How do we host the earth?

With "Hosting Earth," the Guestbook Project engages with the question of ecological hospitality by asking what it means to be guests of the earth as well as hosts.

2022 "Hosting Earth" Conference

April 22-23, 2022
Boston College

Keynote: Mary Robinson
in conversation with Richard Kearney

Highlights

View the full video here.

2022 Guestbook Project Awards

Guestbook James Mahoney Award for Narrative Hospitality
presented to Mary Robinson (Former UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, Former President of Ireland, and Former UN Commissioner of Human Rights)

Guestbook-Write the World Award for Best Youth Essay on Ecological Hospitality
presented to Ezimadu Ugorji (Nigeria)

Ecological Hospitality – Screenings and Panel

Poetics of the Earth
Súitú -The Dolphin's Way
How the Trees See Us
Speaking of the Future

Fanny Howe


Poet & Novelist

James Morley


Eco-Psychologist (Ramapo College)

Jane Marsching


Arist (Mass Art)

David Storey


Philosopher (Boston College)

Súitú - The Dolphin's Way

How the Trees See Us

Listening to the Earth

Poetics of the Earth – Panel

Highlights

Featuring:

Melissa Fitzpatrick


Moderator, Boston College

Jason Wirth


Professor of Philosophy, Seattle University

Catherine Keller


Professor of Constructive Theology, Drew University

Brian Treanor


Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University

Fish Live In Water

Sheila Gallagher


Artist, Boston College

John Manderson


Oceanographer, OpenOcean Research

Ecologies of Wisdom Speaker Series

In collaboration with Wisdom at Work

Moderated by:

David Storey


Philosophy, Boston College

www.davidstorey.com

Olufemi Taiwo


Georgetown University

Stanley Anozie


Boston College

Matthias Fritsch


Concordia University

Graham Parkes


University of Vienna

Leah Kalmanson


University of North Texas

Marion Hourdequin


Colorado College

Michael E. Zimmerman


University of Colorado Boulder

Ariel Salleh


Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

Psychologies of Earth Speaker Series

In collaboration with Psychological Humanities & Ethics Series. Moderated by Matthew Clemente (Boston College).

Moderated by:

Matthew Clemente


Philosophy, Boston College

Hosting Earth with Sean McGrath

Sean McGrath


Philosophy, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Hosting Earth with James Morley

James Morley


Clinical Psychology, Ramapo College

Hosting Earth with Edward Casey

Edward Casey


Philosophy, SUNY Stony Brook

Hosting Earth with Marjolein Oele

Marjolein Oele


Philosophy, University of San Francisco

Hosting Earth with Donna Orange

Donna Orange


Clinical Psychology, NYU

The Hosting Earth project is sponsored by

THE IRISH AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP
THE IRISH CONSULATE IN BOSTON
BOSTON COLLEGE:
INSTITUTE OF LIBERAL ARTS
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT ALBERT J. FITZGIBBONS LECTURE SERIES
THE SCHILLER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
IRISH STUDIES PROGRAM
EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
PSYCHOLOGY AND THE OTHER

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