Anthropocene Talk: Pipelines and NarrativesPublic lecture by Prof. Dr. Caroline Levine and discussion

19. Dezember 2025

Can the study of literature help us to address the accelerating climate catastrophe? This talk will argue that the most conventional ways we study literature may actually be supporting climate denialism and inaction. Caroline Levine will make the case for a different method of connecting literature to environmental activism, and she will show how the happy endings of the nineteenth century novel could be surprisingly useful guides for us in this moment of accelerating climate change. 

When: 12.01.2026 at 6 PM (18 Uhr) c.t. 
Where: Via Zoom
https://uni-hamburg.zoom.us/j/64579807496?pwd=agryt7uc0vTNm9w4iNzUM0lgpR539j.1
Meeting-ID: 645 7980 7496, Kenncode: 88495643
Guest: Prof. Dr. Caroline Levine (Cornell University) at the invitation of Dr. Isabel von Holt (University of Hamburg) and Prof. Dr. Sophie Witt (University of Hamburg) 

All interested persons are welcome to attend.
To the poster (PDF).