“Spring 2026 Welcome Back Reception and Humanities in Action Panel” (Yale Environmental Humanities)

Event time: 
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Humanities Quadrangle (HQ) 136 See map
320 York Street
Event description: 

Yale Environmental Humanities is delighted to host our “Spring 2026 Welcome Back Reception and Humanities in Action Panel” featuring speakers discussing recent environmental humanities projects supported by the Environmental Humanities Grant Program. The panel discussion will be followed by a catered reception. 

Panel discussion with Q&A: 3:30pm–5:00pm
Panelists:

  • Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart (Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration): “Storying Kahana Through Kuaʻāina Digital Resource Management”
  • Federico Perez (School of the Environment): “Edges of Survival: Jaguars, People, and Fragmented Forests”
  • Karinne Tennenbaum (Yale College): “Cranes of Yale”
  • Kathleen Quaintance (History of Art):  “From Sowing to Sewing: Pigments in Context”

Reception: 5:00pm

Yale Environmental Humanities gratefuly acknowledges the financial support of The Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund and the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration.