9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

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Keynote Panel: Ecology and Religion in 19C Literary Studies – Four Case Studies

Gary Handwerk (University of Washington), “Ecologies and Economies of Nature: Malthus and Beyond”
Joshua King (Baylor University), “Christ and Carbon: Earth as Human in Aurora Leigh”
Patrick R. O’Malley (Georgetown University), “New Woman, New Creed: Spiritual Evolution in Sarah Grand’s Heavenly Twins Trilogy”
Emma Mason (University of Warwick), “Divine Pastoral: Wordsworth and the Weak Things of the World”

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Roundtable Seminar on Ecology, Religion, and Literature

Moderator: Rachel Arteaga (University of Washington)

Christine Chaney (Seattle Pacific University)
Sumayyah Daud (University of Washington)
Richa Dwor (Douglas College)
Laura Griffith (University of Washington)
Gary Handwerk (University of Washington)
Heidi Kaufman (University of Oregon)
Charles LaPorte (University of Washington)
Michael Ledger-Lomas (Kings College, London)
Hee Eun Lee (University of Washington)
Joseph McQueen (Northwest University)
Matt Poland, (University of Washington)
Juliet Shields, (University of Washington)
Katherine Voyles, (University of Washington, Bothell)
Sarah Weiger (University of Portland)
Mischa Willett (Seattle Pacific University