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Monday, 29 June 2009
Call for Authors: Hunting and Philosophy
Hunting is older than civilization, having played a central role in the artistic, religious and philosophical traditions of countless cultures. Yet few activities have been so controversial as hunting, for it touches the nerve of fundamental human questions like death, embodiment, nonhuman life, and morality. This book, which is part of the Wiley-Blackwell series Philosophy for Everyone, invites abstracts from relevant disciplines such as philosophy, anthropology, political theory, native studies, theology, history – as well as from thoughtful hunters. Abstracts and resulting selected papers should be written for an educated, but non-technical audience intrigued by hunting.
This anthology seeks to broaden the conversation about hunting, both by expanding the range of questions about the hunt that academics might address, and by opening the conversation to those who are most familiar with it. In addition to the standing corpus concerning the ethical justification of hunting, we also want to investigate less traditional topics that provide fresh perspectives on concrete hunting practices.
Download further details. (PDF)
Monday, 29 June 2009
New edition podcast:"Environmental history: a transatlantic pespective"
A new edition of the Exploring Environmental History Podcast is now available. In this edition Marc Hall, Assistant Professor at the Universities of Utah and Zurich, considers the question if there are different regional flavours of environmental history. He is well placed to do so with his transatlantic institutional affiliations. In addition he argues that environmental history has moved beyond the question of how we got into the environmental problems that we are facing at present. Now environmental historians consider how and why people have changed ecosystems and how in return the environment changes people in the way they act and think. This opens up a whole new set of questions for historians to address making environmental history potentially a dynamic field. But what is the future of the field?
This is part three of a four-part series of podcasts investigating the nature, methods and challenges of environmental history.
Listen to the podcast on the podcast page or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes at:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=276398458.
Friday, 26 June 2009
Environmental history timeline updated
The timeline of European environmental history has been updated. Sections have been added that brings the timeline up to the 20th century and includes new topics such as the industrial revolution, the Romantic Movement and the beginnings of nature conservation. The section on the 20th century is devoted to the globalisation of environmental concerns and the explosion of impacts caused by the so-called Great Acceleration of the 20th century.
The navigation of the timeline has also been modernised and features now a slider that, when dragged, shows the different periods.
The timeline can be accessed through the students section on the Environmental History Resources website or directly at http://www.eh-resources.org/timeline/timeline.html.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Canadian Environmental History Podcast: Episode 07 Available
Episode 7 of Nature's Past, the Canadian Environmental History podcast of the Network in Canadian History & Environment is now available for download.
This month the Canadian EH podcast looks at the issue of e-waste. The podcast features an interview with Giles Slade about his book Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America. We also talk with Bill Turkel about the "Hacking as a Way of Knowing" workshop.
To download this episode, go to:
http://niche.uwo.ca/naturespast
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
New edition podcast: Environmental history: definitions, methods and challenges
Environmental history is still a young field and in some respects quite undefined. Many practitioners as well as outsiders struggle to define its boundaries. The challenge that historians are now facing is how to cope with an ever expanding field and how to integrate not only data from other humanities but also the sciences. In this edition of the podcast Paul Warde, Reader in modern history at the University of East Anglia, agues that not defining the boundaries of the field or a common methodology is key to the success of environmental history but also its weakness. It brings excitement and new ideas to history but in the end, if environmental history becomes too diverse; it is not clear where it is going. How to deal with this problem is one of the key issues discussed on this edition of the podcast.
This is part two of a four-part series of podcasts investigating the nature, methods and challenges of environmental history.
To listen to the podcast on the podcast page.
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Rural History 2010: an international conference dedicated to rural economies and societies
The British Agricultural History Society has taken the initiative to convene the first international open meeting dedicated solely to rural history. This will take place in September 2010 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. This meeting will be open to all rural historians as well as those primarily interested in viewing contemporary conditions and likely future developments with a knowledge of the past. The conference does not accept that rural history has any single definition, nor does it admit any bounds, and the conference has no intellectual affiliation. It is open to those approaching rural history from any perspective, ranging from those of archaeology, anthropology and ethnography through rural geography, landscape studies and rural sociology to post-modern cultural approaches to the countryside. It will be equally concerned with the countryside as a place of production of foodstuffs as with as the countryside as a place of consumption of leisure and the location of heritage and national memory. Papers will be welcomed on all periods from the prehistoric to the very modern; and there are no geographical limitations on the area of study. Comparative discussions which deal with rural society as a whole will be especially welcome, together with accounts which seek parallels between present day agrarian problems and the past. It is intended that the conference should be the first in a series of biennial or triennial conferences and the Brighton conference will be the occasion when either a European rural history society or a continuation committee of some sort will be formed.
