Every month I carefully track the most popular and significant environmental history articles, videos, audio, and other items making their way through the online environmental history (#envhist) community. Also check […]
Conference Announcement – Power From the North, March 23 & 24
“Power from the North” is a two-day conference March 23 & March 24 at the University of Vermont. March 23 is designed to bring together leading policy makers, energy professionals, and […]
CFP: Global Environmental Histories from Below
Global Environmental Histories from Below Call for Papers Special Issue of Resilience: A Journal of the Environmental Humanities http://www.resiliencejournal.org Robert Morrissey and Roderick Wilson, editors We seek submissions for a special, […]
“They have stolen our lands and everything on them”: A Century’s-Old Assertion of Indigenous Land and Resource Rights in the BC Interior
Scholarly generosity is a wonderful thing. Recently a generous senior scholar referred me to a document I hadn’t yet encountered in my research, but which has proved both relevant to […]
An (Ice) Bridge to the Past: Niagara Falls has Frozen
Niagara Falls has frozen. Well, not really. The entire water flow of the famous Horseshoe Falls doesn’t actually freeze, despite ‘polar vortexes’ (more commonly known to most Canadians as ‘winter’). Water […]
NiCHE New Scholars Discussion: When Research Turns Political
Pete Anderson and I will be leading a NiCHE New Scholars Discussion on the challenges and intricacies of taking on contemporary issues in one’s research, or when your research leaves the archive […]
Environmental History of China’s Multiple Tea Trades: Peter Perdue, Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture, 2014
Last year, Professor Peter Perdue visited York University to deliver the 2014 Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History. His lecture titled, “Mountains, Caravans, Rivers, and Salons: China’s Multiple Tea Trades,” explored […]
A Personal Journey to Understanding Space, Race, and Environmental Justice in Boston
In 1983, at five years old, my family and I moved closer to the town square in a suburb just outside of Boston. An older boy stalking the street looking […]
2015 Canadian History and Environment Summer School, Ottawa: Environmental Capital
(français) NiCHE, the Network in Canadian History and the Environment, is pleased to announce that the ninth Canadian History and Environment Summer School will be held in Ottawa from Friday […]
Visiting Scholar Opportunity at Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
ROBARTS CENTRE VISITORSHIP IN CANADIAN STUDIES Thanks to the generosity of President emerita Lorna Marsden, the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies is delighted to announce a new visitorship programme. Researchers working […]
One Flew Over The City: Sensorial Experiences of Urban Space
“Plan Wathelet PAS QUESTION!” screamed the little yellow signs. They were taped to practically every window of the quiet Brussels street that my family and I had moved into late […]
Outils et ressources numériques sur le web
Comme première chronique de 2015, je vous propose un petit tour d’horizon de sites web francophones – avec quelques écarts! – offrant des outils et ressources numériques qui peuvent être […]
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