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The 2015 Berlin Family Lectures with Amitav Ghosh
"The Great Derangement: Literature, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming"
Lecture one: "Fiction I"
September 29, 2015
In the first lecture of the 2015 Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lecture Series, renowned author Amitav Ghosh explores the impact of global warming and climate change on fiction.
This is the first lecture in a four-lecture series presented in the autumn of 2015 at the University of Chicago.
Named for Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin, the Berlin Family Lectures bring leading scholars, writers, and creative artists from around the world to the University of Chicago. Each visitor offers an extended series of lectures with the aim of interacting with the university community and developing a book for publication with the University of Chicago Press. Learn more at http://berlinfamilylectures.uchicago.edu.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to humanities@uchicago.edu.
The 2015 Berlin Family Lectures with Amitav Ghosh
"The Great Derangement: Literature, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming"
Lecture one: "Fiction I"
September 29, 2015
In the first lecture of the 2015 Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Family Lecture Series, renowned author Amitav Ghosh explores the impact of global warming and climate change on fiction.
This is the first lecture in a four-lecture series presented in the autumn of 2015 at the University of Chicago.
Named for Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin, the Berlin Family Lectures bring leading scholars, writers, and creative artists from around the world to the University of Chicago. Each visitor offers an extended series of lectures with the aim of interacting with the university community and developing a book for publication with the University of Chicago Press. Learn more at http://berlinfamilylectures.uchicago.edu.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to humanities@uchicago.edu.
