Primary: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 5

Supplementary: George Woodcock, ‘The Tyranny of the Clock’ (1944); Le Guin, ‘Hymn to Time’ in
Late in the Day: Poems 2010-2014 (2015)

Primary: Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 2

Supplementary: Le Guin, ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’ (1973); Le Guin, ‘The Day Before
the Revolution’ (1974)

As climate mitigation measures become deeper and more ambitious, the distributional effects of the green transition become more pronounced. This increases the potential for green backlash, which existing work has documented for specific policies (such as congestion charges, car-free zones, or carbon taxes) and large renewable energy infrastructure (such as onshore or offshore wind installations).

https://www.wiko-berlin.de/en/fellows/academic-year/2025/adam-zoltan

In this talk Miriam Ruerup will discuss the challenges of writing a history of the experience of statelessness. At the centre of her research are the “victims” of the development of strong nation-states — those who experienced a fundamental loss of rights and security through the loss of their citizenship. The focus will, however, not only lie on the experience of loss, but also on those who translated their displacement into the creation of a diasporic community bound by their shared experiences of exile and trauma, as well as by a common cultural heritage.