, India, entitled Animal Human Relations – Ecocriticism and Indigenous Studies in India.
The winter school will take place from 7–11 January 2026 at Alipurduar University, West Bengal, India. This international winter school cum workshop will delve into current anthropological ecocritical and eco-cosmological discourses focusing on the importance of 1) multi species ethnographies, 2) research on indigenous knowledge systems, 3) eco-cosmologies studies.
The programme is co-organised by Dr. hab. Lidia Guzy (University College Cork) and Prof. Dr Stefano Beggiora (Foscari University of Venice, Italy), and aims to offer a significant educational tool and academic inspiration through intercultural learning from and with India. With examples of ecocritical knowledge, sensibility and imagination from India, a guiding alternative ethical approach towards animals and humans can emerge.
More details to follow.