http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html News and events related to Environmental History and new publications on the Environmental History Resources website. en-uk K.J.W. Oosthoek Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:45:00 GMT http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#90 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#90 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:36:00 GMT The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society is pleased to announce the launch of its new occasional papers series, RCC Perspectives! RCC Perspectives is an interdisciplinary series of papers and essays in environmental history, environmental studies, and related fields. The papers have their roots in the scholarly activities of the Rachel Carson Center and in current debates in society. They combine thought pieces and fresh empirical research, and they are designed both to further international dialogue and to inspire new perspectives on the complex relationship between nature and culture. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#89 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#89 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:49:00 GMT A new episode of the Exploring Environmental History podcast has been released. During the Second World War thousands of foresters left Canada to serve in the Canadian Forestry Corps in Europe. In Europe, these Canadian foresters were confronted with intensive forest management techniques, unknown to them back home. After the War British and other European governments appealed to Canada for tree seed to replant the devastated European forests. To meet this demand the British Columbia provincial government established a system for fir cone harvesting, seed extraction and overseas shipment. This podcast episode features and Interview with David Brownstein of the University of British Columbia who explains how the coincidence of the exposure of Canadian foresters to European forestry management practice and the post-war seed collection were to transform Canadian forestry, leading to the abandonment of the policy of natural regeneration. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#88 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#88 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:35:00 GMT The end of tradition and the impacts then of cultural severance are as big a threat as climate change to biodiversity and ecology - this major event being organised by Prof. Ian D. Rotherham and colleagues will look at the threats to biodiversity from cultural change and the abandonment of traditional management. We have heard much about climate change and the threats that this may pose in the future but ‘The End of Tradition’ is bigger and more current. The conference will address the fundamental issues of whether we can conserve the biodiversity of wonderful and iconic landscapes and reconnect people to their natural environment. Conference to be held at Sheffield Hallam University, 15th to 17th September 2010. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#87 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#87 Fri, 9 Jul 2010 10:38:00 GMT A new episode of the Exploring Environmental History podcast has been released. This episode features and Interview with Colin Tyner, a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Colin examines the Japanese Ogasawara Island group and it environmental histories and he will illustrate how different social, cultural and natural worlds converged on the Ogsawara Islands. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#86 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#86 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT The autumn seminar series of the North East England branch of the Royal Meteorological Society North East is now available. The series contains a number of talks of interest to climate and environmental historians on the severe winter of 1947, meteorological activities of Imperial Spain in the Pacific, 1521-1898 and a tird talk on variations in the climate of Iceland from the Settlement to the present. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#85 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#85 Fri, 4 June 2010 23:48:00 GMT A new article was added to the essays section of the Environmental History Resources website. This article examines the influence of a selection of volcanic eruptions that influenced European history. The article starts with a brief examination of the recent eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland before going on to historical examples. The first historical eruption examines is the Thera eruption of the 2nd millennium BC which ended the Minoan civilisation and catapulted the Mycenaean Greeks on the stage of European history. The second eruption is that of Vesuvius in 79 AD which buried Pompeii and preserved it perfectly as a widow in time on Roman town life in the 1st century. Then the article makes a leap to the Middle Ages and the dust veil event of 536 AD and the possible connection between the 14th century Black Death and volcanic activity. Finally the article returns to Iceland and the eruption of the Laki in 1783 and the dust veil that plagued Europe for months on end. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#83 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#83 Thu, 13 May 2010 16:10:00 GMT World Forest History, a new edited book series by the Australian National University E Press, will publish individual volumes of forest history on individual countries and regions of the world. Each book, published in hardcopy and available as a free download, provides a definitive outline of the rise of state and scientific forestry and the evolution of environmental land management practices, with a special focus on colonial forestry and its legacy. The first edited books will focus on the Indian subcontinent and Southern Africa. Subsequent volumes will focus on individual countries and regions in Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Individuals with research and publication experience related to the history of humans and forests in these countries/regions are welcome to submit abstracts of possible chronological, historiographical, and thematic chapters and to talk with the editors about possible contributions. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#80 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#80 Mon, 10 May 2010 11:08:00 GMT The environment has played a profoundly important role in shaping the movement of people, objects, and ideas in Canadian history. In turn, mobility (travel, transport, and traffic) has had significant impacts on the environment, both in materially tangible ways and in terms of how people have perceived and experienced Canada’s varied landscapes. Papers are invited related to the environment and mobility in Canadian history for a workshop to be held at York University’s Glendon campus, Toronto in early May 2011. http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#62 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#62 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:49:00 GMT The newly established Association of East Asian Environmental History invites papers for its first conference which will be hosted by Academia Sinica, Taipei. The General Theme is: Resource Utilizations and Impacts. 24-28 October 2011, Taipei, Taiwan http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#91 http://www.eh-resources.org/news/news.html#91 Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:21:00 GMT 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.