Please join “Keywords in Blue Humanities,” an online symposium sponsored by the University of South Florida in Spring 2026. Over a series of one-hour discussions (free and open to the public), leading authors and scholars will address a “keyword” exploring the intersections of water and the humanities.
The talks will livestream on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@keywordsinbluehumanities. (Sign onto the YouTube for a notification of the first session.)
Schedule as follows:
February 13 (12:00-1:00 EST/18:00 Germany)
Steve Mentz, “buoyancy”
Sayantika Chakraborty, “migration”
Sid Dobrin, “fish”
Moderator: Thomas Hallock
March 13 (12:00-1:00 EST/18:00 Germany)
Melissa Cooper, “islands”
Søren Frank, “deep time”
Malcolm Sen, “sediment”
Moderator: Mailyn Abreu Toribio
Friday, April 17 (2:00-3:00 EST/20:00 Germany)
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, “school”
Abigail Chabitnoy, “shoreline”
Daniel Anlezark, “ice”
Moderator: Heather O’Leary
All welcome. Please spread the word! Contact Thomas Hallock (U South Florida) at thallock@usf.edu for questions.