We are pleased to announce the symposium program for “Air Matters” to be held via Zoom on November 21, 2025. The symposium will celebrate four years of successful collaboration in the project “Air and Environmental Health in the (Post-)COVID-19 World.” Foregrounding the contributions of scholars, writers, artists, and editors to the multiple research activities, the symposium illuminates the transdisciplinary nature of the project.

“Air Matters” offers a space to reflect on the significance of air, emphasizing that air is essential to life, has material presence, and raises questions that connect environmental, cultural, social, and health issues. The symposium revisits one of the key concerns of the project, namely how air shapes and is shaped by human activity, perception, and imagination. The program features keynote lectures by Jeff Diamanti (University of Amsterdam) and Hsuan L. Hsu (University of California, Davis), flash talks, editor insights, and an art intermezzo, showcasing the transdisciplinary nature of the project. It also outlines future research trajectories in fields related to the project.

The program is available below. Attendance is free and open to all.
Please email air.anglistik@univie.ac.at to register.