CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS AND WORKSHOPS Neolife; full of surprises. From the odd to the mundane, new forms of life are emerging in labs, workshops and studios. With the promise of exploitation for health and wealth we are seeing life as it previously never existed, albeit smothered...
Deb Anderson, Monash University CSIRO Publishing Endurance presents stories of ordinary Australians grappling with extraordinary circumstances, providing insight into their lives, their experiences with drought and their perceptions of climate change. The book opens with the physical impacts, science, politics and economics of drought and climate change in...
The Limits of the Numerical Project at the University of Chicago invites applications for two Postdoctoral Scholar positions supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, both expected to last for a total of three academic years (2015-18). Each Postdoctoral Scholar will propose and pursue an...
Visualising Environmental Humanities And History: A Postgraduate Workshop (4-8 May, 2015) Australia-Pacific Environmental Humanities Observatory, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney. Centre for Environmental History, Australian National University, Canberra. 4-8 May, 2015 Are you writing a PhD or MA in environmental history or humanities, and are interested in the...
Network of African Environmental Humanities Featured in the African Historical Review From the Rachel Carson Center: An article on the African Network of Environmental Humanities (ANEH) was recently featured in the African Historical Review, a biannual, peer-reviewed academic journal on the history of Africa. Written by Dr....
Ruth A. Morgan University of Western Australia Press, 320 pp, PB, February 2015. For nearly 200 years the visions and aspirations of the people of Australia’s west have been characterised by an unquenchable thirst. Ruth Morgan uncovers the fear of running out of water — a fear...
Plumwood Mountain: an Australian Journal of Ecopoetry and Ecopoetics will dedicate volume 2, issue 2 (September 2015) to the memory of Martin Harrison (1949-2014). A key member of Plumwood Mountain’s inaugural editorial board, and acclaimed poet, critic and teacher, Martin's impact upon contemporary Australian poetry...
The calamitous impacts of climate change that are beginning to be felt around the world today expose the inextricability of human and natural histories. Arguing for a more complex account of such calamities, Kate Rigby examines a variety of past disasters, from the Black Death...
NEW BOOK! Eco-Cultural Networks and the British Empire: New Views on Environmental History. Edited by James Beattie, Edward Melillo, Emily O’Gorman. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015. Nineteenth-century British imperial expansion has dramatically shaped today‘s globalised world. Imperialism drove mass migrations of people and altered the trajectories of trade. It...
Interested in knowing more about the natural and cultural histories of fungi and their significance in underpinning terrestrial ecosystems? A series of seminars, forays and workshops are on offer this autumn in VIC and NSW. More information: alisonpouliot.com ...