Environmental Humanities Tag

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Symposium CfP: Foreign Bodies, Intimate Ecologies: Transformations in Environmental History

Symposium call for papers Foreign Bodies, Intimate Ecologies: Transformations in Environmental History 11-13 February, 2016 Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia foreignbodiesintimateecologies.net | #FBIE2016 Environmental history has experienced significant transformations in recent years, driven by a new sense of urgency created by contemporary environmental crises and greater degrees of interdisciplinary engagement. This international...

Endurance
Endurance: Australian Stories of Drought

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...

An Update on Environmental Humanities news from Switzerland

A new report "Developing the Environmental Humanities in Switzerland: An Evaluation of Opportunities, Challenges, and Priorities in Research, Teaching, and Institutional Support" by Christoph Kueffer, Philippe Foret and Marcus Hall, and commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences is now available (PDF) The...

Environmental Humanities, Switzerland

A retreat on 7-8 November on the shores of the Vierwaldstättersee (Lake of the four-forested cantons) brought together nine brainstormers of five nationalities and multiple disciplines from across the country to determine the future directions of Environmental Humanities in Switzerland and beyond. The group's aim is...