upcoming events

upcoming events

with these future gatherings, we join a growing movement of scholars and practitioners engaged in what is now called the “multispecies turn”—a shift toward less human-centric ways of thinking and working across disciplines. These events invite members of the collective to share their work as part of a joint reflection on the entanglements between human and more-than-human worlds, and to explore what these relationships can transform in the face of the climate crisis

  • FALL 2025 (tentative date October 16—TDB)

    as a way of reflecting on the research and discussing the goals of the collective we join in a “show and tell” style gathering: a platform for exchanging tools, methods, and ideas that respond to urgent ecological challenges from a multispecies perspective. This initiative approaches these questions through an interdisciplinary lens, exploring design as a critical medium for envisioning futures that are not only sustainable but regenerative and inclusive of all forms of life.

    This will be an internal New School cross-school gathering to collect, disseminate and support projects that tackle pressing social and ecological issues by embracing the rights of human and more-than-human life.

    open to: anyone internal to The New School University who would like to be part of the collective or listen in…

  • SPRING 2026 (date —TDB)

    With this symposium we join a growing movement of practitioners and scholars engaged in what is now called “the multispecies turn” which aims to find less human-centric ways to engage in our respective professions. It promotes profound reflection on the intertwinement of the human and the more-than-human worlds and the implications for human in the Anthropocene.

    In a time of ecological and social emergencies we need to shift frameworks away from more human exceptionalism, that is serving humans with individual and collective malaise. We ask what type of institutions and narratives might become imaginable if we push the boundaries of our imagination to include the breathing Earth?

In a time of ecological and social emergencies we need to shift frameworks away from more human exceptionalism, that is serving humans with individual and collective malaise. We ask what type of institutions and narratives might become imaginable if we push the boundaries of our imagination to include the breathing Earth?