Conceptions of nature differ significantly across cultures, geographies and time periods. Hosted by La Trobe’s Centre for the Study of the Inland, this symposium will explore the origins and implications of these differences.

On Friday 2 May 2025, participants in this symposium will be prompted to consider how conceptions of nature have shaped the ways in which the more-than-human world has been related to, cared for, exploited, weaponised, and imagined.

Bringing together scholars working on North America, Asia and Australia the symposium will explore how understanding the origins and consequences of these conceptions contributed to environmental crises and may provide insights for different futures. 

Presenters include Nick Bond, Camden Elliot, Guy Fitzhardinge, Danielle Flakelar, Ruth Gamble, Tom Griffiths, Lesley Head, Katie Holmes, Lilian Pearce and Divya Rama Gopalakrishnan.

Friday 2 May 2025

La Trobe University City Campus, Level 2m Rm 2.11

360 Collins St, Melbourne

Places are limited. Please register here