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<\/a><\/p>\nDownload and share a flyer<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr. Hannah Holleman<\/strong> Monday, December 3, 2018 from 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm in the\u00a0<\/strong>Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College <\/strong> The\u00a01930s Dust Bowl\u00a0has become\u00a0one of the most prominent historical referents of the climate change era amongst scientists and writers.\u00a0This\u00a0lecture offers a significant reinterpretation of the disaster with implications for our understanding of contemporary environmental problems and politics.\u00a0Based on award-winning research and theoretical development,\u00a0Prof. Holleman\u00a0reinterprets the Dust Bowl on the U.S. southern Plains as one dramatic and foreseeable regional manifestation of a global socio-ecological crisis generated by the political economy and ecology of settler colonialism and the new imperialism.<\/p>\n She establishes key antecedents to present-day ecological developments and brings the narrative forward to today, explaining the persistent consequences and important lessons of this era for\u00a0our current struggles to address the planetary challenges of climate change, environmental injustice, and new threats of dust-bowlification.<\/p>\n Hosted by Peace and Conflict Studies with Co-Sponsorship from the Lang Center for Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility, Environmental Studies, and Sociology and Anthropology<\/strong><\/p>\n Contact: Molly Lawrence at mlawren1@swarthmore.edu, 610-328-7750<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Announcing an Upcoming Lecture! Download and share a flyer. No Empires, No Dust Bowls: Lessons from the First Global Environmental Crisis Dr. Hannah Holleman Assistant Professor of Sociology at Amherst College Monday, December 3, 2018 from 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm in the\u00a0Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College This event is free and open to … Continue reading No Empires, No Dust Bowls: Lessons from the first Global Environmental Crisis with Dr. Hannah Holleman<\/span> No Empires, No Dust Bowls: Lessons from the First Global Environmental Crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nAssistant Professor of Sociology at Amherst College<\/p>\n
\nThis event is free and open to the public.\u00a0(Campus map<\/a>)<\/p>\n