Date: April 10 -12
Location: Lib1115

As climate change accelerates and ecosystems face unprecedented threats, rethinking humanity’s relationship with nature has never been more urgent. Eco-emancipation brings together leading scholars from around the world to explore new frameworks for environmental justice, biocultural rights, and the political and legal recognition of non-human life. This conference will examine the legacies of environmental domination and consider pathways toward more just and sustainable communities of life.

Hosted at Duke Kunshan University, this two-day event will feature speakers from institutions such as Brown University, the University of Melbourne, UC Santa Cruz, and Duke University. Through keynote talks, panel discussions, and workshops, scholars will engage with pressing topics including environmental non-domination, biocultural rights, and post-growth futures. By challenging traditional human-nature relationships, Eco-Emancipation aims to inspire bold ideas and concrete solutions for a more just and ecologically responsible world.