Neoliberalism
Much, if not all, of what follows is actively debated by scholars, and is presented here in a very simplified form. It’s helpful to have some kind of definition of […]
Imagining Race and the Environment (Syllabus)
This graduate seminar, which I’m teaching now for the first time, explores theoretical writings and creative works that center the perspectives of Indigenous, Black, Asian, and Latinx peoples in environmental […]
Crisis & Storytelling in the Age of Climate Change (syllabus)
Note: This post is an excerpt of a syllabus for a course taught in Fall 2021, led by Min Hyoung Song (English) and Hilary Palevsky (Earth and Environmental Sciences) with […]
Introduction to Min Jin Lee
The following is my introduction to Min Jin Lee for her virtual talk at Boston College, as part of its Lowell Humanities Series. Today is my 51st birthday. This has […]
Climate Fiction: Summer Reading 2020
TV (because let’s be real, this is how a lot of us are spending our time these days) The Expanse (streaming on Amazon Prime) – An extraordinary series, based on […]
Climate Fiction (Syllabus)
DESCRIPTION How can reading literature help sustain attention to climate change? If you’re taking this course, you probably already know something—maybe a lot of things—about climate change. You probably understand […]
Contemporary Literature about the Environment (Syllabus)
DESCRIPTION The literary scholar Kate Marshall recently argued that critics interested in climate change often fall prey to “a demand for content,” which she describes as “an idea that the […]
Writing About Race
The following are some comments about writing about race that I have started to share with my students. 1. Scholars of race in the US avoid using hyphens between terms […]
A Conversation with a Trump Voter
On the way to the airport, my driver, who is maybe in his late twenties, asks, – You Korean? I can tell just by looking at you. I have a […]
My Visit to the ER in Italy
It’s January. A year ago today we were trying to acclimate to life in Italy (I was teaching at a school in Venice for the spring semester). A lot happened […]
Min Hyoung Song 