Centre for Anthropocene History researcher joins 'Storm Cloud' conference
Gustave Lester will speak at the Storm Cloud conference, convened by The Huntington in California this November with a focus on Environment, Empire, and the Arts.
Gustav Lester , Postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Anthropocene History will give a talk entitltled “Geology, Dispossession, and the Origins of U.S. Industrial Power” at Storm Cloud: Environment, Empire, and the Arts in the Industrial Age , On Friday, 1 November 2024.
“Organized in conjunction with the exhibition “ Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis ,” on view through Jan. 6, 2025, this interdisciplinary conference will explore the changing relationship between the human and non-human natural world over the course of the long 19th century, as charted in the work of writers and visual artists.
As industrialization altered both landscapes and people’s daily lives, developing sciences such as geology, meteorology, and ecology offered revelations about the age of Earth, the interconnectedness of species, the fragility of climate, and the possibility of extinction.” – The Huntington