400/500 course on whaling literature, framed by human-animal studies theory and eco-criticism

Dear STS students, I’m co-teaching a 400/500 course on whaling literature, framed by human-animal studies theory and eco-criticism, with Nick Bradley from UVic at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, July 3 – July 20, 2018. Course info here: http://www.bamfieldmsc.com/education/prospective-students/courses/detail/in-pursuit-of-the-whale UBC Vancouver students have to apply for a cross-campus transfer as the course is only in the UBC Okanagan calendar. Bamfield is a tiny village on the west coast that has a history of Indigenous and settler whaling, as well as more recent cetacean science at the BMSC, so it’s a fantastic site for this intensive three-week course. Last time we taught it, students came from the USA and the UK as well as the partner institutions across Western Canada, and we were escorted by a Huu-Ay-Aht elder to the whaling chieftain’s longhouse in an abandoned village nearby. Students who went swimming in Pachena Bay one morning were joined by a gray whale and her calf. Please email me if you need any other information, or inducement. Thanks, Greg -- Dr Greg Garrard Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies National Teaching Fellow (UK HEA) Executive Council, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Associate Professor, Sustainability CCS323E, Department of Critical Studies, UBC Okanagan, CCS Building, 1148 Research Road, Kelowna BC V1V 1V7 Unceded Syilx Territory Mobile: 250 863 2822 Office hours bookings: https://garrard.youcanbook.me/ UBC webpage: http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/fccs/faculty/greggarrard.html Academia webpage: https://universityofbritishcolumbia.academia.edu/GregGarrard