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NiCHE brings together historians, geographers, and other researchers who study nature and humans in Canada's past. We offer a forum for the field, support collaboration among scholars, and ensure that this research is shared with policymakers, scientists, and the Canadian public. Read more About NiCHE
Upcoming Activities
| CFP | Anglo-American Conference | Nov 20 2009 |
| Lecture | Craig Colton, Speaking at McMaster | Nov 27 2009 |
| CFP | Environmental History in Atlantic Canada. A thematic volume | Dec 15 2009 |
| CFP | Under Western Skies: Climate, Culture and Change in Western North America | Jan 15 2010 |
| Conference | Environmental Violence and Conflict | Feb 11 2010 - Feb 13 2010 |
| Conference | SSAC-SEAC Conference | May 26 2010 - May 29 2010 |
| Conference | Animals and Animality Across the Humanities and Social Sciences | Jun 26 2010 - Jun 27 2010 |
| Conference | Anglo-American Conference | Jul 1 2010 - Jul 2 2010 |
| Conference | ICOHTEC & TICCIH Joint Conference 2010 - Finland | Aug 10 2010 - Aug 15 2010 |
| Conference | Under Western Skies: Climate, Culture and Change in Western North America | Oct 13 2010 - Oct 16 2010 |
Featured Project
Recently Added
| Conference Archived | Liza Piper on Disease in Canada's North |
| Project Update | Popular Publishing Writer's Guild |
| Project Update | Abandoned Mines Project Released |
| Podcast | Nature's Past Episode 10 |
| Workshop Archived | Svartarkot Recap |
Graduate Funding
The University of Western Ontario Department of History, in association with NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment, is offering $5000 per year additional funding for two new Ph.D. students in Environmental History.
Project Update
Professor Liza Piper from the Department of History & Classics at the University of Alberta came to UBC for the Nature|History|Society fall event. NiCHE has archived a copy of the lecture Dr. Piper gave about her new book at the event.
Twitter
NiCHE is currently setting up a list of Twitter users who study or are interested in Environmental History or Historical Geography. If you or someone you know fits that description, please send a message to @adam_crymble and we will add you to the list.
Public Lecture
Deadline: Nov. 27, 2009
The Departments of History and Geography at McMaster University present: Dr. Craig Colten who is giving a public lecture entitled, "Losing Resilience in the Fight Against Floods in New Orleans." All are welcome.
Editorial Position
Deadline: Feb. 10, 2010
The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants for the position of Editor-elect for the journal Environmental History beginning no later than January 2011. This is a volunteer position.
KnowMob
Emerging digital reading technologies hold great potential to improve historical scholarship, but these developments should not be confused with developments in the consumer electronics industry.
Blogpost
If you'd like to archive your conference or workshop, but don't want to put together a book, there are a few ways you can achieve this on the web. If you are running a traditional podium-based conference, you might consider the following...
Project Update
I thought that I would include a post for Remembrance Day tomorrow by publicizing a Canadian Forest History project that has already seen quite a bit of mention in the press, Melynda Jarratt's book (in progress) on the CFC's activities in Scotland during the Second World War.
CFP
We are seeking a third presenter, as well as a chair and commentator, for a panel we are proposing for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) 2010 conference. The theme of the conference is "Crossing Boundaries: Foreign Relations and Transborder Histories" and it will take place at Madison, Wisconsin.
CFP
The SSAC-SEAC is inviting proposals for sessions for the 2010 conference, Traditions of Ingenuity, which will be held in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, May 26-29. The theme: Traditions of Ingenuity.
CFP
Deadline: Nov. 20, 2009
Next July the Institute of Historical Research’s flagship annual event, the Anglo-American Conference of Historians is taking as its theme Environments. The conference will be held July 1-2, 2010 in London, UK.