Sustainability Committee

Upcoming Event: Sustainability Committee Reading Group

The Narrative Society's Sustainability Committee would like to invite you to participate in a series of monthly online reading groups in which we will work our way through The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory, edited by Paul Dawson and Maria Mäkelä. Each month, we'll read and then discuss one section from the collection.

Our next online meeting will be on Monday, March 13 at 16:00 GMT and will feature discussions on:

  • "What is 'the Narrative'? Conspiracy Theories and Journalistic Emplotment in the Age of Social Media," Paul Dawson

  • "Rodney King, The Fugitive, and the Cogency of Cultural Narratives," Alan Nadel

  • "Personal Storytelling in Social Movements," Francesca Pollet

If you couldn't attend February's meeting, you're more than welcome to attend March's. Feel free to read as much or as little as you can. We're keeping this informal and friendly—an opportunity to explore and discuss a few current trends in narrative theory. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me (bmcallister@aus.edu).

About the Committee:

The Sustainability Subcommittee makes recommendations to the Executive Council regarding the environmental impact of the Society and its conference. This includes also examining how issues of sustainability intertwine with other initiatives of the Society, including diversity and inclusion.

Questions that this committee considers include:

How can the Society best balance serving its full membership and promoting a net-positive environmental impact?

How do sustainability concerns offer up new models for the annual Narrative conference and the membership perks of the Society?

How can foregrounding sustainability help us think creatively about the future health of the Society?

Committee members 2023: Brian McAllister (Chair), Eric Morel, Erin James, Brian McAllister, Carolin Gebauer, Aaron Oforlea, Joelle Moses, Fahimeh Berenji, Victoria Pöhl

For more information, contact Brian McAllister at bmcallister@aus.edu.