Recently scholars have called for a critical ocean studies that engages the largest entity on our planet in relation to multispecies being, feminist materialism, ecopoetics, and fluid ontologies. This paper turns to the militarism of the oceans and raises questions about its relationship to poetry, climate change, and representation.

Sponsored by the Global Postcolonialisms Collective, Animal Studies and Environmental Humanities Workshop, the Border Collective, Department of American Culture, Program in Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies, and Department of Comparative Literature.

Questions? Contact Katie Hummel (hummel), Coni Contreras (cbcontre), or Bassam Sidiki (basidiki).