“Was not their mistake once more bred of the life of slavery that they had been living?—a life which was always looking upon everything, except mankind, animate and inanimate—‘nature,’ as people used to call it—as one thing, and mankind as another, it was natural to people thinking in this way, that they should try to make ‘nature’ their slave, since they thought ‘nature’ was something outside them” — William Morris


Sunday, April 28, 2024

See You in St. Louis Next Week?

 I do hope, if you're near, that you can join me for an exclusive lecture and some book signing. It'll be at the Kemper Art Museum and my title is

THIS IS HELL: IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

It'll be at 5:30pm on May 6. 

It will not be streamed. 

Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Santiago Sierra: 52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City’s AirTimothy Morton, Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University and director of the Cool America Foundation, will give a talk to celebrate the publication of their  new book Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology (Columbia University Press, 2024), which explores the relationship between religion and ecology in response to the climate crisis. Morton is the author of several books that bring together politics, art, and ecological studies to better understand how we coexist with one another and with non-humans. 

A book signing will follow the talk. Purchase Hell: In Search of a Christian Ecology in the Museum Shop. 

Free and open to the public. Registration is requested. 

This event is co-sponsored by WashU’s Program in Public Scholarship and is part of the Sam Fox School's Public Lecture Series.

ASL Interpretation


American Sign Language interpretation can be arranged for public events upon request. This service is free, but we ask for two weeks' notice. Requests can be made by contacting kempereducation@wustl.edu.

About the Speaker


Timothy Morton is Rita Shea Guffey Chair in English at Rice University and director of the Cool America Foundation. They are the author of more than twenty books, including HyperobjectsDark Ecology, and Ecology Without Nature. Morton has collaborated with Laurie Anderson, Björk, Jeff Bridges, Olafur Eliasson, Susan Kucera, Adam McKay, and Jennifer Walshe.

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