Details about the workshop agenda will be posted to this page as they are available. Times and location are subject to change, so please bookmark this page to confirm the latest information.

Information about local logistics will help prepare travelers to visit Duke University and Durham.

Readings for select presentations will be made available to workshop participants. Please email the organizers if you are a registered workshop participant but did not receive access information.

All times are listed in local time (GMT -4).

Thursday, May 15

Except where otherwise noted, panels will be held in the Nicholas A. Field Auditorium, Grainger Hall, Nicholas School of the Environment

8:30–9:15

Refreshments

9:30–10:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:00–11:30

Keynote w/ Q&A—“EcoEd: Teaching to Attest

Speaker: Kim Fortun (Anthropology, UC Irvine)

11:45–12:45

Lunch

13:00–14:30

Panel 1: Reimagining Environmental Pedagogies

Chair: Jieun Cho (Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Duke)
Discussant: Eileen Chow (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Duke)

Panelists:

14:30–14:45

Break

15:00–16:30

Panel 2: Rising Scholars in Asian Environments

Chair: Ralph Litzinger (Cultural Anthropology, Duke)
Discussant: Carlos Rojas (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, Duke)

Panelists:

17:00–18:30

Rooftop Happy Hour Reception

Friday, May 16

Except where otherwise noted, panels will be held in Room 2102, Grainger Hall, Nicholas School of the Environment

8:30–9:30

Birding session @ Duke Pond (optional)—led by Alex Nickley (APSI)
meet at the entrance to Grainger Hall, on Circuit Drive, by the bridge

9:30–10:00

refreshments

10:00–11:30

Panel 3: Pedagogical Collaborations

Chair: Nicole Barnes (History, Duke)
Discussant: Prasenjit Duara (History, Duke)

Panelists:

12:00–12:45

Lunch

13:00–14:30

Panel 4: Environmental Governance

Chair: Clara Park (Political Science, Duke)
Discussant: Margaret McKean (Political Science, Duke)

Panelists:

15:30–17:30

Optional excursion*: Transplanting Traditions (Orange County)
This community farm supports food sovereignty in the refugee community through access to land, education and opportunities for refugee farmers to address community food insecurity and the barriers they face in reaching their dreams of farming.

The farm provides a cultural community space for refugee adults and youth to come together, recreate home and build healthy communities, and continue agricultural traditions in the Piedmont of N.C.

*Due to limited space, this excursion is open only to invited workshop participants.