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Rachel Carson’s Ocean Trilogy Thursday 17 May:  6-7.30pm  $28 Rachel Carson’s ‘ocean trilogy’ cannot be underestimated. Written between 1941 and 1955 it empowered readers to understand the fragility of nature. These books led to Rachel Carson’s final...

The Doctoral Program in Environment and Society invites applications from graduates in the humanities and social sciences who wish to research the complex relationships between environment and society within an  interdisciplinary setting. The program is based at the...

Influential environmental historian Alfred Crosby passed away on 14th March 2018. Obituaries in the New York Times, Washington Post and on H-net describe his life and far-reaching impact on the field. Image: Landing of Columbus, lithograph c.1870s, via Library of...

[From original ASEH posting here: https://aseh.net/conference-workshops/columbus-ohio/call-for-proposals-1] ASEH invites proposals for its conference that will convene April 10-13, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. Home to a million people and the Ohio State University,...

Making ‘a way in the wilderness’: the colonial hydrology of arid Western Australia, 1860s-1900s Ruth Morgan, Senior Research Fellow, Monash University Time: 11am – 12:30 pm ** note new timeslot Date: 17 April 2018 Venue: Research Commons 2.10, Borchardt Library, La...

Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with a strong international standing. Our mission is to pursue top-quality research and education and to interact constructively with society. Our most important assets are all the individuals whose...