Event Registration
Presented By
Joela Jacobs and Katharina Scheerer
WEDNESDAY 7 PM - 8 PM (AZ TIME)November 16, 2022Attend In Person or Online via Zoom
Plants create the atmosphere we need to breathe and vastly outnumber us. Science fiction films and literature imagine what would happen if they took advantage of that. What if trees went after us, or Venus Flytraps developed a taste for humans? Join us for a thought experiment about plants as intelligent beings rather than mere scenery, and explore how science and fiction can work together to change the way we live on this planet. This event is taking place in conjunction with Eden? Plants Between Science and Fiction, a multimedia exhibit about the role of plants in science fiction literature and film, at the UA Poetry Center and Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research from October to December 2022.
For those attending in person, we will be serving light refreshments in the breezeway outside of the Rubel Room from 6pm-7pm. During this time we will also be opening the Poetry Center for those who want to check out the Eden exhibit for themselves.
Joela Jacobs is Assistant Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona and the founder of the Literary and Cultural Plant Studies Network. Her research focuses on the intersection of 19th-21st century German and German-Jewish literature and film with plants, animals, and the environment as well as the history of science and sexuality. She is currently completing a book about the more-than-human in grotesque literature from Panizza to Kafka.
Katharina Scheerer is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School Practices of Literature in Münster, Germany, and currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Arizona in the Department of German Studies. In her dissertation research, she explores the connection between early German Science Fiction and literary expressionism. The Eden exhibit she conceptualized has made her look at plant differently.
All proceeds from event registration will go to the School of International Languages, Literatures, & Cultures Global Award for study abroad to students majoring in Africana Studies, East Asian Studies, French & Italian, German Studies, Religious Studies & Classics, or Russian & Slavic Studies.
Every online transaction incurs processing fees. If you would like to cover these fees so that your entire registration goes toward the School of International Languages, Literatures, & Cultures Global Award for study abroad, please select this option.
Attend on the University of Arizona campus in the Rubel Room at the Poetry Center. 1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85719. Space is limited - available on a first come, first served basis.Join us for light refreshments in the breezeway outside of the Rubel Room from 6 - 7 PM. During this time we will also be opening the Poetry Center for those who want to check out the Eden exhibit for themselves.
Attend from anywhere in the world via Zoom. You will need a high speed internet connection and a device capable of running Zoom in order to participate.
