Amitav Ghosh on Literary Fiction

Amitav Ghosh on Literary Fiction Video Video lectures by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming’ as part of a 4 part lecture series delivered at the University of Chicago’s Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures. In this set of two video lectures, […]

Amitav Ghosh on the Politics of Climate Change

Amitav Ghosh on the Politics of Climate Change Video A video lecture by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming’ as part of a 4 part lecture series delivered at the University of Chicago’s Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures. In this video […]

Climate Change in Literary Fiction

Climate Change in Literary Fiction Reading An article by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’ in The Guardian that discusses the lack of climate change in fictional writing. The author discusses the evolution of the narrative in novels and why fiction writers have been resistant to include the topic […]

A Commentary on Dipesh Chakrabarty’s The Climate of History: Four Theses

A Commentary on Dipesh Chakrabarty’s The Climate of History: Four Theses Video A short video commentary by Dr Maya Dodd, FLAME University, India on ‘The Climate of History: Four Theses’ by Dipesh Chakrabarty. This video commentary summarises Dipesh Chakrabarty’s essay on the link between history, literature and climate change. Dodd summarises the four theses posed […]