More information about this initiative can be found on the website of the British Agricultural History Society: www.bahs.org.uk/rh2010cfp.htm
Monday, 11 May 2009
New book by Chris Smout: Exploring Environmental History
A new book on Scottish environmental history by Chris Smout has recently been published by Edinburgh University Press. This volume brings together the best of his recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the topic of environmental history. Many of the chapters focus on post-1600 Scotland; all have a wider relevance.
Download flyer and order form >>
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
CFP: Reusing the Industrial Past
Tampere, Finland, 10-15 August 2010.
The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage and ICOHTEC – The International Committee for the History of Technology History are organising a joint conference at Tampere, Finland in 10th -15th of August 2010. The title of the conference is Reusing the Industrial Past. The meeting will be a joint-conference, and its theme is expected to be broad enough covering various approaches.
One of these approaches is the Environmental History of Industrialisation and Deindustrialisation. Papers are invited that address the following themes:
- Harnessing nature: Environmental exploitation
- Interdependence of energy and mechanisation in the smoke-stack industries
- Smoke-stack industry as an environmental burden
- Environmental heritage of the First Industrial Revolution
- Environmental consequences of deindustrialisation
Deadline for submissions: 16 November 2009.
Visit the conference website at www.tampere.fi/industrialpast2010 or download flyer.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
CFP - ASEH 2010 Meeting, Portland, Oregon
"Currents of Change"
Deadline for submission: 30 June 2009
The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) invites panel, roundtable, working group, paper, and poster proposals for its 2010 conference.
Located at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette rivers and in the center of the dynamic Pacific Northwest, Portland is an ideal place to consider issues and ideas structured around the theme "Currents of Change." These could include evolving ideas of sustainability, the relationship of human settlement to environmental transformation, the impact of power/energy development on ecological systems, and culturally pluralistic approaches to historical issues. Proposals may address any area of environmental history, but we especially welcome submissions that illustrate or explicate the theme "Currents of Change."
Further information available from the ASEH website.
Sunday, 8 February 2009
6th ESEH conference, Turku, Finland 2011
The European Society for Environmental History will held its sixth biannual conference from 28th June to 2nd July 2011 at the University of Turku and Âbo Akademi University.
The five-day meeting will comprise presentations of papers and posters, a keynote lecture, field trips and social events. Besides the main theme Encounters of Sea and Land, the conference will deal with a broad range of subthemes scattered both geographically and chronologically. The participation of young scholars and researchers applying multidisciplinary approaches is particularly encouraged. The conference also provides an opportunity to become better acquainted with Nordic research on environmental history.
Further information will be available at the conference website (http://www.eseh2011.utu.fi) in the second quarter of 2009.
Wedneday, 6 August 2008
New MSc in Landscape, Environment and History: recruitment now open
Online interface of MSc
The University of Edinburgh's new MSc in Landscape, Environment and History has started to recruite stdents. This new MSc explores developments in the changing landscape and environment and offers an exciting new eLearning based approach to graduate studies. The programme is a distance learning course and the latest digital learning technologies are used to deliver course materials online. Anyone, anywhere in the world with a first degree or equivalent experience can sign up for this MSc.
The programme will appeal to students all over the world who wish to study for a Master's degree where history meets politics and ecology, where heritage and history intersect, and where historical urban landscapes and the built environment are of interest.
The MSc programme:
- explores the history, archaeology and ecology of landscapes, using Scottish examples set in national and international contexts
- illuminates how urban and rural space and resources have changed over time
- develops independent study and research skills
The course is written by a team of senior academics in social and urban history, environmental history, archaeology, conservation, and politics who have combined with curators and librarians in the National Library of Scotland, Royal Commission of Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and other cultural organisations to produce video lectures, interactive learning modules, and virtual tours. It is a unique assembly of expertise and digital resources.
This learning environment is complemented with online e-resources - books, journal articles and a range of original sources through Edinburgh University Library's extensive list of digital subscriptions. There is a strong Scottish flavour to the examples and exercises yet the course draws on national and international contexts and scholarly literature from several disciplines.
For a taster session of the teaching materials and further details about the course go to www.shc.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/landscape/ or download the flyer or poster.
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