CMLT125
INTRO ENVIRONM'TL HUMANITIES
Also listed under 2 other titles
- IMAGINING LATIN AMERICAS
- CROSSING BOUNDARIES
- Department
- Comparative Literature
- Terms offered
- 9
- Data refreshed
- Sep 1, 2026
Description
Intro to the Environmental Humanities presents foundational texts for debates in the Environmental Humanities. The Environmental Humanities is a new(-ish) field that grew out of and in response to the climate crisis. It spans disciplines such as but not limited to art, film, history, literature, philosophy, and videogaming, among others. This course will introduce students to some of the classic texts for thinking through narratives of progress (Chakrabarty) and frameworks for environmental justice (Nixon). It will discuss how Black and Indigenous studies intersect with environmental justice and dating the anthropocene (Lewis/Maslin, Yusoff, Wynter), It will present how islanders, predominantly but not exclusively in the Pacific and the Caribbean, are experiencing sea level rise and how they are engaging it in literature, art and film. By combining these theoretical texts with the literature that follows and a discussion of the impacts of the climate crisis, students will come to understand how and why an understanding of history is vital for understanding the threat multipliers informing the climate crisis.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2016–2026
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 29% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 9 fall terms since 2018. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 58% below its recent average. | 2030 Spring: not enough history to forecast. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 30% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 10 fall terms since 2017. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 58% below its recent average. | 2029 Spring: not enough history to forecast. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 31% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 11 fall terms since 2016. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 56% below its recent average. | 2028 Spring: not enough history to forecast. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 31% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 3 of 12 fall terms since 2015. Department course count rising about 3% per year. Department faculty is about 55% below its recent average. | 2027 Spring: not enough history to forecast. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2026 | 1 section | 1 section | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2025 | 1 section | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM ASEC304 2026-1
- Wed, 1:30 PM–2:20 PM ASEC304 2026-2
- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM Geography Building G104 2026
- Mon, Thu, 2:50 PM–4:05 PM ASEC304 2025
- Mon, Thu, 2:50 PM–4:05 PM ASEC303 2025
- Tue, Thu, 9:00 AM–10:15 AM ES402 2018
- Tue, Thu, 1:15 PM–2:30 PM ES402 199919971996
- Mon, Wed, 1:00 PM–2:15 PM Philosophy House PHSEM 1995
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Christina Gerhardt | Lecture | 1 | 6 of 18 enrolled | 23999 |
| Spring 2026 | Christina Gerhardt | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 17 of 19 enrolled | 34032 |
| Fall 2025 | Christina Gerhardt | Lecture | 1 | 15 of 19 enrolled | 23999 |
| Spring 2025 | Christina Gerhardt | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 18 of 19 enrolled | 34032 |
| Fall 2018 | Juan Pablo Rivera | Lecture | 1 | 16 of 16 enrolled | 26698 |
| Fall 1999 | Dorothy M. Kaufmann | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 13 of 15 enrolled | 24077 |
| Fall 1997 | Dorothy M. Kaufmann | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 13 of 15 enrolled | 20087 |
| Fall 1996 | Dorothy M. Kaufmann | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 15 of 15 enrolled | 20087 |
| Fall 1995 | Dorothy M. Kaufmann | Seminar/Proseminar | 1 | 14 of 14 enrolled | 20087 |