Anthropocene Interdisciplinary Seminar: Life itself, the biosocial and the Anthropocene

The themes of life itself, the biosocial, nature-cultures, and the Anthropocene have often travelled on separate tracks, informed by different strands of thought and the politics of academes. What might be gained (and possibly lost) by collapsing these strands? What are the biopolitical and geosocial implications in the current age of globalisation and Anthropocenic change?  

For the last decades, Gísli Pálsson has explored such issues in several contexts, including discussions of environmental crises, human variation, race, ethnicity, the unstable body, and the sex-is-a-spectrum perspective. Work for his latest book, The Last of Its Kind, has, however, narrowed his attention to the end of life and the question of extinction.  

Throughout his career, Gísli Pálsson has explored such issues in several empirical and theoretical contexts. This seminar will allow him to reflect upon this experience and research, shedding light on his findings and opening them up to wider discourse.   

Nik Rose is an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London. 

This seminar will take place from 3-5pm in room A5.04, UCL IOE, 20 Bedford Way WC1H 0AL.  Wine and savoury snacks will be available from 4.30-5pm.