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Falling Skies: Conversations on Ways of Being in an Era of Eco-Social Catastrophe
Please join us in this new cross-faculty working group which connects a range of disciplines including Literature, History, Philosophy, and Life Sciences.
With the word HUMAN, the opening session on Wednesday 29 October 2025, 5-6pm, FAB4.78 is led by Dr Curie Vir谩g, Associate Professor in World Philosophies, who will introduce a short pre-circulated text to open the conversation. Here鈥檚 a brief description of the text chosen by Dr Vir谩g for the session:
In her Afterword to the Catalogue of Inscriptions of Metal and Stone, Li Qingzhao (1084-1155), one of the most celebrated women poets of imperial China, presents an autobiographical account of her life before and after the Jurchen invasions of 1125–26, a cataclysmic event that forced her to flee south with whatever possessions she could take with her, and that effectively ended her life as she knew it. It is a shattering document of the trauma of displacement caused by invasion and war – but also a testimony to Li鈥檚 resistance to the dehumanising forces of her predicament, achieved through her remarkable act of writing. The selection of texts includes two of Li鈥檚 poems about her yearning for the homeland that she had left behind.
Please find the full programme below. The reading is attached.
Please to attend as seats are limited. We hope to see many of you there!
Best,
Paola Sanges Ghetti (SMLC)
Dr Michela Coletta (SMLC)