{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Environmental Studies","slug":"new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644","podcast_index_feed_id":580644,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/jQQ0u0HV","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/environmental-studies/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5fe9d3c3-9b70-45f5-8110-15a9c4ae9a98/4582208b-adfb-4117-a192-baa47e5720f5/3000x3000/e5dc75adf8cdf02fb639d7831e4bb4a6.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":600,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T22:19:09.068210+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644"},"episode":{"title":"Water Logics: Materialist Epistemologies for the Environmental Humanities with yasser elhariry and Edwige Tamalet Talbayev (U Virginia Press, 2026)","slug":"water-logics-materialist-epistemologies-for-the-environmental-humanities-with-yasser-elhariry-and-edwige-tamalet-talbayev-u-virginia-press-2026","published_at":"2026-09-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644/water-logics-materialist-epistemologies-for-the-environmental-humanities-with-yasser-elhariry-and-edwige-tamalet-talbayev-u-virginia-press-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-environmental-studies-580644","url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/environmental-studies/","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/5fe9d3c3-9b70-45f5-8110-15a9c4ae9a98/episodes/fbc0f782-2782-4ea0-9826-85b66d30ea20/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=5fe9d3c3-9b70-45f5-8110-15a9c4ae9a98&awEpisodeId=fbc0f782-2782-4ea0-9826-85b66d30ea20&awSourceEpisodeId=6a72ca93-e64f-4a6f-bdb1-7b35cb70898d&feed=jQQ0u0HV","summary":"Water Logics: Materialist Epistemologies for the Environmental Humanities (U Virginia Press, 2026) examines the epistemological adjustments that take place when we make water the source and medium for thinking about the world. Eschewing metaphorical readings of rivers, seas, and oceans, it brings together leading voices from across the social sciences and the humanities to argue rather for a distinct focus on materiality, engaging posthumanism, biotheory, and other cutting-edge theoretical approaches. From the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean, this rich collection is inhabited by migrants, port cities, and coral reefs. It explores the fruitful potential of water for literary, anthropological, and ethical studies, bringing both cohesive transdisciplinarity and fresh comparative perspectives to hydro-criticism. Taken together, the wide range of critical interpretative practices constitutes a signal contribution to the blue humanities. Guest yasser elhariry is Associate Professor of French Studies and Chair of the Department of French & Italian Studies at Dartmouth College, where he is affiliated with the Programs in Comparative Literature, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies. 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